Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-02
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE.

Archbishop Gibbons confirmed 1876 persons
at st. Patrick's church, this city, at his recent
| visit.
The Jackson Grove Camp Meeting associa-
ton has selected Thursday, July 31st, as the
date for the camp meeting this year. The meet
ing Will continue IA days.
Rev. Dr. John p. Newman has returned to
the New York conference of the NJ E. church
1t Is stated that he is to be returned to the Bal
timore conference and appointed to the Metro
poltan next March.
Since the decease of Rev. j. s. Deale, the
pastor of Caroline Street NJ E. church, Balti-
| more. the pulpit has several times been filed
| by Rev. G. G. Markham, of this city, 1t is
rumored that as Mr.. Markham is DESTROYS of
re-enteri M the itinerant work, he will be APP
pointed 10 fill the vacancy.
- There will be meeting in Baltimore next
Thursday of the following preates: Archbish-
| ops Williams, of Boston; Corrigan Of New
York: Ryan, of Philadelphia; Bishop Ireland, of
st. Paul, and Bishop Spalding, OF Peoria, with
Archbishop Gibbons, chairman, the commit ee
appointed by the third plenary council of Balti-
more to consider the subject of the new Catholic
university. To be established before very long
1t is understood that the location of the new
university will be considered at the meeting
- The wife Of Rev. j. B. Mccullough, editor of
the Philadelphia Methodist, died last week.
The churches of Charleston, s. c., have had
| a season of revival and as many as $50 have
professed conversion.
=sIRfyt F. w. Gunsaulus, of Newtonville,
Mass, has accepted a call to the Brown Memo
rial church (Pres) Baltimore, Md.
- Inc Nashville Christian advocate claims a
| net gain to the Southern Methodist church dur
Ing the past year OF over 35 900 souls.
The Lutheran reports that nearly 500 per-
sons were admitted to membership in Lutheran
Week. s 1'''
The new version Of the Old Testament is
expected to be ready about / tn May, which will
| be the anniversary of the publication of the Re-
| vised New Testament.
Rev. E. Payson Hammond the wel,-known
evangelist, is holding series of evangelistic
| services in Glasgow, Scotland. and nearly Q. 600
conversions have been reported.
Tho Methodist Church Extension society
| aided in the erection of over 400 houses Of wor-
| ship in 1884; the Baptists, 1906 the Presby-
terians, 123, and repaired and enlarged 243
- The price OF 81 200, offered by the Ameri.
can Sunday School Union for an essay upon the
LORD Day Of Rest, has been awarded to Prof
A. +. Waffle, of the University of Lewisburg,
The Methodist Episcopal church NORTH
| supports nearly 24OO home missionaries; the
Presbyterians, 1,45s; the Congregationlists
| 636.
Rev. DR.. s. B. Switzerland is supplying
temporarily the pulpit of Mt. Tabor NJ p
church, above Georgetown, until Rev. Mr.. Kin
ger completes mis- course in the Western Mary
| land College next year.
Inc rev. Emory j. Haynes, of Brooklyn,
has received and accepted unanimous call to
| the pastorate of the Union Temple Baptist So
Getty Boston. made vacant by the removal of
the Rev. DR.. Ellis to Baltimore in November.
Rev. VIM. Young, DID,, of the Cincinnati
conference IN. E. church, has made a centen-
NAL donation of 81 900 to the Preachers Relief
| society of the Cincinnati conference, which pro-
poses 10 increase its fund to $4,000 by centen
| NAL offerings.
| - Mrs. Carissa c. Peck, q wealthy Presby
| terrain lady, recently deceased in Chicago, after
bequeathing 1896, 900 to relatives, left over
100000 for the foundation of Home for In
Chicago, $4,000 to the American Sunday
| School Union, $40 900 to Lake Forest Univer-
| sity, $4,000 to the mission schools of the
second Presbyterian Church OF Chicago and
$4,000 to the Presbyterian Board of Home