Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-12-26
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
HERE AND ELSEWHERE.


AT the recent revival at the East Wash
1ngton NJ. p. church, Rev. 8. b. Treadway,
pastor, there were sixteen conversions reported
Twelve of the converts united with the church
A new Southern Methodist church. an ele-
CANT brick structure, was dedicated ut Mt.
jackson, Va, on Sunday last Dr. Cox, of this
city, officiating. Upwards of 500 was raised
the property.
The new NJ. E church, known as Whitfield
near Lanham's station. on the b. & P. r. II.
(erected in place OF the old structure) was
nsvs- X Norris OF Wesley, and X. y. BaeT, OF
Waugh, offciated
Rev. DIT. W. III. MIlburn the chaplain OF the
House, who has taken quarters at No. go New
York avenue, is now serving his third term as
chaplain of the House. His first was served in
1915 and his second il 1858. He is native
OF Philadelphia, now 81 years old, and Is
now living. Since his election he has re-
eeived an offer of a church in Baltimore.
A Christian Chinaman has contributed
$1,000 to st. Luke's hospital in Shanghai.
No fewer than nineteen missionaries have
left London during tine past month for China.
A Young Mems Christian association is
about to be organized at Oporto. TN Spain.
over 5000 crowns have been collected in
Denmark for the Lutheran church in New York
city.
Rev G. W. Mccullough recently resigned
the pastorate OF the Broadway (Baptisp church
In Baltimore.
"A new settlement of Friends has been
started in Kerr City, Florida, and a religious
meeting and first-day school are held.
"A new Reformed CDutch) church has been
organized in Brooklyn. y. Y, and plot OF
ground selected as the site of the new church.
George Barnes. who, a few years ago was
known in Kentucky as the Mountain evangel-
ist, Is now missionary of the Church of Eng
land in India.
cent protracted meeting at Asbury, NJ E.
church, about 200, the total membership will
exceed 800.
The trustees of Denison university, Ohio,
show that since 1858 the assets of the institu-
tion have increased from S13.7T2 to S31O.146,
in addition to the campus and buildings.
Walter p. Hines was ordained 10 the full
work of the Baptist ministry recently al the
Court street church, Portsmouth, Va, and will
enter OH pastoral work in Surry county, Va.
On the LIST OF December there remained
81, 1000 to be paid the debt OF the Presby-
terrain board OF foreign missions. and the regu-
lar receipts were $4,000 behind the receipts of
last year at the same date
- Bishop III. VI. Turner of the \. Nj. F..
church. ut the late North Carolina conference,
received into the ministry Miss Sarah a.
Hughes, oil Raleigh, bright mulatto, well edu-
Gated, and said To be u good preacher
The colored people o. town in Kansas
understand the full meaning of the word .pro-
tracted-" They began q series OF '-protracted
meetings" year ago last August. which have
been continued ever since without days in
ferruption-
MIR. Robert Arthinton, of Leeds, England
who has already given much for mission work
in Africa. now makes an offer of $4,000 to the
Presbyterian board in New York, provided il
will found a new mission to certain tribes in
East Central Africa.
Within five years or less Morgan park SEM
mary, near Chicago. has received an endown-
ment of 100000; and il has just accepted an
offer of n farm in Illinois OF ,, 500 acres upon
condition that the seminary pay incum-
brance of $4,000, the donor to retain posses
Sit II during his life.
A new Methodist Episcopal conference was
organized in the Travis Park (Texas) church
two weeks ago-the Mexican Border conferences.
Its ministers are engaged as the name would
hint, in work among the Mexicans in the bor-
der country Several elders Were ordained.
The proceedings were, Of course, mostly in
Spanish.
The Lutheran church in the United states
and Canada ut present embraces 90 synods,
SIT minister, 7,O3. congregations, and
500 .2O2 communicates. The Lutheran church
in the world statistics Of 1854 comprises
25,422 ministers, 33,69' congregations,
A. ,4o1, SO members and adherenfs-
- Some time ago an estate of about 100000
was bequeathed by a Virginian to some of the
Catholic institutions. To his daughter, then in
Colorado, he lett only a lew hundred dollars
Bishop keene, taking the ground that his
church should not be enriched through injus-
tfce- submitted the matter to arbitration, and
the daughter has been awarded 100000
The statistics OF the Protestant Episcopal
diocese of western New York show falling off
OF about fourteen hundred in the number of
communicates. This is said to be owing to q
new canon which orders that only those who
communicate at Easter, OF have good reasons
for not doing so, shall be enumerated the
lists of members.