The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-31
CHURCH NEWS.
The Union Services To Be Held To-MOrrOw
Evening-Meeting at Central Christian.

Rev. John Baltzly, of the English Lutheran
Church, will preach in the City Hall tomorrow
evening. The sermon will be short and the
whole service will be not much more than an
hour long. AS many members Of the city
church choirs are free are cordially invited 20
come upon the stage, and help in this way to
make the meeting a success. The clergymen,
alsoS that may attend, are invited to sit on the
stage. The following is the programme:
''Old Hundred"
Hymn-"Whie the days are going by"
Scripture Lesson Luke vii $3.50.
Hymn-"Come, Mr.. Andrew Smith, soloist.
Solo--"Nearer Home. by Miss Nora Dickey
Sermon.
Prayer.
Solo-"Ave Mara,'' Nlillard) by Mr.. Andrew Smith.
Hymn-"Draw me nearer"
Benediction.
Rev. c. N. Sims, D. D., chancellor of the Syr-
acuse University, will preach in Meridian
street Church tomorrow morning and in Gen.
tral-avenue at night. DR.. Sims only remains
here for one Sunday, returning East on Monday
next.
The auxilaries of the Christian Women's
Board Of Missions of this city and vicinity, will
hold mass-meeting at the Central Christian
Church OF Sunday evening at 7:45 o'clock. Mrs.
c. n Pearre, of Lexington. KY, will preside.
sermon will be preached by Rev. W. K. Azbill,
missionary, lately of Kingston, jamaica An
address will be delivered by Mrs A. NJ Atkin-
son. of Wabash. The music will be special for
the occasion and arranged by Prof. Ora Pearson.
Union services will be held at Virginia-avenue
Rink tomorrow evening, the congreg cations Of
the South-street Baptist, Flethsr-place Method
ist and Seventh Presbyterian churches uniting.
Monsignor Bessonies, of this city, Father
Weichman, of Anderson, and Father Kelly, of
Now Albany, are the three State delegates to the
National Catholic Total Abstinence Union, which
will meet at Notre Dame, this State, on next
Wednesday. The Very Rev. Father Sorin, supe-
rior of the Order of the Holy Cross has invited
all the delegates to the College of Notre Dame,
and will entertain them free of charge during
the convention. The offer has been accepted
Bales Campbell grain operator of this city,
will address Military-park gospel temperance
meeting at o'clock to morrow afternoon.
The Feast of the Portiuncu1a which will be
celebrated Monday next, will furnish an oppor
tunty to great many.citizens to make a new
start in religious life Many favors are promised
those who make worthy confession and go TO
holy communion and then make visit to the
church As the distance is so great for those
who live in the north part of the city to go to
the Church of the Sacred Heart, which is on the
corner of Union and Morris streets, number
ridian and Washington streets at $50 o'clock in
the morning, so those who wish can attend mass
before the beginning of their daily labors
The Sunday -school of the Second Presbyte-
rian Church will hereafter be held at $50 o'clock
A. NJ, instead of in the afternoon.
Rev David Walk will preach in the chapel Of
the University at Irvington tomorrow morning
The fifth week of the union revival services of
the California and Blackford street NJ. E.
Churches, conducted by Mrs. l.. E. Robinson,
has just closed Notwithstanding the extreme
heat the interest of the meetings has grown in
intensity, eliminating last night in a meeting Of
unusual power About one hundred and forty
have been converted during this series of meet
jngs The remarkable feature of the work is
the number of heads of families who have been
brought in. Beside the Methodist churches the
Baptist and Presbyterian churches have shared
in the fruits of the revival The revival is
spoken of as the greatest one that has been held
in the west half of the city in years The clos
ing meetings of the series will be held in Cali
fornia-street NJ. e. Church on Sunday afternoon
at $3.50 and Sunday night at 7:45 o'clock. both the
Blackford and Calfornia-street congregations
uniting in the services.