Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-12-29
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

- The Brooklyn tabernacle has received i6
new members this month, making a total Of
1853 members.
- Rev. John Love. jr.. late Of Massachusetts,.
has become pastor OF the Second Baptist
church i'll Germantown, Pa
- Rev Messrs s II. " Wharton and W. s.
c. Thomas. OF Baltimore. expect to spend the
month OF January in Eyangelistic work in
Florida.
- The Indiana Raptists in the next year book
will show 54S churches, $50 ministers 40, i33
members. Bantisnls the past year, 1879. To-
tai received. 3 55i; net gain, III.
At the tenth anniversary of the Reformed
Episcopal church, recently held it was shown
that it has now ten bishops. 107 ministers. 10 coo
communicates. and church property vaiued at
about 5l.G09,000.
- Rev. Or. Ellinwood. of the PRESBYTERIAN
board Of foreign missions. says that when the
union Of the churches took place twelve years
ago there were but 3.ji2 members in the native
churches, and how they have S,65G.
Rev. II. II. Zones reports "a baptisms at
Round Hill. King George county. Va. ana 20 at
RaIfafannoc6. Eichmoad county, Va. Rev. J.
l.. Carroll, at GocI1Gsv.ile. Va, has dedicated
his new baptisteTy by immersing S3 converts
- The Presbyterian board of Foreign Missions
are in ptFpicX!iy over the diminished receipts
OF the current year. The receipts for the year
endln- December /. 1852. We're @2l2.@36. This
year they were but Sia 484. Il decrease OF
81, d. The Indebtedness TO the same date is
Fil0, 75i, against .j3, G07 last year.
Rev. Mr.. Ray. of Hyde Park, H., has sue
ceeded in reaching the masses, particularly the
young, by arranging for Sunday evenings a
song service with a large voluntary choir re-
spoaSiF2 scripture reading and a fitteen-ininute
sermon. These services have attracted hun
dreds OF former nGH-churcll-g
- On the f"s. Sunday of December Rev. DR.
Fl. G. Dewitt began a series of evangestc
meetings with The chCrch in Farmer village y.
u, and the WOrn is progressing with wonderful!
power. Recently nearly 100 souls came forward
to t"n-ccf2tc themselves to the service OF
,hri5t- 1ie meetings are continued with in
cred>in-' interest.
- The Central Congregational church. of
Brooklyn. has a Sunday school the average at
tendance OF which during the year has been
&3i. The school expended -, lS2 so in charita-
h!e Work, aud IS TIL. year supporting mission
airy in Utah, paying one-thigd of the salary of
the sunday school superintendent for Colorado.
and cl';5 Tor cOiCred teacher in Florida.
-Rey. J. X. Wilson closed his first year in the
passionate OF the Winthrop street church of
Taunton, Mass. Dec. 1st during which seventy
three have been added to its membership the
congregations have been greatly enlarged, and
over ~lJ.UU3 has been raised for current cx-
fcGSHs. including payment OF Il debt of So 500
Oit THANKSGIVING evening the church voluntarily
and unanimously voted to increase his salary
$500.
- Among the Methodist missionaries in Nor
way is Mrs. Nielsen. vino was for twenty-five
years a successful actress. She was converted
nD6pr IF
abandoned her profession and has since been
preaching with great acceptance to crowded
touS'S. Her fne elOcuti0nary powers, added
| to an intense conviction of the truths of the
gospel. give peculiar attractiveness to her dis
courses.
The Rev. Dr.. J. B. Shaw, pastor of the Brick
presbyterian church of Rochester, N. Y, has
Just celebrated the fOrty-thrd anniversary of
his connection with that church. During this long
period nearly 1900 persons have been received
on profession, and 1.400 by certificate There
| are 10" aboGt 800 names on the church roll,
and The church is recognized as one of the
strongest in the Presbyterian denomination in
| this country.
- In 1870 there Were in Philadelphia four
Presbyterian churches, with 500 members. and
ratio to the population of one to $40. In 1883.
the number of churches is IS. with member
sap OF 2I.Iii. or one to 80 of the population
churches III connection with the general assem-
cry were other Presbyterian churches added
tu"Fe Would be shown an aggregate for 1883 of
III Churches and II, ~ communicates.
- The Christian Register makes the sensible
observation that lin seeking to be wholly indie
pendent OF sects. one may often become q
private sectarian of pronounced stamp. The
most sectarau church on the whole is that
which cuts Itself aIOOf from all other organiza-
md l..tn
solely Tor its own existence. This is the sec
tarianlsn OF independence, and often degen-
crates into the seCtarianism of sellishness"
- The New York Methodist Christian Adroc0te
does not agree with that species of low wit in
which some indulge in prayer meetings and class
meetings, at camp meetings and in revival SER
vices. which often so closely borders on profan-
lty. 1t gives among other illustration of the
evil the following: only short time ago. at
acalnp meeting in Massachusetts, the following
Tr2Ycrcnt expression was heard from the llps
OF a man who ought to have known great deal
better. He said that his telephone connection
with the Holy Ghost was special, and could not
be cat or