Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-08-11
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE.

CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
AT North Capitol n. e. church Rev. ].
Clark Hagey took In six practitioners on Sun
day. The congregations are growing, and the
church shows evidence Of prosperity.
The Lutheran missionaries to India expect
to sail from Philadelphia on the f25th instant.
By order Of the board the farewell meeting will
be held in this city, at 7SO p. m, on the 21st in
slant Arrangements for the meeting are In the
hands of committee of laymen.
"A correspondent writing from Fort Keogh,
Montana, says: referring to you issue of July
26th, which states that the Reverend Tous-
saint Mesple' is the only Catholic chaplain in
the army, allow me to correct that for the bene-
fit OF your many Catholic readers by saying that
there are two Catholic chaplains in the army.
Besides the gentleman above referred to, we
have right here at this fort the Reverend Eli
W: J. Lindesmith, Roman Catholic chaplain ap.
pointed from Ohio June 10th, 1SSO"-(" Vide
OFFICIAL Army Register.)
Rev. j. Crook. a Methodist clergyman, of
Michigan, has celebrated 12O marriages in the
past three years.
- Rev. G. F. Spieker of Kutztown Outh-
eran). has been called to the pastorate Of St.
Mlchaers, Allentown, Pa.
- ST. Paurs Lutheran church at Centreville,
northampton county, Pa, Rev. C. s. Trump,
pastor, was re-dedicated last Sunday.
Fifty six Catholics of Rochester, N. Y. re-
Gently subscribed $25. 900 toward the liquida-
ton Of a $50 900 debt in the cathedral there.
- Rev. E. H. Pratt, assistant editor of the
New York Evangelist. died recently at Durham,
N. Y, where he had gone for the benefit of his
health.
During the past year 131, 1928 tracts were
issued by the London Friends Tract Associa-
tion including some in the French, German and
Welsh languages.
- Rev. Charles Bishop, Methodist, writes from
Tokio Japan, that the awakening in the native
churches is progressing. and '.far exceeds any
thing before known"
- Mr.. NJ. Dermit formely Presbyterian min
lister. has applied to the Missouri conference of
Iowa'for a colloquum. with view of entering
the service of the bynodical conference.
- Rev. DR.. Purson, who received call to the
Tabernacle church, Indianapolis, Ind, has de-
clined it. and it Is stated will become pastor of
the Wannamaker Tabernacle. Philadelphia.
The NJ. E. church has organized the Indian
mission in the Indian Territory into conference
with four presiding elders districts and twenty
nine pastoral charges. There are liz local
preachers.
Myron L. Knight. graduate Of Amherst
College, and an employe of the Cahill house
at Asbury Park N. j.. who was drowned there
on july 23d. was studying for the ministry of
the NJ. E. church.
Rev. J. E. Maurer, Of the theological semi
nary at Gettysburg, Pa. has received an ap-
pointment by the board of home missions, and
accepted the appointment, and a call from the
mission at Lawrence, Kan.
The summer school of'Hebrew. at Morgan
Park, near Chicago has just closed four weeks
session. 1t has been conducted by Prof Har-
per, OF the Baptist Theological Seminary. who
has been aided by number of competent in
structOrs.
- The American Bible Society reports, for the
July meeting Of its managers grants to the
value of Sl2,75 During June 41,755 volumes
were sent to colporteurs in 81 states; $346l 80
were received, and 126, 57S copies Of the Scrip
lures We're issued.
The Baptist Weekly gives the vacant
churches wholesome bit of advice when it
says:-" If church wants to secure a new pas
tor. it can scarcely take q surer course to drive
OIL desirable men than by malgning the pastor
who has left them.''
- abu P. c. Mogoomdar, the foremost
preacher and writer of the Brahmo Somaj, of
India, is now lecturing in England to large au-
diences. He will spend the coming months of
September and October in this country. Iectur-
Ing and preaching.
A Boston religious weekly feelingly asks:
"Why do flies biteso much worse in church than
anywhere else?" This'is difficult conundrum;
but it may be that man is harder to keep
awake in church-in some churches. at least
than anywhere else.-NorristO,on Herald.
i Few men have done as much for the pre-
vention of human misery in Africa as David
Livingstone. One result of his work is that the
old slave market in Zanzibar where formerly
$1,000 slaves were sold annually. has been
changed into premises for the Universities Mis-
sion.
A young man in Houston county, Ca, was
recently converted something after the manner
of Sauls conversion. He scornfully rejected a
present of Bible, and on his way home was
struck by lightning. On recovering he bought
Bible and commenced to read it, and the re-
suit was his conversion.
DR.. Herrick Johnson, in his sermon as
moderator of the last general assembly Of the
Presbyterian church, pointed out three perlls to
which, Presbyterianism was exposed-that of
Journalism, Indifference to sound doctrine, and
such a decrease in the number of candidates as
to threaten famine in the ministry.
- The well-knOwn evangelistic services of the
Cooper Institute New York, conducted for so
many years by Mr. c. w. Sawyer. will be contin-
ued every Sabbath night throughout the summer
These services are held In the interest Of the
masses of the population who are outside of the
regular channels of church work
- The corner stone of new Evangelical
Lutheran church was laid with appropriate SER
vices at Jefferson. York county. Pa, July 18th.
Rev. W. II. ketterman is pastor of the charge,
with which the Jefferson congregation is con-
nected. Both the English and the German Ian
guages are employed in each of the four churches
constituting the pastorate
The Fourth New England Assembly, Rev.
Dr. ]. H. Vincent, conductor, to be held at
South birmingham. Aug. 21-31. promises to be
of unusual interest. Dr. J. B. Angel, LID,
president of Michigan State University, late
minister to China: Prof. w. c. Richards, of Chi
cago; Dr. o. H. Tiffany, Hon. Thomas Russell,
and John B. Cough, are to deliver lectures.
- The Young Mems Christian Association of
Philadelphia has for a long time been laboring
under heavy debt of Ss4OO. 600, arising from the
new and fine building on Chestnut street.
Through the efforts of MI. Wannamaker and a
few other men, assisted by MIR. Moody, arrange
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