Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-12-22
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE.

CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
- The House OF the Good Shepherd in this city
has now ten inmates.
a fine new pipe organ is being made for st.
Peters church and will be placed in the church
before easter.
- Rev. Julius Soper, missionary to Japan, has
recently preached at number of the NJ. E.
churches of the District and is making out a
plan Of appointments to fill till conference.
- The Very Rev. Father Fulton provincial of
the Jcsuits Just returned from Europe, where
he took part in the election of a new general
for the order will preach at st. Aloysius church
at vespers tomorrow evening. The church has
been lately furnished with new lighting ap-
pafatus. which greatly adds to its beauty and
utility for evening services.
The Baltimore electoral conference of the
NJ E. church will meet at McKendree chapel, in
this city. at the same time as the Baltimore an
nual conference March 18th. to elect two dele
gates to the general conference which meets in
Philadelphia in May next During the confer
! ence here there Will be a platform centennial
meeting for which the Preachers Association
have appointed a committee.
- Rev. f. Payson Hammond, the evangelist,
is now laboTing with success at barley, Pa.
- The U. s. district court for Oregon last
month decided that grab bags. such as are used
at church fairs are gambling devices.
- Rev. Dr.. D. B. Jutten has declined the call
of the Peoples church. West sd street. New
York.
- Rev. j. Wynne Jones has been installed as
pastor of the Abbott PRESBYTERIAN church. Balti-
more
- The recent bazaar for the Baltimore Pres
byteran hospital, it is thought will net over
5000.
- The recent revival Mt Asbury NJ f. church
(colored) at Frederick, Md. resulted in SO con-
versions and 81 accessions to the church.
The Protestant Orphan asylum. of Chicago
has received from Mrs. Taicott $4,000 in the
! last three years.
- Rev. DR.. Matthew Newkirk has resigned the
pastOrate ofthe Bethlehem Presbyterian church.
Philadelphia.
- Rev. c. Jost, one OF the pioneers among
the German Methodists in this country, died in
Brooklyn December 4th
- The Baltimore Catholic Mirror says the
| number of Catholics in the United States now
! is about eight million.
- Rev. G.. W. Woodbridge. pastor of q Presby-
| terrain church in Loudon county, Va has re-
ceiVed call to the Fifth church i'll Chicago.
- Rev. George Norris, pastor of Presbyte-
| rian church in Baltimore died last Sunday
having, as it is supposed, been suffocated by
gas.
Rev. Or. A. G. Palmer, of Stonington, the
Baptist patriarch of southeastern Connecticut
on a late Sunday rode twenty miles and preached
three times
- Kew. ID. W. Frazier, graduate Of Howard
| university and a missionary of the Presbyterian
board in Liberia. has located at Greenyille, and
writes encouragiCgly of his prospects.
- Rev. W. W. Campbell. pastor Of the Grove
Presbyterian church, at Aberdeen, Md, has ten
dered his resignation, to take effect December
24th. and 1t has been accepted
- Taimon Wheeler. Of Chicago has decided to
the Episcopal church tract of land in that
city and advanced 300 900 ior the erection of
Church preparatory school.
The Friends boarding school at Vest
town. Pa. now being erected will cost S300. eco
ali OF which. with the exception Of $4,000, has
been raised.
- Rev. G. w Motley, of the Virginia confer
ence of the NJ E. church south, who had at
tended 81 successive conferences, died at Ash
land, Va, on the Sth instant, aged 80 years
- The annual collections for the support Of
students in st. Marys Seminary will be taken
up in all the Catholic churches of the arch
diocese OF Baltimore On Christmas day.
-ThereyiyaIat Jackson. Mich during the past
two months. conducted by Mr. Weber, an evan
gelist. resulted in about l 900 conversions. About
900 OF the converts have joined the NJ. E.
church.
Miss Grace Weiser. the evangelist, is con-
Quoting meetings ut Mt Oliyet. West Baiti-
more district NJ. f. church. There have been
b conversions and g have joined church. At
Hagerstown NJ F.. church (Ker. J. Is. Stitt
the recent revival resulted in 10 conversions
and 20 joined the church.
The total receipts of the Freedmens Aid
society, reported at the annual meeting in Gin
clnnati. Ohio. on the 9Th inst were II .639. of
which @G6,315 were expended for real estate and
buildings and sos. i33 % for teachers salaries
and scnool expenses. he conferences are asked
| to raise Sl2J, 600 next year.
- In some of the Catholic churches in Baltf
more there will be midnight masses Christmas
but in most OF the churches there early masses
will be at O'clock. and in few at o'clock
ABOUT % years ago midnight masses were quite
frequent, but they were forbidden by Arch
bishop kendrick in 1868.
- Rev. W. F. Crafts formerly of the Me.
church. has been received as member of the
| presbytery OF New York, and has accepted a
call to the First Union Presbyterian church of
New York city. Rev. George Mcclellan Fiske
formerly assistant rector at ST. Marks has been
chosen TO succeed Rev. DR.. Ever as rector of ST
lgnatius Episcopal church, New York.
- Rev. Owen B. Corrigan, pastor of the Cath
| Ole church, St. Charles Borromco, to be erected
corner OF Baker and Stricken streets, Baltimore
has rented the, church On Fremont street, BaIti-
more. near Pennsylvania avenue formerly occu-
pied by st. GEORGES =. f. congregations and
VIII commence at once the work of altering it
to suit the uses of his parishiOners.
BESGNISG A PRIEST. EVE LOSES
EHES FORTUNE.
An Interesting Maryland Will Case.