, 1860-03-31
73re5s & Trihttttti,,
MINISTERIAL CHANGES, ETC.

| G1ACA0d1. AANCu ii, lGGO.
RELIGIOUS MATTERS.
| MINISTERIAL CHANGES, ETC.
Rev. Henry Stanley, Rector of Trinity Churcl
Rock Island, has dissolved his pastoral relation
with that Church, and accepted cali ffor
Whitesboro, New York. ...Rcr. Chaunce
! Cook died at the residence Of his son, Hon. Il
c. Cook, at Ottawa, on the 2lst inst, aged cieh
ty.two years. Rev. Daniel Tenny, Of Inv
renee, Mass, has been invited to return TO III
Presbyterian Church at Oxford, Ohio, of whir1
be vas pastor for twelve years. ..Icv. D,
Scudder, the missionary, is seriously Ill ut Al
bauy, n. l..... Mrs. Whitney, one of the pionee
missionaries. who left Boston for the Sandwich
Islands, in 1890, and who has not previous,,
lett the Islands, is now on her way to the Uni
ted States TO visit her friends, after en- absenc,
Of forty years. Rev. Charles Axtell is abou
to take formal leave Of the South Pres5yteriat
Church in Galcua, on account Of ill health.
The baptist Church Of Deloit hare giyen tht
Rer. Mr. Prentice. recently from Michigan, bu
who has been laboriug in Beloit for a shori
time, call to become their pastor. The vene
rab1e Rev. Joseph Penny, D. D., died at.hi.
residence in Rochester, New York, on the ED
inst. lie had been many years an iavalid from
paralysis. He became pastor Of the First Pres
byterian Church more than forty years ago
lion. E. II. Wright, of Wiliamsburgb, Mass
and formerly Secretary Of State Of TINT Com.
monwealth, has been admitted to the order oi
Dea:oas in the Episcopal Church, aud will com.
mence his ministratiops Mt Day ton. Ohio, imme-
diately -. Rev. G. F. Brayton. Of LaPorte, 1u-
diam, has accepted a call from the Baptist
Church at Valparaiso, in Porter County, in the
same State. :. Rer. II. D. Johnson has resigned
The pastoral charge Of the Baptist Church at
Roseville, Warren County, in this State. The
church gives notice that tLcr want a new pas
tor. Addfess Deacon E. Mitchell. j. Rev. Rob
ert Paul, Of Pennsylvania, has accepted call
from the FREQ Church Of the Atonement
at Milwaukee, and entered upon the per-
furmance Of his duties on Sunday last.
.-..Rev. Jonas Woodward, Of Cedar Rap
ids, Iowa, has accepted the cali Of tue Bap-
tist Church at Kaneyille in this State, where
ReE. Mr. Lansing has just resigned 1t is
stated that the Rev. Dr.. Huntington, who was
confirmed by Bishop Eastburn On Sunday last,
ut Cambridge, Mass, has accepted an invita-
ton to become rector Of new church to be
erected on the Back Bay lands, near the corner
ofArliugton and Marlborough streets, Boston.
The lot has been selected, and the building will
BE- commenced early ia the fall Of the present
year. Upwards Of thirty thousand dollars have
already been subscribed. Until the new church
is completed, the society will meet for worship
in some ono Of the halls of Boston. The most
active parties in the new movement are at pres
ent worshippcrs ut Trinity mud St. Paul's
Churches, aud Kings Chapel. This movement
has given occasion for much talk among the
Episcopalians, some Of the staunchest Of whom
question the propriety Of installing DR.. Hunt
ingtou over a new chareh md society until after
a'period Of probation.
SEw CHURCHES, &c.
A new Baptist Church was organized ut Vas
81. Goodhue county, Minnesota, on the 18th
inst, with - members. Tie day following it
was publicly recognized. This church ia COM
large Swedish aud Norwegian settlement. . j.
Thres thousand dollars hare been subscribed
at New Albany, Ind, towards the erection Of
an Unlsersalist Church. Subscriptions to the
amount Of s, 900 have been made in Lafayette.
Ind, toward the erection Of new Catholic
Church in that placc.-..A German Reform
ChurcI, was organized in Lafayette, Ind, on
the 18th inst. Rev. Mr.. Zurcbcr is Pastor,
There are about thirty members. il. IA floating
debt resting upon the Baptist Church at Jack
sonEll|o. in this Stale, amounting 10 some thir-
teen hundred dollars, las been lifted. .. The
Old School Presbyterian congregation at Nil
waukee, Of which Rey. J. H. Barnett is Pastor.
hare taken u building cn Second street, and
fitted it up for church "a new BAPTIST &c.
ciciy has been established at Kingston, Peoria
Co. The number Of members is twenty-sevcn.
Rev. 4 u. Gardner has charge of the church
....1n L1tchfield, ILL.,, d few months ago, twea-
ty.onc members Withdrew from the Presbyte-
rian Church, and organized On congregational
bssis. The new church has pastor, aud
maintains regular worship. The parent church
has, since the seces sion, received thirty-eisht
members, and has full house each Sunday. j.
Bishop Drownell, tue presiding bishop Of the
Episcopal Church in the United States, has
published letter announcing the canonical ad-
mission Of the Episcopal Church in Paris into
union with tic Episcopal Church of tile United
States.
nEy1vALs, &c.
There is somewhat Of an abatement in the
revival excitement, attributable, in great
measure, to the fiue Sprins weather, which
renders it necessary for farmers TO give
their almost undivided attention to the lalors
OF the husl,andman. Yet in many Localities the
good work continues with unabatcd interest,
N1c shall euleavor, in few weeks, to give an
approximate estimate Of the numbers who f,ayc
bec, brought into the Church in the North.
Western States during tbc past winter.
MISCELLANEOUS.
4 Convention ofIresbytcriaus has bceu held
in New York in reference to the Choctow mis-
hion, recently abandoned By tue American Board
because the converted Indians persisted in bold
Ing slaves The Convention resolved that "1he
existence Of slavery IN the community aud Of
shareholders in the church affords no ground
for the Withdrawal from them Of the GOSPEL" 4
resolution declaring more explicitly tGat slavery
Is consistent with Christianity was considered
too radical, perhaps too honest, aud it was
thought better to dodge the real difficulty by IN
egasinn. 4 committee was appointed to solicit
contributions to maintain the Choctaw church
e8.
There has been much excitement among the
leading missionary aud religious societies OF
England lately, caused by an e1rosure of fdefal-
cati3us aud uisaaanngcu'ents. The officers Of
these societies had been implicitly trusted for
years, because OF their rcii ious character, aud
the churches arr aston:shed ard indignant to tind
that they are human and need tue restraints
Of human motives like other men, None Of the
dcfulcn'ons arc large, aud the expenditure oi
money in conducting the operation of the sucie
ties, about Which there is muci, complaint,
would b. considered very moderate il, this
country. Que Of Ill: foreign missionary socie-
ties expends one one eleventh part Of its annual
receipts Tor nl.icess' salaries anl the home m..
chinery, a.d This is denounced rs n,custrous,
We use up half the proceeds Of some Of our bo
nevolent oper atoms in working the machinery
and make nothing oft. The English Chris.
tians seem 10 be very exacting in this matter 0,
economy.
MISCELLANEOUS.
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