Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-08
Religious.

Rav. J. A. Quarles, D.. D., will preach At
Waverly tomorrow.
Rev. A, n. Luw.sch will preach ut indie
penience Tomorrow.
Usual services at the Baptist church TO-
m .rruw mnrniug and evening.
Rev. Geo. l.. LeAburn vii! preach q" 1o
PRESBYTERIAN church, iu this city, so'mosro"
murnin. ut IL o'clock.
Rev. w. Nj. Poage will conduct services ~
the Methodist church tomorrow morning az
IL O'Clock, and at night at 7 O'Clock.
The Methodists viii start daily paper IN
Philadelphia about May /, which will be pub
lished during the general conference.
PRAYER meetings will be held in the Ger.
man Methodist church, at Lexington every
"Wednesday night, and Napoleon on every
Tuesday night.
Daily services at the Catholic church, 81
o'clock, a. NJ; Sunday services = and 1oa
o'clock, a. H., srd q o'clock, p. M, Rev. ).
]. Lilly officiating.
There will be services at the German n. e.
church. In This city, tomorrow morning u
IL o'clock, snd In the evening at 7 O'CLOCK
Rev. Geo. Koenig, officiating.
Christian church, communion service every
Lords day at Ii, a.. M, followed by the
preaching of the word. Evening services
will begin at 7 O'Clock. Calvin 9. Blackwell
pastor.
Quarterly meeting. German Methodist
Episcopal church, at Napoleon. bv Rev. h. Il.
Riemer, Sunday March 10. Presiding on
the Friday night, Saturday, afternoon and
night preceding. ~
The Jssuits haye purchased 1000 acres OF
land near Port Elizabeth, South Afdca' for .
school and mission house, to be used q the
headquar ers, Of the order for their work In
southern Africa.
The Methodist Book Concern In New York,
following the example Of other branches OF
the denomination to close the centennial year
without debt, Is taking up its bonds, and
,huse Of 3 Qu and slyOO0 will be redeemed
next month Instead Of on the original date,
ls9l.
An appeal signed by twenty-five presiding
elders aud pastors Of the Methodist church
in the district. injured by the recent Hoods
asks for $4,000 from northern members OF
| the denomination to aid the sufferers. Rev.
| Dr. T.. NJ. Walden, No. 100 West Fourth
street, Cincinnati, Ohio, 10 treasurer.
Christ church, second Sunday In Lent
sunds- school, $3.50. MorniaxPrayer, with Ger
| mon, and holy communion, II O'Clock. Eve
ming Prayer, n 4 o'clock, p. n.
| Evening prayer, with lecture on con-
nrmatlon. In the chapel, every Wednss-
day evening at I o'clock. Daily services dur
ing Lent. Rev. John Davis. Rector.
The Sunday school children Of America
| have, by their small contributors, sent out
three missionary shipe, and are giving IN
average amount of TWENTY-FIVE cents sseh fos
u fourth vessel to the Micronesian Islands.
OF the ~ OO needed, $4,000 has been CIV
en-, and the builders at Bath. Me-, expect 10
have her ready to sail from Boston by nexs
November.
The latest revised statistics give the Roman
Catholic population of the United Stste~ %
6.r2S.1 ;8 this year, against 6.aa6 ,SA last year.
There are II srchbishops, 81 bishops. 6,SSa
priests, 1851, ecclesiastic Il students. 6,sld
churches, 1.l50 chspels, LAG stations, g.
ecc.esiastical seminaries, 81 colleges, 69S
academies, 1852 parocnial schools, 48l ,sSi
| pupils attending the paroohial schools, ~
a>ylums and hospitals. These figures
| -huw an increase Of 80 priests, 2l7 ecclssi.s.
tical students, $40 churches, . colleges, 81
academies, IL parochial schools and 10 ssy-
Iums, but u decrease of 8 ecclesiastical sem.
~insries.
The following notice In the New York
Herald shows the effe t of the times In libar-
ali>iug people:-'.A lecture will be given By
General Stone (stone Pachx) In Md OF tn.
Flu lin2 Methodist Episcopal church on the
evening Of March 8. lie Is at present living
in Flu.hing, is u Roman Catholic, both devoui
md / btral in his Jews. aud will give his ex
.~rrience Of event. tian>piriuZ while IN com.
ulnd OF the /" hedive's army In Egypt in hi.
lecture ou'Esyot aud the ~Svudsn.'" A 70.
man Caihet,c featuring In the irteres, Of =
Methodist church Is ascene wh:eh a very few
Years $50 would have been regarded as Nh
inpossibi!its. We rel ice to see all sucll
evidence. Of the unity and concord Of the
Christian church.
The Third Quarterly meetings for Lexing-
ton District, 81. z. :hurch, South, have been
arranged By. Presiding Elder NJ. u. Pugh ns
follows:-Grand Pass and Eimwood, March
%; famf and Mt. Carmel. April5; Browns
vile and iilackwater. April II; herndon,
April 49, Waverly, April 10; Dover, April
%: LIE .inston, April %; Wellington, Nay 9;
Odessa, Missy 10; Hiysiusville, Nay II; Clin.
ton Station, May FL: sedalia. May 81; Chilho.
Wee, June 7; Wind-or, June II; Clinton Ct.
June 81; LlNonte, Juue 70. The Lexington
District Conference will; meet in Odessa, In
the Methodist church,. May 7, ut . o'clock q.
IN. The Women's Missionary Society will
meet in Odessa, May s, at 2 o'clock p. m. The
District Sunday School Convention will meet
in Odessa, May o, ut 10 o'clock a. m. Church
Registers aud Church Conference Journals
must be brought to the third quarterly con.
ference for examination. Recording stewards
are asked to have their quarterly conference
Journals at the district conference.
The Christian Advocate reports from We'll
lington Chargs-Rev. J. J. Hill reported
eleven conversions and fourteen additions to
the church during the second quarter
Odessa-Rev. T.. I. Obj In charge, reported
thirty-one COW ersions and thirty-two sddi.
tons to the church since the fret quarterly
meeting, making forty-two additions since
conference. Dvver-Kev. ". B. Mcfarland
the pastor Of the Dover charge, hello hi,
quarterly conference Feb. 2. He reports good
attendance aud an interesting meeting
Odessa Circuit t.. P. Cobb. Since conference
! there have been thirty professions and forty.
three additions, aud the work In fair condt
ton. and u growing interest. Higginsviil<
S~tation-Rev. A. l.. Houston, the preacher IL
charge Of this work, b Id Il protrscted meet.
ing durung the second quarter. The meeting
Was a blessing to the m .mbery and resulted In
three conversions and five additions to tbs
church. Lexington sta,ion-Rev. w. M
Posxe pastor. reported seven scoesssons an<
ten conversions during the quarter. Th,
mrmb~ r OF this charge have arranged for
new fence around the church. The fence !
to be Of iron, and will cost 800.
Judge Jno. e. Ryland, secretary Of III
Lafayette County Bible Society" gives U
the following account OF the meet
!. ing at the Methodist church, eth
annual meeting OF this society Wa
held at the Methodist Episcopal Church
South. in this city, on sabbath evening Marc
2. The large audience room Of the ehurr'
Wa. filled. The service, were opened by tn
: choir singing the anthem, GLORY to God i
the Highest Sr, Heading of fhe acriut,r