Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-12
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
RE CHURCHES HERE AND ssEwuERE.

t~Ssnaous VI no"aIu unworthy three are Meth
odists, two Presbyterians and one Baptist
Rev. DR.. Huntley, of the Metropolitan,
y now engaged in interesting the young people
Of his charge In religious work, and the meet
lngs held In their interest are quite popular.
= The Tabernacle society," Catholic organ
ization Of ladies-of this city, has elected Mrs.
c. II. F. Cowes, president; Mrs. T. F. Ryan and
j. +. Sims, viee-presidents. and Miss Fannie
Whelan. secretary and treasurer.
= In one Of our churches Wednesday night
the minister, In opening the prayer meeting, re-
marked that with the clouds threatening rain
on one side and Jumbo drawing out yonder
p0inting) he was surprised at the good atten-
dance.
Chaplain McCabe, who assumed the In
deotedness Of the Metropolitan Me- Church, of
this city. writes that but $500 of the debt
remains to be provided for, and says he has sew
eral 800 subscrIptions conditioned On the whole
debt being cancelled this month.
= Rev. H. 8. France continues his revival
meetings at Grace H. E. Church. and although
Barnnm's show was on the opposite side of the
street two nights the meetings lost none of their
interest. There were seven penteats came
forward Wednesday night and eight Thursday
night.
The 12th-street N. E. Church east WASH
inston). Rev. j. H. Ryland. received four full
members aud two practitioners last Sunday.
Dnnbart9n-street-G eorgetown-Rev. j. j. G.
Webster has received 25 on probation since con-
ference. North Capitol, Rev. ]. C. Hagey's
charge, has received ID in the same time
- Mrs. Elizabeth Stone. realizing that no pro-
vision exists in this district for the care of ndi-
gent white women. except the Louise Home,
has offered a handsome lot at the corner of 10Th
anu 4 streets for the purpose of erecting home
for poor widows of the Protestant Episcopal
church. An endowment Of the proposed insti-
tuition to the extent of So, O1v has also been
made by Mrs. Stone.
Bishop Plnkney proposes to hold what is
termed mission" at Emanuel Episcopal
Church. Anacostia (Rev. Mr.. Mckee, rector,) at
7.S0 o'clock on the evenings of Wednesday and
Thursday next. a confirmation taking place at
the first OF these two services. Addresses will
De delivered on both evenings By the bishop.
the Rev. w. A. Leonard, rector of st. Johns,
washington, and the Rev. C. ID. Andrews, rec
tor OF Christ Church, Navy Yard. good deal
OF interest Is felt in Anacostia In connection
with this mission.
The Plymouth Congregational Church, of
this city-the nucleus Of which was the men,
bers OF Me Union Bethel A. NJ. E. Church. who
withdrew In 1881 in consequence of Rev Dr.
Stephenson having been returned as pastor
has purchased the frame church now being
removes TO their splendid edifice on Vermont
ayenue-the Garfield Memorlal-the Plymouth
congregation will move the old building to q
lot IN the northwest portion of the city. The
congregation Is under the charge OF Rev. Mr.
Feel, and numbers now over 300 members.
"A Chinese Sabbath school has been estab-
lished in Chicago.
= The union meetings at Joplin, No., have
resulted in 200 conversions.
-Por, oh
added to the Presbytery of Omaha
The New England Congregational Church.
Of Chicago, has recently raised 5000 for its
German mission.
: The two hnndredth anniversary of Pressy-
terianism IN Maryland will be celebrated at Re-
hOboth in June.
The Presbyterian Board of Home Missions
have purchased a building In San Francisco at
cost OF $22. 800 for a Chinese mission.
The Presbytery of Utah has three cand-
dates for the ministry under its charge-con-
verts from Mormonism.
The Presbytery of Paris Texas. has twenty
two churches, thirteen of which have no stated
services of any minister.
The Congregational Church at BInghamp-
ton. N. Y, has raised $4,000 to enlarge their
church edifice.
citation in Illinois, twelve churches nearly half
OF those in the association, are reported PASTOR
less.
Rev. Thomas Drew. of Mecklenburg county,
has been elected assistant pastor OF the Grace
street Presbyterian Church. Richmond, of which
Rev. DIR. c. r. Read is pastor.
REV. DR.. Stephenson. colored. formerly of
the A. NJ. E. Church. and now of the Delaware
Conference NJ. E. Church, has been assigned to
church in Philadelphia.
Rev. Joseph Rademacher has been ap-
pointed to the Catholic bishopric of Nashville.
Tenn- DIR. Rademacher has heretofore served
In the Fort Wayne, Ind, province.
= The Christian Worker, the paper of the So
ciety Of Friends. has moved its Office from New
Vienna. Ohio, to Chicago, and will be edited
and managed by C. w. Pritchard.
Rev. Samuel Ridout, at the last meeting of
the Presbytery OF Baltimore, asked that his name
be dropped for the reason that he had changed
his views of church order.
= The estate of p. Scott deceased of Crofts-
bury, VT, has been left after the death Of his
widow, to the Methodist Congregational and
Presbyterian Churches of that place.
= Miss Jennie Smith, the railroad evangelist.
with others, has been engaged in work ut
Clarksburg, w. Va, and forty-five probationers
AosC pCSit duucu 10 Tic W. CuuTCu as 3reSufL
The NJ. E. Church at Boyerstown, Pa,
which last year reported but forty-two MEN,
bers, had thirty penitents at the altar Sunday
night, nineteen Of whom were converted.
The executive committee Of the Emory
Grove Camp Meeting Association. of Balti-
more, have elected Rev. l.. T. Waterman to
take charge of. the religious services. Mr.
Whiteford was reelected superintendent.
A meeting in the interest of Mormonism
was held near the Rocks Of Deer Creek, Harfo rd
county. Nd, last Sunday. About sixty persons
were present. An address advocating the prac-
tees of MormOnism. was made by joshua fow-
Ter. convert to Mormonsm. who lives in the
neighbOrhood.
j Rev. c. F. Gauther Episcopal, of Webster
Groves. No.. has accepted call to Colorado
City Uexas) Congregational Church; Rev. 8. ].
jennings (Methodist) call to Rock Springs,
Wyoming. Congregational Church; Rev. A. B.
PEBBLES (Presbyterian). of Mackinac, Mich, q
call to Butte, Mo.
- A mission, to last ten days, will be opened
Tomorrow In st. Thomas Catholic Church,
Hampden. near Baltimore, Nd. and conducted
by Fathers MeNamara and Bonayentura Brown,
Of the PassiOnist order, from the Cincinnati