The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-15
DR., Hewitt Ii pastor. w,l he dedicated BY leave Of
Providence ON the 6rb Of Anguss mkt

Providence ON the 8rb Of angus next
MIsUELLAsEOUs
Rev. D. Herron snd Rv. ". Csloerwood. OF the
Reformed Prespy tsrisr chur,n, bting ab ,ut to Gun
bark for Northern India. fsre veil missionary
meesjra vii be held with them on sabbath next,
18th inst ~ haltpsst O'Clock r ~, in the First
Reformed Presby t.riAn cbucn, Twelfth street. (Rev.
DIR. Nl Leod's) Tho missionaries and others viii
address the MeetiDg.
The Sunday school attached 70 the church of st.
Charles BofemeO, Brooklyn, vii have pic mic on
Q grand scale on Tnursdsy tie Oh OF August next.
TIE Rev. Or. Baid lats Corresponding Secre.
tary Of the AuerioAn and Fcrego Christian Union,
sailed on Wecnesdsy 10 the s<smsaip Baldc, on .
viit 20 Western Europe In bAbaf of that society.
H. will visit the several missions, and also attend,
delegate. the gr az Sf etog y the French Evan
gel;csl Aili.rce, r. he bsld IN Pa1ls on the a5' OF
Ausust. This will close his official connection
wi b the society.
Besides the two General Assemblies, there will
be held n New York next May the General Synod
OF the Associate Reformed Presnyterian Church.
The General Assembly Of the Reformed Dutch
Church viii mees in Utica, N Y, the same time.
Rev. Roswell d. Hit ,hca K. nov Collins Pro-
fesscr Of Natural and Revealed Religion In Bowdoin
Colege, has accepted the appolc mepr OF tha c,air
of Ecclesiasticsl History in the Uaon Theological
Seminary; be will enter upon is duties at the open
Ing Of the tenn in September,
The new Methodist Seminary at Binghamton is
completed, and Rev. J. W. Armstrong, Of Fulton,
N. Y, has been elected Principal
The American Baptis. missionary Union ia now
emba raised with o tebt Of $50 600; the expendt
lures last year exceeded the income S3S OO0
A liberal donation 70 We Massachusetts Home
Missionary Society was msde the past week by 4
unknown person. Tire amount was $5, ,000-the
largest sum ever given by one individual TO this OBJ
ject.
The anniversary exercises Of the Wesleyan Uni
versity OF Mddletown Will be held on the 29th 30th,
and 3lst inst and the Ist Of August. TIE gradual.
ing class numbers 49, The commencement exer
c'sts viii take place on Wednesday, the LIST Of
August
Rev. DR.. Scott recently requested his church In
New Orleans to uuite With him Ia asking q d!snis
slcn, in order % go to California, and it WINS unani
nonsy refused.
Amcpg thirty. six persons admitted to the ortho.
dox church Of Rev. Hubbard WinslJw, at Burling
ton, VI, on tins lst inst, were two converts from
Romanism.
The contributions of the Orthodox churches in
Boston TO the American Board for the year we've as
follows- Mount Vernon church, $5 53I "a; Essex
Street church, "a sol 50 Oid South church.
SO 400 81; Ceotral church, $3,400; Park Street
church, $292S Is; Bo ~doin street Gnu ch. $500
s5; enlem street church, 81 1923 Is; Shawmut
church $722 81; Pine Street church, s573 43; Poll.
lips church lSoush Boston), 1856 2s; Maverick
church (Esst Boston,, $540 26-total amount, $26..
4ss 80 The amour. last year was $24 ,532 13, show.
ing an increase, Notwithstanding the duh times Of
nearly $4,000.
A Jaw for the establishment Of separate schools
10 U,per CanSda for sne Roman Catholic inhabi.
tants which was recently passed by the Provincial
Assembly, Ia exciting bitter discussion in the
papers.
The comm fsioners Of the Alabama Methodist
Conference, In Yela ion to the location OF college
met on tha 4th INIT, in 5nmmerfed, in Dallas
county, and determined to locate tWo Institutions
oLe at Greensboro, Greene county, and one at Au
burn, Macon county. Over a hundred Thousand
dollars have been subscribed for that purpose al
both points Thus has been amicably compro promlsed
. matter which has cauked much feeling at bott
! localities.
= Bishop McIlvsire, Of Ohio, has issued pastora
letter to the congregations Of his diocess with refe
| relce to paper for an abundant harvest. The
| Bishop also reminds Christians that the time X
| than when IL has come.
| From the July number of the Amrr,can Baptist
| Memosiaf. We gather shs following statistics 70
| 1s5i:-In Alabama there were 26 B,psist associs
| nons, 639 congregations, $40 ordaf ed ministers
4l56 bsptifms look pace curing the year. and the
spEIeg gale bumbtr OF members was 46 669. In In
diaua, the hsmoriafs statistics give 2S associs
fiors. 45S congregations. 2l9 ordained ministers
22 447 members, and sos ba ,tisms curing the
year; but the returns are inc1mpl-te. Over 30
associations, in addition 10 those included in the
| table have not been heard from for years.
The Erie Conference OF the Methodist Episcopal
church met Of New Castle on the II b inst. This
Conference embraces the entire Western Reserve
three OF the western counties OF New York, and
several Of the western counties Of Pennsylvania
Rev. DR.. Sebon, Miss onary Secretary Of the Me
thodst Episcopal Church Society, Is preaching il
| ~ nchburg, Va.