The New York herald., 1866-07-22
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
Services To-day.

| Services To-day.
| Rev. Dr. Deem, editor Of the New York Wd,chman
will preach this morning in the chapel of the University
| Washington square.
At St. AIMS Free church, Eighteenth street, near
Fifth avenue, Rev. Foster Ely will preach half past
O'Clock in the moning and halfpas O'Clock
| in the evening Rev. Or. Gllaudet will preach at half
past o'clock in the morning and past three
O'Clock in the aftenoon-the afternoon service beng
| for deaf mutes.
Rev. VIM. p Corbit will preach in the morning and
evening at the Methodist Episcopal church in seven
teenth street, between First and Second avenues.
There will be services at the Pilgrim Baptist church.
in West Thirty third street. morning and evening" Rev.
Halscy W. Knapp officiating.
Rev. X. G. Quenne, the rector, win preach to-day
morning and evening, in the Memorial church. corner
OF Hammond street and Waverley place.
At the Free Wiil Baptist church, in Seventeenth
street. west Of Sixth avenue, there viii be preaching by
the pastor in the morning. Sunday school in the after
noon, and prayer meeting in tho evening.
Rev. Edward Q. Flagg breaches this morning in the
Church OF tho Resurrection Thirty fifth street. near
Sixth avenue.
There will be preaching by the pastor Of the Central
Presbyterian church, Rev. James Dunn the chapel,
Palace Hall, Sixth avenue, between Fortylrst and
Fortysecond streets, Mt four O'Clock the afternoon,
and in the church Boome street, Broadway, at
ten in the morning and at hapast seven in the
evening
Rev. Dr. Hatfield will preach this morning in the
Broadway Tabernacle church.
Bishop Snow. OF Mount Zon breaches this afternoon
in the University, Washington square, Subect-tsThe
Nail in Sure Place.
At Dodworth Hail. before the Spntualsts Rev. T. C.
Benning, formerly minter Of the Methodist Episcopal
church. will discourse morning and evening.
Professor Hasselgus President OF the Augustine Lu
theran Synod, in thn West win preach this morning ii
hal-past ten o'clock in tho Swedish language in the
Twenty second street, Third avenue All Scandi-
cordially invited listen tho discourses
Of this celebrated divine, who can only remain few
days In the city.
Miscellaneous.
There now In Vermont hundred and ninety
one Congregational churches, with aggregate men,
bcrship Of 2,571 Two churches those in Mount Holly
and Cuttngssile have come extinct within the year.
and two others Fairfax and shcbune, good as
dead. Thir ytwo churches, OF which twonty
We eas sde Of The m9untan, have had seasons Of spe
powerful revivals The fruits OF these reyya's have
not yet been gathered into the churches and The add
tons by profession have been only 552 fw less an
in The previous year. Sxtythroe churches received no
additions whatever by profession Thirty six are desii.
tute Of preachers o which eighteen are Aey 70 necone
extinct At the same time there are forty ministers
without pastoral charge There are seventy-sx pastors
twelve OF whom hav5 been settled within The wear. The
average aggre ate attendance upon public worship -
14907 about onc-fourteenth OF the whole popuaiioa
on tue side OF the mountain than on the east
much attention has been gwen TO making houses Of
worship attractive. house has been completed in
Burlington of $4,000; in Milton at
expense Of S15 000 aud house Is now building
l IN Rpton. -Four parsonages have been built.
new ediice is to be erected for tho Congregational
Seminary OF Chicago. Il viii cost about one hundred
thousand dollars and will have front o. ono hundred
and hy-lve feet. twill have chapel, library, i've
lecture rooms with professors studies ADJOINING and
rooms for hundred and six Students. which. with
the rooms in Keyes Hail. will accommodate about
hundred and sixty The edhce, when erected, viii be
of the finest buildings of the Northwest monument
the bcraty and enterprise Of the denomination, and
| distinguished ornament to the city OF Chicago.
| Tho fortcth annual meeting Of the General Confer.
enco OF the Congregational churches OF Maine was held
L fho nd
100 selsupportng churches In the state about l45 need
the hand OF charity TO keep them up extinction seems
10 c the inevitable doom OF quite number or minis
tors aborn ing with the churches there 1885, Of whom
"a pastors and l0l stated supplies, less than last
changed places or churches there arc PSI, having
| been added and dropped from the roll. To these
churches 87G have been added by profession 225 by let
ter making total Of additions OF s2o 324 have deceas
cd $40 been dsm ssed % excommun Gated; leaving an
excess gain, OF S3 50j adults have been baptized
and l7a infants Total Of membership 1889; 5so4 Of
whom are males aud 10 525 fcma,cs 81 42J teach
gain Of Us sa54is have been contributed for various
benevolent Objects nm apparent loss as compared with
the report OF 1865. Of $l,T72.
l The new Mission House, in West Philadelphia was
opened June IL. Bishop Payne presided at the meet.
Ing. Tue students had already arrived from Gambler,
Lee Of delaware, and Payne. Of Africa Rev Dr. Howe
and Rev Mr. Auer made addresses The institution thus
has already been amply provided for by friends
| In Philadelphia aud elsewhere.
The new Third Presbyterian church OF piilsburr met
with serious accident ON July D. by the falling IN of
| the Taftcrs OF the dome. To repair this viii
outlay OF from $4,000 to $10,0 ,0o0 and delay Of
two months IN the completion of tho building, which Will
be one Of the finest In the country.
The Pennsylvania Synod at its recent meeting resolved
upon the appointment Of n committee TO prepare and
Issue fraternal address 20 all Evangelical Lutheran
synods ministers and congregations In the United States
and Canada which confess the urstcrcd Augsburg Con-
fesson inviting them to unite In convention for the
purpose OF forming union OF Lutheran synode. The
committee appointed 10 vst the Allentown ollcgiaic
Institute presented their report, and expressed them
selves highly eraacd with the progress and prospects o
that institution They also recommended that the synod
should the control Of the institution The report
OF tho directors Of the Theological Seminary in Phadel-
pha, speaks in glowing terms Of tho encouraging pros
poets OF the inst tuition Most Of the students VIII DO
abc 20 preach the Gospel in both languages. Eighty
thousand dollars subscribed OF which sixty i've
| thousand dollars already yield revenue
Seventeen young men graduated at the recent annver.
sary OF tho Methodist Biblical Institute at Con-
| cord, ". II.
The Methodist denominations in the Unitcd states
| l. Tho Methodist Episcopal Church. 2 The Methodist
Episcopal Church, South. 3. The wesleyan Methodist
| Church. 4 Tho Methodist Protestant Church. o. The
Methodist Free Churches 0. The Primitive Methodist
| Church. T. The Independent tor. Congregational
| Methodist Church. 8 The African Methodist Episcopai
| Church. Q The African Methodist Episcopal Zion
Church. 10 The Evangelical Association tAorightsl.
The Just published lfty-cghth annual report OF the
Pennsylvania Bible Society shows that tho total receipts
the present year 200 gs; disburscmcnts so
OH o. The society circulated ~ STA Bibles, 40, p03
Tcstamcns This Is an increase over last year In the
number OF Bibles OF 7iqo, and In Tcstamcnts 14,3lI
Tho total circulation the organization OF the society
has been 2, ,024, ,o6i bibles and Testamenis.
An Autniciu EitppinT sp0T