Omaha daily bee., 1889-01-27
CHURCH NOTES.

At the Swedish Methodist church the re-
vival meetings are going on with increased
interest. Mrs. Fredrikka Nielsen has
drawn great crowds, but for the last two
evenings she has not been able to be present
on account of a bad cold. 1t is expected
that she will be able to commence the work
tomorrow or tonight. Rev. John Linn,
from Dayton, Ia, father-in-law of Rev. p. j.
Berg, is also here, which has added to the in
test of the meetings..
At the Southwestern Lutheran church,
Twenty-siXth street between Poppleton and
Woolworth venues, Rev. Luther Nj. Kuhns,
pastor, services at IL Il. m. Subject: "a
God of Knowledge;n and at 80 p. m, He
May Run that Readeth.'
AT Cavalry Baptist church the morning
theme is. "Backsliding Christians Evening
subjects: 1.-The Sin of Forgetting God.'
Rev. Mr.. Milligan, of the Cherry Hill
church, will supply the Plymouth pulpit on
Sunday. Morning topic, SIS Not This the
Christ" Evening, "The Triumphs of the
Few.n
AtSt. Marks church the morning subject
is 1.-The Centurion's Servant" Evening.
"Why You Should be a Total Abstainer.n
AT Emmanuel Baptist church, on Sunday
the pastor will have for his morning theme,
Baptism" At the close of the morning
service the ordinance of baptism will be ad-
ministered to a lumber of candidates at
Beth-Eden Baptist church. Pastors evening
theme, The First Step in a Downward
Course" The public cordially wecomed.
The morning text at Hanscom Park M. e.
church is "Yot a Little Sleep" Evening
services of this church will be continued
next week. All are invited. Seats free.
At Hillside Congregational church Rev.
Fl. G. Crane, the pastor, speaks at 1890 on
1.-THE Upper Room" Rev. DR.. Duryea will
speak on Tuesday night on animal In
stincts."
Rev. NJ. l.. Holt breaches at Park Place
Congregational church, in the morning on
"The Proof of Christlanity,' and in the
evening on 1.-The Resurrection of the
Dead"
Rev. Willard Scott will preach in the st.
Mary's Avenue Congregational church both
morning and evening. In the evening the
course on our relations to the bible will be
Christianity a Book Religion"
At the First Methodist Episcopal church,
Rev. 7. M. House takes for his morning sub
ject: ''Take No Thought for the Morrow"
Evening theme: Bring Him to Me-"
Rev. Us Detweiler, pastor of Kountze
Memorial Lutheran church, corner of Six
teenth and Harvey streets, will take for his
morning subject: what a Woman Can Do.n
In TIE evening he will begin a course of lee
lures on the general topic: "A Young Man
lecture: "Why He Left--Tired of Home"
"Evils of the Modern Dance,n will be the
subject of the sermon at the South Tenth
street NJ. f, church.
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
Rev, A. w. Lamar pastor of the First Bap-
fist church, said Friday that his congrega-
ton is contemplating the erection of IA new
church in the spring or early in the summer
The property now occupied by the building
has become so valuable that the directorate
thinks it advisable to sell it and build a new
ediiice on less valuable ground, Sixty thou
sand dollars is the price placed upon the
corner upon which the church now stands.
Considerable interest IS manifested in the
revival meetings Of the First Baptist church
by the attendants. Rev. A. w. Lamar stated
Yesterday that fifteen members had been
added to the church, and of this number six
had been baptised.
Rev, Il. b. Graham, of this city, occupied
the pulpit of Rev. il A. Wylie at Red Oak,
day he preached the closing sermon of a |
series OF union meetings at the Methodist
church of that place.
Thursday evening an entertainment for
the purpose OF raising Il fund to purchase a
SO, 900 organ Tor st. Mary's Avenue church |
was given at the parlors of the church. The
programme consisted of songs and selections
taken from Tennyson's works, scenes
from Tennyson's 'n)ream of Fair Women
were presented in dialogue and tableauX.
Rev, J. NJ. French, of Cleveland, o., has
accepted IA call to the pastorate of the FIRST
United Presbyterian church of this city.
Rev, j, $. Detweiler, pastor of Kountze
Memorial church at Sixteenth and Harvey
o''ee's . " ueliNer serits ol sunday even |
ing lectures on the young Man Away From
Home" The first, to be given tonight, is
''Why He Left-Tired of Home.i
CThe Young Peoples society of the Chris
tain Endeayor held a meeting last Monday
night at the Saratoga Congregational church
and elected the following officers for the
next six months; George Craig, president;
Frank A. Blood, vice president; Jennie
Dorsey, secretary; Maggie Mckay, treas
urer, The membership of the society now
consists OF twenty DpODle, This WAS the |
first missionary meeting of the year, and the
subject was the "Free Missionary Movement
in Sweden
Mira. Fredrikka Nelson, who has been i'll
for the past few days, will resume her work
at the rev wal meetings of the Swedish Meth
odist church tonight. The Rev. John Linn,
of Dayton, o., is also taking a great interest
in the mnntt- - ' "a. '