The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-06-05

Mission HOuee Ia Me- York or else where. When
the missionaries leave ior the foreign missions
they trst stop at New York Tor a te days. They
return sick and weary, and they must rest as
soon as they touch land. The time is coming
when the Church Will send miss onary wee6,
and when from necessity one will be coming
home monthly, and the Church must pro Tide
mission house. This Is the only connectio nal
and monumental interest in whicn the Church
will be called to invest its funds. II the Church
Will enter into these purposes, with what sure
groundwork can 1t enter upon the second CEN
tury tor the destiny Of Methodisml If ii docs,
the year must be the most successful OF its exist
ence and the Church will make an advance tar
onward in the evangelization OF the world.
Bishop Simpson followed, and described the
progress Of MethOdism during the past century,
In 1856 there were S00,327 souls members aud
probat onists in the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Since That date nearly million OF probationsts
have been reported. During the same time about
80 600 deaths have been reported The meeting
adjourned, with the benedlction by Rev. Antony
Atwood.
The annual celebration of the Tabernacle
Sunday School, Chesnut street. west Of b gh.
teenth, will be held on Wednesday (to-morrog)
evening, at o'clock A splendid programme
has been furnished for the exercises OF the
evening
The Woodland Presbyterian Church, Twenty.
fourth Ward has given call to Mr.. Ratclide,
member OF the last graduating class in Princeton
Seminary.
The Sabbath School Of the Memorial Presby-
teIian Church, southwest corner OF Twelfth and
Montgomery avenue, was organized last Sunday.
The family OF Mr.. Grocer, late OF Chester, Pa,
have given in trust to the Baptist Publication
Society, $4,000, as a missionary memorial tor
the literary ana theological instruction of freed
men, by means Of books and missionaries.
The Seventh Presbyterian Church in this city
(Rev. DR.. Crowells) received tWenty-tWo per
sons on profession Of faith last Sunday. OF this
number SIX were baptized.
The Rev. r. G. Evans has been elected rector
of the Church Of the Messiah (P. E.), Port Rich
mond.
Letters have been recently received from
Naples, stating that the health and strength OF
Bishop Stevens are steadily increasing.
THE BOARD OF SURvEYs.-A stated
meeting of the Board of Surveys was held yes
terday morning, President Kneass IN the chair.
Mr.. Thomas DAILY Jr., recently elected a mem
Der OF the Board to oil the vacancy occasloned
by the death OF his father, assumed the usual
eath of office, and took his seat
Deed OF dedication for a street in the Twenty
sixth Ward, to be called South Marshall street,
was read and referred to the City Solicitor.
A communication asking for a sc yer on Ninth
street, from Reed to Moore, was upon motion,
referred to Mr.. Close, that he might inform the
petitioners OF the proper mode of application.
An application of Edwin Kirk patrick, eXecu-
tor of the estate of David Kirkpatrick, tor
drain on Arch street, between Fourth and Fifth,
was referred to a committee who reported ad.
verse 10 the petition, as It will require a larger
sewer than than is asked for. The resolution
A deed Of dedication for Grant street, in
the Twenty-slxJh Ward was referred to Mr..
DAILY, Jr.
An application for sewer on Cuba street
between Morris and Moore, was referred 10
committee, who reported a resolution autho-
rizing teninch Yltrihed pipe at expense of
petitioners. Agreed to.
A resolution authorizing a two feet siX-inch
sewer, inlet and manhole on Alder street, be-
tween Poplar and Grard avenue, was agreed to-
In the matter OF the application for a sewer
on Jefferson street, between Thirteenth and
Broad, several remons frances we're presented
when the committee to whom the petition was
referred explained away the ground of remon-
STRANGE.
resolution authorizing two feet six inch
sewer, inlet, and manhole, on Rhoads street,
between Eighteenth and Nineteenth, was
agreed to.
The committee on petition for sewer on Oxford
street, from MIillln to west side of Sixth street.
presented report and resolution authorizing q
three feet sewer, which was agreed 10.
| A resolution authorizing a tWofeet siXinch
sewer, and one inlet, one manhOle on Market
street, from Forty-drst to Wyoming, was
agreed to.
On motion, the matter of the reduction of
width Of PoWelton avenue was taken up.
| Mr.. Miller moved that the cons liberation of
the case be postponed until the next stated meet
ing and that the parties interested be advised
OF the action of the Board. Agreed to.
! The RO0rd then a0iOurun1.