Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-07-11
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
CHURCHES HKRE AND EI.SEWHElR

| Rev. DR.. R. N. BSer, Of Waugh chapel, will
| spend some time At Washington Grove camp
ground.
- Rev. W. NJ. 1ngersoii. late pastor Of the
Metrup olitan Baptist church. OF East Washing.
ton, in sojourniny in Cleveland, Ohio.
The Tabernacle (CongregationaD church re-
oeived thirteen persons since the present pas
tor, Rev. DR.. Nourse, commenced his ministry.
Sixty-ons new scholars have been brought into
the Sabbath school since January L, 1855.
The Plymouth Congregational church, OF
this city. is struggling to raise S6OO-the final
payment on their Iot-which will make about
So 900 raised in three years by this young
church of two hundred members, besides pay.
ing the salary of the pastor. AT present the
services with the Lincoln Memorial church.
st Paui's NJ. E. Church at Ocean Grove was
dedicated last Sunday.
Washington-Lee university has conferred
the degree Of ID. on Rev. w. w. Landrum, OF
the Second Baptist church, Richmond.
- Rev. John X. Mo1ett has entered upon bis
work as pastor of Beulah and Sharon Baptist
churches, King William county, Va.
- The revival at Rome, Ga, Is still in pro-
gress. and over one hundred accessions are re-
ported at the Methodist and Baptist churches
- The Home and Foreign Mission societies of
the Episcopal church have been united and
Rev. DR.. Langtord of Elizabeth, N. j., elected
secretary.
- The American Sunday School union, in its
sixty years history, has distributed, by sale or
gitt, nearly $S,OOO,OOO worth of religious
literature.
The Young Mems Christian association
work Is being extended throughout the south.
At Columbus, Ga, an association has just been
organized with ninety members.
Rev. DIR. 8. Irenaus Prime, of the New York
Observer, who was ordained to the ministry at
Bailston Spa Presbyterian church on June 8,
1885, celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of bis
ordination by preaching there.
The Princess OF Wales has sent an "altar
cross to st. Peters Protestant Episcopal
church, st. Louis, Mo. 1t was interpreted by
the rector as an emblem of "a kindly greeting
ereign people OF America"
Rev. DR.. ]. L. kirkpatrick, professor of
moral philosophy and beileslettres in WASH
ington and Lee university, who died at his
residence in Lexington. Va, ON June 81, was q
Presbyterian and netd during his life number
of important: charges. He was president Of
Davidson college for several years.
The Rev. DR.. samuel Dowd Ferguson, who
was eonsecrated o bishop of the Protestant
Episcopal church on June "a, In Grace church,
American house OF bishops. He will 60 to Cape
Palmas in about two weeks. His official title
will be missionary bishop Of Cape Palnas and
parts adjacent"
The New York City Mission and Tract
society has built, and will dedicate and occupy
In the fall, the BroOme Street tabernacle, corner
Of Centre street. 1t is q plain, solid building,
with an auditorium to seat 400 people, q sun
day school room, library, and gymnasium. The
peWs are to be free, and prayer and temperance
meetings are to be held daily.
The Southern Baptist convention, held at
Augusta, Ga, adjourned to meet in Mont
gomery in May, 1886. Rev. ]. B. Deter, d. D.,
Of Virginia, was elected president of the foreign
mission board, with headquarters at Richmond,
and Rev. Basil Manly, D. D., OF Alabama presi-
dent of the domestic mission board. with head
quarters at Marion, Ala.
The Roger Williams University, at Nash
Vile. Tenn, had during the year just closed 24S
students-1O2 young colored women aud 146
young colored men-and 15 graduated. DR..
Steher, of Iowa, is the new president, and next
year there Will be two white students from that
state. It is unde: the care of the Baptist Home
Mission society.
There is just now building boom among
the Young Mems Christian associations at the
south. The Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution started
the project in that city. The result was that I'M
about two weeks $4,000 was pledged and
hardly any one was asked to give. The result
In Atlanta stirred up the Nashville association,
and under the leadership of Rev. Sam. Jones,
the evangelist, over $4,000 of the $4,000
needed there has been raised. In Selma, Ala,
a city OF about 10000 Inhabitants. 1000
was raised In week toward $4,000 needed
for building there.