Evening star., 1899-04-15

coANSeN a. IotittIIks H. ~ Nltn fNeN. W. 4.
Pierson as pastor, has affiliated with the
District league.
union meeting of the young peoples So
eeSfes OF the District Is scheduled for Call
vary Baptist Church the evening OF May I,
under the auspices OF the American Society
OF Religious Bducation. There will he an
address on The Bible as Text Book for
Youth. Mr.. Percy Foster will lead the
singing.
The members of the Methodist Protestant
conference recently in session at Crisheld.
Md, made a donation of $500 20 the North
carolina Avenue NJ. i. Church. TO enable
the congregation to complete its new build
ing, An additional donation OF $500 was
made by the Church Extension Society.
Many OF the Catholic clergy Of the city
have received invitations to attend. the 10th
inst ami. the silver Jubilee Of Rev. Or las.
F. Loughlin, chancellor OF the archdiocese
Of Philadelphia. Ry coincidence an assoc
citation Of priests from all over the United
States. who. like DR.. Loughlin. were stu
dents at the College of the Propaganda in
Rome, will meet In PhYadesphia April 90
and VIII participate in DIR. Loughlins
twenty-fifth anniversary of his elevation
10 the priesthood
Mr.. o. r. Brown, the newly elected chair
man of the board OF directors of the Cen
trail Union Mission. has been connected
with the mission from its infancy, first as
a member of the advisory board and after
ward as a member OF the board Of direct
ors. de is an elder in the Assembly Pres
byterian Church. of which he has been a
member for nearly twenty years and has
frequently represented that church in the
presbytery. Twice Ne has been honored as
commissioner TO the general assembly OF
his denomination. Before the organization
of the mission Mr.. Brown served as a MEM
Der of the board of directors OF the Young
Mems Christian Association. and also
chairman of its committee on religious
work.
Rev. DR.. ]. ]. Tigert of Nashville. Tenn.
one of the prominent officials of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church South who was In
Washington a few days ago. furnished a
Star reporter with these facts concerning
his denominations:
The returns from forty-six Of the forty
seven annual conferences lead to the con-
clusion that the Methodist Episcopal Church
South has sustained a net loss of about
5000 members during the year 1898. Twen-
ty-one annual conferences-Baltlmore, Bra
zil Mission. China Mission. Columbia. Dem
yer. Holston, Japan Mission. Los Angeles.
Mexican Border Mission. New Mexico,
North Alabama North Carolina North
Georgia. North Mississippi. South Carolina,
st. Louis. Tennessee. Texas. Virginia, West
ern North Carolina and Western Virginia
show an increase in their membership. The
total OF this Increase is S.24o. Twenty-Five
annual conferences-Alabama, Arkansas,
Central Mexico Mission, East Columbia
Florida, German Mission, Illinois Indian
EIlsSlon, hentucky, Little hock, Louisiana,
Louisville, Memphis. Mississippi, Missouri
Montana, North Texas, Northwest MeNi-
can Mission, Northwest Texas, Pacific
South Georgia, Southwest Missouri, West
Texas, Western and White River-show a
decrease in their membership of 1890
Subtracting the increase of 9,240 from the
decrease of 1890. the remainder is 5000
which represents approximately the net
loss of our membership for 1885"
The delegates from the presbytery OF
Washington city to the coming meeting of
the general assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States. which begins
in Minneapolis, Mimi. May Is have been
invited to travel from Pittsburg with the
assemblymen from New York. Philadelphia
baltimore, western Pennsylvania, eastern
Ohio and West Virginia. Arrangements
nave been made for special train from
Plttsburg over the Pennsylvania lines on
which the commissioners and their friends
can travel the entire distance without
change.
The eastern conference of the MARYLAND
Lutheran synod will meet in the St Paulrs
Lutheran Church, Arcadia, Md Tuesday
May 2. Those from this city who will take
part IN the program are Revs. w Z. Par
sons, u. D.. j. G. Butler, DID, s. Domer
DID, ]. c. Bowers, Charles Butler Stanley
Billheimer, A. Homrighaus and D. Z. Wise
man.
Mission Work in CtIba' will form, "a
leading topic in the meeting of the South
erp Baptist convention next month, The
committee of that body. which recently re-
turned from the island. will as a part of
ITS report say: God had outlined the duty
OF ttls people in the acquiring OF the re-
cent possessions 1t is regretted that the
board has not felt able to occupy the whole
Held, and that 1t became necessary 10 d.
vide with the northern brethren. The diyt
sion assigns to the home Csouthern) board
1ne most fertile and populous section of
cuba, containing its largest cities
The tendency upon the part of the Deo-
pie OF Cuba, relieved from the oppression
OF their former taskmasters is to seek a
nee church Free Cuba, like free Italy,
VIII mover between infidelity and evangel-
zeal religion. Hence the duty of Christians
to Immediately take steps to lead them in
lne rlsht nlrect1on- There is a great in
adequacy of laborers for the work"
The recent publics ton in England of the
Free Church Catechism" has aroused a
good deal of interest in religious circles.
ana Is looked upon as making an epoch i'm
religious thought. Rev. DR.. Haniin the
pastor of the Church Of the Covenant will
doVote his sermon at the service tomorrow
morning to this subject