Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-05-24
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE.

CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Rev. r. R. Shipper will preach tomorrow
evening at All Souls church before the MEM
oers OF the Grand Army OF the Republic.
This year ''Children's Day" (sunday, June
Sth). will be more generally observed than ever
6efore-the Baptist, Presbyterian and Metho-
Dist denominations having arranged for chill
dren services in all their churches and schools
Other denominations will also observe the day.
The Fourth International Sunday School
convention of the United States and British
American Provinces, will be held in Louisville
KY, June 18th, 10Th and 18th. The first of these
International conventions was held in Baltimore
IN 1870 the second was held in Atlanta, in 1873
the third was held in Toronto. Canada. In 1881.
Each state is allowed to send twice as many
The District of Columbia will be represented
by Mr.. A. H. Nelson. president OF the s. s. In
lon, Mr.. L. D. Alden, superintendent of st.
Paul's Lutheran S. s., Mr.. r. c. Fox. superin-
tendept Of the First Baptist s. s., Mr.. r. J.
Smith, president Of the coored s. 8. Union,
and Mr.. John B. Wight, superintendent oftf0
LIST Presbyterian church S. s., who is also a
member OF the executive committee. special
train will carry the delegates from New York.
Philadelphia. Baltimore and Washington. leav-
Louisville the next day.
single Sunday raised the amount of $55, GOO, the
size Of their debt.
1t is probable that the only place Of Con-
gregational worship in Paris where Rev. Baron
Hart is pastor, will soon be discontinued.
- The revised book OF discipline of the Pres
byterian church is adopted by more than a two
third vote of the presbyteries The contest
over the reduction overture Is close.
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ciety of Shakers. Dolly Saxton. is dead at the
age of 108 years. She was the adopted daugh-
ter Of harrington, one of Ann Lees first con-
verts.
- Trinity Parish, Boston (the Rev. Phillips
earnings last year were about $500, of which
g, 600 was paid out as wages to the women en-
plOyed in the laundry.
- The Rev. DR.. j. T. Leftwich, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of Baltimore, has
sailed from New York for Liverpool. His con-
gregation raised the funds purchased his ticket
and gave him leave to recuperate in the old
world.
i Recently parsonages have been provided
for two OF the NJ. E. churches near Baltimore
one at Waverly and one at Mount Vernon. That
at Waverly is the gift of Mrs. Carroll. widow of
the late Rev: David Carroll, and mother of Rev.
d. H. Carroll
- The Presbyterians find themselves encum-
bered with representative assembly of over six
hundred. and they want to get the representa-
ton down to three hundred. There are 1872
presbyteres, each sending at least one minister
and one elder. which accounts for three hundred
and sixty four of the six hundred.
- The American Old Testament Revision
company. after twelve years of labor. completed
ffC Loot
New York. The last work was the final reyis-
ion of the books of Ezekiel and Daniel All
that remains is to arrange the variations from
the British revsers, to be printed in the ap-
pendix.
- In some of the Presbyterian churches In
Dundee vigilance committees are being formed
to look after absentees from Sunday worship
The members of the committee scatter them
selves over the church, and note absentees and
strangers. Any member out of his place for two
Sundays is reported to the pastor, who immedi-
ately takes measures to learn the reason why.
Strangers attending for two SUNDAYS are visited
with the view of attaching them to the congre-
cation.
= The Catholic bishops of the province of
Baltimore. by invitation of Archbishop Gibbons
will hold an informal conference in Baltimore
commencing next Wednesday, with reference to
the great Catholic council to be held in the Ca
tneural next November. Hhe province OF Balti-
more includes, under Archbishop Gibbons
Bishops Becker. Of Wilmington, Del; Kahn, of
West Virginia; keane. Of Virginia; NOrthrop. of
Charleston, s. c.: Gross. of Savannah, Ca, and
Moore, of San Augustine, Fla.
- The Sunday School. Times says: Plenty Of
work remains for the Sunday school to accom-
plish among the boys, when OF fifteen hundred
persons sentenced last year to a large state re-
fOrmatofy institution. sixty per cent were be-
tween sixteen and twenty years. Plenty of
work remains for the mission schools to accom-
plish, when it is known. as the report indicates.
that eighty-nine per cent of these young people
never knew really good home. and ninety per
cent of them were led astray by bad or doubtful
associates.
- The late DR.. j. c. Backus, of Baltimore.
bequeathed $1,000 to various Presbyterian in
situations. The Boundary Avenue church. the
Presbyterian Church Erection association of Bal
timore, and the Biddle Institute of Charlotte,
N. C., for the education of colOred ministers,
each receive 81 900; and the board of home mis-
sions, board of foreign MISSIONS and board of
education of the Presbyterian church in the
United States, each $500; also, $500 to the Pres
byterian Historical society," and three fourths of
his library to the San Francisco Theological SEM
mary.