, 1860-02-04


MINISTERIAL CHANGES, Calls, Erc.-Tr,nitv
Church, of this city, is still racunt. Rev. Dr..
Lewis. of 13rooklyn, y. T., and Rev, Mr.. Pratt,
Of PHILADELPHIA, arc SPOKEN Of Us SUCCESSORS to
the late Rector. Rev. Win. Il. cooper bas re-
ceiyed and accepted call to Christ Church,
Waukcgau. md will enter upon his duties on
the lst Of April. . .Rcy. J. ". Wilmarth, fur
mc,1y Of this city, and n 1iecuciatc Of the Edina
Place baptist Church, l,as becu called to supply
the Union baptist Church ut aurora. :. Ter. S.
Washington, late Pastor of the Bautist Church
III Woodstock, ILL.,, has received and accepted
a call from The First Baptist Church Of Aurora
--..Rcr- Mr.. Culver, Of Cincinnati, has received
call from the baptist Society .oi Woodstock,
II. tits not known whether he will ncccpt.
call If the Bethel Baptist Church in St. Clair
County, and has entered upon his duties as Pas
tor -.Rev. Mr. .Shgphard, Of Belle'ille, ILL.,,
has accepted the call Of the Oak Hill Baptist
Church, near O'Fallon, St. Clair County, and
entered upon Ills du.ies.. Rev. Henry N:
Strong. D. D., formerly Of Peoria, has accepted
cali from Christ Church, ut Adrian, Mich, ,..-
va tiAN't0y AAS'3 1A+Aot ANSSVoA'3s ~ -AA~A1--
gan, admitted to the Holy Order OF Dcacons in .
the Episcopal Church, ME. George q. Bachman,
formerly on Attorney ut Adrian, at Cambridge
.-..hcv- H. :. hho"ics, oi avon, on'o' has
accepted tue ca'i Of Tie Baptist Church NJ she-
nosgah t"as.) FANS, ana entered upon MS dr-
ties on the 10Th uif'' Rev. L. g. Inv has en-
Tered upon Its laoors as pastor OF 'he BAPTIST
Chnrch IN barl!nstan' WIS .ker: br. f5per,
iaslor o1 'he 5's$1 haps1ss ehafch In Ah"an*
hce is aooos 10 resign ana remove from tile
otaee' Inc coo'lnueo III Health Of hls 1afnl'y IL
toe 'n'i'cafate cause Of luis cnange.. -keV'
ai'fasn Elmer laae Pastor Of the Presbyterlan
ehuFca al Ihelsea, Alcn.' mas received anu ac-
ccl'eo q eau to tile Church IN the same denon'l-
nat'o1 oi Clinton Kew Mr.. Freeman, tor the
past year Pastor OF the Baptist Church ID Ann
Afnor' H'ch.' has lett Tor the East. .her. Dr.
Acciintock' fassor Of A. Panls Aeshou1st
El''scopa' cnurch' Ne" 3ofS' mas peen up
po'n1eo 10 1ne american tnapel IN rams, anu
Will take charge after the meeting Of the Gene-
raj conference as iuflaio III May next.
NEW cnrRcHEs, E7c.-!An American Episcopal
eh"fSn las been orgaa'zed IN Rome oy tue
l'Fotes1ant Ep'seol'ai resiacntsl IN 11e hols CHy.
IL Is ca'4eo Trace thnrcn' ano Inc heetor IS
her. Ar. Aunsdop.. lille Baptist Church in
ieS.n, 1A.' are making IN effort TO RAISE the
'nhds necessary Tor the completion ot their
Church ediflce. An encouraging beginning has
already been made. About twenty-five hun
dred dollars WILL be requ'red....A new Baptist
church has been organized III Rockville, kan
kakee County, III. The thurch numbers but
nine personsto commence, but many others a1e
expected to JON. This Society das been gath.
crcd by Rev. Jas. S. Read, who has been
preaching in that vicinity for year Or more
ia new baptist Church.has been organized
in the towns Of Newark and New Gratiot, Mich.
....A new Episcopal parish has been organ
lied at Kalamazoo, Mich, by the name Of st.
Johns Church. Rev. l.. n. Freeman has ac-
copied the Rectorship. The Onion Congrega.
tional Society Of Kalamazoo, Mich, are discus
sing plans for church ediGcc. the Society is
rapidly increasing in numbers and wealth,
key. S. u. Flagy is the Pastor. The new Con-
Eregational Church at st. Joseph, Mich, was
dedicated on Wednesday last :. i new Congre-
satioual Churrl, was organized ut Newark.
Mich, on the 11th ult Fourteen persons unit
cd in the organization, Rev. Mr.. Eaton il pa,.
t1r.. The members Of the Methodist Eo;seona1
Society in I,ont;ac M;cb. hare decided :, b,;,d
splendid new church during the coming sea-
son, The United PRESBYTERIAN conrresat;on
Of Dover, Wis, Key, S. Collins Pastor. hare
Just finished their new church cdificc. and it il
entirely maid for.A new En;sccna, cbnrrh
.ls. ult, It will he finished aftcr tho Gothic
stvlc of architecture. The dedication If the
enlarged Methodist Ep;scopal Church of Flint.
Mich, took p,acc on Suud.y list. At The
conclusion of thc serr;rcs tho eum of ~ n-o
was pledged br individuals of tbe concreoot;,,,
to re!icyc the church Of 4 debt of ahont sofu.
There are $40 churches in ph;1odc1phia of
which - are for co1ored ncon1c Thu Enisco.
pa1ians hare The 1aroest ,nr,hcr 51 +,,o uotb-
ol;sts prxt II ,hcre !. M f,r4bo4ox fo,cr.,a-
ticpal Church. and hut Unitarian th,. vo,;en.
kinds ,rf ;reshrtcr;sus 1-re ~ chrrcbcs
Rry,v,,s r7c-T;c 1,rha,o fUl, f;,;r.o
saws tie ,crira1 which ,,,s bpcn in nroorese i,
the First and Second n. T.. Churches in tb,,
ulacc. for tl,c list two ur thrcc mcu,b. cont;nx
ucs with ,,oal,atcd success II nervadcs The
entire co,nmunitv. and is ,bc tcp;c of ron rers,.
lion in II, .irc1es in the srcets md in n,,ce. NJ
business. More thun t,ro hundred son1s hava
been converted. embracing NIL classes If soc;etr
and IN some instances. entire families. Meet.
in.s urc now being held in the Presbyterian
and l;ap,ist Churches with much Success.
They haye already called in ministerial aid from
4 distance. There is revival in progress in
l;rimiiclt III, which is said 10 be accomolis],-
iu. 4 good work. .. The i.antist Church in Ia
Marsh, I'LL have been holding series ofmcet-
ings Of late with very gratifying results. Elders
sticsfey, Hill aud others, have labored in these
meetings. 0ver thirty hare been baptizcd....
In Narengo (Io.} fifty additions have been n.nde
to the cllusci, since November; forty bv bap-
tisn,. Many arc heads of familics. About
eighty are indulying l.opc, and others are still
inquiring.- -. There is in progress revival in
Macoulul,, 81. Clair County t1ll.) in the Me,lo-
dist Church. which bids fair to be Of great depth
and power. Zen lave united themselves with
tile Church. j. Rev. F.ketchum is preaching at
l>n Qnoin, Perry County. tilI.' with good pros
poets. Quite number are IL be baptized....
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