Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-05-17
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE.


- Last Sunday Archbishop Gibbons preached
at st. Teresa's, Uniontown, and confirmed ITO
candidates.
- Rev. Father Walter expects that the plas-
teriag of st. Patrick's church will be completed
in about six weeks.
- The Washington Preachers association on.
E. church, is considering proposition to estab-
lsh here home for the aged of the church,
- Rev. Father Kieran. of st. AIMS Catholic
church, Richmond, died last Saturday.
- The second Ecumenical conference OF Meth
odists is to be held in the United States some
time in 1887.
- The eighty-ninth annual council Of the
Episcopal diocese of Virginia will meet In Christ
church. Winchester next Wednesday.
- The Brethren or Dunkards, who have scru-
pies against salaried ministry. have entered
upon the establishment and care of homes for
orphan children and now have a normal cole &c
at Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
- One of the smaller theaters in Philadelphia
has been secured for Sunday evenings, and SER
vices have been held under the auspices of the
Episcopal church. About 1900 people have
been Drawn into almost every service.
The Philadelphia Sunday Breakfast Associ-
tion during the winter received l,454 temper
ance pledges. and 12 O1S have been fed. During
tie summer tea services will be conducted
which will doubtless be quite as effective.
AT the recent annual meeting of the New Jer-
sey Association Of COngregatiOnasts, the main
feature was discussion on the new creed or
statement of doctrine. The general sentiment
seemed to be that it was, on the whole, satistac-
tory.
In the Presbytery of Lackawanna Pa. there
is church with only one member, a woman
But she seems to be an efficient member, tor the
report is that during the past year that church
has raised more money for the Lords work than
many churches with fifty male members.
As to whether ignorance is a sin religious
paper says: All would depend on the nature of
the ignorance. Ignorance tor which one is re-
sponsible, that might have been overcome but
for negligence or willful refusal to learn, is sim
full. Ignorance that cannot possibly be helped
is not sinful.
Rev. Philip Schaff, D. D., sailed this week
for Europe, to be absent until September. AS
the English branch of the Evangelical Alliance
have announced that the next conference will
be held at Copenhagen, in the latter part Of
August instead of at Stockholm, it is probable
that Dr. Schaf will attend it.
- There are in Chicago, says a corrcspon-
dent OF The Congregdtion0list 40, 600 BOhemians
In Cleveland there are 10000 more. Rev. Ed
win A. Adams for ten years missionary Of the
American board in Bohemia. has been invited to
Chicago to look over the field, with view to
undertaking mission enterprise.
Some of the religious papers recommend
the use of the unte,7nented fruit OF the vine
in the Lords supper, and some oppose it, and
insist that the wine OF the Bible was the fer
mented fruit, and that the unfermented fruit is
not Wine The reply is made that the word
wine" is nowhere named in connection with
the supper.
The Presbyterian says of the statement that
the recent selection of coIored pastor as mod
orator of the Presbytery of Lehigh was the first
instance Ofthe kind in PENNSYLVANIA "In the
year 1913 OF 1S49, We saw Frs. Boardman, Guy
Ter, Mcdowell and others in the Presbytery in
Philadelphia addressing brother III black as
moderator. His name was Gardiner and he
presided with great dignity and promptness.''
a Presbyterian church member had some
trouble with her pastor over a church fair and
feeling grieved did not attend church for some
time. Finally she decided to return. but de-
clined to become recOnciled to the pastor and
was thereupOn told that she was unworthy to
come to the communion table She appealed
to the Presbytery. and that body has decided
that all members of Presbyterian churches in
good standing are entitled to receive the COM
munion, and that no arbitrary action on the
part OF minister can prevent them from re-
ceiying it.