Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-05-01
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
CHURCHES HERE AND xLsEwHKRx

Israel Metropolitan c. N. E. church, though
still embarrassed with debt, is doing better
than ever before in its history.
Since Rev. w. T. L. Weech entered on his
pastorate ct Grace N. E. church the congregar
sions nave increased and new members have
been received nearly every Sunday.
The revival meetings at 10Th Street NJ. E
church, under the pastor, Rev. Thomas Myers,
continue. There have been about dozen con-
versions at Hamline in the last two weeks.
Thirty conversions are reported at Ryland.
The Baptist Home missionary society is
$3.50, 900 in debt
The Mountain Park assembly this year will
be held from August Sd to August 18th
Sam Jones, assisted by Sam Small, will
open their revival meetings in Baltimore to
morrow.
"A new Methodist church, costing $50, OOO
Is TO be built in Chicago, on South Park avenue
and SD street.
Rev. j. K. Smith, Of N. J., has been admit
ted to the presbytery of Baltimore to accept the
call to the Mt. Washington church.
During the three years passionate of Rev.
Q: h. Tiffany at the new Madison avenue NJ. E.
cnurch, New York, 500, 900 was raised.
a gentleman OF New York city has given
300, to the Methodist university at Evans
Ton, ILL.,, Tor hall OF natural science.
Miss Jennie Smith, the evangelist of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, is conducting
very successful meetings in Mckeesport, Pa.
AAAAs W -. ALduu, vi TOELlstuU, oregon, mas
gwen $4,000 to endOw professorship in the
Presbyterian Theological seminary at San
Francisco.
- The presbytery of the Chesapeake has taken
under its care Mr.. Schopoff, q Bulgarian stu.
dent attending Howard university Theological
department.
Kew. c. p. Glover, formerly pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Mount Airy Carroll
county, Nd, has been called to the church at
AT the Rochester, N. Y, Theological semi
nary (Baptisp are 1856 Students 121 of whom
are assisted by the union for ministerial educa
ton.
"A choir of $50 voices is being trained in
Baltimore to sing at the meetings of the Rev
May.
- The directors of the Presbyterian Theologi
cal seminary of Chicago have decided to change
Its name to the Met UrInici1 Theological semi
nary, In honor OF its liberal donor.
- Bishop Warren states that 100000 new
members have been added TO the Methodist
episcopal church, north, during the last three
months.
Rev. E. ]. Adams reports that in South
Carolina the Presbyterian church has now
over one hundred coiored ministers and two
hundred churches, with IL 900 communicates
The Young Mems Christian association OF
Detroit will soon have II handsome and suit
able home, $4,000 having been subscribed
toward the building, which is not to exceed
$4,000 in cost.
- Mrs. Angie F. Newman, of Nebraska, q
prominent worker of the women's foreign
missionary work, is in this city seeking Con
gressional aid for the industrial school ut Sail
Lake city.
= The Episcopalians are trying to raise
S1,OOO,OOO for missions to celebrate their cen
tennial year, and they expect to raise it by five
dollar subscriptions before the meeting of the
general convention in October next.
- Rev II. c. Westwood, formerly of the Bal
t1more NJ. +. conference, and OF late years serv
ing Presbyterian and Congregational churches
mas returned 10 the N. 4. church, and was re
Gently appointed TO Il charge at Providence, K
l., In the New England conference.
The American congress of churches will
meet in Cleveland on the 25th, 26th and 9th
OF May. Gov. Foraker, a member of the Meth
odlst church, will preside, and among the top
les OF discussion will be '.Religion and the Pub
lie Schools AMI the Nv ork in man. Distrust o
the Church; Its Causes and Remedies."
- MIR. w. V. Tunnel, a graduate of Howard
university and a coored student of the Episco
pal Theological seminary OF New York, was re
Gently awarded the prize, a handsome gold
watch, given every second year to the student
VINO recltes from memory the entire burial ser
vice and breaches the best eXtempOraneouS ser
mon on IL text assigned an hour previously.