Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-03
RELIGIOUS NOTES.


CHURCHES HERR AND EISEwHEKa
- The annual meeting OF the Y NJ. C. A.. viii
be held Monday evening. Prot L. b. sprcnrel.
late OF the Baltimore Y. NJ. C. A. gymnasium.
has taken charge of the gymnasium here
An Interesting revival is In progress AT the
Fourth-street NJ. f. church. under the passionate
OF Rev. NJ. +. b. Rice plumber OF conversions
have taken place this week.
The Israel (Colored) NJ. E. church. corner az
B and LIST streets southwest. will be dedicated
tomorrow. and the sermon viii be preached nv
Rev. DIR. =. X. Cox, ofthe NJ. r.. Church south.
Rev. s. NJ. Newman. pastor OF the First
Congregational church. OF this city, has re-
the installation sermon before n council called
10 settle Rev. Geo. ID. Heron over a church In
that city.
The Paulist fathers, Elliot wyman. and
Desbon, will begin a mission at 81 Peters
church. Capitol HIN, tomorrow. II viii last
eight or ten days, ending with pontificsl mass,
Bishop O'Sulivan officiating. The bishop VIII
also administer confirmation 20 a class OF ESQ
NJ the close OF the mission.
The semi-centennial Of the Ninth-street
Methodist Protestant church. now under the
passionate Of Rev. Dr. ]. L. Mills. win be cele-
DRAFTED next Sunday. An appropriate sermon
Will be delivered In the morning. and a meeting
church viii he read. and Address made d, I bS
visiting ministers aud Others.
At a meeting OF the members OF Emanue,
p. E. parish, Anacostia. Thursday evening
Bishop Paret made an address, and steps were
taken TO provide means for supporting perma-
nent rector. Rev. Chas ID. Andrews. OF Christ
church, East W Washington. has been designated
by the bishop TO take temporary charge Of the
parish.
- In several OF the NJ. L. churches OF the Dis
trict changes will be made at tho next Balti-
more conference which meets in March. Revs.
f. ID. Huntley, Of Metropolitan; ]. III. Ryland,
oI l2th stree, East Washington; j. q. Hagey, of
H"uss oa az n a. anos OF Grace AND =, T.
nave served three years term. There Is some
probability OF Rev. f. ID. owen leaving Cor
such, and there may be other changes.
MIR. Moody will hold series of meetings in
New London, Conn.,, next month.
Rev. X. Hartman, Of Philadelphia has been
elected pastor OF Trinity Lutheran church. Hal
timore, and will enter on his duties to-mor-
row.
Mrs. Farmer, OF Albany, n. ", who died
lately, left a large fortune TO Rev. DIR. Norton,
dean OF the cathedral, who had attended her
through long Illness.
Within three years four new Baptist
churches have been organized In Baltimore.
and a meeting was held lately TO consider the
propriety OF Beginning mission IN Southwest
Baltimore.
DIR. r. @. Hall has gone to Sweden at the re-
quest OF Bishop Perry, Of Iowa, 10 request the
clergy ofSweden To give commendatory letters
70 emgrants coming 20 this country ~ the
clergy here.
The Maryland Presbytery OF the Southern
Presbyterian church has dissolved the pastoral
relation between Rev. j. McMurrau and the
church at Mount Washington, a suburb OF Bal
umore.
The Westminster Theological seminary, OF
the NJ. p. church, has opened Hs fourth year.
OF the class to graduate this year, three will
enter the Maryland conference, and one will
enter the West Virginia conference.
The vestry OF Grace p. T. church, Balti-
IA ivodu lett ~
the Rev. Chauncey B. Brewster, OF the diocese
Of Michigan, who was recently elected 10 sue
coed the late Rev. Dr. Iced.
The growth Of the churches connected with
the United Church Of Japan during the last
year has been very marked. Twenty per cent
has been added to the memb ersnip, and the ad-
vance In contributions has been 40 per cent
The largest synod in the Presbyterian
church is that OF Pennsylvania, which reports
this year lac, 146 communicates. New York
New Jersey IN fourth with 4s,s70 and Illinois
nth with AZ, $50.
The question OF an Episcopal cathedral for
New York city is again being discussed IL is
reported that the designs which had been sub
mftted for the Albany cathedral, but which
were rejected on account OF their great expense,
New York city.
Springfield, Mass, opened on the 9th inst. with
very encouraging prospects. Students were In
attendance from Canada, New England the
middle. southern and western states. The de.
sign or this institution is TO train laymen To be
secretaries OF Young Mems Christian Associa-
lions, superindendents Of Sunday schools, and
helpers 10 pastors.
The Rev. c. w. X. Morrill,, formerly rector
OF the St. James Episcopal church. woon-
socket, r. l., on Thursday, September Sd, ten
dered his resignation to the Right Rev. Thomas
NJ. Clarke, Episcopal bishop OF Rhode Island.
The Rev. MT. Morrill, accompanied by a friend,
who is a Catholic priest arrived I'm Richmond
Va, few days ago and was received into the
Catholic church by the Right Rev. John ].
keane, bishop of Richmond,