Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-04-05
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE.

- Revival meetings have been In progress Tor
sonf days at ST. Pauls Lutheran church, con-
Quoted by the pastor, Rev. DR.. Domer- Much
Interest is apparent.
- The archbishop OF Baltimore will visit-and
administer confirmation in the Catholic churches
OF lower Maryland from April 10Th to May 18th,
Commencing at Marlboro on the first date.
- Rev DR. Chas F. Deem of the Church OF
the Strangers. in New York. and editor of the
Christian Tbouqit recently spent several DAYS
I'm this CITY. pr. Deem Is a native OF Baltimore
and i very popular there
- The series OF revival meetings at the Gar
fed Memorial Christian church, conducted bv
the pastor. Rev F, D. Power has not vet closed
Already about dozen persons have been re-
ceyet into the church by baptism
- The mission Of st. Alovsius church con-
Quoted by Rev Fathers Daughertv and Kenny.
for ihe past two weeks will close Sunday after
noon with a lecture. This week was for men ex-
cius.yeiy. ana Immense crowds have attended
the services.
- The junior choir of st. Patrick's church.
under the direction of Miss Lulu Boone. recent
~ surprised The congregation 10y excellcntly rem
derin@ Rosewir'S mass The soI5ists are Misses
r ilay -. Belle Miller. Mary Yandoren, Bessie
NaTkriter and Alice Daley.
- 1t Zion Baptist church colored. street.
between Sd and i streets southwest. Rev.
VIM Gibbons. pastor. a revival meeting has
been in progress since March 18th and there
nave been 80 PeHitents and over ~ conversions
This church, which was organized in 1868. with
aeOut ;',O members, BOW numbers about 800.
Speculation continues as to who will be
elected successor 70 the late Bishop Pinkney by
the Episcopal diocesan convention which meet
in May Many prominent clergymen are men,
tUnfd. bat II the time for election the
nomination Will narrow down to a few The
A'G@~5c5t Ittrlu-y Ch}HChHGa in its current
Issue. says that these who advise that a bishop
sa0uld he chosen outside the diocese by no
EleanS d;Spar3ge the great worth of some of
I'll" Maryland clergy But rightly. or wrongly.
they urge that within the last few wears every
prominent ci.rgymanin Maryland has been com
PEELED To- vote III convention on strictly party
questions: and, moreover. on party question
which at the time produced very heated and
angry feeling: and they say that it Is desirable
that the new bishop should be beyond the sus-
piclon OF any partisan preferences
- The Church missionary society of England
has established a home for the children of mis-
siOnarieS.
- Bishop kavanaIIgh. of the Methodist church
south. died recently after painful illness. in
the SD year OF his age.
- 1t is reported that at church fair in New
York recently cask of ale was offered to be
voted to the best natured man.
The tnitarians connected with the church
at clinton. Mass. have voted to use water in
steal of wine at the communion services
In the Virginia Methodist conference last
year Juvenile missionary society. known as
the RoSebud, raised for missions S3,11O32
a weekly religious paper publishes among
it, notes ri sister denominations the matches of
two base ball clubs, each using the prefix st"
- During the year ending April. 1888. the
to'a! expenditure of the Presbyterian church
vas @?.f.ii 1872 or an average of but little over
sio per COMMUNICATE, for all purposes.
- Two years ago a Presbyterian church. con-
si.tirC OF one family. was organized at Mayfield.
kanSas- II how has sixty members on its roll
Of WhoEi tweDty iiye Lave been added since last
October.
The present year IS the centennial" of the
Georgia Baptist ASSOCIATION ami an effort IS
being made to siGnaIize the circumstance bv
securing -l~'~D additional endowment for
Mercer College
chicago has 4 gospel slip named the
"t'lad Tidin@s,' under the command of Cant
Burby, his wife. son and two daughters. 1t
sails the northern lakes and religious services
are conducted by the family.
- The Rev. Jacob Freshman pastor of the
Reformed Hebrew church. New York, baptized
two Hebrew converts. husband and'wife. re-
Gently. and several have publicly ayOWed their
adhesion to Christ by receiving baptism.
Mr.. Spurgeon's Pastors college. In Eng
land. in % years has educated co. 1876 of whom
are employed as pastors. missionaries or evan
gelists in connection with the Baptist church.
the others being also engaged in some Christian
work, while IL have died.
There are twenty-five ministerial students
al Mercer College, several of whom have their
wives and children living with them. 1t is
strangely said that the services of students
wife. IN Cooking. washing. &c. make the ex-
penses OF the student actually less than they
would be were he alone.
- The b.}epesd ri suggests q tax of . cents
on every member OF a ministerial conference who
gives an opinion OF a book which he has not
read the suggestion growing out of the fact
that at certain conference all the clergymen
present Condemned n certain book, when it was
afterwards found that but three OF them had
read il.
- In Chicago it is estimated that there are
between SEGA and 1 600 Highland fau.ies-that
Is l5Cp0 OF 20.000 people These people are
making an effort 20 have preaching In their own
dialect. and the organization of Presbyterian
church. They have already conferred with the
Rev Campbell CoiiinsswCod, Canada. 10 become
thtir pastor.
The site Of the old frame building at
Braome street and Center market. New York
has been purchased b. the New York CITY mis-
Sion for $50. (s1. and a church buildinI will be
erected on u iOr the use of one OF the four
churches connected with the mission, which
now wcr~iips IN the old Rhine Wine house in
Grand street.
the Frve NG.o.t;st says: The church is
moving. whether tine world IL or not Anex-
Change speaks of a ra'eftne festival held by one
of the popular churches Feb. 18th That Is
novel. bat TO marvel, since variety and not
picty. Is the rage Just now among the world
pleasing Churches Next in order and season.
able ami a d1y no: less sensible would be an
Al-FOois iestiyai.
- TIE t"st.d PTssIyieriGn SAYS: The Protest.
ant Episcopal church has had an addition of
from thirty TO forty thousand to the list Of its
commitments during the last three years. and
yet with all this Increase there has been q fall
Ing Oft in tie number Of its candidates for the
ministry. This would seem to dSproye tie tho
DRY that the iNriine in that hne is dine tn moor
compensation, for the Episcopalan clergy are as
a rule. paid better than those Of any other de-
nomination
Women Are Honest.
From the Albany Journal
Although hundreds of women hold Positions Of
,Lcial trust In the country, we have yet 70 hear
O. one II them being guilty OF embeZZenent or de-
firatiOn- The evidence clearly sI,tains the posi-
tiuil- Of those who believe that women are quail