Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-01-09
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
CHURCHES HERE AID EtsEwHERE.


The friends Of Rev. Dr.. J. p. Newman In the
Metropolitan NJ. H. church have not yet de
SPARED Of securing his transfer 10 this confer
ence and appointment as the pastor at that
church: There is some talk that Rev. Mr.. Mil
ier, OF rniiadeiphia, may be induced to come to
"A Baptist college is to be establishes In the
state Of Arkansas.
The new Presbyterian church at Wells
burg, W. Va, 10 almost completed.
- In Ireland the Presbyterians have 65S con
gregations and 1O1, 400 Communicates.
The Presbyterian church in Titusville, Pa.
has raised $4,000 for the erection Of . new
house Of worship.
- Rev. ]. N. Boyd has raised, for Longmont
college, in Colorado, SOS, 400, Of which S22, Oo0
were given by Longmont people.
The presbytery of st. Paul has deposed nom
church the Rev. Charles Mclean.
= Mr.. D. L. Moody has informed the pastor
Of the Chicago Avenue church. CHICAGO. Rev,
G. +: Goss, that he will visit that city this
Rev. DR.. l. w. Bacon has been called to the
Woodland Presbyterian church, West Phila,
delphia, Of which he has been for some time the
acting pastor.
The Congregational church society In Wal.
lingford, Conn.,, was organized in 1875, and in
conttnuance OF 210 years has just installed Its
Three new and handsome Protestant Epis.
copal churches are drawing near completion in
the diocese Of Iowa, one at Keokuk, one at
Council Bluffs and at Waverley.
The late Rev. DR.. Stephen II. Tying provided
by will thas nearly the whole of his valuable
library should become the property Of the Di-
vinity school in West Philadelphia.
Rev. William Tracey, late pastor Of the
congregational church in Granville, ILL.,, has
united with the Reformed Episcopal church,
and become assistant minister of Christ church,
Chicago.
Some Of the prominent members of the
protestant Episcopal church, owing to the con-
mia, have started a movement for giving him q
coadjutor.
1T is not yet quite twenty-five years since q
Baptist minister preached the first Protestant
eight ordained ministers, representing five de-
nominations, are at work in that land.
"A little Baptist church in Missouri has
pledged itself to support a native preacher
among the Telugus in India. At each service
pastor and one for the Telugu man.
President Tuttle, OF Wabash College, has
ascertafned the ages of 2,242 ministers at
death in this country, and found that they
averaged over sixty-one years, and that one
year.
Arrangements are being made to hold q
series of evangelistc meetings in Los Angeles
Cal, in large building erected for the purpose
Dr. Munhall, of Indiana, to take the lead, fol-
lowed after some weeks by Rev. Samuel Jones
ofTennesSee.
Deacon Martin, of the church on Cary
avenue, Chelsea, Mass, has just completed q
memorial hail, costing about SIC 900, in honor
Of his son, early removed. 1t is intended for a
Sunday school, for religious services and kind
OF missionary station for the church.
- Mr.. Moody has made an appeal to the char
table for means to furnish the two new build
ings just finished adjoining the Mount Hermon
school at Gil, Mass, where one hundred boys
and young men are now preparing tor Christian
work. The sum of $4,000 is needed for the
entire buildings, or $50 for each room.
Somewhat of an excitement was made in
Lancaster, Pa, last week by the sudden con
version, or the open avowal Of conversion, o.
two students from Professionalism to Roman
Catholicism. One was of the junior class of the
Reformed Theological seminary, and the other
a Junior in Franklin and Marshall college.
- The bishop and six assistants of 1.-The Peo
pie Of Zion." an independent colored denomina
ton in Virginia numbering about 10000
through the labors OF two Episcopal missona
res nave been admitted TO the ministry of the
Episcopal church, under whose care they will
renew their labors among their former people