Evening star., 1901-05-25

has been pastor emeritus of Central Pres
| byterian Church. Baltimore, has resigned
| the position Of president Of the board of
| trustees OF Princeton Theological Seminar,
on account of his advanced age. He mas
been president of the board since lSl7 and
trustee Of the institution since 1870. ITa
| will be succeeded president by Mr. r.
| X, Booth of New York city.
I In a copy of a report presented at the re-
cent annual meeting Of the Congregational
Home Missionary Society in Boston whf,h
organization has an extensive membership
| in this vicinity. II was stated thar the uurn-
be- of missionary laborers in the s,.ryic. of
the society for the year ended March ~.
1901. was. including those engaged in su-
perintending the work. lSS6, They have .
! been employed In forty-six states and ter
| ritories. The distribution given TO m.
southern states is f0l The number OF
congregations and missionary districts is
2.t4l. The number of Sunday school and
Bible class pupils is about l45.214 The or
ganization of iSS new schools is reported:
| siNty-five churches were organized within
the year and thirty eight have assumed
! their own support. The society began the
year with a net debt OF Sl"S.5lf The re-
| celpts during the year were &I1l. 25i. The
expenditures were So, ,4os. The not a.bt
az the close Of fhe fiscal year was S..3 ta,S
| Ihe grand total Of receipts for home mis-
| sions during the year was $53S iN6 and
the grand total of expenditures. S494.1S9.
1t is stated that Rev. Burchard VtIlcger.
| for the past seven years president OF Wood
| stock College, Maryland. the Jesuit house
| OF philosophical and theological studies for
| the Maryland-Ne York province, will
| probably soon return to the parish OF Gesu
| in Philadelphia, of which he was the found
| er. and the pastor for twenty four years.
Last August Father Nillcger was srTi-
ously i'll at Woodstock that his life Was
despaired of. but he subsequently recov-
| cred and has since performed all the du-
ties of his office 1t is said to be certain.
| however, that he Will be relieved of his
duties at Woodstock within two months
ana 1t is most probable he viii then be
| transferred to Philadelphia. The venerable
/ priest Is eighty-two Years old lie was at
| one time provincial of the old Maryland
| province. which has since been united with
that of New York
Much to the regret Of the majority Of the
! members OF the general conference, Of the
| United Brethren in Christ. which HIS lust =
closed its quadrennial session at Frederick
| Md, proposed pilgrimage to Nashington
| had to be abandoned fur want Of time
/ During the hundred years Of its existence
| beginning with nothing, II has spread
abroad over the land. Ii now has a mem
bership of 80 npp and a Sunday school en-
rolment OF 2Ge,N,p scholars. The ilrst ef-
fort to provide derominational schools was
In 1916. Now they have twelve colleges
and academies, their own literature. sun
day school, young peoples missionary So
cletics, etc: church property valued at ST.
$4,000. and a publishing house During
the last four years thirty six new missions
were opened SINty-niL- churches organ
lied, forty-Unc new churches and twenty
one new garsonaEes erected: 25l missionary
pastors wore aided and 4,lVI comm uniCaits
were received
Speaking Of the work Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church Extension Society. R-y.
DR. w. a. Spencer corresponding secretary
of the board, who was here few days age.
said: Commencing in 1855 our board has
raised and expended over $tut1una IN
planting or saving 12,Gp church buildings
- k+a tH.--g
churches Bah were IN the state uf Mary
land, this one state having had Er, alter aid
than the following states ana territories
put together. 50 far as the number ~
churches aided is concerned: Montana,
Idaho. Nevada, Utah. Wyoming, colorado,
New Mexico, oklahoma ana Indian Terri
tory. Ten great empires In the growing
west combined had aid for fewer churches
than the Baltimore conference alone.
Sixteen years ago we had l.u1 unshelt-
cred congregations and 1,j'p uush,llcrrI
Sunday schools. During these sixteen
years we have raised and expended $i.3np.-
Up and aided over 1,Jpt churches. Never
theless we have 1909 unsheItercd congrega-
tions. instead of 1.opn. and more than 5000
unsheltered Sunday schools instead of l,Sn,
and the church continues To multiply more
rapidly than We can build churches.
The corner stone of the new Catholic
Church, which is to be erected at Elkridge.
Md, by Mr.. c. d. Kenny of this city. as
memorial to his brother. the late Rev John
Kenny, was laid with imposing ceremonies
by Bishop Curtis few days ago. In the
box in the stone there were placed copies
of newspapers OF the year 1N4i. when the
old edifice was built: Of 1883. when il WAS
rebuilt. and of the present year, coins II
1874, 1850. 1883 and 1901 and brass plate
containing the following inScriVtiOn: st.
Augustnts Church, Elkridgs. Md. 1Si4-
1901. c. ID. Kenny erects this chapel 10 the
memory of his brother. Rev. John Kenny,
c. IS. r.; corner stone laid by Bishop
Curtis; Leo Kill pope; James Cardinal
Gibbons, archbishop of Baltimore; Right
Alfred Curtis vicar general; John Walter
Smith, governor Of Maryland; William Nc
knley. President Of the United States"
Also the names of the architect builder,
etc. On the face OF the stone is Inscribed:
"1s44; Kenny Memorial, 1901"
Bishop Satterlee will visit St Adams
parish Sunday next. and during his stay
will confirm large class. The bishop con-
firmed 19S persons from May /. 1919. to
May L. 1901. There are at present in the
diocese "a priests, > deacons : pOstulants
and l. candidates for holy orders.
The wharf open-air meetings under the
auspices of the Peoples Mission VIII begin
Monday, June ;, at I 30 pm. Following are
the committees in charge:
Monday right-Mr. J. II. Barnes. Mr.. Jno.
Gray, Mr.. L. Franklin; Miss Lewis. organ
list.
Tuesday night-Mr. A. f. Miley. Mr.. W.
Bryant: Mr.. Dan Beveridge, organist.
Wednesday nght-Mrs S. II. Martin. Mr..
J. II. Barnes. Mr. A. ]. Smith; Miss Lewis,
organst.
Thursday uight-Mr r. l.. Pile, Mr. John
D. Davies, Mr.. James McCauley; Miss May
Harsha, organiSt.
Friday night-Mrs NJ E Carroll, Mrs.
Clara Brown and others; Mr.. Dan Bever-
idge, organist.
Brain Rest.
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