Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-09-12
Religious.

Rev. A. Piston will preach at Independ-
ence to -morrow.
Rev. VIM. L. Dempsy will preach at the
Methodist church Tomorrow at the usual
hours.
Revs. S. T. Ruffner, of Higginsville. and
Lewis Hobson. of Odessa, will exchange pull
pits for tomorrow.
Rev. Geo. Koenig will preach his farewell
sermons in this city at 1890, a. M, tO-mor-
row, and in Napoleon at 3 o'clock, p. IN.
Rev. Geo. L. Leyburn will preach at the
Presbyterian church tomorrow morning at
IL O'Clock and at night at 1880 O'Clock.
Elder Swartz will preach at the Christian
church tomorrow morning and evening at the
usual hours. His evening theme will be "The
Judgment"
The Bates City NJ. E. Church, South, will
give a Sunday school picnic on Saturday,
Sept. 12, and would be glad to have every
body attend.
Daily services at the Catholic church, "a
O'Clock, a. M; Sunday services 81 and 1O4
O'Clock, q. M, and % o'clock, p. M, Rev. j.
J. Lilly, officiating.
The thirteenth annual convention of the
German Roman Catholic Central Society of
the United States has been In session at New
York city, this week.
Small Boy-"Pa, when they install a min
ister, do they put him in a stall and feed
"NO, my son. they harness him to the
church, and expect him to draw 1t alone.'
Christ church. 10Th Sunday after Trinity.
Sunday school. 9:15. q. m. Morning Prayer
with aorunnn 0t IN. IN a ~ Euo,;n, -r.vo.
with sermon, 1870 o'clock, p. m. Rev. John
Davis. Rector.
Rev. W. A. Crouch held services every
night this week, and desires to continue the
meeting through next week. He will an
nounce Tomorrow whether or not the SER
| vices will continue.
There will be a parish meeting at the chapel
of Christ, Episcopal, church, to-day, at 10
O'Clock. a. m. All members of the church,
ladies' as well as gentlemen. are earnestly
urged to be present.
Services at the Baptist church Tomorrow
morning at II O'Clock, and evening at 1880
O'Clock. Preaching by the pastor, Rev. VIM
l.. Crouch. Sunday school at 8 O'Clock
q. M, M. F. Royle. superintendent. Prayer
meeting every Wednesday evening at 7 80
O'Clock.
Higginsville ~Post:-"Our Catholic fellow
citizens are negotiating for the purchase OF
the schoolhouse just vacated, with the inten-
tion of using it to establish q schoo of their
own. The project is not yet fully developed
but 1t will doubtless be carried to q success
full issue"
Tit Jewish New Year began Sept. 10th anG
Yom kippur, the day of atonement, will bs
observed Sept. 18th, continuing the twenty
four hours following. The feast of Succot h
will begin Sept. 23d, continuing eight
days. The coming of the festival days sc
early In the year is unus ual.
There has been very little demand for The
revised Old Testament. There lsno sort OF
probability that it will ever be adopted by
the church, and it has not received nearly &C
much attention from laymen as did the revis
ION Of the New Testament. 1t will, nc
doubt, find its way into the libraries of al
theological students, where 1t will prove
useful.
At the last session of the German NJ, E,
Conference the following appointments wei
made to the churches in Lafayette county
Lexington and Napoleon, Rev. John Vogel
Higginsville, MAYHEM and Corder, Rev J.
G.. Kost; Concordia and Alma Rev. John De-
msnd; Presiding elder of this district, Rev.
j. G.. Leist, of Kansas City. Rev. George
Koenig, Of this city. has been appointed to q
charge in Southern Iowa, and will leave for
bis new station next Monday. Rev. Vogel
has been stationed for the past year at Smith.
ton, No., and Is expected to arrive sometime
during the coming week. Rev. j. A. Mueller
has been transferred to BoonvIlle. The next
conference will be held at Wyandotte, Kan
sas.
NJ. F.. church met on Wednesday. September
2, and adjourned Tuesday. September s, RI.
Rev. John NJ. Brown. d. D., presided. Rev.
j. F. Mcdonald. of Sedalia, was secretary.
There were 20 ministers present, about so of
them being members of the conference. A
Strong resolutions were passed looking to-
ward union between the A. NJ. E.. and A. NJ,
E. u. churches. An able paper was read
BY Rev. b. II. Beal upon the condition of the
country regarding the political, religious and
social status of the cOlOred race. Rev. Beck
ley, of st. Psul's church. St. Louis, was as
signed to Zion church at this place. Rev. NJ,
Dixon goes to st. Peters chapel, St, Louis.
Rev. B. W. Stewart to Joplin. Rev. DR., b
W. Arnett, Aenia, Ills, financial secretary OF
the general conference, and Rev. j, C, En-.
bry, general business manager of the publt
cation department of the churob Dbyfodol