Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-01-13
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
THE CHURCHES HERE AND ELsEwHERn.

THE CHURCHES HERE AND ELsEwHERs.
- Rev. Dr.. Lindsay, Of st. Johns church,
Georgetown, begins a series of lectures specially
Iof men, tomorrow afternoon.
The Lutheran church on Capitol Hin h con-
templatfng the completion Of their building
during the coming summer. The ladies are
very active In raising money to pay for the lot.
- The revival meetings at Memorial N. &.
church. Rev. W. Hirst Reed. which have just
closed resulted In about one hundred accessions
to the church.
The meetings which have been In progress
at Ryiand. Rev. Richard Norris pastor for some
weeks, are kept up, and 30 far about one hum
dred have been converted.
At Waugh Chapel, on Capitol Hill, Rev. W.
Downs pastor, q revival meeting has been In
progress this week with q promising outlook
and Rev. W. F. Ward, at the Foundry, has COM
menced q meeting
AT the forty hours devotion at st. Aloysius
church, which commenced on Sunday last. the
opening services were conducted by Rev.
Father Magiyeny, and despite the weather
there was large attendance.
st. Matthews Catholic church has re-en-
gagged for the present year for Its choir Prof
John P. Lawrence, organist; Mrs. George B.
n.
l.. T. Cannon, baritone and director. and in ad-
dition there will be large and well trained
chorus.
The will of Alexis f. Smith, Of Frederick,
Md, which was contested, was yesterday ad-
mitted to probate. Under it's provisions the
Lutheran Memorial church, Rev. DR.. Butler of
this city: will receive 81 200, and the Lutheran
church, Baltimore, 5000.
- The president of Liberia college. Rev. Or.
Blyden, is to deliver the address at the sixty
sixth anniversary Of the American Colonization
society, which takes place tomorrow Sunday
evening at the New York Avenue Presbyterian
church. DR.. Blyden has the present distinction
OF peing the only negro who writes for the
quarteriies. He is described as having "a
pleasant. well mOdulated voice." and as an elO-
quent and logical speaker.
The plan inaugurated this year. by the
churches of East Washington, of holding union
MONDAY meeting, during the week of prayer,
for that part of the city has proved a great
success 'The church of the Reformation
where these meetings were held has been well
filled. and so much interest has been manifested
that 1t has been decided by the pastors of the
diferent churches, to hold MONDAY meeting
on saturday OF next week, whose special object
shall be the gathering together of the children
OF the Sabbath schools of East Washington.
me place selected as being most central is the
metropolitan Presbyterian church, and the
meeting will be led by Rev. W. NJ Ingersoll, Of
the metropolitan Baptist church
The Methodist Historical Society of Balti-
more has been reorganized
There are two thousand young men being
trained for the ministry In the United States.
Five Of the workers on the Santhal Mission
In India were formerly Brahmin priests
The Catholic churches In the archdiocese Of
New York have collected s1S,S62 for the benefit
of Pope Leo Kill
Rev. DR.. Carroll, of Baltimore. has given
$4,000 to Dickinson college. PENNSYLVANIA, to
aid the endowment fund.
REV. DR.. Fossett, of Chicago is now spoken
OF as the possible successor of Rev. Dr. Baer, at
the Metropolitan NJ. E. church.
- Rev. DR.. John Peddie, of the First Baptist
church, New York, has accepted call to the
Fifth Baptist church, Philadelphia.
- The colored members of St. Mary's Catho-
lie church, at Marlboro, Maryland, have formed
beneficial society.
"A new Methodist paper is soon to be
started In Ireland, to be called The Irish Chris
tan Adoocdte.
- Rev. DR.. Ryle, the Episcopal bishop of
Liverpool, England, has been congratulated by
the Evangelical Protestant Union for the step
pulpit. =
Many people think that the Douay version
of the Scriptures is the only one authorized for
use In the Roman Catholic church. This Is not
so, however Bishop Ryan has recently stated
that while bishops In their dioceses NAV recon-
mend particular translatiOns, as the Douay or
Archbishop Kenrick's, the authorized version
for the universal church is the Vulgate.
The ex-Rev. Mr.. Min. who became an ag-
nostic and then took to the stage, is said to be
meeting with large success in the west His
voice Is good, and his personal magnetism is
great. His costumes are costly and magnif-
cent. and his enunciation is exceptionally dis
tinct.
The N. E. church south has located the
Paine institute for the education of colored
young men for the ministry of the colored NJ
E. church at Augusta. Ca, and Rev. Dr. Morgan
Galloway, vice president OF Emory college has
been elected president.
The congregation OF the A. NJ. E. church. re-
Gently occupying a chapel on South Eutaw
street, Baltimore. have moved to what was for
merly the Cross-street n. E. church, the congre-
cation under Rev. E. H. Smith having recently
moved to larger edifce.
Rev. George D. Buchanan. pastor of the
Asqnith street Presbyterian church, in Balti-
more, has received the unanimous call of the
SOACA"i ooSChuiy VI AUSTRALIA, TO labor
as an evangelist in the colony and at meeting
ofthe Baltimore Presbytery next week, his re-
lease will be asked for.
Rev. Isaac P. Cook perhaps the Oldest local
preacher within the bounds of the Baltimore N.
E. church will preach commemorative sermon
at the First church, Baltimore to-rnorrow-ir
being his Goth anniversary as member and sd
as local preacher attached to that charge.
- At the celebration of the twenty-ffth an
niversary of Hanson Place NJ E. church. Brook
lyn, last Sunday. Bishop Andrews, of this CITY.
preached the sermon and Rev. DR.. Wilbur F.
Watkins of the Episcopal church. formerly of
this city and now rector OF Holy Trinity. New
York, made an appropriate address DR.. Wat
kins was converted in this church and subse-
quently served it as pastor before entering
the Episcopal church.
The congregation of the NJ. E. Church South
are being appealed to for contributions for the
purpose OF purchasing land and erecting build
lngs for the Anglo-Chinese University at shang-
hal OF the SAT 600 required. %. 600 is expected
to be raised IN the Baltimore conference and
over one-half has been paid. The university re-
ceived LOCO applications for admission as soon
as it was opened, and 400 students only could
be received.
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