Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-24

Christian expression and recognition Of
| Christian faith and symbolism as for
| elgn to the prevalent literature, lows and
| life as they were in the days of Pericles or
| Marcus Aurelius. and the greatest name in
| history, the hottest. the most significant to
| mankind. is invoked in common Intercourse
| to emphasize profanity"
1t is claimed by some that the percentage
OF men not addicted to profanity is ridicu-
| lousy small. and that prevalence of swear
| ing does not necessarily mean decline in
| religious conditions, and, secondly, that
| there has been a real decline in the evil.
| Five centuries ago, it is declared, profanity
was much more prevalent than it is now.
The Forthcoming Year Book for the Con-
| g1egational denomination, it is understood
VIII snow that in no city has there been
| greater prosperity among the churches than
| in Washington. At the seventy-fourth an
| nual meeting of the Home Missionary So
clety of the church, which will be held
| shortly IN Boston, most of the Conyrcga-
| tional ministers in the District of Columbia
| Will be present. This society is national in
| Its character, and has in its service he-
| tween 1900 and 1000 missionary laborers,
| and the number of congregations and mis-
| slcnary districts which have been fully sup
piled or where the Gospel has been preached
| at stated intervals is nearly 1900. The
| number of Sunday school and Bible class
pupils is in the neighborhood If 15o.@0.
The organization of about 200 schools viii,
| 1t is said, be reported, and the number I'M
| der the special care of missionaries is about
1000. The additions to the churches have
| been about 5000.
Before leaving Washington this week for
his new post at Havana, Bishop Sbaretti
announced that he was unable to say any
| thinS ABOUT his future plans, further than
to state that no changes whatever will be
| made unless circumstances as yet unfore-
seen justify them. There are, the bishop
| remarked, over 200 clergymen in the do
cese of Havana and the Catholic popula-
ton is large. Bishop Sbaretti said further
that after his sojourn of seven years in
= hn fn1t
| erfng the ties which bound him to the other
members of the apostolic legation. He
stated that the office of bishop OF Havana
| was not sought by him, and he accepted it
| solely in obedience to Pope Leo whose
| friendship he has long enjoyed. Bishop
Santander, the immediate predecessor of
| the new bishop, is still at Havana. acting
as administrator of the diocese, pending
the latter's arrival, and he will welcome
and install him.
Rev. DR.. L. NJ. Curry of this city was the
| principal speaker at the dedication few
days ago at Lynchburg, Va. of the Ran
| dolph- Macon Woman's College. The event
Is expected to mark an epoch in the his
! tory of the NJ. E. Church South, and sew
| eral hundreds of thousands connected with
| the denomination feel deep interest in the
| institution.
Randolph macon Woman's College is the
largest of the four institutions which the
Randolph-Mac board of trustees has
| added in the last ten years to the original
college for men, now located at Ashland,
| Va, which was the sole object of its care
| from 1880 to 1890. The present enterprise
| was preached, Star reporter in
| formed, to the people of Lynchburg in
| February, 1891, and was received by the
substantial people of the city with such
| approval and enthusiasm that just nine
| ty-four days the initial subscription of the
| Rivermont Company of $4,000 in money,
| s6o,ooo in stock for a building fund and a
! scriptions of sio2,0oo for the nucleus of an
[ endowment for the college. Work was be-
gun shortly afterward, and in September,
| 1893, about one-half the present structure
| was completed and the college opened for
| students with a faculty of five.
the M. E. Church, held in Chicago a few
| days ago, the salary of Bishop Hurst and
| the other effective bishops of the church
| was fixed at 81. 80 for the ensuing year
| the same paid last year Dur
| ing the same period the missionary bishops
| Will be paid S45oo; the agents of the book
| concern at New York. 5000 each, and
| those at Cincinnati, 40 each. The super
| animated bishops will be paid as follows:
Bishop Taylor, missionary bishop of Africa,
| s2,JoO; Bishop Foster and Bishop Bowman
| both retired, $1,000 and $500, respectively.
| There is talk in some quarters that Rev.
Or. FRANK Gunsaulus, who is well known
| IN thlS city and is now pastor of church
| IN Chicago, may be taken in hand by the
| next general assembly of the Presbyterian
| church for some utterances said to have
|
! months ago and which, in part are as fol-
! lows: "a God creating and maintain!m.. a
| universe, conducting its processes, rearing
| men upon it, guiding man from Eden IL
the grave in strict conformity with 1he
| Westminster confession, is God repudi-
! ated by conscience and love Of goodness
| and hope. which have come into orthodoxy
| by the administration of the Holy Spirit
| personal power which for 1000 years has
! Illuminated the face of the loving Jesus
with His gospel of universal fatherhond
| h
Scared hands embracing the whole world
| in His enterprise of salvation, saving unto
| mistaken and laundering theoloeians no
would make God either a cruel tyrant ar
| sensational visionary. He that nath seen
me hath seen the Father"
The business mems Bible class o. the
First Congregational Church was sarp,isei
one Sunday morning recently by the pres
ent of a beautiful fncandescent electric |
| light IN the form of a crown with Sc, cral
| points. The light designed 81 the
donor, member of the class.
The pastor of a Protestant Church in
| Hyattsville has been asked to resign be-
| cause of difficulties which have arisen be-
tween him and his congregation, and .hi"!. |
| appear to be frreconcilable. The minister
| has informed the committee which called |
on him that as he has done much to build
| up the congregation he does not intend to
| comply with the request. He has, it IS
| stated, been notified that he will be allowed
| to remain in charge of the congregation
until May J.
| The suggestion has been made b. a lead
| ing Baptist minister that during this year
| each pastor of that denomination shall
preach a sermon the following topics:
| "Denomnational Progress" "Educasional
| Movement" Representative Men and Wo-
| men," Missionary Development "9Irle
| and Publication Work." "Philant:ropic
| Movements" Bible School Achievements"
| "Evangelstic Achievements Young Leo-
pies Alignment" utilization If the Re
I ilfrin aTyCti t,,ts~
| and Women's-Work for Women
Boston w. Smith. the manager of the
| Baptist Chapel car, and the missionaries
| attached to the same. Rev. and Mrs Rust
and Rev. and Mrs. Neil, who are now mai
| ing tour of the eastern section of the
| country in the interest of that special wLr,
| will, before they return to the west hold
| educational and evangelistic meetings in
Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New
| York and Boston.
| The Lucy Webb HAYES Bible and TEA n