Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-03-29
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
CHIECHEs HERE AND ELSEWHERE.


visiting friends here. and Will ofTciatc at the
FIRST congregational church Tomorrow
- The MISSION at St. Matthews. which has
been in progress during the past week. will
close on Tuesday. IL has been well attended
- The Garfield Memorial (ChrStan) church,
Rev F. d. Power has quite an interesting
series of meetings in progress. and number Of
accessions to the membership has resulted.
At the F. street Baptist church. for some
few weeks. interesting religions meetings have
been in progress. conducted by the pastor. Rev.
Dr D. W Faunce assisted by his son. There
will shortly be a number OF baFtsms
Rev. Father J. J. Murphy. Of Gonza.a col
lege and pastor of st. Aloysius. returned last
Monday from short visit to Western Massa-
chnsetts. Father Murphy is not in robust
health, and his work is evidently telling On him.
- The many friends of Rev. Dr. T. C. Teas
dale. formerly of the 18th street Baptist church.
in this city. will read with Interest the fact that
in recent revival at Newark, NJ. DR.. Teasilae
Afforded the pastor most valuable assistance for
three weeks He is past 20 years of age, but his
Bibie readings ana sermons full of power.
About 20 people in all have been baptized
- The First Congregational church in Holy
oke. Mass, has had seven different pastors in Is
years.
of Maryland for St Charles college will be taken
at Easter SUNDAY.
- Rev. Dr. f. ]. Drinkhouse, editor Of the
Methodist Protestant, of Baltimore. has been
quite sick recently. but is improving
- Rev. Dr. Kittredge, of Chicago. 1t Is re-
ported Is to succeed DR.. Porter in Bedford
Avenue Reformed DUTCH church, Brooklyn.
Rev g. j. johnson, u. D.. intends to retire
from his long service in the Baptist Publication
society after the close of IFS present financial
year.
- Rev. l.. =. Hornber@er one of the most esti-
mab!e and successful Baptist pastors of Phila-
delplia, died on Sunday evening last of pneu-
mOnias
- Rev. William J. Hamilton a Catholic priest
and rector of the cathedral at Mobile Ala. died
at 1t. Joseph's intirmary in Louisville, Ky, re-
Gently
- Rev. Thomas Harrison is continuing his Ia
bors in St Louis with apparently unabated sue
cess. The total number of conversions reported
since the meetings began is SEQ.
Two years ago there We're four German
Congregational churches in the United States
with Si2 members. Now there are IS churches.
~ OF which are in Nebraska and DakOta.
The meeting of TIE Potomac Baptist asso-
citation will be held at Manassas on Saturday
and Sunday. March 29th and 3Oth, 1884. and the
church will be organized there on the 30th-
The ordination of Nicholas Blerrin9. re-
eeived in the Greek church. has been recOg-
niZed as valid by the New York presbytery. and
he is now in full membership with that body.
- The s25, 600 required to found q professor
ship at Williams college In honor CT DR.. Mark
Hopkins has all been raised and will be made
the nucleus Of a fund TO support the college pas
tOr;te.
- The Chicago Theological Seminary board
has elected Rev. A. J. Sage. ID. D.. of Hartford
CT. to the chair of homietics. church polity and
Pastoral duties. and it is expected that he will
accept the appointment.
- The Richmond Christian AdrOcate saws:
Baptist preacher in North Carolina carries his
opposition to titles so far that he will not allow
his pupils to call him MI" and requires them
to address him as BILL
- The Presbyterian understands that the
number of Presbyteries reporting an affrma-
tive vote on the overture reducing representa-
ton IN the general assembly is thirty-one. The
overture it adds is evidently defeated.
- Rev Joseph NJ. Ogden DID. of Chatham.
N. j.. died recently after n pastorate of fifty
years In the Presbyterian church at that place
He was in his ei@hteth year and one of the
most prominent ministers of his denomination
in New Jersey.
- The late Episcopal Bishop Clarkson was
Instrumental in building over fifty churches in
Nebraska and Dakota. Trinity cathedral. in
Omaha was Iuilt mainly through his exertions
and influence. and he also established a chill
dren's hospita. at Omaha.
- lady in Alexandria, Va formerly mis-
sionary at Jaffa says OF Chinese Gordon that
she was deeply impressed with his spirituality
ana devotion to the Bible. and that he ALWAYS
carries with him copies of tract written BIZ him
cell, in English and French.
- The Fifth Baptist church. Philadelphia, has
had plans proposed tor the enlargement of its
auditorium ut an outlay of go 600 Dr. Peddie
has just finished his first year as pastor and
during that time 149 communicates have been
added to the list, - by baptism.
- The RGHGOOn Times, of January 31St re-
cords the death of Mr.. r. B. Hancock. of the
BAPTIST mission. He was native of this coun-
try. and was appointed missionary printer i'm
ISL He had been in Burmah continuously
since 1860 in the management of the mission
press.
- The American Baptist Missionary Union has
theological schools. go churches 5O69l COM
municants 50 missionary stations. 100 mission
aries. Ia ordained and oil lag native helpers.
These statistics do not include Europe. 1t has
missions in Burmah, India, China, Japan Africa
and Europe.
- English Baptists number 31:}S chapels and
S0i-st2 communicates, having increased last
year l%.SSi In Scotland they have 90 churches
and in ireland p In England and Wales they
have PASS churches. AMI in the precincts of Lon
don 81 churches, a-Ercgating :, Jy3 churches in
the British Isles
4 western pastor is reported as riding
twenty-four miles every Sunday in order to
preach three times and to work in two SUNDAY
schools He also teaches singing class one
evening In the week. going seven miles to do
So that there may be good soul-stirrino music
among his congregations"
- The congregations composing the Burhitts-
vile Reformed church. in Frederick county
Md. have elected az their pastor. to succeed
the late Rev. l.. NJ. >Shuford the Rev. DIR. George
H Martin, OF Woodstock. Shenandoah county
Va Dr. Martin has accepted the call and will
enter upon the duties OF the pastorate during
April
- The Methodist Episcopal laymen of Phi]a-
delphla have adopted resolutions declaring that
the church would be benefited by increasing
the lay representatives. in the general confer
ence and BY Introducing them In the Animal
conferences. and by securing to them the right
to elect their representatives i'll all the official
boards.
- The missionaries Of the American Protest
ant Episcopal church have been great sufferers
on account of the civil war which has ragged in
the Island of Hayti since last spring Some
have been compelled to abandon their fields
and fee for their lives undergoing great prya-
tons. Some Of the native Christians have suf-
ferpd death.