Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-10
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
CHURCHES HERE AND ELsEwHxRK

1t is now stated that Rev. DR.. Newman can
be appointed to the passionate of the Metropoli-
tan NJ. E. church, In this city If he desires it. as
the bishops OF the church are favorable to his
end In view.
AT the Foundry N. e. church, last month,
% new members were received, 16 on proba-
ton; Hamline received 8 full members on SUM-
day; Grace received % full members Sunday;
meetings continue at Fletcher chapel, the 4th
street church, where there have been 10 con-
versions, and Waugh where Miss Jennie Smith
The superintendent of the Metropolitan NJ
E. Sunday school on Al street, assisted by q
number OF the active young people Of the
school, last Sabbath afternoon organized
Chinese school which win meet in the Sunday
school rooms every Sunday afternoon at
O'Clock: Atthe opening meeting there were four
teen Cinnamon present nearly all Of whom
them have attended similar schools in Boston
and New York, and are quite enthusiastic In
promoting the organization of o school here. "A
tendent was presented BY one Of them with q
copy OF Moody & Sankey's Gospel hymn books
In the Chinese language.
In Africa, at the present time, there are
nfty.three missionary agencies
&C. w. Thompson, the evangelist, expects to
begin meetings In Cincinnati soon.
The fftieth anniversary of the landing of
missionaries in Fiji occurs next Sunday.
r8nclS murphy mas neiQ very successful
series Of temperance meetings at Cleveland,
Ohio.
The Belleville Avenue Congregational
church, of Newark, N. j., has accepted the resig-
nation of the Rev. DR.. Hepworth.
An invitation has been extended to Messrs.
Moody and Sankey to conduct q series Of meet
tngs In Bridgeport, Conn.,, during the last week
in October. >
- Bishop Walden recently made the state
ment that the NJ. E. church has forty five great
presses, running ten hours q day, sending out
religious papers and books.
Mrs. Rev. John 8. Inskip raised and for
warded $S, 900 for the Girls school in Calcutta
of which Miss Layton has charge, and the
British government duplicated the sum.
-Camp-meetings are being held at several
points in Florida. and are attended by unusual
numbers Many conversions are reported, and
much interest Is manifested by all classes.
"A Baptist Ministers Aid society, to provide
for aged and infirm Baptist ministers and mis-
sionaries, has been organized In Chicago. Its
members include residents of Chicago, Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
- The will of George L. Harrison, of Philadel-
phia, contains requests of 81, 900 each to the
Episcopal hospital, Christmas fund for disabled
ciefgymen and the widows and orphans OF
deceased clergymen, and q number OF other
benevolent institutions.
AT the general association (COngregational)
held recently in Connecticut q resolution was
Sunday-school lesson papers to give as the text
of the lessons only the new version both of the
New and the Old Testament.
Grace Protestant Episcopal church, San
Francisco, is one of the few specimens of the
pure Gothic cathedral in this country. 1t was
ago, and contains about million and q half of
brick. Recently all its Indebtedness was paid.