Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-01-20
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hIC A4cCtiuSo haNO DSOA 1
teresting and successful.
Methodist.
The protracted meeting at the Ingle
Street church still continues, with
marked success. 1t has now been in
progress about three weeks, and during
that time there have been about seventy
FIVE conversions and accessions to the
Church. The faith Of believers seems
TO be greatly strengthened by the mani
fsstations of the spirit in convictiug and
converting sinners The exercises at
this church tomorrow, will, no doubt,
be very interesting. Mr.. Turner's sub
ject for the morning service will be
"The duty of Methodists in view of
their success"
Services in the Third street Charge as
usual. The pastors and laymen Of this
Church have been making special efforts
to raise additional subscriptions to COM
plsse the main part Of their church with
In the next six or eight weeks. We un-
derstaud that they are succeeding very
we'll. Near S., 900 have been subscribed
by liberal citizens during the week.
Some ten thousand dollars remain to be
provided for, before the building can be
fully completed.
The people of Centenary and Whitney
Churches, in Marietta, Ohio, will give to
the Centenary Fund $4,000. The az
gregate membership of the two charges
ia $40 This will average nearly twenty
six dollars for each member We APP
prehend few Churches will be found ex-
ceeding that liberality.
Revivals continue in the Methodist
Churches in all parts of the country.
We enumerate the number of CONVEX.
sions and accessioDs in some of the
Churches: La Fontaine, North Indi.
ana Conference, 49, Ridgsway, Detroit
Conference, A; Lima, North Indiana
Conference, 80; Timber Creek, Upper
Iowa Conference, %; Kansas City, No.,
&c; Undertook, Ill.,, 20; Lexington,
KY, from the NJ. e. Church South, IS
Mt. Eaton Circuit, North Ohio Confer.
ence, l01; Wooster, Ohio, As; Seventh
Street Charge, GAINESVILLE, Ohio, 81
Clarksville Circuit, Cincinnati (Ohio)
Conference, $50; Moorsville, Indiana
Luther M. Walters, Pastor, 100 CONVEX
sions and 70 accessions; Plainfeld, &c
conversions and ii accessions; Mount
Sterling Circuit, Southeastern Indians
Conference, 234; Berry Street Charge
TT. Wayne, 65; White Water Circuit
North Indiana Conference, 40 since
Last Conference Antwerp Station, 48;
Wheelersburg Circuit, Ohio Conference
100; Market Street Charge, Louisville
KY, so; Russslville, Holston Confer
ence, TO- ~
REVEALS IN THE EAsT--Thirtieth.
Street, New York, IA; WestvilIe, Conn.
81, Tomas River, N. J., SO; Port De-
post, Md, 60; Hollidayshurg, Penn
so; York Springs, East Baltimore Con,
ference, 100; Middleburg, Troy Con.
ference, so; .Middietown, Philadelphia
Conference, so; Milford Circuit, Della.
ware Conference, 100; Lumbertou, 40;
Weslfeld, Mass, 26; Botbbay Harbori
40.
GREAT CENTENARY MEETING OF TIE
GERMAN, METHoDIsrs IN CIEcIsNArI.-
The German Methodists of Cincinnati
Covington, and Newport, agreed tc
unite in Centenary meeting on the I'll
of January. They rented Greenwood
Hall, on the corner of Vine and Sixth
streets, and closed all their churches fol
morning and evening services. They
invited their countrymen through the
German daily papers, and brethren from
abroad through the ~ApOlogist Green
wood Hall, holding about 1900. was
crowded by 10, A M. Many had to
stand up, and the audience is estimated
at 1900.
DIR. Mast preached q Centenary dis
course in the morning. In the after
noon Centenary loVeleast was held in
Race-Sireet Church, which was packed
TO its utmost capacity. In the evening
Greenwood Hall was again filed, and
she attention of the large audience was
chained from o'clock to quarter af-
ter 10 o'clock Four platform speeches
were made, from thirty to forty minutes
each, inierspersed with fine singing.
The frat speaker-brother Wunderlich,
presiding elder Of the Cincinnati Ger
man district-spoke of the distinctive
features of the doctrinal system and
economy of Methodism; the second
brother Lich, the German missionary of
the Ladies Home Mission-of the prac-
teal effects of Methodism; the third
brother 81. Liebhsrt, assistant ed
itor Of the Christian Apologist--of
the relation of Methodism to sancti-
fed learaing, making special plea
for the endowment Of Biblical
school for the German ministry at Berea;
the fourth, Prot. Rothweiler, of Berea,
closed with answering the question, what
German Methodists have to do to make
Methodism as successful a reformation
among the German people as it has
proved among the people speaking Eng
liah.
= The meeting was not intended to take
mp subscriptions, but simply to open and
prepare for the Centenary meetings to
be held in each society. A good key
note was given. The plate collection
taken TO defray expenses amounted to
eighty-one dollars, and lefs good SUR
plus. Seyenty6ye persons. joined the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and the
good work is still going on. We have
all the old subscribers but one--a local
preacher-and a number of new ones.
shall keep up the canvass Western
Christian Adrocate