National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-01-03
AMONG TIE onunCnEs.

Senator a. ii. Colquitt OF Georgia, ana
his father before him wore Methodist
diyines.
Tho Baptists now have seven churches
in South America. Ono was recently or
ganiaod In Rio Janoiro.
Rev. DR.. George WorthinRton, Of Do
troit, has been elected Episcopal bishop
of Nebraska aud has accepted.
At the close of tho first century tho
number of nominal Christians In tho world
was 100000. 1t is now about d00,0OO,0OO.
A successful effort has boon made to-
ward recognizing the Lutheran churches
south Of tho Potomac into q general
synod.
Rev. DIR. John p. Newman Is being
severely criticised upon some portions OF
his recent funeral discourse In the Stan
ford obsequies.
Wesley Chapel Sabbath School pro-
poses to try tho system of grading the
various classes and adapting tho educa-
tion Of each according TO this method.
81. Paul's Episcopal Church building Is
undergoing repairs which the vestry hope
to have completed by Ash Wednesday.
Daily services are held, and all the depart
ments Of church work are In most -four
ishing condition.
Rev. DIR. A. ID. Mayo, who is TO preach
ut All Souls (Unitarian) Church to.mor-
row evening, has been quite actively
identified with educational matters in the
South, aud in particular tho establish
ment ofnormal schools.
A great deal of interest In Episcopal
Church circles is centcrinR around tho
prospective conservation Of Bishop Elect
Parot, which is to take place in Epiphany
Church the sth instant. The new bish-
ops residence is to DO in Baltimore, where
rectory is owned by the diocese.
Tho board of directors of Columbia
Seminary, South Carolina, has been re-
organized, displacing DIR. Woodson, whose
theory and teaching has been that mans
body is n developed brute into which
God put soul and from this compound
being took rib which he fashioned into
Eve.
The pressure Of tho French government
upon American missions in Africa has
become so intolerablo as to raise the
question whether tho missions will not
havo to be given up rs American. What
with Africa, Madagascar, and China,
France seems to be playing pretty
heavy game.
Rev. DIR. s. s. Mitchell has been pay
ing flying visit of two or three days TO
friends in the city and Is looking un-
usually we'll. His congregation is very
much interested in the question Of re-
moving the church from the center OF the
city, where it Is now located, to more
desirable quarter. The price at which
the property is rated Is Sl50,00O, and the
matter Just now hinges upon tho title,
which is in process of adjustment
The Sabbath schools begin the first
Sunday of the New Year with the study
of Pauls third missionary journcy-from
Ephesus to Macedonia and Achaia-as
given in Acts xx,2-16. A very good lesson
help is to be found in DIR. Woolseys criti-
cal notes in the Sunday School Times which
also contains learned disauisition by
Prof. A. ii. Sayce upon Alexandria
Troas. In Dr. McCosh's opinion "Cony-
beare and Howson's life aud epistles Of st.
PauW is q valuable auxiliary.
It was related of DIR. Stephen Balsh, for
many years pastor of the old Bridge Street
Church, Georgetown, that he never failed
to say something good Of the dead. While
one day officiating at the funeral of a
hardened reprobate, Of whom nobody
remembered any virtue, after some gem
eral remarks upon the solemnity Of the
occasion, he concluded as follows: II deem
it my duty in this sad hour to say of the
departed that we were schoolmates. and o
finer mathematician l did not know"
A very impressive watch service was
held at st. Andrews Episcopal Church
last Wednesday evening. commencing at
11:30 and terminating at 1890 o'clock. A
brief discourse by tho rector, Rev. Mr..
Perry. was followed by evening service
and the celebration Of the holy oommu-
nion. The musical selections consisted
of an offertory and chants, mostly in
minor strains. At ~ o'clock the death
of the old year was impressively observed
by chanting DE Profundis." This is
the third service OF the kind held by st.
Andrews.
Among the practical industrial enter
prises of the New York Avenue
Presbyterian church mono perhaps IL
more interesting than tho "mothers'
meeting" which is held weekly al
Bethany and Gurley chapels. Those
attending these meetings are furnished
material from which they fashion gar
ments for their own use under the super
vision of competent ladies. A lunch Ia
also spread, and some plain practical ad-
vice given as to the management of the
home economy and spiritual and physical
culture.
At st. Matthew's Catholic church, to.
morrow at IL o'clock, Right Rev. DR.
Chapelle will preach and the following
music will be discoursed Guilmant's
Mass In L tiat; Veni Creator, by Wiegand
oiiertorium, Pater Noster, written for st.
Matthew's choir by Karst, tenor solo and
chorus, At4 o'clock vespers. Mercadante,
Alma Redemptoris, from Donizetti
o Salutaris, from Schubert, and Tan
tum Ergo, from Wagner. The choir
under the direction Of Mr.. Cannon, IL
constituted as follows: Organist, Prof. j
alto, Mrs. Faidley; tenor, Mr.. Burnett
baritone, Mr.. Cannon, and a chorus oi
twenty voices.
Churches havo their ups and downs
like individuals. Willard's Hall wal
onoo the old + Street Church, whore Drs
Laurie and Gurley preached before the
organization was blended with the
Second Presbyterian. The march of i'm.
| prOVemonI leit III, HKe TRINITY IN new
York, surrounded by money changers.
Columbia Law Building was the original
Trinity, and was afterward variously oe
cupied by Congrogationalists, Baptists
Presby byterians, and once as stable. The
police station on Massachusetts, avenue
between Ninth and Tenth streets, wal
once McKendree Church. The Medical
Museum on Tenth street occupies the sitt
OF the little white Baptist meeting houst
in which Rev. Mr.. Brown and DR.. StepheI
Z. Hill preached in olden days. The
former building of the Fourth Presby
terian on the opposite side Of the present
edifce Is now used for residences. Tht
police court was the Unitarian Church
within few doors Of which Danie
Webster resided,