Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-19

Gypsy Smith. the revivalist scheduled
to conduct evangelistic meetings here next
fall has been secured for a series OF fall
revivals at Cleveland.
The German Lutherans Of the Missouri
synod have decided to retain German az
the onicial language of the church.
Excavations at Hexham abbey In Eng
land show that st. Wilfrid's Cathedral
built about 674, was part of the present
abbey.
One Of the earliest missionaries from
this country to the interior Of China, Rev.
J. H. Laughlin. has returned to America
for a long rest.
Protestants of all denominations at Bos-
tan have united for great missionary
exhibition next summer, to De coincloent
with the one In London.
The Episcopal united boards of missions
of Great Britain will organize the two
boards as a central board OF missions u
make the work more effective
Four colored evangelists from this coun-
try who went to England have struck
hard times and are to be deported De-
cause they have become public charges
After nifty years in the ministry Rev.
James Row of the Church of the Eplph-
any at Niagara Falls has been Obliged 70
relinauish his labors because OF Ill heaith.
The Abbey Church In the north Of Eng
land centuries ago had the same simple
music that is now being adopted In the
great Catholic cathedrals OF that country.
The anti-European feeling in India led
to the serious shooting OF j. H. Hlckn-
botham. church missionary socie. :,
worker at Kushtia, in the Nadiya district
of Bengal.
I,loyd are to be placed in Truro and New
castle cathedrals respectively, the WORK
OF the English in this respect being very
laudable.
The memorable million guinea fund In
connection with the Wesleyan Church IN
England has been followed In the Trans
vaal by a million shilling fund Tor the
same denomination.
chained "Breeches' Bible. bearing the
date of 1888 has been restored to Cod
dington Church, near Chester. England,
from which congregation it was sold by
the wardens in 1913.
The British Pastors College Evangelical
Association, of which Rev. Thomas spur
geon is president. has in fffty-one years
received LII men as students exclusive
of those now studying there.
During his fifth motor tour Of England
which he is now organizing, Gen. Booth
will deliver eighty addresses and then sail
away for South Africa to conduct mis-
sion for the Salvation Army.
The 500 members of the mems classes
In the Sunday schools of Wheeling. w
Va are to have a meeting, to which each
man will be expected to bring at leas'
one other to create greater intrest In the
work.
homecoming week Is a novelty whicf
the First Church. the mother of Metho'
dist congregations at Des Moines. ha:
planned for June II. II being designed
to bring back once more all who nave
gone to other churches in the city.
When Archbishop OConnor relinquishe:
the archiepiscopate of Toronto he Will Ok
the second to have taken this course: tn'
other having been Bishop Armand a.
Charbonnel. who retired to monastery
as Bishop O'Connor will probably do.
The fund collected on city mission sta
Gay at Louisville for the Wesley Mission
q Methodist institution that has been DO
ing great good among the needy, vii
probably suffice to wipe out It's debt ahf
leave a surplus for obtaining more nurses
The historic Great Queen Street Chapel
or, a. II IL better known, Kingsway Hal
IN London. has been declared unsafe 10
further USE which will be a hard blow
for the Methodists. but they will at once
try to raise $4,000 with which to re
build.
Although he had been created paste
for life of the First Unitarian Church a
Detroit. Rev Reed Stuart found his worl
Of thirty-seven years bearing too heavil.
upon him and took the unusual course o
meeting with his congregation to discus
his own successor.
The Unitarian Church at New Bedford
Mass, has been observing four anniver
saries at once. this year being the bicen
tennial of the founding of the Congrega
tional polity in Old Dartmouth, the 1871
anniversary of the building Of the frs
Congregational meeting house at New