Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20

ordained preacher on the floor of tho nras-
bytery for the first time
Al the conclusion of the caucus the
presoytery ordered the clerk 10 give DR.
babcock letter to the New York pres
bytery when requested by him"
since the installation of Rev. Donald Nc
EEeod as pastor of the First Presbyterian
Cnurch steps have been taken TO reorgauiza
many OF the various societies connected
with the church. 1t is stated that a num-
Der OF former members. who for various
reasons withdrew from the church during
the last few years have had their n,rrss
restored to the roll, and the authorities
1eel much encouraged a the outlook and
express the opinion that the organization
mas entered upon new era of prosperity.
Revival services have been in progress for
some time past at the North Carolina Ave-
nue. Methodist Protestant Church. Rev. Mr.
ward, pastor, and as a result there have
been a number of additions to the member
ship.
Invitations to participate in a congress
OF history OF religions at the Paris eNposi-
ton have been received in this CITY The
congress will be held September 3 10 . next.
forming. with other cognate congresses an
uninterrupted series. beginning with Dsy-
GEOLOGY August IL. continuing with pre-
historic anthropology and folk lore until
September 10. Eight sections have been
created. These are:
Section 1-Religions of non-ciyIlIzed peo-
pies, pre-Columbian American civilization
etc
Section 2-History Of the religions of the
far east. China Japan, Indo-China Nom
gos and Films: relation of religions with
the state in China; historic evolution of
Buddhism in China. Corea and Japan; dis
tribution of Pail Buddhism and Chinese
Buddhism in Indo-China, etc.
Section 3-History of the religions of
Egypt, funeral rites of so-called Shinite
epochs. the good Phtah of Memphis. rela-
uons with other gods, etc.
Section 4-History of religions called
Semitic: l. Assyro-Chaldea. anterior Asia;
,. Judaism. Isamism. how to reconcile the.
behef IN the eternity of the world among
the Chaldeans, with data on the creation of
heaven. earth, gods and stars: documentary
value of the Talmud and its annals for the
history of religious ideas and rites among
the Jews; influence exercised by conquered
Persia on conquerinS Islamism; Shi-ism,
etc.
Section 5-History of religions of India
and Iran: should the liturgy of the Brah-
mans and Sutras be considered in its DrIn-
cipal features. as anterior or posterior to
the hymns of the Rig-Neda? etc.
Section 6-iistory of religions of Greece
and Rome; the Homeric poems sources
or myths, Legends and cults; diffusion of
oriental pagan cults in the western and
northern provinces of the Roman empire,
etc.
Section 7-Religions of Germans Celts.
Slavs: do the Germanic divinities spring
from the 1ndo-Germanic pantheon or are
they the development of nature-demons2
etc
Section S-History of Christianity. first
centuries, Can Essenism be considered one
of the factors of original Christianity? etc;
middle ages, The ancient sources Greek
Latin. Arab, Jew and ByzantineD drawn
upon by the theologians of the west during
the middle ages; modern times, Influence
of the philosophy of Kant and HegeI on his
torical criticism, applied to the origin of
Christianity, etc.
Communications relating to any questions
proper for consideration may be presented,
written in Latin, German. English, Italian
or French. They must be of a historical
character All dogmatic or denomination
polemcs are prohibited.