Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-20
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE

- The WOmans Foreign Missionary societ.
baltimore brancf) OF the VI. f. church. vii
meet at the Metropolitan church, in this city.
October 9TH.
The feast of st. Matthew will ne celebrated
with appropriate services at St Matthews
church tomorrow. Archbishop Gibbons is ex-
pactcd To preach
- Rev. Wiforl Downs. formerly of Waugh ".
f. church in this CITY. ana now of Munroe street
Baltimore continues very ILL., and there are little
hopes CT his recovery.
The VIE of Rev. C. Herbert Richardson.
formerly of Nckcndree NJ. T. church in this
city, and now Of Baltimore. has been seriously
III. bat is slowly recovering.
-Rey.pr. MAYOR, the pastor ofthe Foundry NJ
f. church. returned with his bride last evening.
and on Monday evening the congregation will
give hi.n d reception in the parlor5 of the
church.
- Special services Of an unusually interesting
Character are being held in the Baptist church.
at Queenstown. in the county. During the past
week they have been conducted by the Rev. Mr..
1eessiaie. and &r. George A. Hilton of this city.
A nu:Hber Of conversions are reported.
- The project of erecting the new Presby-
terrain Church of the Covenant. at the corner of
18th and y streets. has progressed so favOrably
that il is expected that the contract for the
buing which will cost in the neighb0Eho0d OF
SlCaGJ0 will be given out shortly.
The Young Peoples Union. Of Memorial!
church GGtiicr Place.. opened their winter
series Of devotional meetings in the lecture
room last night. The exercises were brief but
Interesting. the principal features being a duet
by the Misses Hall and Kaiser and an elaborate
essay on the subject. why are We Christians?"
by Dir. Graham. Ii is the society s intention to
soon begin holding these meetings on SUNDAY
night instead of Friday night, Immediately pre-
cedin% the evening service.
- Tie Baltimore OF. E. preachers associa-
ton have arranged for a series OF addresses ap-
prOpriate To the centennial year of Methodsn.
A new Methodist church at Buck Hail. near
Manassas Va was recently dedicated Rev j.
5 Gardner ID. D., of Alexandria, presiding
elder. Cheating.
The Lutheran reunion at Gettysburg. Pa.
Thursday was a great success, over fifteen hun
dred Persons being in attendance.
TIE ycstry of ZION Episcopal church. in
Fairfax County. Va. has declined 10 receive the
resignation 81 Rev. Frank Page.
- Mr.. George W. Chi,ls of the Philadelphia
Lsd4e''. proposes to place q memorial window in
memory ct Bishop simpson in Asbury NJ. f.
Church, Of that city.
The Biennial convention of the Unitarian
church OF the United States will be held at Sar-
atoga next week. commencing on Monday. to
continue al the week.
- The Primitive Baptists have recently built
neat and attractive church at Occoquan. Va.
and services We're conducted III it TOR the first
time by Elder SrnoOt last Sunday
- Rev. Carl E. Grammer. who has ofTicated
during the summer at st. Peters p f. church.
Baltimore has accepted call to ST. Thomas p
f. church. Hancock. Maryland
- Rev. Herbert Smith. the newly-elected
rector of Henshaw Memorial p. F. church. cor
ner OF st. Peter and Barre streets. Baltimore.
preached his first sermon there Sunday last.
The Rev w ]. Gill. formerly pastor of the
Westminster Presbyterian church OF Baltimore
city. vas on sunday last installed as pastor of
the recently organized Trinity church of Brook
lyn.
- Rev. ". L. Mcdowell, Of the M E. confer
eEce. now in sua!merlied circuit Baltimore
county. N,i-. VIII sail In q few weeks. with Rev.
n ". Ru'lc>eii. Tor India. where he will serve
a. 4 missionary.
= The First BAPTIST church Of Charleston. : C..
is the eldest IN the southern states Ii dates its
organization at kittr-y. Maine. from whence it
enigratcd in u body to the neighborhood Of
Charleston. over EGo years ago.
- The ceremony Gf laying the cornerstone of
Greenwood 81 z. Church south. near lower
Marlboro CalT5Gt county. Md took place on
THURSDAY 'ast. Rev VIM. II. u. Harper o. Bal
tiacrC delivered tie address.
- The cornerstone Of the First Bantist church
(coloTeti WAS laid at Vienna. Va. on the 18th
inst The services were conducted bv the pastor
IN charge. Roy 3lF. Scott. assisted bv Il vs.
Jenkins. q A!nEa1+ir:a: Whales. of Washing
ton; BI'Sci'S 81 Falls Church. and others.
- i;ev. Thomas l. King. who few years
ago lett the ministry o. the n. P church for
the Swedeuaor@ian or New Jerusalem church.
AMI served The churcI, in Baltimore FOR a short
Ifaa tfr,-,.l
call to serve tie Baltimore church again
- The B0Ptist Er.;tta' reports that Rev o.
Eilyson. OF this city. has aide Pastor ]. O. Kirk
in q meeting at Shiloh in King George county.
Va, where there were 80 professions of CONVEX
sion; that Rev. \. G.. Loving has had Il revival
at Trinity. Louisa county. which resulted in
about twenty professions o. conversion and
Rev. J. w Fart reports a revival at Pisgah.
Orange county. with nine baptisms
- The congregation of the Associate Re-
formed church. on F:yette street. Baltimore.
are looking for a minister to act as assistant to
the pastor. Rev. John Leyburn. D. D. A COM
mittee OF members has been appointed and
have the matter under consideration Should a
Clergyman bc selected for the position who
would fiji it acceptabiy and successfully. it is
more than probable that in the course of q wear
or two Dr.. Lcynurn would be made pastor emer-
titus.
- A meeting Of delegates from the several
branches Of the Methodist church in Baltimore
was held in that city this week. \ committee
OF ways and means was appointed to select a
hail iO- the conference. and churches for public
meetings. and committees on hospitality and
railroads We're also appointed The conference
vii! meet for eight days. December Ell ard
TWO sessions VII. BE- held each day at the hail
On Monday 4 reception Will be given at Mt
vernon church To the sin hundred delegates
from al parts 90 the United States Canada and
European countries. ara or Thursday night a
reception viii De- rendered TO fraternal visitors
from other denominations
Eic Secret oE E4iVislg long.
\ correspondent OF the ToH7ire recently had
an Interview With NJ Cievreul. the famous
French chemist. whose g9ih birthday has lust
been celebrated by the academy OF science
After thanking the journalist for all his good
wishes, the old man proceeded TO tell him the
secret of living long. Il have never been pess-
mist" said he. ''and | have cautiously kept
myself from being too much of an optimist II
/ had rot worked hard would have died long
AGO. One thing above all ! have remarked:
the older | grow the better mankind seems 10
have become. | have seen the Reign Of Terror.
was then years old. such thing Will never
again be reproduced in this world. TODAY we
have more need OF universal peace than OF fool
ISL reirisa!S. Times are more gentle and life is
better
t.