Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-01-27
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
The CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE.

on the western Maryland railroad.
- Rev. c. C. Mealor has In progress at the
Filth BAPTIST Church, South Washington. an in
teFesting revival meeting. quite a number of
inquiTers having presented themselves
1t Is understood that Rev. J. O. Peck, for
merry Mt Vernon VI. f. church. Baltimore
and now of Brooklyn. n. Y, can be transferred
and assigned to the Metropolitan H. E. church,
OF this city, if be so desires.
= There seems TO be considerable spiritual
Interest in the Methodist Episcopal churches of
TINS city Just now, revivais ben., in progress at
Waugh (Rey- W. Downs) Foundry (Rey W. Z.
ward. Mehendree REV. c. II. Richardson).
- In the Metropolitan Presbyterian church on
Capitol Hill a special religious interest COM
mence1 with the observance of the Week OF
PRAYER" Thirteen persons have been admitted
to the church. and many more have expressed
their intention to unite.
Rev. Fl. Denny. s. j.. recently appointed
pastor of st. Aloysius Catholic church, i'm this
city. to succeed Rev. Father Mageveny is about
IS years of are, a graduate of Oxford England.
and was at ore time member of Cardinal
AanainG's household. He has served several
churches in the neiahborhood of Pittsburg, and
was recently stationed at the church Of St.
Franc Aavier, New York. He is regarded as
one of ihe best SPEAKERS in the priesthood.
- In quite number of the Methodist churches
of Philadelphia revlvals are in progress.
- There is revival meeting in progress at
the NJ E. church, SOUTH at Winchester, Va.
- Rev. W. G.. Anderson has resigned the pas
forate of the BAPTIST church at Fncastle, Va.
- The italian Free Christian church. pastor
and flock" has passed into the hands of the
Meth0dIsts.
- Rev. j. F. McClelland formerly of the New
York Me. conference, died at Santa Cruz. Cal. :,
on Saturday last.
- Rev DIR. W. o. JOhnstoue of the Kensng-
ton 0hiadelphial Presbyterian church. died
recently. During his pastorate of three years he
received 500 in the church and baptized 800.
- Rev. E, Payson Hammond, the Evangelist,
Is still conducting revival meetings at Warren
avenue Baptist church. Boston, and i'm few
WEEKS will open a series of meetings in DR.. Tai
IMAGES tabernacle i'm Brooklyn
The church of st. Monica. on Hill street.
Baltimore dedicated last Sunday by Archbishop
GIBBONS for the use OfcOlOred Catholics of South
Baltimore. has been put in charge of Rev. A. B.
Lesson, of the Josephite Fathers.
- The Sisters of the Bon Secours, whose head
quarters are on West Baltimore street. Bati-
more. are expecting reinforcement from Paris.
This is an order of trained nurses who devote
themselves mostly to caring for the sick.
- Bishop Kavanaugh. of the Methodist Epis-
cOpal church, south, recently attended the Flor
Ida conference. was Frustrated and will be COM
PEELED to remains in Florida during the winter
Bishop hayanaurh's residence is IN St Louis
- The recently inaugurated governor of Penn
eylvania is Methodist, the son Of minister
and his private secretary Rev. DR.. Everett. is
nira1+ :.Nv ole h. 49,
RAN Rev. G. l. Little, late OF Dickinson college.
Rev. Henry Eoiz, late of st. Peters Catho-
nc church, at Waldorf, Charles county, Nd. will
succeed Rev Father Frederick. at st. Mary's
church. Hagerst own. Father Frederick goes to
Deer Creek, Hartford county. Md. and Rev j. j.
Conway from Deer Creek to Waldorf
- The Cleveland Herald asserts, and appa-
fently proves, that the title City of Churches"
does not so properly belong TO Brooklyn as to
Cleveland. 1t thinks that while BROOKLYN might
have formerly deserved to be SO called. its re-
hgicCs strength i'll the last few years has been
waning.
- The John c. Green fund, controlled by the
American Sunday-sehool union. besides support
ing four missionaries. has covered the expenses
OF $50 new schools. attended by 16, 600 teachers
and scholars. i'm which there have been yg2 con-
versions. and from which SO churches have been
organized.
- The golden jubilee Of Mother Francis
Xavier Ward, of the Sisters Of Mercy, and supe.
Sior Of the house Of Mercy, at Manchester, N.
H., was celebrated there few days ago. This
sister was the last survivor of those who founded
the order in Dublin. and she established SO
houses in this country.
The late Rev. Titus NJ Coan, missionary to
the Sandwich Islands, where he settled in 1885,
received as members Of the church twelve thou
sand OF the native converts, l. 705 making pro-
fession of faith in one day. and 5.244 being re-
ceiyed in the year 1887 during the great relipi-
Gus awakening in the Islands.
Rev. DR.. Robert W. Lanlis the most emf
rent Of the Kentucky Presbyterian divines. died
Thursday morning at DanviIIe. He was a man
Of peculiar habits. lived the life of hermit and
cooked his own meals. He was the author Of
many doctrinal works and a contributor to sew
eral reviews and newspapers.
Chang Kun Sing converted Chinaman, is
about to leave New York to return to his native
land as missionary. He was baptized from
the Chinese class Of Trinity Baptist Sunday
school about year ago and entered Rev DR..
SamsOn's class in the SD street Bible college
supporting himself by performing the duties of
sexton of the SD street church. The Chinese
Sunday school classes have raised $50 towards
his expenses.
= Rev. Father Ryan. the well-known priest
poet and lecturer. has been called to account by
some OF the Catholic periodicals for having
spoken Of the decline in the moral and political
power of the church. and ne answers that he
did not assert the spiritual decline but that the
material and political power OF the Catholic
church has been declining for a long time Is evil
dent TO any one who is not too blind to see facts
or too dull to realize them"
There IL a movement on foot In Baltimore
for the establishment Of a Charitable Protestant
Episcopal Mission, similar to the Thames Mis-
sion of London. and Rev. George A. Ieakin has
supervision of the matter. 1t is proposed to at
up yacht with a chapel. organ and all the
requisites Of worship. and follow up the oyster
fleets of the Chesapeake, holding on board re-
llgious services at convenient times for those in
the boats Mr.. Leakin says that thousands of
these men are now as completely cut off from
religious privileges the tribes in central
Africa
- The Philadelphia Press heard OF q Clergy
man Of that city who in one OF his PRAYERS re-
Gently asked for the conversion OF his choir. and
makes it the occasion TO condemn the bad taste
OF such performances. "The manners Of this
CLERGYMAN, it says, must certainly have been
neglected in his youth, or else he is irving TO
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