Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-07
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
THE CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
At Calvary Baptist church. Rev. Mr.. Green

nifty conversions, and twenty-nne have been
baptized.
- The festival of st. Joseph was celebrated
on Tuesday last at St Joseph's Catholic church.
on Capitol HILL and the attendance was large
morning and evening.
- The Little Sisters of the PoOr-a Catholic
organization conduct a home for the aged
on ii street northeast added TO their institution
about year ago a department for cOlored
people, and now have % such people under
their care.
- The collections in the Catholic churches of
Maryland and the District ON the 23d of March
for St Charles College amounted to go Al 90
St Matthew returning 320; immaculate Con-
ception and St Aloysi,s $50: St Peters. $50,
st Marys, So and st. Joseph's, e45.
- The Methodist Episcopal preachers meet
ing Of the District has been organized for the
year by the reelection of Rev MILFORD Downs
president, Revs. :. VI. HartsOck and n H. Car
roll vice-presitlents and Rev. G.. I. House secrs-
tary and treasurer.
- The Metropolitan Presbyterian church of
this city has inst ended its nineteenth year. and
the report TO the presbytery shows that it is
now one of the largest churches in the Presby-
terrain denomination. Its membership numbers
40, its Sabbath school $50. The contributions
OF Its members for the past year were about
S7,OOO- This church is conducted on the tree
pew system.
- The building committee of the Memorial
Christian church feel so much encouraged at the
responses to the appeal of the pastor that they
have concluded to go on with the work A col
lection taken up in the church last SUNDAY net
ted over $1,000. An additional 500 has been
received the past week from Mrs. James A. Gar
field. Rev F. ID. Power and W. s ROOse will
leave on Monday night for Cincinnati to attend
meeting OF the executive board to be held in
that city in the interest of the Memorial church.
Some m Roy W 7 ok of
Wesley Chapel, changed the character of the
Sunday evening service and substituted there
for q song and praise service-Omitting sermon
and IN its place making a short address. 1t was
not long before the congregation commenced to
improve. and now there is a regular attendance
OF from 400 To 500 1t is needless to say that
notwithstanding the criticisms of some of the
ministers and members of the other Methodist
churches, the services will be continued as at
present.
Rev. W. b. Osborn. formerly of the South
India NJ. f. conference recently transferred to
the New Jersey conference, has been transferred
again TO Oregon.
Miss Grace Weiser a revivalist has been
conducting meetings at the Broadway Baltimore
nj. f. church, where nearly 40 have protested
religion.
- In New York city new church has been
formed to be known as the Theistic the
founder being Mr.. Schermerhorn graduate
of Williams College. Its creed is founded upon
God, humanity. worship. dnty, Inspiration
revelation, providence prayer. repentance,
retributlOn. holiness and spiritual survival"
Rev Robert kleimiedOn, a Well-known
priest of the Passionist order died at St
Mlchaefs convent, Baltimore March 3lst aged
6o years.
= The Catholic Citizen. of Milwaukee. Wiz. is
waging war on the low groggeries of that place.
- The membership of Mr. Surgeons congre-
CATION in England is now 5.i27. and it is the
largest in the world.
- Chaplain McCabe of the " f. church. pro-
poses to spend the summer of this year in estal,-
fishing churches in Dakota. Iowa. Nebraska
Utah. and Montana. and asks special cOntrbu-
tiOns of $3.50 for each church.
- The Florence Night Mission is new soci,
ETY. organized in New York city to labor among
the dissipated. 1t employs missionary. who
usually visits the lowest haunts from D. IN. to
a IN.
AT the dedication OF the Jamestown Mont
gOmery county. Nd. NJ f. church south. on
Sunday last. by Rey- Bishop Wilson, the amount
OF 800 was collected.
- The Maryland branch of the woman's aux
Hilary to the domestic and foreign missions So
ciety (Episcopal) met at st. Peters church. Bal
timore. Tuesday. AMI the annual report showed
receipts of II .4i1. OF which 800 had been eX-
pended in Indian missions.
Last wee, there We're ten persons baptized
and received in the Franklin street Presbyte-
rian church. Baltimore (Rev. w. u. Murkland)
Three OF them Were from Jewish families and
one a married lady.
- Bishop keane (Catholc) of Richmond and
Rev. Joseph Mac&in of St Joseph's church. of
Baltimore. left on Thursday for Europe
At st. Josephs Catholic church. Baltimore.
on Sunday. Archbishop Gibbons confirmed 19O
mostly girls and boys.
- The gift of Sl25OOO of Mr. Seney of New
York, to the Wesleyan Female College at Ma
COT, Ca, is making trouble, for through misman-
agemcnt or extravaganza the new building
has absorbed the whole amount, and from
$4,000 TO $4,000 is required to complete it.
- When in the supreme court of Connecticut
II was proposed to hold court on Good Friday,
Judge Beardsley remarked that he knew of but
one Judge who held court on that day, and he
was Pontius Pirate.
The American Board of Missions (Conore-
gatiOnaD have invited President Chaplin of Be-
lott College. and Prof. Mead to visit the West
Turkey mission.
Rev. r. Heber Newton of the Episcopal
church in New York it is said, will be tried for
heresy. as he has adopted the school of higher
criticism.
- The revival meetings held recently i'm Ber-
muda by the evangelist Rev. E. p Hammond.
have resulted in over 200 conversions
- The Park Congregational church. at Hart
ford Conn, last year paid OFF an Indebtedness of
Sl2Uo0 besides the running expenses-SS coo
- Rev. DIR. Zachary Eddy for the past ten
years pastor of the First Congregational church.
at Detroit, Mich. will close this year half cen.
fury In the ministry and resign the pastorate
At Mi6idlebOro. Mass. and vicinity in seven
Congregational parishes there have been 800
conversions recently.
- In Boston there is a teachers meeting held
on Saturdays at fremont Temple under the
auspices of the Y.M.C.A.. numbering 1000
- The southern Presbyterians have resolved
70 raise for home missions 300, 600 this wear.
- Rev. A. b. Gleason, rector of St Monica's
Colored Catholic church, Hill street, has been
appointed provincial OF the southern missions of
the Society of st. Joseph, to succeed Rev. John
X. S!attery. Rev. Mr.. Gleason will have his
headquarters in Baltimore. His first official act
was the appointment of Rev. Mr.. Slattery to the
rectorship of st. Francis Colored Catholic
church. Calvert and Pleasant streets
- The quarterly meeting of the Baltimore
branch OF the Womens Foreign Missionary So
nf ha or n3i or E,;o