Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-01-15

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1I me-! IA! er-higeths IN Iafk street, 95 49
Iemtent Female Refuge in Park Street II 2f
miscellaneous Donations in Park Street, S26 "A
F,oooa;o Total Of. s27,741 80
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We learn in letter from ST Petersburg that
Russia has devised great plan for securing
the adhesion all through the Leyant of the
great Armenian community, the wealthiest
most honest and intelligent of all the religion,
lists in Asia Minor An immense college is in
process Of establishment at Theodosia. on the
Black Sea, and all Armenian youths are invit-
ed to get gratuitous education at the hands of
the Gar. Paris and Venice were hitherto the
only schools they frequented but by this new
scheme that ancient Christian body, widely
dlffused all over Turkey, will become as stead
fast allies Of Muscovoy as the orthodox Greeks
all over Europe.
number of young Chinese, remarkably
intelligent, have arrived at Nantes, in order to
prepare for the Catholic priesthood: two of
them have been ordained, and one of them
preached on recent Sunday in the cathedral
in that city. a great concourse of the people
attended. The Nantes Journal mentions that
his language was exactly comprehended,
though his accentuation was difficult
A SURPRISE. taking his coffee. new
| years morning, in Buffalo, Rev. Montgomery
Schuyler, of Rochester, received note OPEN
ed it. read it, smiled and put the contents. two
thousand dollars, in his vest pocket. He was
formerly pastor Of ST. Johns church, in that
city, but is now Of Christ church, St Louis
Several Buffalo friends contributed the hand.
some surprise.
Two ministers of the Protestant Methodist
church, located respectively in Allegheny City
and Bennington, both on opposite sides of the
river from PIttsburg, have come out and unit
ed with the Baptist communion The parties
are Revs. Messrs. Bolton and Banks.
Miss Elizabeth Aull has left legacies of s.. 500
to the American Bible and Tract Societies each.
besides other requests to various objects,
amounting, in all, to $4,000
The annual report of the Old South Sabbath
School, made on the 9Th inst, shows an inter.
estng and encouraging state of things in that
society. The membership of the school is
$50, an increase of 1863 over any previous year.
The average attendance during the year was
800, more than double that of 1857. Fitty-seven
pupils have joined the o. S. Church, and sew
eral Others have been hopefully converted, " no
have not yet united with any church.
The Congregational churches of Lowell
are reported as having received the following
|
! The First Church, of which Rev Mr. Jenkins
is pastor, 49, John Street Church, of which
Rev Mr. Foster is PASTOR so, the same number
as last year; Kirk Street Church, of which
Rev DIR. Blanchard is pastor, Co. High Street
! Church, OF which Rev. Mr.. Street is pastor,
| 81; Appleton Street Church. of which Rev.
Dr Cieayeland is pastor, was reported, on New
Years Sabbath, as having received Ill during
the three years Of Dr. Cleayeland's labors
among them.
In the Congregational Church in Seekonk,
| there has not been a communion season in the
church for more than three years, without
| some accessions to it,
The Vermont Home Missionary Society un-
dertook, in 1856, to raise $4,000 a year extra
Tor aggressive operations in the destitute parts
OF the State. The amount has not been fully
realized, but last year the plan was so far car
red out that fourteen years of missionary la
| Dor were performed, by seventy-five missiona-
ries, at a cost of 5000 so, of which only
! 5000 was paid by the Society, and S2,3il
contributed by the people among whom the
labor was performed.
In Hollis, n. H., sixty-five have been admit
ted to the church Of which Rev. p b. Day is
pastor, and there is still considerable feeling on
the subject Of religion.
There is considerable interest in the BAPTIST
church at Pelham, and fifteen conversions are
numbered.
Rev. Dr. Todd, of Pittsfeld, stated, in his
New Years sermon, that 80 additions had been
made to the church during the year.
The Christian Advocate and journal, Meth
odlst) says that Milwaukee, with a population
OF $4,000, has but about 5000 protesting Chris
tians and the infide foreign population have
things very much their own way
Among those who made profession of reli-
glon at the First Presbyterian Church in Nash
vile, Tenn, on a recent Sabbath, was a veneer
able man of ninety5tour years.
Services, conducted by Rev. DR.. Blagden,
appropriate to the departure of missionaries,
were held on board the Andrew Carney, at
Central Wharf, Boston, on Tuesday last The
party consisted of Rev. w. W. Merriam and
wife, Of Cambridge, Rev. j. X Greene Qate of
Union Theological Seminary and wife, and s.
II. West, M. D., and wife, from Binghamton,
N. Y. The party are destined for the North
ern Armenian Mission in Turkey.
Rev. c. P. Grosyenor, recently of Stoneham,
has accepted call to become pastor of the
Congregational Church in Canterbury, Conn
Rev. Heman Lincoln has resigned the pas
torate OF the Jamaica Plain Baptist Church.
The church, by a unanimous vote, requested
nm to Withdraw the resignation, but he has
declined yielding to their request
Rev. Mr.. Van Meter, of the Five Points
Mission, ON account of i'll health, has been
Obliged to suspend his operations, and has gone
to kentucky to seek relief in a milder climate.
Few men have accomplished more for the des-
titute and degraded
-Four males and six females have been re-
cognized as Baptist Church at High Forest.
Olmstead County, Minnesota.
New houses of worship have been finished
at Onarga and Young america, Ill.
The public installation of Rev. r. B. Thurs
ton, over the Trinitaran Congregational
Church of Waltham, took place Thursday
evening in the presence of large assembly,
convened on the occasion. Sermon by Rev.
Il. N. Kirk ID. D., of Boston.
At Zumbrota, Minnesota, precious revival
OF religion has been enjoyed Ten have been
added to the Baptist Church--mostly by bap-
tism--making the number twenty three, with
seven or eight more expected to unite at the
next meeting
Rev. j. s. Haradon writes from Manchaug
(Sutton), Mass :-"God has visited us in mer-
cy of late. On the Sd of October last / ban
tized thirteen, and December 9Th, two more
making fifteen, and we hope the end of the
work is yet"
Rev. ID. II. Miller of Meriden, Conn, states
the addition to the Baptist Church in Meriden
for the year, by baptism, to have been thirty
seven.
The Baptist Church at Southboro' received
at its last communion, Jan. g an accession of
elght new menbers-one by letter and seven