Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-07-12
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE.

- Miss Mary Seanlon, of this city, was re-
Gently received as Sister Mary Ignatus at the
Convent Of the GOOD shepherd Baltimore.
w. H. P. Faunce, a son of Rev. Dr. Faunce
of this city. was recently ordained as pastor of
the State street church. Springfield, Mass.
ON and after Sunday next Rev. DR.. Hunt
ley. of the Metropolitan NJ f. church. will be
absent till September 1st.. and his pulpit will be
filled Sunday mornings by Washington pastors.
There will be no evening services. Mrs. Hunt
ley is now in Oregon.
- Rev. DR.. Naylor, of the Foundry church.
recently made his asking vacation contingent
on the doing away of preaching Sunday even
ings and substituting a praise service. 1t has
been arranged to hold praise services, and DR..
NaylOr will not ask vacation.
- Mr.. T. r. Jones, of this city, has en-
tered upon the management of the New
York branch of the Publication society. Mr..
Jones is graduate of the university at Lewis
burg. and of the Columbia law school, and has
one of the best of records all the way through.
For some time he was an officer of the National
Savings bank.
Mountain Lake Park Assembly, on the B.
and o. r. R., will be held from August 18th to
August 3Oth this year.
Rev. DR.. AC. Dixon, of Baltimore has been
called to the pulpit of Marcy avenue Baptist
church. Brooklyn. from which Rev. Hugh O..
Pentecost resigned last wear.
- Rev. Charles 8. Albert, pastor of ST. Mark
English Lutheran church, Baltimore. has de-
cided to decline the presidency of the Fennsyl-
vania college, Gettysburg, Pa, to which he was
elected short time ago.
- The Presbyterian Historical society, at Phila-
delphia, has made the beginning Of a Pres by
terian museum, which, it is expected, will, in
a few years, with proper means, become an OBJ
ject of interest, especially to the Presbyterians
- The Young Mems Christian association has
decided to build a new hall for the branch asso-
citation at Nos. 222 and 224 Bowery, New York
The cost will be $50. 600. and there will be
bowling alleys, gymnasium, library and
reading and reception rooms.
i Rev. DR.. j. B. Hawthorne, of the First
Baptist church in Richmond Va, has entered
on his duties as pastor of the first church at
Atlanta Ga. w. ]. b. Cox. OF the Southern
Baptist Theological seminary, was recently Or
dalned In Richmond and goes to the church at
Midway, Ky.
- The Mount Zion M. E. church. Rev. A.
Dennis, pastor, was dedicated last sunday with
appropriate services, conducted by Bishop E.
G. Andrews. In the afternoon Rev. R. H. Reed
church rendered very fine music. In the even
ing the service was conducted by the presiding
elder, b. Brown. The collection for the day
amounted to 81, 1867.
At the ninth congress of the Protestant
Episcopal church in the United States, which
will be held in Detroit, Michigan, commencing
on Tuesday October T. next, Bishop Harris, of
Michigan, will preside. The following Will be
the subjects for discussion: Authority and Con-
science" 1.-The Cathedral System in America"
moral Education in Public Schools, ""The Con-
fessiOnal," sis Our Civilization Just to Working
mem" "AgnOsticism" and The Mission and
Evangelistic Preaching"
The most important action ofthe synod of the
Reformed German church, held recently at Bal
timore. was the adoption of the report of the
commission on the Liturgy. This commission
was appointed in 1881 to prepare Liturgy, or
Directory of Worship" suitable to the wants of
the church. They reported their work COM
pleted. and the synod unanimously approved of
the work. 1t requires the approval yet of the
Chassis and the general synod.