Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-02
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE.

Rev. j. A. De Ruyter, Of st. Augustine's
church, is visiting the ne;ghboshood of Hart
ford this week
Rev. Father Denny, of st. Aloysius. held
retreat for the Nuns at the Convent of the visi-
taton this week
- Rev. Samuel Kepler. one of the oldest min
listers of the Methodist church south in Mary
land. died in Baltimore yesterday, over seventy
years of age. He was at one time stationed In
this city.
Messrs. McGurk, Brosnan, Swinge and
Gardner, of Georgetown college, left this week
for Woodstock, Md, to complete their studies
for the priesthood.
1t is stated that Rev. Father B. A.
Mcguire, formerly of st. Aloysius, is about
being returned to that church. and that there
will be other changes. Rev. Father Murphy
has been but couple of years at It. Aloysius.
having succeeded Rev. Father Fulton. and
these two succeeded In reducing the debt over
100000.
-Rev. DR.. Levin. dean of the cOnvOcaton of
Washington, has for the past two weeks been
holding conversational services in the churches
of Prince Georges. Last week he was in the
Montgomery county churches at Brookville.
Mechanicsville, HOllns creek, and Unity. and
this week in st. Mary's county, in King and
Queen and All Faith parishes.
Miss Fanny Perley returned from India
about years ago, where she had been serving
as missionary teacher under the Presbyterian
board. in consequence Of having broken down
in health. She has been fully restored. and on
Thursday last started to join her sister Lucy at
Spanish Forks, Utah, to assist her in the mis-
sionary field. Both those ladies went into the
missionary field from the Assembly church in
this city.
Mr.. John Cavanaugh, for the last ten years
the street preacher at the corner of 7th and
Maryland avenue on Sunday afternoons, has left
the city and entered the regular ministry of the
Free Methodist church as a member OF the Phila-
delphia conference. Mr.. Cavanaugh served in
the confederate army three years and lost his
arm in battle. and he takes with him the well
wishes and sympathy of many people who have
listened to his earnest and faithful appeals as
street preacher.
- The pastor of the Geneva, N c., Presbyte-
rian church preached in April on infant baptism,
and as a result baptized fifteen children in May.
i Rev. Father Brennan. of st. Johns college,
Fordham, N. Y, is engaged in a retreat for the
Sisters of the NOtre Dame, of st. Aloysius
school, this week.
- The Churchmdn says a wise word on the
divorce question when it observes that rigid
divorce laws, unless backed by wholesome
public sentiment are likely to be dead letters
on the statute books"
- Mrs. r. l.. Stuart, Of New York before her
recent departure for Europe, deposited the sum
of $50, 600 with the United States Trust COM
pany. to be used by the Childrens aid society in
building lodging house for homeless boys on
the east side of the city, This Is the fifth house
thus endowed by friends of the society.
- The Congregational church at Branford,
Conn.,, owns nearly all of Indian Neck, and
in leasing the land stipulated that no liquor
SI,n Il I,,e
the good intentions of the church officials by
from the shore, and for two years past has been
making money with his bar-rOOm.
- At the close of the last service held in the
Old Penn Square Presbyterian church in Phila-
delphia, recently, the pastor, DR.. McCoOk, look
ing around on the crowded pews, and then up
at the ceiling, said sOlemny: I'm the name of
this congregation, l now declare that this
church, once dedicated to the service of God, is
alienated and set apart for secular purposes for
ever"
- The Presbyterian notes as singular fact
that while Sunday as day OF rest and worship
seems to be losing its hold on many of the Amer
lean people, it is reganing it's sanctty where it
was once completely lost. The number of shops
and factories that close on Sundays in Paris is
steadily on the increase. 1t is also noted as a
good sign that the number of postal deliveries
on oulludI Ill tHdl CITY Has DeeU
- The revision of the Old Testament, which.
it was hoped, would be out this year, will prob
ably not make its appearance before early in
1895. The S5th and last session of the English
revision committee has been held but months
must intervene before the complete work can
be given to the public. Nothing is positively
known of any changes madein the old version,
the revlsers on both sides OF the Atlantic having
kept their pledge OF secrecy.
ri.
delphia is composed OF twelve clergymen and
twelve laymen. Three of the leading clerical
members are not rectors, but invalid or super
animated clergymen, while of the churches rep
resented by their rectOrs only two, or perhaps
three, can be considered leading churches of the
city. The Chu'c'.adn says: 1.-The merest glance
shows that the missionary work of the diocese
is in the hands of one school of thought, SO far
as the clerical members of this board are con-
cerned."