Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-02-27
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE.

-During the year successful revival services
held at Asbury M. E. church have resulted in
the addition of 200 or more to the member
ship.
- Forty-efght persons have confessed Christ
and eight received for baptism and church
membership, during the special services held
ior eleven nights by the pastor, Edmond Hel
Swem, at the Second Baptist church.
- Rev. s. l.. Russell, of Alabama, chairman
of the committee of the Cumberland Presby
terrain church, corresponding with like com
mittee of the Methodist Protestant church, t.
confer regarding the proposed union of the
two denominations, has been visiting friend:
here, and was in the West Washington NJ. p
church last Sunday.
Bishop Paret and the Episcopal clergy O
the District Of Columbia and vicinity me-
Thursday in Trinity church, when series O
three religious services, with periods for con.
temptation Intervening, were held. The ser
vices, which began at and Il a. m. and 3 %
NJ, were conducted by the bishop alone, he fol
lowing them up with interesting and inStruc
tive addresses to the clergy present, whose
numbers were between thirty and forty. Dur
Ing the lntermissions between the several religi
Gus services, the bishop and his clergy were en-
tertained at breakfast in the adjacent rectory O
Trinity church, where elegant hospitality was
occasion was what is known in the Episcopal
chuch as "a Quiet Day." and is preparativt
to the Lenten season. That at Trinity, Thurs
day, was the first ever held in this District.
The Sunday evening temperance meeting.
in the Presbyterian churches OF New York city
are still continued.
- Rev. j. Steck, ID. D., of the southern church
has been elected president of Walhalla, s. C.
Female college.
Rev. Henry Horn, late of Greenleaf
Kansas, has accepted call from the Lutheran
church in Adams, Mass.
Rev. G. w. Mccullough, of Baltimore. has
accepted the call Of the Pittsgrove, N. j., Pres
byterlan church.
- Bishop Stevens, of the Protestant Episcopa
diocese OF Pennsylvania,is at Fortress Monroe
and his health has improved greatly since hi
arrived at that place.
Potomac, of the Reformed church, have deter
mined to raise $4,000 for the endowment o
the theological seminary at Lancaster, Pa.
The time Of meeting of the General Synod
South, of the Lutheran church. which was called
for May 18th, has been postponed to June 23d
when it will convene in ST. Marks Lutheran
church at Roanoke, Va.
"A call has been issued for a convention a
Cincinnati, March 18th, for conference ant
prayer for the blessing of God upon the
churches of the country, similar to that which
recently met at Pittsburg.
Rev. E. v. Lebretton, of the Deaf Mutes
Sunday school for boys at La Sale college, ha
formed some of his pupils into De rEpe,
association, the object being the spiritual and
temporal welfare of the members.
- The presbytery of New Brunswick has dis
solved the pastoral relation between the Rev
David Wills, jr., and kirkpatrick Memorial
church, Ringoes, N. ], and Mr.. Wills last Wed.
nesday was introduced to his new congregation
inspiring Garden church, Philadelphia.
The Baptist Missionary union proposes t.
send missionaries to the kingdom OF Burmah
which has just been opened to the Christians
by the British. The president of the union
Edward JudsOn, ID. D., son of DR.. Judson. The
pioneer missionary, has issued an appeal K
Sunday schools TO raise $4,000 for this
purpose.