The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-28
BAPTIST.

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The Baptist churches in Rochester have
gathered largely from the late revival. This is
particularly true of the First Church, into whose
fellowship 1872 persons have been baptized since
last November The accessions by letter have
also been numerous, making the total additions
about 20O and the entire membership some $50.
Rev. Reuben JefTery, d. D., has been ap.
pointed to the Presidency of the new Baptist
College at Ottawa, Kansas A really noble
beginning has been made in founding the college
at Ottawa.
Rev. DR.. H. C. Fish, of the First Baptist
church, Newark, has been Warded the premium
of $1OO offered through the American Board of
Commissioners for Foreign Missions, last au-
tumn, for the best essay, of four newspaper
colGmns in length, on christian Activity."l
Rev. George G. Lorrimer Of Louisville, KY,
is cordially called to the pastorate of the Pilgrim
Baptist Church of New York city.
Rev. G. H. Brigham, late pastor of the Bap-
tist church in Homer, NJ Y, is appointed district
secretary of the Missionary Union for Ohio and
Indiana, with Dayton for his residence.
The Trustees of Madison University have
rendered an informal invitation to Rev. DR..
Weston, of the Madison Avenue Baptist Church,
TO become President of the college.
Professor Lucius +. Smith, of LeWisburg
University Is to be editor of the new Baptist
quarterly to be issued by the Publication So
oiety.
CONGREG ATIoNAL.
The Maine Annual Conference met recently
at Bath. Its report shows only about one hun
dred selfsupporting churches in the State;
about one hundred and forty five need the hand
of charity to keep them up; some seventy or
eighty must larguish and die unless largely
asslsted extinction seems to be the inevitable
doom of quite number. OF ministers laboring
with the churches there are l65, of whom Ga
are pastors, and lOl stated supplies.
Rev. DR.. Wadsworth, of San Francisco, has
received call from the Third Church (Dr
Cleveland's), in New Haven. He has also had a
call 20 this city, with a proffered salary of
$4,000. W'ft
Rev. Almond Barrelle for the past three
years a missionary to Central City, Colorado
where, under adverse circumstances, he esta.
blished a promising church-was warmly well
coined to the pastoral charge Of the Second
Church, Brooklyn, on Friday evening of last
week.
Rev. Samuel Hopkins, the author OF the
''History OF the Puritans," after a long vacation
from the ministry, is to supply the church in
Standish, Me.
Rev L. f. Matson, OF Madison, Wis, has
been invited to ne pastorate of the Plymouth
Church IN Chicago, to succeed DR.. Kitchel.
Rev. p. BoYnton, of the Congregational
Church at Washington, denies the truth of a
report that his church has Presbyterian
leanings."
Rev. D. A. Wasson, pastor of the Twenty
eighth Congregational Society, Boston (for
merly Rev. Theodore Parker's) has resigned his
charge.
Rev. @. p. Alender, OF New London, has
been Installed as pastor of the Congregational
Church in Southampton. Mass.
RPIsooPALIAN.
The Bishop OF Calcutta has found a new
way of collecting funds for missionary purposes
With the notices of the halt-yearly meeting
which have just been sent out to the share
holders in the DELHI andlPunjab Railways, DR.
Cotton has had circular forwarded stating thai
great spiritual destitution prevails among the
railway employees, which at present is slmos
lnseparable from their isolated position.
--The Bishop of New York recently held al
ordination in the Church Of the Annuneiation
in Fourteenth street, upon which occasio OF
Reverend John F. Potter, Reverend ALFRED
Goldsborough, assistant at Grace Church. ant
Dr. Hoffman, of Brooklyn Heights, were OF