The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-23
Religious Intelligence.


corner OF William and Duane streets,
Religious service m the Spanish language will be
held this evening in the church in Ninth street be-
tween Broadway and Fourth avenue.
Rev. Il. Fay will lecture this evening in the Suffolk
street Christian church.
Samuel S. SNOW will preach to-day, afternoon and
Chauncey Schahsr, ESQ., Candidate for District
Attorney will preach in the Methodist Episcopal
church, Eighteenth street, near Eight avenue, this
evening, at seven o'clock.
oRDINArIoSs.
On the 10th inst, at the Cathedral, the Rev.
Messrs. Alaire, Bowling, Keigan, burning Glitter
ton I1ssot and Corrlde, were ordained priests by
the Papal Nuncio, Monsgneur Bedini, Archbishop OF
Thebes.
Rev. William ID. Hitchcock installed pastor of
the rirst congregational Church in Exeter, N. H.,
on the 5th inst.
Rev. S. Mccall, late Of the Theological Seminary,
New haven, has received a call to settle "a pastor
over the Congregational Church Ia Saybrook, Ct.
DECLISATIoNs.
The Very Rev. Mr.. Coskery declines the see of
Poraand. Rev. Josue Young declines the see Of
Pttsburg. which therefore remains under the jurs.
dlction OF the Right Rev. Bishop O'Connor; and the
Very Rev. Mr. Melcher declines the see OF Quincy,
illinois which therefore remains under the jurisdic.
lion oil Bishop Vandevelt rs Bishop of Chicago.
Bishop Vandevelt is thus prevented for the present
from accepting the see of Natchez.
REsIGSATIoNs
Rev. Norwood Damon has resigned his pastoral
charge OF the Unitarian church in North Chelsea,
Mass.
Rev. Justin A. Smith, pastor of the First Baptist
church OF Rochester, has rendered his resignation
DEATHS IN THE MINISTRY.
Rev. John Hill. OF the Methodist Episcopal
church, aged sixty five years. died in Batavia, Cler
mont county, Ohio, on the 18th inst. He received
KICK from horse on Sunday morning, and after
foryeight hours of intense suffering breathed his
All the Catholic prestsat Galveston, Texas, except
two 1t Is said, have been sick with the yellow fever
Four died-one native OF Ireland, believed to be
Mr. Haggerty; another, 8 young man, q native of
France; third, a German, and the fourth, Mr..
O'Dscon, young man.
NEW CHURCHES.
The new house of worship, belonging to the New
England Congregational church in Chicago, ILL.,,
under the ministerial of Rev. j. G. HolbroOk,
was dedicated on the 10th in slant.
The new edi6ce recently erected by the church
and congregation at New Market, N. j., under the
pastoral care of the Rev. VIM. d. Hires, was opened
for Divine worship, on Thursday morning Goth inst.
The dedication of the First Presbyterian church at
Richmond, Va, took place on the 10th infant.
st. Peters Presby terian) church in Rochester is
TO be dedicated next Tuesday. 1t is pronounced one
OF the neatest edifces of the kind in Western New
York.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Congregational church at Kngsborough
n. Y, has become Presbyterian.
In the recent convention of Unitarian ministers at
worcester, the Rev. James Freeman Clark said in
the course of debate upon the question of what
should be done to restore vitality to the churches
that In the "Church Of the Disciples of which he was
pastor, they adopted from the Methodists the mode
OF singing by the congregation. At the close of the
sermon they sat for a while in silence, after the
manner OF the Friends, after which the prayer was
made by the pastor extemporaneonsly. After an
experience of nine years, he did not know of an in
dividual of the society who would be willing to re.
turn to the usual forms of worship. And this change
was his remedy for eecting the object named in the
proposition.
Seventy five tons Of Bibles and Testaments, $50 900
copies have been circulated in Wisconsin, Minnesota,
and Northern Illinois, during the past six years.
Professor W. G. T. Shed, formerly connected with
the University OF Vermont, and more recently Profess
sor OF Sacred Rhetoric in the Theological Seminary at
Auburn, n. Z, has been appointed Professor of
Ecclesiastical History and Pastoral Theology in the
Theological Seminary at Andover.
During the sitting Of the Synod of the Reformed
Presbyterian Church, in Chicago, in May last, Rev.
David Kennedy, one of the members, was arraigned
before that BODY for reading in Of churches
hymns from the version in use in that church. The
subject excited considerable interest at the time aud
occupied the attention of the Synod two days. 1t
was finally referred to the Presbyery of Pittsburg, of
which Mr. X. was a member. That body has acted
upon the subject, and the result is indefinite sus
pension of the Rev. gentleman from his ministerial
functions.
During the late session OF the American Board of
Foreign Missions, it was resolved that no more aid
could be extended to the Sandwich Islands, for the
reason that their inhabitants have been Christiauzed
Rev. Clement Lewis has been deposed by the
Onondago Preybytery, on the charge Of heresy.
ANNUAL SYNOD OF THE NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
The Synod OF the above churches met in annual
session on last Tuesday evening, in the Blocker
street church. and afterwards held regular morning
and evening sittpgs up to Friday last, when an ad-
journment for twelve months was voted. The great
were purely Official and did net possess any interest
to the lay members OF the church. or the public gen
orally.
md after nra WAC roar the SYNOD
invited the Revs ID. NJ. Graham, of Free-w Bap-
fist Connexions; A. Boardman Lambert and Henry
Herrck, of Synod of Albany to act as corresponding
The statistical reports and narratives of the state
of religion Of the Presbyteries, read and refer
red to committees.
Ordered that the narrative of the state of religion
in San Francisco be published for the information Of
the churches.
In the afternoon session Of the same day. aeon.
mittee appointed the day previous brought in their
report on the future arrangements of the Synod
which led to long discussion. The Rev. II. T.
Brayton, of California, made statement of the
churches IN that district and solicited adto repubish
the Pacific, weekly paper, at San Francisco. A
vote OF thanks was recorded to Rev. j. F. Tuttle for
his sermon, and copy was requested for the Of
the church. motion relative to the sellers Of milk
on the Sabbath, was referred to the Presbyteries
The delegates assembled at nine o'clock on Thurs.
day morning. and both at that and the evening ses-
business relative to sAurch extension and discipline.
Friday morning the Synod assembled, and en-
gagged in devotional exercises. The calling Of the
roll was dispensed with The minutes Of the sessions
of Thursday were read and approved. The order Of
the day was afterwards taken up. After very long
debate, the following resolution was unanimously
adopted
Resolved in view of the action the last General
seby the subject Of slavery that the Synod regard
the attempt of that body through its committees,
Through the lower judcatorie acting its committee
to enter upon such investigations may mpcae any
the members of churches in unlawful acts any of the
lower udicatories in criminal neglect against whom
charges have been legally preferred as tending wrong
fully to impair their good stan ling, transcendng the
legitimate powers Of the General Assembly. In reference
to all disciplinary offences the General Assembly is the
court Of last resort and possessed of appellate but not
OF original Jurisdiction II cannot, therefore, under any
pretence directly upon criminal Investigations
make inquiries which, in their nature criminal
Investigations and tending TO the development Of unlaw
ful acts Of criminal neglect in those who
bic hrat lnEtAnce their