, 1860-02-18
RELIGIOUS mATTEEkj.

MINISTERIAL CHANGES, &c.-Trinity Church
in this city, it is understood, have called Rer
Mr. Pratt Of Philadelphia to become its Rector
Mr. Pratt now fills the place formerly held by
the ner- dudley Tying. whose lAmeated ant
touching death, about o:c year since, will bt
remembered bJ all. No detiuile reply to tlle
call Las been yet received. :. Rev. Mr Cheney
FROM western New York, will enter upon biz
duties as Rector Of Christ Church, Chicago, OF
the last Sunday Of this month. .Rev. 3[r ia
mcson Las accepted the call Of the Baptist
Church In Alton. and will euter upon Lis duties
on the lst OF April. Rev. \. Swazey oil Ga.
lena, it is understood, hns received Gull from
the Third Presbyterian Church in Chicago &c
become its Pastor. -. Rev. Ar. IIalt Of Lock,
port, n. T., has been called to tho 1iectoss1ip o
st, Lukc's Church, Kalamazoo, Mich. .Rey
DR.. li.t'ejohn has received call TO the Rector.
ship oftlc" Church Of the Holy Trinity" Brook.
Ign, \. T., recently left vacant by tile resisna
tion of DE. Lewis. .1ler. DR.. Cox, Of Grace
Church, Baltimore, las declined the cali to St
Peters Church, Philadelphia. =. Rev Mr.. Dost
wick, formerly Of this city, has removed to Con,
necticnt.. .Rer. Bcpjamin H. Paddock, form.
erly of Norwich, Ct., has entered upon his duty
as Rector Of Christ Church, Detroit Rev.
David Tenney kimba1', thu venerable senior
pnstor Of the First Congregational Church, Ips-
wlch, Mass, died ut hi, residence on tie sd INST,
in the 18th year Of his uge. lie was ordained
pastor of his church in Ipswich, iu 1896. and
his DEATH. Rev. Fayette Drrlio has given
up his church at Lacrosse. (Eyis.} aud
has gone to Ripon, ID the same State, to found
Il new Church. - Airs. Wood, one Of tie Mis-
sinnnries Of the American Board at Patara, died
OF cholera OH tic 18th <f November = The
vestry Of St. Janes Church in Manitowoc (Wis.)
have accepted the r 81 sna:ion Of kty. William
H. Cooper, and extended cali 10 Rev. G. i.
Eos!e, Of Saginaw {slith.) ;. Rev. alvin Il.
Goodalc was ordained, 4 few evenings since. by
tue Third Presbytery Of New York, as Nis.
sionary to she SoMlnern Americans. go. The
Ut"e czut Foreign Josrnak suys: "Thete TIRE
about t*en'y-fise youn. men, having tile lap
t'st ministry in view, connected with the liich-
1nond College, Va; several at the University of
virginia; nine at Wake Forest College, y, c.:
some twenty Mt Howard College, Ala and more
than twenty Ut Union University, lenu Tue
Assistant bishop Of Connecticut held special
Ordination in Trinity Church, New ilaren, on
ipgstcn Wells aud John IL. Anketell, formerly
Licentiates Of the Congregational Church, to
the order Of Dencons.
NEW CHURCHES, &c-A new Baptist Church
is approaching completion 1t S1gouEney, Iowa J.
and will be QUE Of the finest structures in that
part Of the State. IA congregation IF the Y. :.
Presbyterian Church was organized Ut Wash.
ington (lowa) on the 5ih inst. New Epi. cop III
Methodist and Presbyterian Churches are 10 he
built the coming season ut lfuncpck, near llcuah-
ton, 1.hke Superior. a series OF church soc-
abies are being held ut Oatonagon, for the Tur-
pose Of repairing the parsonage aud church
editice Of the Episcopal Church III that town. :.
(Nich.) are making preparations to build new
church the coming season. Tho Episcopal
Society ut Marengo TN } Rev. J. II. Waterbury,
Rector, have just cusn,'cted very handsome
church cdsice, in the Gorhic style, ces.in. about
s3.5s.0.. The st. Lohu's Episcupal Soclrty If
Detroit have resolved to commence the erection
Of new church cdihce in April next. 1t will
be after tue general strlc Of ST. james Church
in this city. $20.V0U hare been already sub
%cribetl fur the purpose. On the lst inst. a
new Presbyterian Church WAS dedicated u,
jamestown {Wis.) .-..lte venerable edifice
known the Duaue street Methodist Church,
IN New York. which was built in 1877, was sold Ut
public auction Oh the 2G:h u!t. for S11:.75V....
\ writer in the Texas BJpf4t states that Nor
gan l.. Smith. Of Dcazoria County, has built
church iur bis blacks, ctst:ng heasIy $1,000,
with this sign uycr the font door: !" TlIc Alri.
can Baptist Church." lie collects his servants
IN this house each Sabbath morning, reads und
expounds the Scriptures. joins with them in
pray CT, aud calls on the plons Of then, to iuin
With lin. His wife also teaches the cs4.ect,s1n
prepared for their benefit. The Churcl, Of tllc
Holy Communion, in this city, will be closed
for repairs for i fortnight. II will be entirely
replastered. TheStatt Street Eap,ist Church,
Of Rockford Ql.), Ker. E. 4. Mitchell, pastor,
dedicated its new house Of worship en- the I'd
instant.
kEy1vALs, &c.-l<cyiyal meetings are being
held in this city iu the North uaptlst Curcl,,
ut the First Baptist Church, and ut the Taber.
naclc Church. There viii be daily services
during Lelt i'll st. James, Grace. The Atone
lnent, und Tie Holy Communion Churches, il
this city. Bishop Whitrhousc will hold con-
iirmations in Chicago It's follows: On Sunday,
the 18th, in The Atoacnent and Tic Ascension;
on Sunday, March 4ih, in st. james and in st.
Anseariua. Il class Of thirteen candidates we're
confirmed in GRACE Church on Sunday, the 18th
inst. Kcvivals arc in progress in tue Baptist
and Methodist Churches III Springfield, (ili).
The interest increases from day 10 day, and
meetings continue with unabased intcres.
in the Methodist and Congregational Churches
in Griggsv,lle, (ill.) There arc daily c5nrer-
sions. :. Liz gltJ persons hare Joined the Meth
odist Church ut FL Dara, Pike Co, (ll., dur
ing the last three weeks and more are exp c,ed
...-A three weeks scris al meeting has just
been closed in the Baptist Church Ut Litt1cton,
Schuyler Co., u1.,) with good results. IA
protractcd meeting has been in progress in
Paua, (ll.,) in the Methodist Church, which has
resulted III the accession OF about one huudIcd
persons, being more thdn one te4:A Of the entire
population. Thete nre also daily meetings in
the Presb, terian Church, and their good ELECTS
:;fe being manifested. at Wa'e1lg, tlll:,)
there have been thirty conversions in the Meth
odist Church, mostly children in the ;abbati,
School. There has been revival ;1 Rock
River Seminary. quite u number Of students
have been converted y. .At Macomb, {Ill. )thi,ty
have united with the Methodist Churt b, with
more in tie way -. There is MI awakening in
tt,e Methodist Church q Port Eyroa, t!n,) and
(fnu.,) the Methodist Church l,as admitted ser.
a.:v.t;Te ner members III Two weeks: and ,aa
Chris,:ou (Campbeslite) Church has alsu taken
IN quite q number in tho same iimc. .At
Grcencast!c, Rising Sun, Rockville, West York,
Manchester, ct~-, Oven County, aEd many
ether towns in Indiana, rerivafs, have bean held
during the past two or three weeks, viii. many
additions 10 the churches. In Ncosho, Hus-
ttdord, Waterford, Em1irc, Almond, Wauwa-
torn, Ripou City, New London, and man; other
towns and crcaits in Wisconsin, there arc
1eyiyais in progress in all these churches,
from 500 to GO have been covert d N
the places named 80. Icv. ". F. Cuwies. of
,ne ysA,Josn - }a '!"" nit III Svv ocaa.
saas. .'ons ,s;u.sr; EJdrr;;;a n,5 t',e
rcna+ " ~. u,nros ~. % naaa,,asa ~ ~. ui ioi
!a 1isuaoo': " a ~! ';.t. ~, siun,
!ezama, "; s'gSoro -; ;,'s WIN nssunss SUI
~ progress ~ seS aon, E;,n'a Ga nsenetl' anu
ouo " ~ - o1ns nnd ct..1r,;o UT so ~
Ilosfess u. oeuse;s'n' ctssedn;,, @ "usan a;a
Ion, 'na'aoon S,'o,', r., t1 squ3
Keta' &c; lneIe is reslsas III the H'te "
lase o. Aouno cts' Aansas. ~ s"o "eeks
'hcre wsse e'satsea or '"gn'. g, conversions "a