Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-01
RELIGIOUS.


Bible Society Meeting, tomorrow night.
Last Wednesday was the first day of Lent.
Rev. 4. N. Luwisch will preach in this
city to- morrow.
| view at II o'clock.
Rev. T.. W. Tate will preach at Wellington
to-day and tomorrow.
Dir. Beecher said, last Sunday, that 1t was
! better to burn down a church than to quarrel
in il.
Preachinc at Napoleon tomorrow morning
at lO:3s o'rGuct -. IN. and . o'cinch p. H., by
Rev. George Kocni@.
Rev. t:at.. L.. .i.ryt,urn will prea"i, at the
PrestyteE::!: %.liurnil, in TIL, city. tomorrow
morning at II p'clork.
Rev. ". Nj. Ponge will conduct services at
The Matiinai.s church tomorrow morning 81
II O'Clock. AMI al night ut : O'Clock.
Communion services at the Baptist church
Tomorrow morning, conducted By DR.. Tai
bird. There will he no services at night. I.
Prayer meetings will he held In the Ger.
man Methodist church, at Lexington every
Wednesday night. and Napoleon on every
Tuesday niglt.
Daily services ct the Catholic church,. 81
O'Clock, q. M; Sunday services . and 1Od
O'clock, a. H., AID 81 o'clock, p. M, Rev. ].
J. Lilly officiating. -.
Christian church, communion service every.
Lords day at Ii, a. w., followed by the
| preaching OF the word. From this date the
evening services will begin at Z o'clock.
Calvin. s. Blackwell pastor. No service there
tomorrow night. =. /:
Archer Lodge No. 44s, I. o. o. F., was in
stltuted at Higginsville, Wednesday evening,
bv c.. D. Lucas, grand master, with nine
| charter members. Three candidates were In
itiateds Ofieers:.E f. B. .hruse.N a.;J. W.
Endlyy.Sec- There: were large delegations
from Lexington, Odessa and Coneordla In at
tendance. =; .i>...~.,
Christ church., First Sunday In: Lent.
sunda= sehoel, $3.50. MoruinsPrayer,with Ser
mon, and holy communion, IL o'clock. Eve.
ming Prayer, at 4 o'clock, p. m.
| frmatlon, In the chapel, every Wednes-
day evening at 7 o'clock. Daily services dur
ing Lent. Rev. John Davis, Rector.
Judge Jno. E. Ryl md, secretary, has hand
| ed us this announcement: 1.-THE annual
meeting of the Lafayette County Bible So
| ciety will be held at the Methodist Z. Church,
South, on Sabbath, (to-morrow) the I'd Of
March, 1884. at Z o'clock, p. m. There will
be no services at the other churches at that
hour. All are cordially invited to attend and
take part In the exercises"
We mentioned some weeks ago The incip-
lent movement Of the Episcopalians at Odessa
| four,rJ b,,iilfon @ nbt,rpb fhora-H CHM, the
initial service by the Rev. John Davis, a sec
ond service Was held in the Cumberland
Presbyterian church, the house being crowd
ed. Bishop Robertson preached, the evening
service. being said by Mr.. Davis. Until better
can be done there will be monthly services.
A ladies' guild has been organized, which
meets weekly. A lot and foundation for the
church building have been donated, and the
ladies have secured between four and Ave
hundred dollars. We believe that it is the
intention to build when fifteen hundred dol
lars are secured. Some help is expected from
friend, in ST. Louis. Odessa is already q city
of very crcGitahle churches, ami the Intelli-
geneer hopes to see this one erected very
soon.
The baptist Handbook for 1884" has just
been published. Among the features OF gen.
erai interest is a summary of statistics OF
Baptist churches throughout tho world. Since
1873, the iirst year In which such a summary
was complied, there has been very marked
progress. There were In 1882. 81 30; church
cs, as against %, sos in 1873; Is. 1888 ministers
and missionaries. as against I 1854. and 2-S26.
49, members, as against 2.478.0os. Thu re.
49,, fro:,, A N, orfa, sI,oxx- ~ mn rj,,,c.Lo rs our
not fewer than 3,4Sl 800 members. Tie de.
tails for the British islands show for tho yea,
1888 . ,51S churches, ".72s with sitting accom-
modatioh for lbs ,532. The members amouL
TO 5G4 ,502. There arc 5000 Sunday schco
teachers and , T,ls7 scholars. The PASTOR
are 1913 and the evangeli,ts reach the figure.
$685.. Arranged under the four nationalitie,
the membership Is. as follows:-England
aia.414; Wales, Is,!4s; Scotland, 10.0sa; Ire
} land, 1,544. The Handbook contains mucl
useful information regarding the dehomina
J ton, and reveals q state of things which l.
in a high degree healthfui and progressive
Among 9th or things it is stated that the 5000
600 needed for the completion OF the endow
meat Of the Chicago Theological Seminar,
was raised in New York.
: Mr.. Jos. phi A. Edmonds, who was In at
D tendance writes for US, under date of Feb. 81
Pursuant to call as published by the Inlelli
D sencer, the Lafayette County 8. s. Associs
8 ton convened at the Old School Presbyterian
1 church In this to-day. Present, Vlce-Presi
| dent, A. A. Moore; Secretary, 8. Ffnis King
beside all of our city ministers, America
I and German. There were held three sessions
morning, afternoon and night. Speaking TO
myself, having attended quite a number Q
J, these meetings, l consider it one of the mos
: interesting and profitable ever held In th,
t county. Certainly there wasa larger amour
r Of talent present than at any former meeting
E Able speeches were made by Elder C.. s
q Blackwell, Rev. W. VI. Poage, DR.. TalbIrd
Rev. 6. L. Leyburn. Judge John E. Ryland
D E.. Winsor, DR.. Qualies, Judge x: Ryland
D DR.. Belt and others; also by the Rev. A. A
Moore. Our venerable president retired from
Il the position. aud was succeeded by Judg'
John E. Ryland. Rev. s. Finis hing was re
: elected secretary. The general minutes witt
i resolutions, &C., will be furnished the publ
; by the secretary. The next meeting will b
, held at Eden.iew church, three miles soutl
4 of Lexington, In August next, day to be ike
| by the executive committee. The genera
expression was, that the county S. s. AssOci
D alton was doing a god work" The Intelli
, gencer elsewhere presents a full report OF th
i proceedings kindly furnished by the Rev. G
u 5. Blackwell.
"Parson Adams" writes from Conc ,rdia :
"Mr. John ~koppenbrink has sold his interes
In the livery business at this place to hi
. brother, who will accommodate customers o,
short notice. Mr.. Hobs with his family. vii
move to our town the first Of March MI
j. SchwartzeLback, with his family, left b,
rail- for Kansas, Tuesday, Of this week..
The members OF the Methodist congregation
y surprised Rev. Demands family with 3 visi
= and the presentation of quite q number o
), useful and valuable gifts at the parsonage
- last Friday evening, the occasion being
birthday anniversary of Mrs. D mis-
y Mollie Wilhelms, Of this place, and Mr.. Fred
Bruening, Of Higsinsville, were married
y "Wednesday afternoon, at the residence of tn,
brides mother, Mrs. Gus Beeber. Rev, De
mand officiating. The attendants wer,
Misses Emma Morath and Julia Smith, O
- cur town, and Messrs. c.. Sodaman, Jr., anc
Schwartz, Of Higginaville. Among tn
invited quests were Misses Mary and Minnie