Evening star., 1885-07-25
RELIGIOUS NOTES,
CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE.

RELIGIOUS NOTES.
| CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE
Among the Washington men who grad.
| uated with credit in the last class at Princeton
| Seminary was Rev. Edison A. Love- son of the
| late Hon. r. P: Lowe, ex-governor of Iowa.
Mr.. Lowe left the city On Thursday, the 9th
| instant, to accept C call to o newly organized
| church in Lebanon Pa.
Rev. F. T. Tagg, the secretary of the mis-
| sionary board of the NJ. p church, formerly OF
Georgetown, has been quite ILL., He has how
ever, recovered and is booked for a number OF
camp and other meetings.
- Rev. H. r. Naylor, of the Foundry has an
nounced that he will remain through the sum-
mer at his post.
1t is noticeable this season that while there
are so many absentees from the city the aver
age attendance of stay-at-homes in the Sunday
schools is much larger than usual.
AT Washington Grove the residents will be
supplied well with ministers. both before and
after the camp-meeting, Rev. Mr.. McKenney,
Oh the DunbartOn street church, being about to
locate on the grounds in a new cottage, and
WanSb S6o apd pref T OF r Rsv r. n Baer OF
being already on the ground.
Through the continued oppressive weather
Douglas Memorial NJ. E. Church, corner of Il tn
and III streets northeast, is enjoying a season of
baptized, seven were received into full connec-
ton, and four joined the church on probation.
On Thursday evening, the regular weekly
prayer meeting, large number were present,
and during the services three adults knelt,
seeking religion. Others are expected to unite
with the church tomorrow. The weather does
not dlnlnlSh the attendance, but rather q large
Increase is noticed in all the meetings. Rev
Chas. L. House is the pastor.
- Archdeacon Farrar will visit this country
| in September, and will receive q warm welcome.
- Yale College has adopted the entire revised
version of the Scriptures for chapel readings.
WOman'S nf
No. so Bible house, supports thrty-three female
missionaries in New York
In the last twenty-five years the Methodists
have increased the value of their church prop
erty by almost S6O,OOO,OOO.
orr schools established by the American
Sunday School Union in Michigan, sixty-six
have grown into churches.
An extra effort is being made among the
poor at Manistee, Mich. One of the churches
will hold services Sunday evening in a public
hall, the object being to attract the non-church
going element.
The completion of half-century of labor
by Rev. William Patterson, as pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Pound Ridge, n. Y.
| was duly celebrated on the Sth inst.
- Mrs. Tubman left $4,000 to the First
Christian church of Augusta, Ga, the income
| of which is to be expended by board of trus-
tees to employ pastor for Georgia state mis-
siOnary work.
The tenth congress of the Protestant Epis.
copal church in the United States will be held
at New Haven, Conn.,, commencing Tuesday,
October 90 The sessions will be held in the
opera house, and the devotional services, with
the communion, probably at Trinity church.
Bishop Williams, of Connectic ut. will preside.
Park church Sunday school, Elmira, n. Y,
has 1o1 members, and the pastor, Thomas K.
Beecher. himself is its superintendent. Forty
members of the school were graduated into the
church on the last Sunday of June.
The Young Mems Christian Association of
the state of New York, held three days con-
vention at Thousand Island park, under the
conduct of Rev. George A. Hail. state secretary
beginning dnail July 18th: From august I'd to 9th
under the direction of Rev. DIR. J. F. Tracey
This convention will include the WOmen's
Home and Foreign Missionary societies. Au-
gust 18th to 23d will be held the International
Temperance meeting, bringing together the
abiest temperance workers in the United States
and Canada.
The board of managers of the American
Bible Society (New York. have issued circular
in which they state that the available receipts
OF the society have fallen short over $25O,OOO
during the past four years.
The new Bloomingdale Reformed church,
6Sth street and Broadway, this city, will be
completed in October. The estimate value in
Guiding the land, is about S215,OOO.
"A story told by Rev. DIR. Barrows at the
Home missionary society at Saratoga had q
point In 1t: "a young home missionary went
east to Saratoga and saw there the splendors of
the ladies costumes. Writing back to his wife
ne said 1t was perfectly splendid, and one lady s
dress was worth just one Westinghouse forty
four cottage organs, and twenty-three Sabbath
school libraries"
AT the Taylor county Sunday-school con.
vention in Florida there were a few months ago
but three schools where now, by the labors ofthe
missionary OF the American Sunday-school
union, there are ten schools. In that county
are only 700 children of school age, and $50
persons are enrolled In the Sunday-schOOl.