Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-04-15
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
THE COMING CONFERENCE.-THE BOSTON BArrIsrs
On FAST DAY-BEEcBER ON THE FuruRE,
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- Bishop Bowman, who has seea quite M az
st. Louis 10 improving.
DR.. A. Redford Ia writing the life and
Times" OF Bishop Cavanaugh.
Mrs. Bishop Marvin, Of the N. E. church
| south, died recently at Fredericton, No.
The secretary OF the Wilmington confer
ence NJ. f. church. Rev. J. ID. Rigg, is quite sick
- Bishop Andrews LEFT the city last week for
WATERFOWL, NY, and Is holding the Northern
NY. conference at that place.
Ihe Westminster Presbyterian church In
baltimore, destroyed by fire some months ago,
has been rebuilt, and will be reopened In q few
weeks.
Mrs VIM. Mast. wife of DR.. Mast, OF the
German Methodist church. and editor of the
Ap osoyist, is Ill at Berea, Ohio
- Bishop Pinkney will preside over and ad-
dress meeting of lay workers In Emmanuel
church. Baltimore, on Thursday next.
The Methodist hospital In BROOKLYN, NY,
will be located on Prospect Heights, and the
buildings will cost 500 600; with the ground
rent, $500, 600.
Arch street M. E. church. Philadelphia. Rev.
O. Ii. Tiffany, PASTOR Formerly of the Metropol-
itan church in washlngton) has completed
twenty years OF organized existence and during
the past year paid of the last remnant OF its
debt.
The Metropolitan Presbyterian church. on
Capitol Hin, in this city, of which Rev. DIR. John
Chester is pastor, has had the most prosperous
year OF its existence. having now 427 communi-
cants and Sunday school of 600 members, and
last year raised 5000. This church has free
pews.
Rev. DR.. r. 8. Maclay, superintendent OF
the Methodist missions in Japan, has started on
his return to his field of labor. Dr. Maclay went
to China as missionary thrty-four wears ago
and for nine years past has been i'm charge OF the
Japan missions. Rev. Julius Soper, a native Of
dency.
The approaching session Of the general con.
| ference Of the NJ. E. church south, at Nashville
In May, will be an important one, as four or five
new Bishops will be elected. Rev. DIR. A. w.
wilson. formerly of Mt. Vernon church, in this
city, 1t is conceded will be elected to that Office.
aud Or. Haygood, OF Georgia, will also be
elected
Benz. schofeld, ST., of Philadelphia father
OF Rev. b. Schofeld, who last fall was ut the
session OF the National Local Preachers Associ-
alton in this city, elected its president died last
week In the SD year of his age. The deceased
was native Of Yorkshire, England. the son Of
Wesleyan clergyman, and had resided 42 years
In this country.
Rev. J. B. Van Meter, formerly OF Ryland
chapel, and chaplain In the navy, is now the
editor of the Baltimore Methodist the organ of
the Baltimore conference, M. 4. church In
this weeks paper Mr.. Van Meter has three
column review Of the action of the conference
reappointing presiding elders. He is very out
spoken against what is designated as the old
minister's ring.
- The Methodist Protestant. of Baltimore. n
publishing series Of articles on the organize
ton o. the Methodist church, in which the gov
eminent Of the NJ. K. church is criticised quite
sharply. The issue of .ast week has q letter
from John Wesley to Dr. Coke admonishing him
that he was not bishop. The distinctive fea-
ture OF this church. il is argued Is that the gov.
eminent is republican i'm form. The articles are
attracting considerable attention in Methodist
circles
There Is a marked increase in the number OF
the theological students in Germany. Ia 1870
there were ], $50; last year, 1854.
In Nebraska, out OF 1SS churches only 50
have buildings. In Minnesota. out OF LOO mis-
sionary churches, 70 have no church home.
A collection was made in DIR. Crosby's
church, New York, lately which amounted to
$500, the sum needful for the missionary work
of the church.
Rev. J. 8. Harrison, NJ. D., formerly Of the
P. E. church, and latterly of the Reformed
Episcopal church. who has served as rector Of
churches in New Orleans. Tallahassee and Rah-
way, N. j., is about settling In washington.
The quarterly conference of McKendree M.
e. church has recently voted an increase of the
salary Of the pastor, Rev. G. H. Richardson, to
$4,000 per year. Mr.. Richardson has proved to
be an excellent manager Of the financial affairs
of the church.
Thirty-twonew members have been recently
added to the American Institute of Christian
Philosophy. DIR. Allen, president of Glrard Col
lege, DR.. Hitchcock. president of Union Theolog-
i 49, a..rf
been elected vice-presidents.
Mr.. o. B. rockingham is said by the Boston
correspondent Of the Hartford Cora,t to have
renewed his connection with his fathers church,
which Is Orthodox Unitarian. Rev. Rufus Ellis,
pastor, one of the most orthodox i'm his tenden-
cies of any of the Unitarian preachers.
- The Sunday school teacher who asked q
lively little Massachusetts, boy the question,
"What kind of boys go to heaven" got an an
swer. but it was not the one he was looking for.
The boy quickly replied, Dead ones.n end the
teacher ceased questioning.
- The Rev. DIR. Fowler of the Methodist
church, is firm believer in the old-fashioned
kind of hell. In a recent speech he said he be-
leved that more men from the Methodist
church would go to he'll for the sin of covet-
BUSINESS than for all other sins put together.
Let the clergy refuse to solemnize mar
riages where either party has been divorced for
other than scriptural reasons. bet Christian
magistrates and lawyers take q similar stand;
and let a do their utmost to develop public
opinion md overcome the gigantic eyil.-Ins
Religious Herald
! = The Sunday school scholars of the Metho-
dist church, under an effort inaugurated by the
Rock River Conference. Illinois. are providing
funds to purchase steam-yacht for the use of
the Methodist missionaries i'm their Central
China mission located at Kinkiang and other
cities on the Yangtse river. The surrounding
country is threaded with network OF lakes.
rivers and canals, and it is expected the yacht
will prove Of great advantage in spreading the
gospel to many millions
The meeting Of the bishops Of the African
NJ. E. church and the coored NJ Z. church to be
held in Baltimore on the 10th instant, is looked
forward to with much interest by the Methodist
for the object is union between these churches.
The first named connection was formed In Phil
adelphia In 1916 and the latter Is but eleven
years old having been formed under the care OF
the n. K. church. and in doctrine and form OF
government they are the same There are