Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-10
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE.

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yetreat lasting ten days or more.
Bishop Pinkney preached last Sunday at
Memorial p. E. Church, Baltimore, and con-
hTmed a class of ten. At Holy InnOcents'
church, the bishop confirmed class Of IS. half
Of them male, and the majority adults
- The Catholic Mirror. of Baltimore. con-
dennis severely what it calls the misrepresenta-
tlen practised by the principals in the Tabor
McCourt marriage. with the slime of the d.
vorce court still ciinging to their garments.
A meeting OF the Young Catholics Friend
Society of this city. the object of which Is the
education and clothing of poor boys, held its
semi-annual meeting in the basement of ST.
Aioysus church Sunday evening last and after
addresses on the work by Fathers Murphy and
Denny several new members were received.
- The roll Of membership OF Ryland NJ
L. church during the year Just closed. under
the pastOrate Of Rev. Richard Norris. has had 81
names added to If. The collections have been
krge. amounting 10 S5.3gS for all purposes
during tne year The lecture and infant class
rooms have been rearranged at a cost of % 1874.
The pastor went to the conference with his sal
airy of 81 600 paid in full. The church owes a
debt OF S1,CUO on the new Improvement. which
Is covered by valid subscriptions.
- The German Evangelical Lutheran Con-
eordia church, Goth and G streets. which has
been partly closed and partly supplied by out
side clergymen will resume Its regular services
again tomorrow. Rev. l.. II. Schneider. the
BeWiy-electel pastor. has been confined TO his
bed since the middle of December by typhoid
fever. bat Is now so far recovered as TO be able
TO MI his pulpit again. Mr.. Schneider was
called from Hartford. Conn. and elected No.
vember 18th Of last year in place of Rev. NJ
Kraft, resigned.
The revival services held by the boy preacher
at Decatur Iii has resulted in 200 conversions
Ar Carthage. Mo. wonderful revival is in
progress. at which there have been some 500
conversions.
Bishop ]. J. Glossbrener of the United
Brethren church. recently celebrated his golden
wedding ar AndeTsonviiie, Va.
Right Rev. H. p. Northrup has received the
appointment of bishop of South Carolina, and
will be cOnsecrated as such shortly.
OF the students at Lincoln university. at
Oxford. Pa. numbering PA all hut nine are
professors of religion are penitents.
Rev. II. j. Mckeefrey is about to establish
parOcha school at Martinsburg ". Va. to be
under the charge Of the sisters OF charity.
Last Sunday Archbishop Gibbons confirmed
at the Bohemian Catholic church, Baltimore
st. Wencesiaus-a class Of thirty girls and boys.
= Rev. r. g. NcBryde. OF ST. Georges Eps-
eopal church. fredericksburg. Va. has received
call to the rectOrshlp of Grace church Lexng-
ton.
- At Trinity N. E. church. Chester Pa Rev.
Thos- Kelly pastor nearly 80 persons, most of
them recent converts. We're received q few
weeks ago.
At the Congregational ministers meeting
In Chicago recently it was reported that the in
hiatOry steps for the formation of new church
d Cooks hall had been taken.
The Waverly VI. E. church. of jersey CITY.
proposes TO join the Second Congregational
church OF that city if the latter will purchase
the building now occupied by il.
Rev. ID. Dyfre Davies has ceased his con-
nection as pastor with the Welsh Congregational
church of New York city. Mr.. Davies took
charge of this church about eight wears since
with thirty-eight members and leaves it with
but one hundred.
The clergy of the Episcopal diocese ofPenn-
Eslyania have determined to devote the col
leetions on food Friday. which usually 90 to
The fund Tor the Jews. to the Church of the CRU
ci1Nion tcooredi. struggling as il is i'm mis-
tion district with scarcely any maintenance.
At the recent session of the South Carolina
Presbyterian synod the statement was made
that PresbyterianiSIn had made more progress
intha' state during the past five years than any
other denomination The grouping of weak
cillfcheS aS to support paS;oratts has re-
ceivedi special attention.
Five Mormon missionaries have been sent
TO chattanooga. who will distribute themselves
through the adjacent region These Young
men were originally residents of the southern
states. having engrated about five years ago
1t Is said that siXty-fve missionaries are al
ready az work in the south.
When the First PRESBYTERIAN church at
Memphis, Tenn, was destroyed by fire recently
DIR. III. Samfield. the Jewish Rabbi promptly
offered his synagogue as a place of worship for
the congregation. 4 few weeks ago the men,
bers OF the church sent Dr. Samfeld a token Of
their appreciation. supplemented by a note from
the pastor acknOw lodging his kindness.
Harvard divinity school has often boosted
OF It's cathOiicity on account of the appointment
OF Baptist, Prot. c. II. Toy D d., on the fac
ulty- Bat ex-President Hill now protests
against sabbath school book prepared by Pro-
lessor Toy and books of similar cast in which
Or. H. says: abraham is reduced TO MYTH
Moses to polytheist, and Jesus to very pure
minded Jew
The pastor of a church in Jersey City. fore
seeing the possible evils Of fair suggested
that If people would give outright what the fair
would cost them, the money would be raised
speedily. Accordingly Sunday was selected
oHu CdLeu the ldiT SuNUdy. I0e enVe!ODe5
that were brought In on that day Yielded about
$6OO-abOut double the amount the most SAN
guine hoped TO realize from the fair
An advisory council, held at the Lacrosse
Owls Congregational church recently. decided
that there are no seriptural causes for divorce
(separatiOn Of husband and wife with liberty to
marry again save adultery and that there are
seriptural grounds for separation without lib
erty to marry again. and advised that the
church should not give letter TO a member
who had been divorced On the plea of desertion
and cruelty.
AT Petersburg, Va. recently, the rite of con-
nrmation was administered by Bishop whittle
to VIM. E. Howell, once bishop in what was
known as Zion Union, large colored church
organization in the counties of Brunswick and
MeckleEburg. number Of ministers of that
church were also confirmed, the Zion Union.
embracing several thousand communicates
having come over almost In a body to the Epls-
cOpal church.
The Congregational churches at Roberts and
Thawville, ILL.,, Rev. j. B. Johnson pastor. have
become seif-supporting, and recently received
% new members At union meetings.. held at