Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-07-19
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE.


At ST. Matthew's Catholic church the pews
are being remodeled and the interior wood work
is being painted.
Rev. A. F. Mason, formally pastor Of the E
street Baptist church, is now the treasurer Of
the Northwest University in Wisconsin.
Tomorrow will be observed as the 2Sth
anniversary of the Fifth Baptist Sunday school
and the 9th of the Fifth Baptist church.
The Gay street, Georgetown, Baptist
church has recently enjoyed quite an extensive
revival OF religion. under the conduct of Rev.
J. l.. Lodge, the acting pastor.
Rev. Father Noonan, of ST. Aloysius. will
next week 60 to Lowell. Mass. to hold retreat
Rev; rather J. j. Murphy, Of st. AlOysius, will
hold retreat at Pttsburg shortly.
Thursday was the sixtieth birthday of Rev
S. K. Cox. pastor of Mt Vernon Place Southern
Methodist church, but some of his friends, not
liking to interfere with the regular prayer meet
ing, called on him last evening to help him cee.
brate it.
- The Anacostia Baptist church. which was
organized few weeks ago, gives indications OF
activity and substantial progress. The founda-
ton of their house Of worship has been COM
pleted, and the building will be erected, it is
thought, in the early fall. The Sunday school
In charge OF Mr.. d. c. Fountain, is in flourish.
ing condition.
st. Patrick's church will have thirty memo
rial windows. One Of these will be q large cir
cular mosaic Of stained glass; presented by Mr..
Frank T. Riggs. The others are contributed by
Carroll Institute, Mrs. Catherine Riley, Fathers
J: Mackin, Thomas Hughes, John Lloyd, ID. De
Wolf, L. MallOy, VIM. Jordan, P. L. Cappelle, j.
O'Sullivan, J. Cunningham, B. ]. McManus and
J. b. Birch, Mary A. Anderson, Bridget Nelson,
c: l.. Clarke, Mary E. Blake, E. n Callan, B. C.
Elliott Mary E. and Rose Clarke, s. F. and Ber-
tie Shreve Margaret Leddy, Bernard and w. j.
Duhamel: M E. 7: Prince, Ann Donnelly. Ann
Jordan. William Shae, Catherine Tally and Hen
rietta Boone
During the warm season the Metropolitan
NJ. E. congregation will hold vesper services on
Sunday evenings from to o'clock.
Rev. Royal H. Pullman. pastor of the Sec
Ond Universast church. Baltimore has gone to
pumans Island, one of the Thousand Isles in
the st. Lawrence river, to attend the annual re-
union of the Pullman family.
While our Methodist Episcopal friends are
talking OF memorials to Cake and Asbury, the
two first superintendent, a suggestion is made
tOtne Methodist PrOtestants to erect memorial
| church at Grafton, w. Va, to Rev. D. B. Dor.
sey, one of the founders of the church.
Rev. William H. McAllister, of Bethany In
dependent Methodist church. Baltimore in a
sermon Sunday last on 1.-THE Prodigal Son. >
llkened the vigorous and manly young man ia
the parable who went forth into the world to do
something for himself to Gov. Cleveland, of New
York.
The will of Elizabeth Cunningham, OF
Baltimore, who died in 1872 by which about
$4,000 worth Of property was left to the Little
Sisters of the poor, st. Vincent's Infant Asylum
and the congregation Of the mission of st. Vim
cent de Paul, has finally been set aside, the ad-
verse decisions Of the orphans court and city
court having been affirmed by the court of ap-
peals.
Rev. Mr.. Sites the missionary to China,
has left this city, with his wife and four children
for Delaware Ohio. He will remain there with
his family till September LIST. when they 60 to
Boston to remain year, during which time the
eldest son will attend the Boston university.
The young gentleman will enter the ministry.
and probably follow his father In the missionary
field.
Rev. Uriel Graves, the well-known Lutheran
minister OF Baltimore. who was buried In that
city last Tuesday-Rev. DR.. Domer, Of this city.
preaching the sermon-had, just previous to his
death, held a series of revival meetings in the
neighborhoOd of Norfolk, for a period of ten
weeks. during which time he preached about
$50 sermons. The meetings resulted in the con-
version Of about 800 persons. His decpase was
without doubt brought about by excessive work
Some of the religious papers are noting
that at some of the recent college commence
ments the name Of God is conspicuous by its
absence. The New York Examiner says: '.We
should be very glad to know that our experience
is singular, and that the statement just made is
much too general. We are afraid, however.
that it is too well founded. and that wider testi-
monies would but confirm its correctness. OF
course there must be creditable exceptions, but
these could fairly serve only to limit somewhat
the breadth of our allegation. Distinct recog-
nitions of God-even of Matthew Arnold's pale
God Of tendency and impersonal power
are rare In the speeches of the commencement
platform