Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-03-25
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

- Episcopal Bishop whittle confirmed class
@2l at Berryville. Va, last Sunday.
- Rev. c. c. Pearson, OF Oakland, Md. has
accepted call to st. Luke's church. Wheeling
- Rev G.. III. Beckley, of the BoonsbOro. Nd.
Lutheran church. has accepted call to Madi-
son, Virginia
The Episcopal convocation of the Valley Of
the RappahannOck will meet at Tappahanock.
Va, April IL.
Rev. W. G. Campbell has accepted call to
the pastorate OF the Lutheran church, at Har-
Tisonburg, Va.
= Rev Dr. Dean, from ConcordyiIIe, Pa, has
accepted call to st. Johns p. E. church.
Havre de Grace.
Rev. Mr. Conway. of Poeomoke City. Nd,
has been called to the Presbyterian church at
Rock Run. Hartford county.
Rev. l.. Quarlcs, of Clarksburg W. Va.
has been called TO the pastorate of the First
Baptist church at Cumberland, Md
= Rev. H. s. Stern, pastor OF Trinity Reformed
church. has resigned, and accepted call to the
Salem Reform church of Cincinnati.
Rev. J. p. Otis, late pastor of the NJ. e.
church, at Centerville. Md, is i'll at the resi-
dence Of ThOs- ". Wood. in Corsica Neck.
Rev. Vim. N. Scott has resigned the pasto-
rate OF the Third Presbyterian church, Rich
mond Va, and will take charge of a-church at
Galveston. Texas
- Bishop Pinkney. of Maryland, contemplates
putting in the new chapel at the Episcopal
Theological Seminary. near Alexandria, Va, q
window to correspond with the chancel window.
Grace NJ. f. church, to which Rev Mr. Hagey
was recently appointed by the Baltimore An
nual Conference. will make efforts this spring
to finish the up stairs portion of their edifice,
corner of 9th and s streets. and the cOngrega-
ton expect to dedicate it by the LIST of June.
st. Pauls English Lutheran church (Rev.
DIR. Doner's) has fully provided for the debt re-
Gently incurred by remodelling and improving
the edifee-some $500. The membership is
row about 225, with a Sunday school of $50,
and spiritually and financially the church is
prospecting. On Thursday evening next the
usual Easter week services will be held.
- The congregation of the Church of the Re-
formation 0utheran) on Pennsylvania avenue
Rear I'd street. Capitol Hill, of which Rev. Mr.
Parsons is pastor, has more than doubled since
the Little Church Around the Corner" on LIST,
near q south, was given up and they moved
into the new building. The Sunday School is
srapdly growing, and the finances are in good
condition.
Rev. Owen James, of the North Baptist
church. received seven members by baptism on
Sunday evening last. Mr.. James, having re-
his farewell to the congregation tomorrow eve
Ming A letter from Mr.. James. published in
the National Baptist recently in which the Bap-
fist churches of this city are referred to barely
existing. has caused considerable comment
among the Baptists here and it is probable
that reply will be made in the same paper.
Bishop Keane. of the Catholic diocese of
Richmond. Va, it is stated, car no longer read
or write, owing to the condition of his eyes, and
Is threatened with blindness. He has con-
suited the most eminent Oculist i'm the country
without obtaining relief. During the present
lenten season. however he is delivering q series
Oh dOctrnal dlScourses at the cathedral, which
ere attracting Immense audiences.
The Presbyterian Banner says: "Rev. TheO-
dore Cuyler. d. d., sometimes forgets. Hesays
Of President Lincoln that he was prevented
from becoming a communicate IOf the Presby-
terrain church, by his reluctance to subscribe to
all the articles Ofthe confession of faith DIR.
Cuyler certainly knows that private members of
the Presbyterian church are not required to
adopt the confession of faith; this is only de-
manded OF ministers and elders"
- The new United States census gives 90 653
Protestant churches. q, 662 Protestant ministers
and 9,OO3, $50 members Of Protestant churches
Deducting the Roman Catholic and Mormon
populations from the total population of the
Country there remains 4: S64 SSl This gives
church for every 473 persons including infants
and Children, minister for every 6l2 Of the peo-
pie and nearly protesting Protestant for every
OIL the entire population outside of Catholicism
and M0rmonsm.
- Dean Oakley, Of Carlisle, in recent ser
mon said of the stage: Recreation is an INSOFAR
able part of life, and indicated it from abuse:
that dramatic appeals to the imagination NAV be
an innocent and even elevated form of recrea-
ton; and there is no reason why Christians
should oppose the stage, while there are many
reasons. especially at the present moment why
tney should seek occasions for showing respect
and sympathy for all modern forms of dramatic
representation which their eOnseiences sanction
Bishop Harris, of Michigan. recently said
to the students of the Episcopal seminary in
New York: The age is intensely intolerant of
medieyalism; men are seeking in our day. not
for priests to absOive. but for teachers to guide
Never was the prophetic office 30 recognized,
and never were men so willing to listen to a
man of God. More than being masters of cere-
monies. they must be ambassadors of God.
Therefore, leaving Gturgies and ceremOnials
they are redeemed, regenerated. high-lninded
ned, speaking with living Wills hearts and
voices. who in our day can be the ministers of
grace and pOwer-n The bishops reference to
ceremOnials and hturgies causes considerable
criticism.
The committee appointed by the official
board of Hamllne n. E. church to inquire into
the election of Mr. j. D. Croissant as saperin-
tendent of the Sunday school. has not
Yet made report. 1t will be remembered that
some few weeks ago, Mr.. Croissant having been
reelected superintendent, considerable dssatis-
faction was occasiOned. and it having been
charged that here had been some irregularities
the official body. prior TO the confirmation OF
that officer. took eOgnizance of the matter and
appointed committee to investigate it. The
result Is looked for with much interest II
seems pretty certain, however, that whatever
the report may be. Major Han, Mr. Martin and
Mr. Moulton. and their families viii leave the
Sunday school, If not the church.
- 1t is thought by some severe critics that
ministers are lazy and that they hate work. An
Iowa man took fancy to make an experiment
to test the correctness or incorrectness of this
idea He advertised in the papers of Forest
City that he would pay 81 an hour to any and
al ciergymen who would come and saw wood
for him Nearly all the ministers in town took
Lin AT his word. As he happens to have an
Immense wocdpile as well as plenty of money.
lie has kept the reverend gentlemen at work to
see how long they could stazd it. Some of
tiI.lI have worked from four to six hours a day-
Sundays excepted. They get their pay regu,
E;TlY, and are free to discuss theology as much
81 they please while they are ut work The i'm
preston now prevails in Forest City that min
hay int