, 1860-02-25
RELIGIOUS NATTER 1.


smith, oi Rochester, n L., will be ordained us
minister OF tue Episcopal church. ny Bishop
ue Lancey, on the 4th pro1imo. Mr. smith is
well known citizen ofNe" York State. He was
twice elected amember Of the Legislature OF the
otate, anu was Ao]utant General under Gov
efnor Aunt- For some time past he has been
preparing Tor The sacred duties of the Ministry,
and Is about to enter upon hat holy calling
....-At the annual meeting Of the Congregation
u Society Of owosso, (alich.,) the Board Of
Trustees were authorised, by unanimous vote,
to cndeaEor to obtain the services Of tue Rev.
Thomas Bradley, OF Aorwa'k, CT, a. pastor of
their Church. Rev. L. J. Root, Of Bay City,
(sl1ch.,) las received call to the Presbyterian
Church at 1onla, IN the same State... Rev.
John Ross, Of Troy, Oakland Co., (sfich.,) has
accepted tie call Of the Baptist Church i"
Charleston, same State. ...hev. Alfred Lunder-
back, rector Of Trinity Church, Davenport,
(iowa,} has rendered lis resignation to the res
try OF that Church, and it has been accepted.
The immediate cause OF this step,1s the financial
embarrassnents under which the Church has
been laborins. Mr.. Lunderbnck filed the rec
torship of Trinity for eleven years. Rev. F.
Emerson Judd. Principal Of the preparatory
department Of uriswold College, has been calIed
to supply dr. LIS place. ..Rer. J. 5. shnek
has been appointed General missionary Tor
caii1ofn1a oy the Oomesuc Board Of the South
ern Baptist Convention. ibis board has four
other missionaries already there...Rev. Nr.
STAPLES. late ol Michlgan, has been called to
the rectorship Of the Episcopal Church at Aer-
ton, "aukesha County. ("is.,) aud has entered
upon the discharge of his duties.. Rev. W.
Branch In resigned the pastoral care Of the
Baptist Church in FL Paso, Woodford Co., {Ill.)
....Rev. Mr. johnson. for nearly year pastor
OF the baptist Church Of LitchGeld, (lH.) has
severed bis pastoral relation Herewith. Rev.
LIT. Cla1ton, late OF Ut. PAuls Church, Cleve'
land was iodnctcd to the rectorship of St.
Luke's Church, Rochester, n. ~ on Monday
last. Bishop Lee of Iowa. preached the sermon.
par ch,r,os stow.rt Ran.ha,. .;oa - p:eh
. :, ~ "a, A,e"ouA" "''u ~ nien'
mona, mass, on Inc eth ult., alter lingering
illness. 1t fourteen years of age be entered
the Navy and had become lieutenant. whe,
Ia antorad ,,n,,sa of ,rorah;a - p,,;,,5o,nn;a
he entered 1ouse o1 "ofsh'p IN fhlladelphla
one evening, for the Grst time in several years.
His attention was arrested, and within twenty
f,,- ,o,,r. tuo,, +h,t .;,ro l., Id ~
i''A N0A4' '4o'n ."''' ...1. -. va" a."oe '"''
consecrat'on o. himself to Chr1sts uesoon ten
deyed his resignation in the Navy, to preach
+hat Chr;st WIN had .oncht lin ,vh;,a , e,-,,
.s, .-a..t. ~ ~, 49, 49, :s:s ~ 1-,, e|'@n ~
ger nnd brought him INTO his fo!d....ReT. Il.
Coz, successor to Rev. Mr. Krebs in the Wa.
b.s1, .vanr~M = chrrcl, mill co,,,,o,.. =:
Dosa :".'-..1 @1s 49, ~ w., ~e,4.Aeaee us
n''N y" tne e.souu oaop1'n II o'a'ch.
----The Standing Committee of the Episcopal
Church in Kansas, hare called Special Con-
'eueo"' :, D''' - Aops.a W LUG ti.n u -aPs",
ls6o, Tor the purpose OF elecalng bishop.
NEW CHURCHES, dc.-The new Methodist
Episcopal Church in Wilmington. Il1.1 ,vas
.s,,;a..o, ~. 1c.,, ;ust =. r. e. "'''
oca'cA.eo on tne 4o'a lns1. ny b'snop simpson.
It is stone structure, 64 by ~ feet, neatly fur
nished with lecture and class rooms, 4 suh.
..:..;o. u,;,,. ., -.o c~..f -. - ,
se4'p'4oA' "14o"no6 ~ <A''so' io' LIZ 1e''ei o1
the debt Of the Church, was made. .Rey. DR..
brown, pastor % 9i '9e 81 Dnteii reformed Church
at Battle Greek. lA,ch.) has been east, and
The corner stone Of st. Yauis EngElsA Lutheran
Church at hno1viie, (ill. } will be laid to-mor-
row, tue s6tn lnst: .-lh ne 3apt'st Church ut
Pra1'1e i'i1, Jones County, (1o"a,) has been re-
cognlzed by the Council.
KEy1vAIs-lhe religious interest at the Tab
we're baptized on sabbath evening last. The same
nnmosr % received lGe 1ra1nanee at the First
Church, and Two at the Edna Place. On Thurs
day Of this week, the churches Of the city uni.
ted ~; observing aday of prayerior Colleges.
! II Wilmington, t1h',) between twenty and
Church Erie, Nhlteslce County, is now yisi-
ted by au interesting reTiyal. Revival meet
lnEs we're held at Belle l,laln, Marshall Co.,
{lll.,) during the month o. January, and thirty
two we're added to the baptist Church. :. In
SoutS Sh"r. Groxe, , ,2o.t IT, the dpEesby,efian
sions took place. AT palatinc, (Ill,) seventy.
! NE persons nave 9eeh noaed to the Methodist
tbnfch ny conversion; ..At onachwlne, (1ll, J
tWeEty:one converts nave been added to the
Aetaodist Chureh On prooat1on.: AT Plain
field. ~ iast Sunoay ioTsy members we're re-
and on the same evening over fifty we're Mt the
altar. up to the present time. one hundred and
thirty-nine have been to the altar and still thcr
| come. At Mt. Carroll, {1ll, over fifty hare
professed to ind pardon through faith N Christ,
md between thirty aud tortJ hasc united with
the u. +. Chu ch within the past three weeks
.... On the Joliet District there nre Interesting
resivals at several points. At Morris, Rev. s.
| Stoycr pastor, about seventy-fyc conversions
| hare been reported, and there is no decline in
interest At Joliet about forty conversions,
and last Thursday night about thirty were for
were enquiring tic way to Zion. Also at Lock
/ port there are encouraging indications, and
/ the satne in true OF Channahon, Crete.
| Chelsea, High Prairie and Milibrook
At Coal Valley, tln.) revival has resulted il
tl,e accession Of over thirty to tue Methodist
converts hnve been added to the Congregational
Church, twenty-tiye to the Christian Church,
| forty-ive TO- tile Methodist Church, sixteen to
! the German Methodist Church, and quite i