Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-04-24
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE.

hEhE AND ELSkWAkRE.
- Rev. E. H. Sven, the pastor of the Second
Baptist church of this city has baptized more
than nifty candidates this winter.
The annual meeting of the Methodist Local
Preachers and Exhorters' association of the
District will be held at Hamline tomorrow.
Bishop Paret visited Epiphany church,
Forestville, P. g. county, Nd, Rev. Mr.. Bray
shaw. rector, on Sunday, the 10th inst, and
confirmed class of thirteen candidates. The
DishoP also visited ST. Matthew's church the
same day and confirmed class OF eight.
The ladies of the Methodist churches will
hold an "Easter thank-offering service" at
Foundry church next Monday evening. Rev.
julius Soper, missionary to Japan, will speak,
and the young ladies will contribute paper.
The general conference of the Coored Metho-
dist Episcopal church in America will convene
In Augusta, Ga, the 9Th of May. Rev. F. NJ.
Hamilton is the clerical delegate from this city.
The church was organized from the NJ. f..
church South in December, 1870. Since then it
has grown until it now numbers over 155, 900
P Psin 1t has two Institutions Of learning
versity, jackson, Tenn.
The First Reformed church, Brooklyn, has
been sold for S25,OOO
The new Baptist Orphanage at Angora,
Pa, was formally opened last week.
The German Methodists OF this country
closed the year 1885 with 1,256 schools H.
OS9 officers and teachers. and 60, 1853 scholars.
The Religious Telescope recently reported
], 555 conversions and 1,57S accessions in the
United Brethren church in one week.
Sam Jones is to be put into German by the
Western Methodist Book Concern. DIR. Lieb-
hart is preparing volume in that language.
- The C0ngregatiOnolist recently reported
2, 842 additions to the church of its denomina-
ton in one week.
-Ex-Chief Justice Cochrane OF Georgia, has
left the Episcopal church for immersion into
the Baptist faith.
BY recent decision as tn the estat TO of the Ia 10
Rev. j. A. Warne, of Frankford, the American
Baptist Missionary Union will receive during
this year about $4,000.
The union of the four Methodist churches
in Canada has worked most harmoniously the
first year, an increase of 10000 to the men,
bersh1p Is reported
The new Mount Calvary Lutheran church
In Mount Jackson, Va, Rev. w. f. Staher,
pastor, was consecrated on April 4th, j. G..
Morris. DID,, LII. D., of Baltimore, Nd, preach
ing the conservation sermon.
The Young Mems Christian association of
Philadelphia is endeavoring to relieve itself
from the payment of ten thousand dollars a
year now required as interest on the debt, by
paying the whole amount, S2OO,OOO
The annual convention of the Protestant
Episcopal church of the diocese of Pennsylva-
mia will be held in the Church of the Epiphany,
Philadelphia, May 4. Bishop Stevens, whose
health has improved, will preside.
The net increase OF the Methodist Episcopal
church South for the past year will not fall
below $4,000. This is an unprecedented
increase, being an average of about fourteen to
each elective preacher.
The Home Mission board of the southern
Baptists in 1882 had thirty-four home missions.
The board now has 200 missions under it's con-
troll, and at the last convention was empowered
to expend 100000.
In New York Rev. DR.. John A. Broadus
quietly raised $4,000 for the new buildings of
the Louisville Baptist seminary. This sum was
given on the condition that the S27, 900 due on
the grounds should be paid, and this condition
was promptly met.
The American Home Missionary society
have received of Mr.. John Clatin, son of the
late II. B. Ciafln, of New York, a check for
100000 which he said that his father, previous
TO his death, had desired him to place in the
treasury OF the society.
"A convention of "Anti-Instrumentalists" of
the United Presbyterian church, Just held in
Pittsburg, Pa, denounced the use of instrument
tai music in church services asserting that it
was an unlawful intruder and disturber of the
peace.
The Methodist Episcopal Yearbook states
that there are in the church 1859 SIG men,
bers in full communion and 196,O2S prOba-
TONERS. The increase in the total member
ship for the year is nearly g., 900. They have
1876 1t1nerant preachers and 1887 local
preachers.
An effort is being made to clear the debt of
the American Baptist Home Mission society,
which amounts to about $4,000. Mr.. John
u. Rock efeller, of New York, and Mr.. j. B.
Hoyt, o. Connecticut, have each subscribed
$4,000 for this purpose, and gentleman in
Plttsburg has given $4,000. Other subscrip-
lions bring the amount up to $4,000.
The proposed revision of the Prayer Book
will come up before the general convention of
the Protestant Episcopal church next October,
and the subject is already exciting considerable
discussion. The bishop of western New York,
Dr. Coke, or the committee having the matter
in charge, objects to the illusions of the COM
mittee.