Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-10
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE.

-McKendree church has recently had the
Sunday school room class room and the vesti-
bule trescoed and renovated
- The Columbia Baptist Association, COM
posed of the pastors and delegates of the white
Baptist churches of the District will meet on
Tuesday. Goth inst. in the First O3th street,
church. and VIII sit several days
- The Church of the Reformation nutheran).
on Capitol Hill. has now been entirely COM
pletcd. and during the coming week a new
organ will be placed in the church. Tomorrow
the 1lth instant, the church will be formally
dedicated
-Ontne general missionary committee ofthe NJ
f. church Rev. DIR. W. 5. Edwards. of Mckendree
church. will represent the Alabama. Baltimore,
Blue Ridge. Central Alabama. Florida Georgia.
Liberia. North Carolina. savannah. South Caro-
lima. Virginia Washington and Wilmington con-
ferencPs.
- The innovation or experiment Of holding
evening services in English at the German Con-
cOrdia church has proved very successful. 1t
has been the experience i'm this and other Ger
man churches that the young people as they
grew up have been attracted to the churches
where the services are conducted in English
Since the Introduction of English services at
fOnc0rt:!a church the evening congregations
have increased in numbers and the Young peo-
Pie are taking q much more active interest in
Church affairs.
Mr.. Justice Bradley writes TO the ErGn1elist
'Wiil YOU please to insert the following correc-
tion of my article published in your paper on
the 2Sth of June last on the date of Cirist's
CruciliXi0n: On re-eXaminin- my calculations
of the time of the new moon in March and April
A. I'D. To ascertain the lSt OF Nissan for those
years. find that committed q slight error in
not adjusting astronomical time (Which begins
at y noonbto civil time. by adding twelve hours
in each ease. as I should have done. This cor
reCti0H does not alter the result except to make
it certain that thc 1St of Nissan (and consequently
the 11thl could not have happened on Friday, i'm
the year j:;. which was before stated as uncer-
tain; 50 that the years - and 30 were the only
years in Pilates time in which the 18th of Nissan
fell on Friday
- The Niger mission reports 1000 people
under regular Christian instruction
- General Booth of the Salvation army.
has accepted an invitation to visit India
- Rev j. Fo@clstron. missionary to the Scan
dinavans along the Northern Pacific railroad,
reports l3 converts baptsed at Brainard MINI.
- The London missionary society has two
mission ships that sail between its station in
New Guinea, two in Africa and one in the South
seas.
A number of Englshmen have combined to
pay the go 900 needed to meet the expenses of
the Moody and Sankey meetings at IslingtOn.
London. this winter.
- There is Chinaman in Tahati. in the South
Sea Islands. who is said to expend so month,
out OF a salary of 80 for Bibles to distribute
among his countrymen there.
The project of consolidating he Northern and
Southern provinces of the Moravan church of
America mas failed. The matter has been agi-
tated in the church for some Years.
Inco,b pa.+{;, II N c.,;or ,x;,.;ou
AIRY at the Iatakia. Syria mission of the Re-
formed Presbyterian church. died recently after
twenty-scyen years of faithful service.
The American Bible society has received
letters from Constantinople indicating dispo-
sition on the part of the Turkish government to
Withdraw Its objection to the distribution of
the scriptures
Loo Foo, the Chinaman who sold himself
INTO slavery some years ago, that he might 90
to Demarara "a an evangelist. has now a church
OF 40 members. sending out q missionary and
cOlportcur of their town.
= Rev W. d. Weaver. Baptist missionary in
Colorado recently baptised two converts at
probably the highest altitude in which tine ordi-
nance was ever admin;stered-in a mountain
lake l0,tsto feet above the level of the sea
Five Chinese converts were recently added
to the Oakland {Cal.) Baptist church from Mrs E.
l. bfa'iWay school. and two more hope soon to
be ready The Chinese who become members
ore very active working Christians.
- At the Ch0ctaw and Chickasaw Baptist as
soelatiOn in the Indian Territory held in August.
letters were read from p churches reporting
over 100 hdptiSmS- SIX new churches had been
organized, and more than $50 contributed for
missions.
- Rev Charles Edwin Buriette. who has lust
sailed for India. where he will labor as a mis-
sionary in Assam. is a brother OF Robert Bur-
de'te. OF NHira.eye fame. He was graduated in
1881 at Brown University. and in 1888 at New
Ton Theological institution.
- Carey's first Hindu convert built a chanel at
Seranpore entirely at his own expense. and was
himself very useful as a native preachers while
The first native minister ordained bv the Church
Missionary society-a convert o.. Henry Mar
tyn s-was Instrumental in getting some sixty
souls into the folds of Christ.
A Cherokee Baptist church was recently or
ganiZed at Yellow Spring. Indian Territory with
fourteen members. and Mr.. Tick-Eater. a full
blood Cherokee. formerly Methodist. was Or
damned pastor by a council representing five Ban
tist churches MIR Tick-Eater is an Intelligent
man OF considerable influence in the Cherokee
Nation.
- There are thirty-five active churches now
connected with the Colorado Congregational AS
in Wyoming. Two have been formed during the
yeaF->outh Pueblo and Pilgrim Church. Dem
Yer There are thirty ministers now ut work in
the field where there were but four last wear
New men are wanted 10 open new places.
- y new building. to be used for both school
and church purposes. is to be erected at Umvoti.
IN the Zulu mission, as a memorial Oh Mrs
Daniel LinIley- She was daughter of DR.
William Parker. of New York and the first per-
son to begin schools in TmvOti for Kraal chill
dren- \ revival is in progress at this station,
at least nifty OF the natives expressing q desire
to become Christians.
- The Indian mission school at Fort Wranrcll.
Alaska. in which Mrs. Mcfarland is teaching
has increased in numbers and interest the past
year. and many of thu pupils have become Chris
tIail>- On" OF the oldest girls has been married
70 Christian INDIAN and gone as missionary to
Upper thllcat. where they both are doing faith
luI service Several more of the girls are pre-
pared To engage In mission work in their tribes
a. soon as the way opens.
- \ Congregational correspondent writing ef
the recent NJ. f. conference in Wisconsin saws: