Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1859-12-08
NUMBER 80.
Religious Intelligence.

PASTORAL PERMANENCE.-The Rev. Will
liam Suddards, of Grace Church, and the Rev.
Dr. Ducachet, ofSt Stephens Church, enter
ed on Sunday 10Th ult, upon the twenty-sixth
year Of their ministration in their respective
parishes. They have been officiating in Phil
adelphia longer than any of their brethren OF
the Episcopal clergy. Each preached a
sermon appropriate to the occasion. DR.. Du-
cachet's was in his usual felicitous style, we
learned and stated that he had preached 9,
500 sermons during his rcctorate. That Of
the Rev. Mr.. Suddards was replete with in
terresting statistics relating 10 the Protestant
Episcopal church in this diocese and through
out the United States, as well as OF local
and national character, and also touchingly
beautiful memories of the past, which were
listened to with profound emotion by the
large congregation which his faithfulness and
eloquence continue to attract. Within the
last quarter ofa century he has held over 5000
public services at Grace Church; baptized 315
adults and S55 infants; married 459 couples;
and 877 have been admitted into the church
by the apostolic rite of confirmation; while
there has been an average of so teachers and
500 children in his Sunday school. The
church edifce has been recently enlarged and
improved and is entirely free from debt; and
the congregation have contributed, during
his pastoral charge, considerably over $780,
900 towards the spreading of the gospel "a
mong their less favored brethren throughout
the world besides the annual distribution OF
hundres of garments and other charitable aid
by the Dorcas Society of the church, among
the poor of our own city.
We were gratifed to learn from private
source that committee of the ladies of Grace
Church nave presented to their pastor hand,
some purse of several hundred dollars, as a
token Of affectionate esteem of his fidelity
during this very long term of service.
DIR. PoMERoY AND THE BOARD OF FOREIGN
MISSIONS. &c.
Boston, Nou. S0.-The following card, prin.
ted III several morning papers, excites atten-
ton. 1t is dated at the Missionary house, Bos
ton:
"To the Public. Facts have recently CONT
to the knowledge Of the Prudential Commit
tee of the American Board of Commissioner
of Foreign Missions, deeply duplicating tn
moral character Of DR.. Pomery and render
ing it impossible that he should longer retail
his official position as a Secretary ofthe Board
He has resigned, is no longer to be recogniz
cd as an officer Of the Board. The facts re
fered to have no correction with his officia
action. BY order Of the Prudential Commit
tee.
(Signod) "CHAs. SToDDART, Chairman"
! DR.. Pomeroy admits that some month
ago he was accostod in the street by a femal
and at her request accompanied her home.-
While in the parlor, engaged in conversation
man entered, and, under threat of exposure
forced him to sign note for $500, which h
subsequently paid. Another female, by tn
representation that she was suffering from
dissipated husband, and her children wer
destitute, enlisted his feelings, and he openc
a correspondence with her; subseque ntly, b,
the advice of the late Mr. Choate, he paid he
$500 TO get the letters back, and dcstroyed
them DR.. Z. admits nothing further.
The Rev. DIR. FORBES. paragraph
which has been going the rounds of the pa
pers concerning the Rev. Dr. Forbes, Of New
York, to the effect that he withdraws his late
I letter to the Roman Catholic Bishop of New
York, is entirely without foundation. Let.
ters have been received from him, in Balti-
more, dated since the paragraph appeared
and affirming in the strongest TERMS his re-
pudiation Of Roman Catholicism, chiefly on
moral grounds.
CENTESARY or AMERICAN METHoDIsM -
The one hundrcdth anniversary Of the intro
duction Of Methodism into the United States
is to be appropriately celebrated by that de-
nomination. The Christian Advocate says
The true centenary of Mcthodism is the
year 1860. DR.. Roberts, Of Baltimore, has
fully demonstrated this fact from local as we'll
as general documents, and other evidence
IL L y 4 = n
tilnore, appointed committee to consult the
general conference respecting measures for its
due observance. 1t is happy coincidence
that the general conference meets in this
grand epochal year. 1t will be not, indeed,
the centennial general conference, but it will
be the centenary general conference.