Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-02
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
The CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE


- Rev. Thomas b. Hughes late assistant at
ST. Peters church, has been appointed by Arch
bishop Gibbons pastor of st. Teresas church,
UniontOwn, with st. Ignatius' church, in Prince
Georges county. Nd. as mission.
Sunday, the 10th inst, will be childrens
day in most of the Evangelical churches
throughout the country. and it will be gen
orally observed here Many Of the Sunday
schools will use the same order of service and
In q number OF churches. in addition to the
regular sermons in the morning, there will be
appropriate ones for the children.
- The average salaries OF the ministers of the
New England NJ. E. conference is but $500 per
year.
- Rev. Henry L. Hutchins. of Gunnison, Col
oradO. has accepted a call as missionary to BOs-
ton.
Rev. Mr.. Doe of Wisconsin. and Rev. Mr..
Todd. of Pittsfed have gone to Texas and Rev.
Mr. Cole is about To follow.
- Rev. DIR. w. W. Paxton, of the First Pres
byterian church. New York, has been called to
the chair of Sacred Rhetoric in Princeton Semi
nary.
- Rev Duncan NJ. Young, of the Mariners
Bethei, of Philadelphia, Baptist, has joined the
Presbyterian church.
- In Jefferson street Me. church, Baltimore,
Rev. VI. F. B. Rice pastor, there have been 1G
converts since conference.
- Some OF the religious papers state that
christians can learn with profit even from
MOrmons missionary Zeal and perSistency."
- Rev. DIR. James Lisk has resigned pastor
ate in Philadelphia TO become district secretary
Of the Baptist publication society. New York.
- Rev. DIR. Vim. Cathcart pastor of the Sec
ond Baptist church. Philadelphia. for twenty-six
years past. is on leave of absence to recuper-
ute his health.
At a meeting of the Chicago Congregational
Club the work OF the Chicago city missionary
society was presented and seven of the members
subscribed 81 600 each
Rev I. X. Beecher, of Elmira, New York
Rev. Or. Goodwin of Chicago, Rev. DIR. StrO NC
of Boston, and Rev. J. W Hough. all Congrega-
tienalists, are visiting California.
At the recent meeting of the Michigan Con-
gre,ational Association the subject of establish
Ing q Congregational summer resort was pre-
sented and referred to a committee
- Maryland leads all other states i'm Sunday
school work, with 2.O42 sunday schools and
233. SIS members-about p per cent of the pop
ulatiOn- Texas has but five per cent.
- The German NJ. E. church on Light street,
Baltimore, has working band of young men
who visit sailors and emgrants. and as the re-
suit there were nearly fifty penitents at the altar
Sunday night.
e,
the corner stone of which was laid Sunday week,
had its origin in Sunday school numberin.: 100
in 1876, which now numbers over 1920. There
are lS3 members of the church.
- The Rochester Seminary (Baptlst) at it's re-
cent commencement, graduated a class of thir-
teen young theologians. The trustees are seek
Ing an endowment of 5000 The Yale Tbeo-
logical Seminary graduated twenty-six this
year.
Miss Frances Wizards engaged In campaign
throughout California. to be followed by a SINH
lar one in Oregon and Washington Territory, in
the interests of the WOman's Christian Temper
anee Union She is speaking two or three times
daily.
Rev. DR.. W. w.McLane of the Second Presbv-
terrain church at Steubenville, Ohio. has been
convicted of heresy by his presbytery for deny
Ing Fhe doctrine Of the atOnement i'm his book,
tine Light ofthe Cross, and suspended from the
ministry.
- The general synod of the Lutheran church
met IN Springfield. Ohio. on the 10th ult There
are IN the United States 80 syncds with 3,4OO
ministers. $500 churches and 80. COO communi-
cants- In 1868 there were but 2G5 900 commu-
nicants.
The First Congregational church of Oak
land. Cal. this spring placed its Sunday school
work under charge of a saariet superintendent;
WHu HHit ENlli1 tGliEe time ana attention
10 that department. ranks associate pastor
havinr been formally called 10y the church to
the position.
- Tie virtual author of the Ober-Ammergau
Pdssto" "loy recently died in that village at
the age of eighty-fye He was Bene dictine
monk. named Geistlich Rath Daisenberger He
was an enthusiastic lover of music and the re-
h2lOCs drama, writing many religious plays
himself
no in,
In Boston. Rev. DR.. Quint showed that the sup
ply of available ministers for the churches is
equal to the demand. Six hundred churches
employed ministers. Sixty churches and sixty
six ministers die annually.
The Seamen's Bethel Retreat and Reading
Rooms. established by Rev. Samuel Kramer at
the Corner of Sth and l. streets southeast. is
doing good work among the sailors of the
navy yard MIR. Kramer has been an earnest
Christian worker among the seamen for forty
years. and having followed the sea in the frigate
BrandyWIne in 1929 and for several wears he
knows the wants of the seamen The move
ment Is warmly endorsed by the officers of the
yard and Others.
- The Southern Baptist convention. which
vas held at Waco, Texas, from May 9Th to 18th.
was attended by over 5000 delegates. and was
very enthusiastic. Rev. DIR. p H. Mill of GeOr-
KID was tle picSltiSnt, ana senators MaXey, of
Texas. and Brown, OF Georgia and Rev Dr.
Williams, of Baltimore, and Rev. Dr. Furman.
oil South Carolina, vice presidents. Over IS. 600
was subscribed towards the endowment of the
Southern Theological seminary of which Sena-
tor Brown has been elected president of the
board of trustees.
- Rev. Douglas F. Forrest, associate rector
Of Trinity Episcopal church, has rendered his
resignation, but the vestry has not yet taken
action. This action on the part Of Mr. Forrest
Goes not result from any want of harmony with
his associate Rev. ThOs. q. AddisOn) the yestry
or congregation. but Is based solely on his con-
victions that it wOuld be best for the interests
OF the church that Mr.. Addison should have
sole charge. The vestry have hopes of making
some satisfactory arrangements which will re-
suit in Mr. Forrest withdrawing his resignation
- Rev. DIR. Herrick johnson, Of Chicago in a
sermon before the Presbyterian General Assem-
bly,, at Saratoga devoted large portion of his
discourse TO the dangers which threaten the
Church. Under the head of ministerial famine
ne referred TO the statistics of the Presbyterian
chureh Tor the last decade. ending 1882 and said
That the number of churches SO far exceeded the
Plumber OF ministers that it would require the
off ri. n