National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-01-10
AMONG THE CHURCHES.


is missionary to New Zealand.
Vice Presideut-olect Hendricks is
senior warden Of an Episcopal church in
Indianapolis.
Rev. DIR. Lindsay, rector Of st. Johns
church, Georgetown, Is now prominently
spoken Of In connection with the vacant
rectorship fthe Church Of tho Epiphany.
There are signs ola revival Of religious
interest in Germany. In East aud West
Prussia many Of the churches are opened
one hour each day for meditation aud
prayer.
Rabbi Browne, q distinguished Hebrew,
Is to speak at the Metropolitan NJ. L.
Church next wednesday evening, in re-
ply to Mr.. Moody's charges in Philadel-
phla, a. to tho relation of tho Jews to
Christ's cruoiAxion. His subject will DO
THE crucihxion and tho Jews, or did
the Jews actually cruelty Jesus of Naza-
reth2"
The debt of the Church Of the Ascen-
sion, In this city, which about year ago
amounted to $4,000, has since been re-
duced to between $4,000 and $1,000. Mr..
w. w. Corcoran, who is one Of the vcstry-
mon, and who offered TO give $4,000 pro-
vidod the balance was raised by Jan. I,
extension Of time in which to make up tho
now small deficiency.
Tho Tabernacle congregation havin z
called Rev. Mr.. Nourse, a western man, to
the pastorate Of their church, are propos-
ing TO follow him into full fellowship with
the Congregational denomination, of
which no is a member. Mr.. Nourso has
been devoting moro or less attention to
tho lecture field and has been without a
charge for some little time. He is well
spoken Of by those who know him.
Tho Ryland NJ. Il. Church, which has
the largest congregation in South WASH
ington, has been in charge of Rev. W. II.
Chapman since March last. Every de-
psrtment is in a state of gratifying pros
perity. The church membership is n lit
tie over 300, and tho Sabbath school has
an attendance of between 300 and 400. A
series Of special services will begin to-
morrow evening. A young peoples meet
ing 10 held every Sunday evening at 9
o'clock and is largely attended.
Mr.. Joseph Bowes, the leader Of the
Sabbath school teachers class at the Y.
M. g. A. rooms, this city, 10 tho writer of
an article on the international Sunday
school lesson" which appears each week
in the columns of the Christian Nation
a journal published In New York. This
journal Is fast making its way into the
hands of tho Sunday school teachers Of
the country on account of the superior
and exceedingly helpful character of its
articles on the Sunday school lesson.
The Now York Evangelist in its issue Of
tho LIST instant thus congratulates DR..
Pitzer on tho prospective completion Of
his new church. "Dr. Pitzer and his
people of the Southern Church are to DO
congratulated in view Of their handsome
new house Of worship, aud generally OK
cellent prospects Us q church. IL has been
built under favoring Providence by
much effort and sacrifice, and thus well
earned, 1t is likely to be we'll used and
enjoyed. May it so prove, and pastor and
people BIO greatly blessed"
Rev. VIM. Henry Claiming whose
death was announced by cable last week,
was the nephew of tho DIR. Claiming.
lie was classmate at Harvard of DIR. o.
w. Holmes, was ono of tho Brook Farm
community, succeeded James Martineau
as pastor OF the Hope Street Unitarian
chapel, Of Liverpool, Eng, in 1867, and
preached in this city for awhile after tho
war. He spent most Of his later years in
England, was the author of number OF
books, among them memoir of his
famous uncle and life of Margaret Full
Ter, in which he had the help OF Emerson
and James Freeman Clarke.
The class of Sabbath School teachers
held ut tho rooms Of the Young Mems
Christian Association for tho study of the
international Sabbath School lesson bid,
fair to rival tho celebrated classes of the
same kind hold in Boston, New York, and
Brooklyn, under Meredith, Crosby, and
Pontecost. This class is held every Sat.
urday evening at 9 o'clock, and Is In
charge Of Mr. Joseph Bowes. The attend.
ance is so largo as to tax tho seating
capacity Of the spacious parlors, and many
have to content themselves with standing,
and are 6ontented even with that SO
valuable Is the help given them in their
preparation to meet their classes on the
Sabbath.
Many Washingtonians will recollect
Henry Moorhouse. the young English
evangelist who visited this city some
years since. He ii was who directed Mr..
Moody's attention to tho method OF
Bible reading" which had been used by
him with great success. The two evan
golists first met at Dublin, in 1867. Soon
after Moorhouso visited Mr.. Moody, in
Chicago, and obtained permission to
preach during tho absence Of tho latter
What follows, after Mr.. Moodys return
is in his own words: "He stood before
US again, and no said: My friends,
have been trying to get q new text, but
cannot find any so good rs the old one,
so we will again turn to the third chapter
of John and the sixteenth verse; He
preached the seventh sermon from that
wonderful text. l have never forgotten
those nights l have preached q differ.
ent gospel since, and 1 have had more
,wer with God and man since then"
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