The Evening critic., 1883-04-07
Religious News.

Rev. DIR. Ward, president of Westminster
(Md) Methodist Protestant College, is now re-
covering, after a severe Illness.
Gabrielle Greeley, daughter of the late
Horace Greeley, has given n building site to
the Episcopal Church at ohappaqua, N. Y.
st. Georges (EpiscopaD Church, in New
York city, has abolished the system Of renting
pews. Rev. DR.. stephen II. Tying, ST., still
receives pension of $4,000 a year from this
church.
Mr.. r. w. Dale, of Birmingham, gives
1t as the result OF eight years experiences, that
fully 20 per cent. OF the converts OF Moody and
sankey continue to stand firm In their new
faith.
Rev. DIR. ]. T. Murray for years pastor of
CongIess.Street Methodist Protestant Church,
Georgetown, Is now president of the confer
ence, the highest oflce In the gift OF Its
people.
the third island In size on the globe. 1t has
population of 100000, and could sustain
over ten times that number. 1t wants to be
free and vante to be Christian.
1t is estimated that there are 10000
Mormon scandinavians in Utah, one fourth of
the number being Swedes. Therefore the
Swedish Augustana Synod Qutheran) has be.
gun mission in Salt Lake City.
1t is stated that the best results have fol-
lowed the visit OF Messrs. Moody and Sankey
to oxford and Cambridge. over twenty young
men are now engaged in the church and
sunday.school work In Cambridge, and many
moro dt OAlOru.
Right Rev. Bishop James A. Latane, of
the Reformed Episcopal Church, preached TO
the Reformed Episcopallans OF this city on
last Sunday, and Rev. Arthur Foster, OF this
city, occupied the Bishops pulpit In Balti-
more the same day.
The Swedish revision of the New Testa-
ment is to be published next year. Tho
Swedish Lutherans in this country have, 1t is
said, 300 congregations, $50 pastors, 0,0O0
attendants upon their services, and their
strength is growing rapidly.
The Congregational ministers of Chicago
have decided not to marry any who have been
divorced, except for reasons stated In Scrip.
ture. Pity they did not go little further and
refuse marriage TO all cases OF divorce, and be
in entire harmony with the Bible.
The sermon preached at the Church of
the Holy Communion, Charleston, s. O., last
Sunday, by the Rev. DR.. II. y. Potter, Of New
gregations ever gathered in that church, COM
prising many clergymen and members OF other
churches, and strangers visiting the city.
Miss Anna Oliver, who loved to be called
''Rev." has resigned the pastorate OF Will
oughby- avenue Methodist Church In blessed
Brooklyn. Her labors there for three years
were failure in every way. The conference
would neither recognize nor ordain her, and
the church did not succeed.
The Presbyterians are the strongest of
the Protestant denominations In Philadelphia.
The Methodists stand second. The Presby-
terians number 0,410; Methodists, "a 200;
Methodists lead in the number of Sunday
schools, and teachers and scholars.
Emory Grove camp-meeting will be held
next August, lasting for two weeks. For years
It has been In trouble, aud held no meetings
caused by Sabbath violations, when the min.
listers refused to cooperate. Beside this
there were financial troubles. General J. B.
Berry, of Baltimore, was Its president.
Bishop Whipple, on recent visit to the
Indian Department of his missionary diocese,
administered the communion TO 2i7 CHIP.
pewa indiana. Fifteen years ago there was
scarcely one communcant among them
There are now eight churches In Chippewa
mission, and one now building Will cost S1o,'
| 600
Joseph Cook of Boston, who lectured
| here a few months ago, has concluded the
| most remarkable course OF lectures IN Boston
ZiOH'S NtTdid, of that city, In It's issue of this
| week, writes an editorial of nearly two
| columns in praise OF Mr. Cooks mastery
efforts, and that paper is admitted to be sec
| ond TO none In America In ability and dis.
| elimination.
The Boston Herald says: "Thero is
| hardly deacon In Connecticut who would not
| be deemed in danger OF hell fire for sabbath
| breaking by the authors of the blue laws.
| The old Puritan Sunday is gone, and It cannot
| be restored by arrestng concert singers for
| sabbath. breaking or by any other legal de
| vice. Sunday laws, like other enact
| ments, must be sustained by the moral sense
| OF the community, or they Will be dead let
| ters."