The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-17

wtaith-and o study Of history will show that the
cbucbes OF New England we're under republican
rule seYeral generation before The Same principle
WIS applied to written political constitutions.
Rev. DR.. G. F. Scbaner, Of Easton, Pa, has been
unanimously elected by the Synod OF Pennsylvaaia.
70 fiji the German Proessorship estabiiahed by that
body in Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg.
Antoinette Brown il not the only reverend among
the gentler sex, as we see among the names Of
ministers who are attending the yearly nesting OF
Friends at Newport R. l., the names OF Phebe
Bishop Of Canada West, and Msry Ann Fisher OF
New York.
In Toronto, Canada. on Sunday morning last, in
the Church OF the Holy Trinity, the creed was
chsun,ed, il stead OF being reeeased in the usaal
NAM or. More than half of the congregation i'm,
mediatey LETT the church, and many more we're much
dissatisfied at this astsm,t to introduce Puseystic
obsfrvances Ito the worship.
The Rev. Mason Noble, chaplain In the United
States Navy ano for several years past statonei at
the Washington Navy YARD, is, we learn, going to
ses in the figate Congress, In that capacity This
gentleman g. win be .scoscsd in 1857 or 1893
ton. az the result fourishng congregation, and
handsome Presbyterian church ediacs, costing
about SIS 600, with debt of one or two thousand
dollars resting upon 1t.
TIE Rev. william Long, from New Canasn, Conn.,,
has become tae rector OF new parish ~ Syracuse,
Western New York.
The Third TrieI NAL Convention of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in the di0csss OF California,
asst mbieo IN IIlblty Cnu!cn, Dan r1nCisco on 1u
| 9th nit. Toe convention was called to order and
presided over by the Right Rev. VIM IDgraham Kip,
d. d.. az yet Missionary Bishop of California. Nine
pa ishes represented In the convention-twS az
San Francisco, ano Que each at Sacramento Marys.
ville Stockton, Oakland, Nevada Grass Valley and
Bsl icia constitution was adopted for the several
paiisbfs, The next convention will probably elect
delegates to and ask admission into the Gsneal Con-
vepiion Of the Upited States at its next session.
INV Protestan. Episcopal Bishop OF Texas il
bely to be elecred as the present ncumbens OF fae
Office Bishop Freeman, hiss expressed desire to DC
| relieved from bis aydu0us duties. AT the recent
meeting of the Episcopal Convention. held as Segun
the question OF ele citing Bishop was discussed but
| without airy result.
| A conference of the Western Unitarian churches
was in session last week at Buffalo. On Wednesday
| evening Rev. Dr.. Bellows OF New York, delivered
| the Introductory discoune.
Bishcp M'Ilvaine, OF Ohio, has issued pastoral
letter TO the congregations OF his d cess with rete
renee to pray er for abundant harvest The shop
reminds Christians that the time to pray ia before
an appehended evil comes, rather than whan IL has
| cone.
Rev. William W. Wright, Of Covington, was mar.
lied at Louisville, Kentucky, last week, while ha
lay in bed seriously ILL., The bride was Miss Lncy
| L. Moore.
| TIE annual Synod of the Presbyterian church Of
| Canada opened with divine service in Montreal
| On The l4th inst.
| Rev, Eleazer Smith has bsen removed from TIE
Office Of chaplain of the State prison in Neg Hanp
| shire and R.v MIR. Brown, X N, appointed.
| From the snnual report Of the General ASCOT
alton of the Baptist church in Virginia, we learn
that sigce tire evious report 81 missionaries had
| been employed, who had supplied 81 chu caes aud
| leo IN aching paces--28 of them In Eastern Viz
| ginis. The missionaries had baptized l.0ll con
verts, organized IL Sunday schools, constituted Z
Few churches and collected on their fields OF labol
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