Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-10-25
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE.

- Rev DR.. WV Hicks, late ofthe Tabernacle.
has returned to Florida.
= Bishop Taylor, the missionary bishop to
Africa is in this city.
At Epiphany church Rev. DR.. Paret is an
swering in his Sunday evening sermons ques-
tions and difficulties which have been put to
him by some OF the congregation.
- hev. DR.. Drinkhouse, formerly of this city,
now the editor of the Methodist Protestant,
Baltimore, has returned from visitations to the
New York and New Jersey Conferences
= The Rev. 7. S. Wynkoop, of the Western
Presbyterian church. H street. lett thecity for
Europe on Wednesday. Rev. DR.. 7. s. Childs
will supply the pulpit during his absence
= The Gospel Temperance Sunday school,
established few months ago at the corner of
LIST and Fl streets northwest, under the superin-
tendence of G. NJ. White. has reached an attend
ance of 80 on Sunday afternoons
j Last Sunday night there were thirty five
penitents at the altar of the Metropolitan NJ. E.
church, and numbers have been attending the
meetings this week. during which time Rev. Dr.
Huntley has received fifteen members on prOba-
ton.
= The Macedonia Colored Methodist Episco-
pal church. Rev. ]. E. Williams pastor, at Camp
Parole. near Annapolis, was dedicated this week
with religious exercises, Presiding Elder d. p
Seaton. of Washington, preaching the dedica-
ton sermon.
Rev. Samuel V. Leech formerly of this
this city, but now Of Grace NJ. E. church, Albany,
n Y, is having highly successful pastorate
there. He recently received fourteen full MEM
bers, and the church is reported to be in better
condition financially, numerically and spiritu-
ally than ever before.
Rev. F. r. Boston, of Augusta. Ca, for
merry of Hampton, Va, has accepted call to
the Warrenton Baptist church.
- The congregation Of Westminster PresbJ-
terrain church, Baltimore, has issued Call to
Rev. W. l.. Wilson. of Pittsburg.
- Rev. W. H. Wills, d. D.. of the North Caro-
lima NJ. 2. conference, was stricken with paraly-
sis on the night of September 18th.
Rev. Father Koenig, of Holy Cross Catholic
church, Baltimore. has been transferred to the
diocese of Padderhorn, Germany.
John Wesley NJ. E. church (colored) at
Harper's Ferry, W. Va, of which Rev S. Aiken
Lewis is pastor, was dedicated on the 18th inst
The Christian Missionary convention of
Maryland the Christian church,. will be held in
the Jerusalem church near Fallston. Hartford
county, Nd, on the 29th and Goth instant
An adjourned meeting of the convention of
the Protestant Episcopal church of the diocese
VI Sidl idIlu Oe lelu III baltimore on 1ueS-
day next. It's special work is to be the cleo
ton OF bishop in place Of the late Bishop
Pinckney.
Rev. H. f. johnson, who since 1877 has
been the pastor of the Chatsworth Independent
Methodist church. in Baltimore has resigned his
Passionate. with the view of entering the Erie
NJ +. Conference and taking charge of a church
at Newcastle Pa
- Bishop Warren ordered nearly seven thou
sand copies of the discourse of Dr. Daniel Steele
on 1.-The Holy Ghost the Conservator of Orthe-
dOxy' and is distributing them among the
ministers of the conferences this fall
--Eutaw Place Baptist church after being
without pastor two years has secured Rev.
DR.. F. N. Ellis Of fremont Temple, Boston
The Maryland Baptist Association has been held
there this week and Mr.. Ellis was present, TAX
ing part in the proceedings.
- Rev. Horace e. b. Artman died suddenly
in India on September 18th. Mr.. Artman was
sent from Philadelphia to India in 1880, as a
missionary of the Lutheran church. He was a
graduate. of the University of Pennsylvania
and studied theology in the Lutheran semi
nary.
- The Japanese Christians of San Francisco
have Japanese Gospel society, whose aim is
to extend the gospel among the Japanese who
are not Christians. They have also provided
feSutuCe. dl IL cheap rate. 1Or IhOSe
OF their cOuntrymen who are out Of employment
or are poor or sick
The new church erected at Bowie. p G.
county. Md, seventeen miles out on the B. & p
railroad will be dedicated Tomorrow 1t is a
frame edifce and will be one of the charges of
Severn circuit NJ E. church Grew T. ]. Crosse
On Sunday Rev. DR.. j. SDeale and Rev. Richard
Norris, OF this city, will ofiiciate. and Mr. Cross
will preach at the evening service.
"A call has been extended by the vestry of
Spesuee p. E. church, of Perrymansvie, Har-
ford county, Nd. to Rev. Jessie c. Taylor. for
merly or the Baltimore Conference, but for some
years rector OF parish in Charles county. Nd
Mr.. Taylor was formerly in Hartford county and
has many warm friends there.
- The revival at Baldwin Memorial NJ. E.
church at CROSSROADS, near Millersville. Anne
Arundel county, Md, held by Rev. E. A. FL
bridge. recently resulted in the addition of
about twenty-five to the church. including
number of the larger pupils Of the Anne
Arundel county academy.
- Rev. DIR. Pick, German, and pastor of an
Evangelical German church in Allegheny City,
made speech to his ministerial brethren at the
Evangelical Ministerial Alliance of Allegheny
county. short time since, In which he defended
and advocated beer-drinkng by ministers and
members. He announced that he drank it every
day, and thought his ability to preach seventeen
years without vacation was due to this habit
THE NOR r ms M arnu,S