Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-03
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE.


- The oflicary of Israel c. VI. F. church have
appointed committee to get up grand union
fair.
- In addition to the list OF memorial VIM
dows published in Wednesday STAR. is one on
the south side of the chancel. which will be in
memory of Gen. Amos Il. Eaton. The subject
is Christ in the garden of Gethselnane
- The people of St Dominic's are looking
forward with good deal of interest to the mis-
sion which is to open tomorrow at the II
O'Clock mass The mission. which is to last two
weeks. during which there will be three ser
vices daily. win be conducted by Rev Fathers
Daily. Lilly and Linnehan.
- R"y. J. l.. Lodge, who has been pastor of
the North Baptist church tor over year past
has rendered his resignation. to take effect on
December LIST and it has been accepted. DIR.
Lodge suc,cc,l,'i Rev. Owen James, and his
Designation was few months ago. not thought
Oh 1t appears that he introduced series or
rules IN regard to the management of the Imam
cal affairs pt the church. and there was consid-
cradle opposition thereto. and they were re-
pcaied I'm consequence OF this action DR.. Lodge
rendered has resignation
- Tie report of the American missionary
sociation. in session in New York says of the
work among the cOlorcd race Work in IL
states of the south AMI in Kansas and District of
Columbia; chartered Institutions: IL high and
normal schools AZ common schools; 219 teach
ers; and 400 students. archaeological depart
ment of Howard University has 81 students
IdIi4dcga, II; Fisk O. and STRAIGHT I3 with %
stu'irnts in law Total number OF churches SO;
members, 5,J1i. AN average of g.: ADDITIONS
Coz; on profession. 52S; Sunday school scholars
9sO6i raised for church purposes. Sl2 .O21.2l
benevolent contributions. 81 .049.35."
- Messrs. Moody and Sankey began their
meetings in the Royal theater, Limerick, Ire
land. October 10
- At Newark, n. j., Mr.. F. C. A. Jones.
pastor-e,ect of the ut. Pleasant N j. Baptist
Church. was recently ordained
- The two hundred and tiftieth anniversary of
the First Congregational church in Hartford.
Conn, was celebrated October 18th and 18th.
- Rev H. ID. Cause: DID,. of ST. Louis, has
accepted the secretaryship OF the new Presbyte-
rian board OF aid for colleges. with Headquarters
at Chicago.
- Rev 5. r. B0ggs of the Rock River NJ. E.
conference, the first preacher stationed in Chi
cago. was present at the recent session of the
Conference.
- The Bedford avenue reformed church of
Brooklyn want DIR. Duryea, of Boston, to sue
coed Dr. Elbridse S. Porter. and it is said DR..
Duryea would like to return to Brooklyn.
- There are fifteen cOlored Baptist churches
In Maryland-six of them in Northumberland all
prosperous The Union church, Rev. Harvey
Johnson pastor, leads with |, 700 members.
- The First Baptist church, Chicago, before
beginning its semi-centennial jubilee celebra-
tion, October 10, paid off s2o,OOO debt. and
proposes to raise So 600 more to make the iub-
lee Offering $4,000.
- The extraordinary statement is made that
the Plymouth Congregational church at Mime
apolis, Mimi. only few years ago a mission
church raised i'm one wear Sf,1 S5- fur hornvn-
lent objects outside its own expenses
There is religious movement afoot among
the London police. Meetings and Bible classes
are being organized. and Christian police
mems association has been formed with the cor
diai sanction of Sir Edmund Henderson.
- Rev Father Anderledy, recently elected
vicar general of the Jesuits is native of
Switzerland, and was one of those banshed
from Rome IN 1913 and for some years served
the German Catholic church at Green Bay Wis.
- Sunday evening. October 81, the Bantist
Churches of Troy held a union meeting with the
Second church. Rev. II. b. Steelman pastor, to
say farewell to Miss NJ. A. Whitman who is
about to sail for Japan under appointment of
the Missionary Union.
- The Chicago Adc0nce says: "The truth is
that for every church able to pay from $500 to
81 900 salary. there is no lack of minister's
while tor the new and less cultivated fields.
where the salary is from 500 to 800 there is q
famine III the ministry. and always has been"
The London Christian Life revives this: An
old preacher once said that we may have three
surprises in the next world. a. Some people
In heaven We thought would be elsewhere ca
Some people there we thought We're sure not
to be there 60 That we really there our
selves.
Rev. o. E. Cox, pastor of the Trinity
church. Brooklyn, preached on the 2lst ultimo
tn
of this young church has been steady; 227 have
been added received the hand of fellowshipat
tine close of the Sunday morning service and
Others are waiting to enter.
- The Rev s Iren9us Prime, D. D.. of the
New York Observer. preached on a recent Sun
day in the Presbyterian church of Bedford,
Westchester. n. Y. where fifty years ago he de-
Evered the first sermon of his ministry The
discourse was Chiefly review of the moral
ami religious progress of the half century
- Rev. NJ. H. Worral became pastor of the
18th street church in Detroit Mich. nearly two
years ago, and since then there has been a con-
t1nuous revival spirit. Scarcely week has
passed without conversions and baptisnls. and
over loo new members have been received most
o. whom are at work Sunday school teachers
tract distributors, or in other ways
- The Gr-plrte council at COnnesville Pa. on
October 2l. To decide as to the relative claims of
two bodies each claiming to be the regular Bap-
fist church of that place found that the brethren
represented by W. Il. Minor and w H. Cooper
were the regular church of that place and adj
yised the church to withdraw the hand of fellow
ship from X. c. Morgan for immoraties proved
before the council.
- Rev DIR. HoratiO Potter has been Episcopal
bishop of New York since 1S5i or very nearly
30 years. Bishop Hobart held the office %
years, from 1911 to 1880. The other occupants
were Bishop Provost. 11S7-lSOl; Bishop Moore
1S)l-lSll Bishop Onderlonk. 1S30-ls52; Bishop
Wainwright. 1S12-lS4. Assistant Bishop
Henry c. Potter. VINO is understood to be i'm
the line OF succession, is IS years OF age in the
prime of his powers and i'll vigorous health. and
with promise of a long period of great useful
ness before him.
The New York Tribune describes a new
sort OF minister as follows: "a clergyman in
tennessee Is known "a the satisfying preacher
whenever church begins to grow tired of its
regular pastor, the satisfying preacher is sent
Tor And SD atrociOusly bad Is he that after
hearing MIN once OF twice the congregation is
entirely satisfied to keep the pastor 1t has
new ayenup a usefulness is tbro o,,,.a