Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-29
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
CHURCHES HERE AND E1srwHrRx

-1ne SIMON association, OF cOlOred Baptist
churches In virginia, held meeting recently
Gibbons, Of the Mt. Zion Baptist church in
South Washington, who led the singing
-Hev. Geo. b. Patch he resigned his position
In the second auditors office. In order to devote
his full time and energy to the Unity Presby-
terrain cnurcn OF this city, of which he is pastor
warmly attached to him.
Inc central Baptist church (colored), for
merly at Sd and L streets northwest, having
removed to the building corner of I'd and
Streets sae II northeast, formerly known as Provi-
Gence chapel Is still under the ministratiOn of
Rev. J. w. Roane. 1t has in two months built
up sunday school of about $50.
Inc 46th anniversary of the Nineteenth
street Baptist church will be celebrated on Sun
gay, August 80. Rev. Walter II. Brooks, the
history of the church, at ii a. m. seats are
iree at this church, and the public generally are
invited to attend the services.
- rev. +. u. Power, of the Garfield Memorial
tCnrlsuan) church. was at Bethany park en-
campment, near Indianapolis, recently The
JOoTndt OF that city, OF the 3d. says "The af-
ternOon was given to F. ID. Power, pastor of the
vermont-avenue Christian church. in Washing
Son. y. y, VINO occupied about one hour and q
nan In iecturing, without manuscript, on The
LIE and Character of Gen. Garfield, late Presi-
ticularly on the religious life and character OF
gen. Garneld. The lecture was intensely inter
esting, aOOunding in beautiful word-pictures,
voice and information that at times caused many
an eye IN the audience to become dimmed with
tears" The Journal of the oath says DIR. Power
Preached on the morning of the 23d from Acts,
XVI, 27-PauIs address to King Agrippa-and
gives al outline of his sermon. DR.. Power was
on 1.-The Life and Character of Gen. Garfield
on Wednesday.
"A Reformed Dutch church is about to be
established at New Windsor, Md.
- Rev. Dr. Duryea has definitely declined the
presidency of Union college, New York.
Rev. Thomas Harrison, will be al the Free
port district camp meeting at Lena, ILL.,, which
begins to-day.
AT the Huntington, West Va, M E. church,
nifty persons were recently received into full
membership.
"A revival is in progress at the Harper's
Ferry appointment of the Methodist Protestant
- Bishop A. w. Wilson, of the NJ. e. Church
South, and his wife are spending the summer
with DIR. Pease, near Ashville, Nc.
AT Charlottesville, Va, two handsome
church buildings have been erected by the col
ored Baptists.
Rev. s. ]. Fisher, pastor of the Presby.
terrain church in Swissvale, Pa, has declined
the presidency of Biddle University, at Char
lotte, N. c.
H. j. Wilkins, general secretary of the Y.
M. c. A. at Woodberry, Md, has resigned, and
accepted a call to the general secretaryship OF
the association of Truro Nova Scotia.
john Nicoll, the centenarian, who recently
died in Orange, y. j., bequeathed by his will
81 900 to the Presbyterian board of foreign
missions and $500 to the home mission board
Rev. Dr. Hatcher recently assisted Rev. Mr..
billiard in a revival meeting at Mountain Plain
church in Albemarle county, Va, and there
were fity-fve conversions reported, and
81 900 was raised to improve the church.
Rev. DR.. d. II. Carroll, of Baltimore, has
been mainly instrumental in enlarging the
Sunday school room Of the NJ. E. church, at Mt.
Vernon, near Baltimore, contributing $4,000
OF the $2,315 required.
"A new Baptist congregation from the Met
ropolitan church, on 9Th street east, has been
organized under the name Of the East Capitol
church. The new congregation numbers about
SO. Rev. O.M.Miller. a graduate of Columbia uni
Verslty, has accepted the pastorate, and entered
on his duties. For the present they occupy a
hall.
The Waterford Presbyterian church, in vir-
gfnia, dedicated on August 9th an attractive
chapel, with a seating capacity of one hundred
and fifty, at one of its mission stations This is
the Outgrowth OF the labOrs of a student and the
pastor, Rev. l.. Il. Turnbull, at a school house.
Already there are about twenty -five members
enrolled.
The Rev. E. D. Campbell, who died in Mon
mouth, ILL.,, on the 18th of August, was the son
of Rev. David Elliott Campbell, of India, who,
with his wife and two children, fell in the terri
BILE slaughter of captivcs in Cawnpore, India,
June 18th, 1857. The surviving son, who has
just died, was then at Landour, and thus es-
capped death.
"A new chapel at the University of vir-
ginia is rapidly approaching completion. The
retiring chaplain, Rev. o. A. Glazebrook, of
the Episcopal church, is meeting with much
success III soliciting funds in the north 1t will
be the handsomest church editice in that part
of the state. Rev. DR.. George =. Taylor, late
missionary to Italy of the Baptist church, is the
chaplain-elect.