, 1860-04-14
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RELIGIOUS MATTERS.

RELIGIOUS MATTERs.
MINISTERIAL CHANGES, ETC.
Rev. Mr.. Woodayd, Of st. Paul, Man., has
accepted the call of the Episcopal Society ut
Rochester, Wis, and will commence his labors
on the 1st of May. Elder Knapp, the ce1ebra-
ted Baptist revival preacher, is lsboring at Mr..
Kulloch's Church, fremont Temple, Boston, but
with indifferent SUCCESS. .Rer. Il. R. Prentice.
late of Schoolcraft, Mich, has accepted call
from the Baptist Church, Be1oit, Wis. .Rev.
A. Handy, for several years pastor Of the Bap-
tist Society at Paw Paw, Nick, has resigned his
place md accepted a call from the Baptist
Church at Bay City. .Rer>'E. S, Davis wasor-
dained aud installed ovcr the Presbyterian
Church ut Battle Greek, Mich. on Sunday last.
Rev. John Lewis, pastor Of the Congregational
Church at plattcsrille. Wis, has been COM
PEELED By declining health to tender his resigna-
ton. :. Rev. n. II. Eggleston has resigned the
charge Of the Union Congregational Church Of
Madison, Wis. Rev. F. Barber, Of Napervillc
Inns accepted all invitation to the charge Of the
Congregational Church At Geneva in this State.
... .Rcr. S. ". Jones, Of Augusta, Mich, is
about starting for Europe. to be absent six
mouths. He goes with the consent Of his
church 49, The vacancy in the Baptist Church
at Macomb, McDonough County, has baen filled
By the settlement Of the Rev. J. o. Metcaif, late
Of Parson. j.. The Baptist Church Of Llttlet1e1d,
Montgomery County, Illinois, having nc
centcA the resignation Of Rev. W. H. D.
johnson, want pastor to fill his
place. Address ]. Il. Sharp. .Mr. joel L'nds'
lev Of uiltsboro', ILL.,, was ordained On Sunday
last as minister in the baptist Church -...M Mr.
Caleb OdeIl was ordained minister Of the pap-
list Church at Hoosicr Prairie, Clay county, on
the 18th ult. .Eey. ]. N. Cochran resigned
the pastoral charge Of the Baptist church in
Bataria. Iane county, on the last Sunday in
March. The church has since unaaimously
requested him to withdraw his resignation. Mr..
C, has uo. get announced his decision. .-..kev.
]. williams, Of Whitewater, Wis, has accepted
n call from the Baptist caurch in Delayan, in the
same S ,ate.. . .Rey. Il. ". Henry closed his
connection with the South Presbyterian Church
in this city on Sunday last.
NEW cuuncnEs. &c.
The First Presbyterian Church in Spring
field, II :ch., was dedicnted Oh the 29th ult-...-
The German Bapiists Of St. Joseph, Mich, src
building new church. The lot WAS donated to
them by the Common Council Of tlat city,.
The members Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church at New Buffalo, Mich, have determined
to build houzc Of worship at IN expense OF
81 200. The Ricbnond, {lnd) Eroad A<<
says that the Irish Catholics Of that place have
bought the English Lutheran Church and its
fixtures for $4,000 aud will turn it into Catho-
lie church, German Catholics Of thct town have
also church. The corne. stone the Reformed
Dutch Church, to be erected on the corner Of
Brady and 1lth streets, Davenport, Iowa, was
laid on tic 18th inst. -At osceola, in this
State, in February last, a Baptist Church, with
eleven members was organized; and on the
esd Of March, Congregational Church, with
sixteen members, was organized. 1.-The Chris
tian Church Of Okaw, Shelby county, hare
commenced measures for the building Of new
church in Shclbyyillc. It is to be built'of brick,
and of handsome style Of architecture. "a
new Congregational Church in jackson. Mich,
is approaching completion. Tie Episcopa-
lians III Sioux city, Iowa. are just commencing
the erection Of n new church edIfcc.. The
new Presbyterian Church at Clinton, ILL.,, will
be dedicated tomorrow. -. The Baptist Taber-
naclc Church Congregation at Grand Rapids,
Mich, have secured an eligible 10! for the erec-
| ton Of new church, and the enterprise will be
| Immediately prosecuted to completion. "a
new church recently erected by the l'resbyte-
rians in Oakland, Mich, was dedicated on the
.?th ult. ..A new Baptist Church just COLL
| pletcd in Chester, Wabashaw county, slinn., has
been recognized by the council.
| MISCELLANEOUS.
/ BAPTIST CONVENTIONAL general convention
Of the Baptist Churches i'll tire Northwest is an
nounccd 10 be held ut Indianapolis Oh the third
| Wednesday in MAY, for the purpose Of perfect
iny III organization to provide for the establish
ment and maintenance Of Theological Semi
| nary.
| The safe arrival Of Rev. Messrs. johnson
and Sawtelle, with their wives, ut Hong Kong,
I in seventy nine days from New York, anu forty
iot.r from Sau Francisco, is announced.
Tho baptist force Of California consists OF
| tittr-1hree ministers, ordained and licensed,
liftv-four churches. md one thousand eig ht hun
dred and fifty commandments.
Tho superintendent Of Baptist colportage
ia Virginia has instructed tue book agent Of The
SUNDAY School aud Publication board to send
back all the copies Of Surgeons sermons or
desed for baptist colportcrs.
SeuruERS A1p.-A number Of tue New York
merchants hayc presented the Central Presby
teriau church Of Atlanta, which has just beer
| dedicated, fine organ Of beautiful finish, will
| two rows of keys and eighteen stops. Atlanta
| it will be remembered, is the town in which tht
| virtyous lialab.eton pnblished the Black ant
White Lists"
/ Tho IIcsdo1idnSsays 600 comulunicants
40 pastors, and 20 homo missionaries we're pre-
sent ut the last annual meeting Of the kRrcl
Association in Bassein, i'nr1nah. The contrl
buttons Of the chprchcs the past year to the ra
rious benevolent objects, had been more abun
iant than in former years. The temporal con
and q corresponding beneTolrnce appears /
Keep pace with the advance.
NuraAu.-Ds. Biuncy writes from kamen
t dine in rotation 10 AIs Theological School. q
| the tl(ty pupls who werc in tue school It t.
) opening Of the dry season, all but seventeen bt
sides the teachers had lett, alarmed at the "
pcarancc of the cholera in the Seminary. D'
Kinney finds reason for encouragement IN th
| fact hat SC sa-av were willing to run tile risk c
the disease Tor the s9kp q continuing thel
stI-::.saa. :.
-!1r. Bennett, from Maulmain, ,raports 'o'
: the ban which bad been placed on the distrib,
tion Of books ID Hurmah. has been removed
The present Ling. and TINT there is now no hi1
dzance to the diffusion Of Scriptures and tract
in that country. The demand for school-book
, is still on the increase, and wide aud ope
field is presented for the instruction Of Il
young
Frauds In Trade.
When renp!e read that the gold watclcs ths