Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-23
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE.

- Rev. W. J. Mckinney, Of Wesley Chapel,
and his wife leave on Monday for trip to Bos-
ton by sea.
- Rev. MILFORD Downs, of Waugh NJ. E.
church, who has been In bad health, has
been voted a leave Of absence till September by
the church. Rev. Dr. j. s. Deale the presiding
elder of Washington district, has appointed
Rev. Mr.. L. Hawley to fill the Office of pastor
during Mr. Downs absence.
Attn annual meeting of Gorsuch e. Sun
day school, held June 18th. the following were
elected officers for the ensuing year: VIM. R.
Hunt superintendent; Mrs. Fannie Selby, as
sIstant superintendent; ID. c. SmithsOn. secre-
tary; Geo. Y. COlisOn treasurer; c. c. Arnett,
librarian Harlan Hunt, assistant librarian; VIM.
r. Hunt, vice president.
st. Johns Episcopal church has reorgan-
lied choir, the male choir organized some time
ago not having proved as satisfactory as was
expected. The new choir has as organist and
director Mr.. ID. b. Mcleod with Miss j. Button,
late OF New York, soprano; Miss JennieDodsOn,
contralto: F. II. Bastor. TENOR and III. A. FOres-
man. baritone. The music since this choir began
its enga cement June 1st) has been quite fine,
and the choir Will doubtless give general salts
faction.
- The 40 hours devotion will be held at St
Mary's church. Rockville, on August 5th and at
st. Mary's, in Marlboro, on August 10Th.
- The subscriptions to the Jubilee fund of the
Congregational union, London, have reached the
total of S1.2l5.O00.
= Rev. Dr. Booth has resigned the pastorate
Of the University Place Presbyterian church, of
New York, after a highly useful service OF
twenty-five years. Nothing but physical dsabil-
ity and necessity would reconcile either pastor
or peoDle to this severance of relations.
The evangelist;c work at Cooper Institute,
New York, conducted for so many years by Mr..
C. W. Sawyer, will be continued through the
summer. Up to the present time this work has
been one of continual harvesting.
- Rev. Mr.. Nice, of the Maryland Sabbath
Association. addressed tine NJ. E. Preachers
meeting in Baltimore on the delivery of the Ice
on Saturday for Sunday. and read letter from
hickman in opposition to Sunday funerals
DIR. Holmes said at the late Unitarian fes-
tival that 1.-THE minister's wife must hold up his
hands when they are weary. Like Moses be-
fore the Amalekites. he ought to have good
brother, like Aaron, On one side, and Htr on the
other"
Recently shabbily dressed old gentleman
entered the office of the Presbyterian Home Mis-
sion Board Chicago. and laying down an envelope
hastily made his exit. 1t was found to contain
5000 in United States bonds to be devoted to
the uses of the society.
- Protestant work in France Is being car
ried on for love far more than for money. Rev.
r. Saillens, of the McAll mission, says that
10000 meetings were held last year by un-
ealared workers, through whom the gospel
was presented to ], OO0, 900 persons.
Rev. Hugh o. Pentecost gave his friends
great surprise by resigning his pastorate of the
Marcy Avenue Baptist church. Brooklyn, to be-
come the pastor of an independent PedObaptist
church on 34th street, New York. founded and
endowed BY Mr.. 4. A. Palmer president Of the
Broadway bank.
"A correspondent in the New York Examiner.
0he Baptist organ) says: More pastors are
wanted i'm Missouri. Some one said recenty that
Missouri could furnish work for 1000 common
sense ministers. Salaries range from 5000 to
S1.OOO for men who can preach and work among
the people kid-glOve ministers are lot wanted.
AT the forty fourth anniversary of the
Pittsburg Baptist Association Twenty-Five
churches reported by letter and dele gates
Whole number of baptis;ns, 49,. Net increase,
S56. Thirteen churches reported decrease in
membership. The largest number of haptsms
lsixty-eightO was reported by the Union church,
South Side.
- The Presbyterians have amended their
book of discipline to the effect that ministers,
elders. and deacons suspended for immoral con-
duct shall not be restored and that withdraw
Ing members. Joining another church. shall be
dropped from the roll. without action. unless
charges have been presented and then prosecu-
ted.
ago wrote to friend at Emporia, Kansas:
Dependence on heavy men win always ruin a
church. Giving is truly means of grace. If l.,
or any half dozen persons. were to agree from
this OH to support the Methodist Episcopal
church in EmpOria. that would date its decline
The church is prosperous by just as
much as it leans on its minor members"
- The Rev. DR.. Isaac Nicholson. of Philadel-
phia, has received SO many letters asking him to
dpalip of no Enu nigh
Opric of Indiana. that he believes 1t his duty to
do So He has. therefore. requested the stand
ing committee to defer for a time all action on
his letter, and he will soon pay visit to Indian
apOs, in order that he may see his duty in the
matter more clearly.
- The Sanford street (colOred) church. SPRING
field. was stripped of its carpets. pulpit, cabinet
organ. stoves, crockery Bible. hymn books
Sunday school library. etc. May %, by a gang
OF labOrers under the superintendent Of
Andrew Dalton, real estate agent, and it was
with difficulty that they were prevented from
tearing out the pews. The trouble arose from a
dispute about the ownership of the property.
The articles removed were subsequently re-
turned, and at last accounts the usual OccU-
pants OF the building ''held the fort"
Sunday trains for business and occasional
excursions are now run on all the principal
railroads in Connecticut. few Sundays ago
the superintendent of one of the roads (who is
one OF the leading men in the Young Mems
Christian AssOciatiOn) that runs a milk train on
Sunday. said to his little boy who was playing
with toy train of cars: Don't you know It
Is Sunday, and that You should not play with
your cars on the Lords day." The boy stopped
looked thoughtful moment, and replied: ''Yes,
papa but this is milk train
Stockport, Scotland. claims to have the
most wonderful sabbath school in the world.
Its membership comprises 400 teachers ard
$500 children. and nearly 96. 600 children have
passed through the school, since its commence
ment- The singing is led by an orchestra with
sixteen violins among the instruments. Dr.
McGregor recently preached the sermon on its
ninety-ninth anniversary. and he declares that
when he heard the hymns sung by from three
20 four thousand young voices, with the accom-
paniment of the orchestra and the full force of
the organ. he felt as If the windows Of heaven
were opened.
Ohio Democracy On Civil Service Re.
form.
According to the following extracts from the