Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-10-23
OCT BIER 23. 1888.

| among Unitarians. Several others dissented
from this opinion. Philip Gongoola, con
vert from India, expressed his disappointment
in the practical working of Christianity, as
he had found it in this country. The next
meeting is TO be held at Lowell.
Rev. Smith Byington of West Brookfeld,
has asked a dismission from his pastoral
charge on account of pEotracted sickness in
his family.
The Essex South Conference met with
Rev. Mr.. Murray's church at Dan Fers, last
! week on Tuesday. Every church was repre-
scented, although the weather was stormy
| Over three hundred were reported as having
united with the eighteen churches since the
last meeting of the conference, though a large
part of the converts have yet made no pro-
tession.
The Amherst Rrpress saws that a revival is
IN progress IN Pelham. Ten were baptized
on the Sd of October, and six admitted into
the church.
Rev. VIM. C. Jack was dismissed from his
pastoral charge in Lincoln, Oct. 18th.
Rev. P. c. Headley of Greenfield, has re-
ceived a call from the South Church in Pitts
field.
The Rev George NJ. Randall, D. D., has
been elected President of the Standing Com
mittee of the Diocese of Massachusetts,, in
place of the Rev. DR.. Yinton.
AT the late meeting of the Philadelphia
Baptist Association, Rev. DR.. Binney, recent
ly Te-appointed as missionary to Burmah,
made some interesting statements respecting
his return to his old field of labor.
He stated that, in all probability, this was
the most prosperous and inviting missionary
field in the world, as there were now not less
than fifteen thousand converts among them.
lie said that they, above all other people,
needed theological instruction - that they
were conscientious, intelligent. metaphysi-
cal, and thinking people, always wishing to
know the why and the wherefore for every
thing-unless they had some one to train
them, they would be more likely than other
people to run into the most fatal errors-and
that this people seemed to be destined by
God, as the standard bearers of Christianity
throughout the rest of Asia.
AT recent noon prayer meeting in Phila-
delphia, an Episcopal clergyman proposed
aenion communion serUice, but DR.. Brantley,
pastor of one of the Baptist churches, rose
and proceeded to state his objections, when
he was called to order, and the matter was
dropped on the emo controversy principle.
Rev. Mr.. Evans, Presbyterian clergyman
of Lane, Illinois, seventy five miles from Chi
cago, was killed by lightning on Thursday
morning Of last week. A wife in feeble
health, and three little children mourn his
loss.
The Congregational church in Wilmot, N.
H., had become very weak, with a strong pros
pect of extinction last winter, when the Spirit
of the Lord visited the town, Christians
were revived, and a number of conversions
took place. Rev. William Clark writes to
the Congregational Journal, that fourteen
have now been added to the church.
Rev. H. B. Elliott late of Stamford, Conn,
has received a unanimous call from the First
Congregational Church of Columbus, Ohio.
Rev. E. g. Minor of Taylor's Falls, has
gone to Whitewater, Wisconsin,, having ac-
cepted a call from the Congregational church
there.
The mid day prayer meeting, which begun
last year in the Reformed Dutch church in
Ninth street, between Fourth avenue and
Broadway, New \ ork, was resumed last week.
1t is to be held in rotation in the churches in
terested, as it was last winter.
letter from missionary of the American
Board, in Western India, mentions an in
stance OF eight children recently received into
the church of Christ, on profession of their
faith.
The most interesting missionary news Of
the month is the opening of China as field
for Christian missions. The recent treaty
provides for the liberation of the Christian
religion in all.parts of the empire, and stipu.
lates that missionaries shall be unmoested in
their work. Missionaries have been sanguine
in the belief that If they could penetrate in
land, they would find the people more up
right and religiously inclined, and therefore
more ready to receive the gospel.
The Morning Star, Freewill Baptist, re-
joices over "six thousand more friends of
Christ and heiis of glory" that number hav-
ing been added to their membership during
the year, according to the register.
Twenty mine persons were received into
the First Church in Fairhaven, Conn, on
the Sabbath of Oct, 10 twenty six of them
on profession of faith. Seventeen of the
number were heads of families.
The Philadelphia Young Mems Christian
Association has a membership of 1900 or
1900, and is the largest in the Union. A
permanent Secretary is employed at a salary
of $1,000.
The Congregational church in Muscatine
Iowa of which Rev. A. B. Robbins is pas
tor, have lately abandoned their choir gal /.
lery. A harmonium is placed beside the pull
pit, around which gather few singers, with
whom the entire congregation join in that
part of the service.
1t is estimated the net gain reported by the
Methodists of Great Britain at their confer
ence in August makes an average of two
members to each church while the net gain
reported by the British Bsptists at their
Union in May, makes an average of four
members to each church.
There are soon to be two Old School Pres.
byterian churches in Boston-to be formed bv
transfer Of existing Presbyterian churches
to the care of the Old School General Assem-
bly,.
The Russian government has issued a
"ukase" prohibiting the teaching of Latin in
| all the colleges of the empire. Hostility to
! Roman Cstholicism--'Latin Christianity. !"
Mllman styles it-prompts the measure.
| Intelligence has been received from Ava.
OF magnificent reception given to Rev. Mr..
Kincaid and Rev. DIR. Dawson, Baptist mis-
sionares, by the King of Burmah. Mr..
Kincaid, it will be remembered, was the bear
er of a letter from the President Of the United
States to the King. Mr.. Kincaid and DR..
Dawson had two personal interviews with the
King, in which he expressed himself with
| great trankness, and intmated his wish 10
have an American consul at his court.
4 Hundred Thousand Concerts We sec il
stated in one of the Methodist journals, tina t
from what has already been heard from the
Conferences, it may be safely calculated that
more than one hundred thousand converts
have geen gathered into that Church DURING
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