Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-11-21
Churches and Their Affairs.

Rev. d. NJ. Moser is conducting a
series of meetings at Unionville this
week He is assisted by Rev. Luther
L. Smith. of Strasburg, Va, former
resident of Shepherdstown.
The salaries of some of the famous
civ clergymen are calculated TO as
found the humber ministers who
labor in the country vineyards. In
New York, in the Episcopal Church,
DIR. Morgan Dix gets $4,000 year
from the Old Trinity congregation;
DR.. Huntington, of Grace Church
gets $4,000; DR.. Green, of st. Bar
tholomew's, $4,000; DR.. Rainsford,
of st. Georges, $4,000; and DIR.
Brown, of ST. Thomas's, $4,000.
Among the Presbyterians, DIR. John
Hall draws S13,500; DIR. Paxton re-
ceives S12.50O; Dr. Parkhurst, $4,000;
DR.. Taylor gets the equivalent OF
$4,000. Rev. Robert Collyer, Uni
tartan, $4,000. The pastor of the
largest NJ. E. church has So, 900 and par
sonaee: The Methodist Bishop also
has $4,000. In Brooklyn, DIR. Tai
mage receives $4,000, and makes
almost as much again out of his
lectures. books and newspaper pay.
DR.. Abbott, $4,000. In DR.. Paxton's
choir one soprano singer receives at
least $4,000.
The general missionary committee
of the Methodist Episcopal Church
concluded the work of making APP
preparations at Boston Saturday.
Japan was awarded $4,000, Corea
S15.924. The entire amount appropri-
ated for foreign countries was $780,
9O7
The novel creation has just been
completed by the Pullman works, the
only church on wheels in the world.
1t is constructed according to the
ideas of the Rev. William ID. Walker
Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese Of
North Dakota, and is intended for use
in the small villages along the rail
roads in that section of the country.
From each side, midway the two eX-
tremes, is slight projection, Gothic
in form, which rises TO the height as
what is known as the second deck.
This, Bishop Walker says, is for the
purpose of giving the car more the
appearance of church. The car is
sixty feet long and ten feet wide
The interior is finished in oak, after
the Gothic style. At one end is
room devoted to the Bishops use.
The main body of the car contains
chancel, altar, lectern, baptismal
font, bishops chair and cabinet
organ. There are seats for seventy
people. Il first conceived the idea
said Bishop Walker, about six years
ago, when | began my labors in the
Diocese of North Dakota There are
a number of little towns now practic-
ally barred from church privileges.
1t is for these people that the church
on wheels has been constructed. 1t
is not possible to assign a missionary
or a rector to these towns. They are
too small to support one
The highest church spire in the
world has just been completed. 1t is
that of the Cathedral at Ohm, Wurt-
emburg, and is $50 feet high. The
top of the cross on the dome of st.
Peters, Rome, is 44S. feet above the
pavement.
The Communion of the Lords Sup
per will be observed in the Reformed
Church at Kearneysvile on Sunday,
December 1st There will be prepar
atory service on Friday evening at 7
o'clock, and on Saturday morning at
1890.
Service in the Reformed Church
Sunday at II a. III. and p. III. in
Shepherdstown
Rev. p. C. Edwards is conducting a
protracted meeting in the Nj. f..
Church of this place.
Services may be expected Sunday
at the Presbyterian Church in Shep-
herdstown at II u. III. and at Kear-
neysville at 3 p. III.
The third quarterly meeting for
Shepherdstown Circuit, NJ. f. Church
South, will be held Saturday and Sun
day, November pod and 23d, at Bethes-
da. Preaching Saturday at 1870 a.
III. by the Presiding Elder, and quar-
terly conference Immediately after
preaching. The usual services will be
held on Sunday. The Presiding
Elder will preach in Shepherdstown
Sunday evening at 7 o'clock.