Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-20
RELIGIOUS NOTES.


Rev. George r. Kramer, of Brooklyn, N.Y.
son of Chaplain Kramer. is visiting the latter
at his residence, on street southeast, and will
ofiiciate at the Metropolitan NJ. E. church to-
morrow.
The joint committees of the African NJ. E.
church and the A. NJ. E. Zion church to consider
the subject of organic union between these
bodies. will meet In this city on Wednesday,
at Union Bethel church. II street. between 18th
and 18th, at 2 o'clock July 18th.
About 100000 have been raised for the
new First Presbyterian church of Buffalo,
The Presbyterian board of church erection
received from all sources the past year
Rev. DR.. John Hall. ofthe Fifth Avenue Pres
byterian church, has been elected chancellor Of
Rev. A. s. Flock, late pastor ut Baptist
church at Woodbury., Md, has entered upon
the pastOrate ofthe church at Columbus, N. J.
Frank Parker, son of Bishop Linus Parker
of the NJ. E. church south, has been licensed to
preach, also Gerald Parker another son Of
the bishop.
The Roanoke Presbyterian church In Char
lotte county, Va, has extended a unanimous
call to Rev. Baxter d. d. Greer, of South Ala
bama presbytery.
Rev. s. H. Thompson, formerly pastor Of
Govane Presbyterian) chapel, at Govanstown,
has been compelled to go to ST. Paul, Mimi.
on account of his health.
general assembly at Cincinnati, looking to the
celebration OF the centenary in 1883 of the for
nation of the general assembly.
Mrs. Margaret S. Foster, Of Philadelphia,
has given $4,000 for the erection of q cottage at
the Baptist Orphanage, n memorial to her
husband, MIR. Thomas 8. Foster
The sixth reunion of the United States
Christian commission. sanitary commission,
army chaplains, etc, will be held in Old Or
chard Me-, from June 26th to 3Oth.
The Madison-avenue Congregational church
in New York has at last without a dissenting
voice, resolved TO invite Rev. William F. Price,
OF Lynn, Mass, to become their settled pastor.
The Rev. d. L. Rathbun, who was recently
elected to the principalship of the academy at
Jamestown, Nd, has been called to the Pres
byterian church at that place also.
Rev. William Lewis, of Lagrange ILL.,, but
native of Baltimore, has been selected rector
of ST Stephens p. f. church, Baltimore, and
Will enter upon his duties ON the first Sunday
in July.
1t is said that the new board of directors of
the Academy of Music in Philadelphia have re-
solved that hereafter the use Of the academy
will not be given to any one who proposes to
disseminate infidelity.
After a council called to consider the case,
the Willis street Baptist church, of Paterson,
n. j., has excluded from membership and de-
posed from the ministry their late pastor,
George Guirey.
The Methodist churches of Chicago received
nearly one thousand new members within the
past three months. and the additions to the
churches of other denominations in that city
have also been very large.
- Prof. ID. A. StralSer, of Allen university re-
ceived the honorary degree of LII. D., at the
hands of the Selma (Ala) university recently
Prof. Straker is prominent among those likely
10 succeed DR.. W alters as president of Allen.
The Young Mems Christian association of
Richmond, Va, are making q vigorous effort
to secure a building in which to prosecute their
work. They have purchased lot for 1900
and nave secured pledges for the building fund
amOuntin. to S11 900.
The corner stone of the new chapel of the
Divinity School of the Protestant Episcopal
church, at 5Oth street and Darby road Phila-
deph1a, was laid last week by Bishop Stevens.
Wolfe. of New York, a memorial of the late
Bishop Alonzo Potter.
"A Congregational meeting was held re-
Gently at New Providence church. IN Rock
bridge county, Va, at which a resolution was
adopted inviting the synod of Virginia to hold
its centennial at New Providence in SSS The
synod held Its first meeting at New Providence
In 11SS. There were but seven ministers i'm
has upwards of two hundred now.
Rev. w. s. Kelsey, of Geneva, N. Y, a re-
cent graduate of Amherst college and Hartford
Theological seminary, was installed pastor of
the Fist congregational church, of Windham,
Conn.,, on the 9th ult. This is the church
where President Cleveland's father preached
over fifty years ago. The church was organized
In 100, and has had an eventful career, in
Guiding in its membership many names promi-
nent in the early history of Connecticut.