The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-11-07

ElGer James Peters, OF the Dutch Reformed Church;
Cumberland PresbytsrlSn Church.
rather rather Blake %. 81. Of indianapolis. Ind then
important committee, -
After making some arrangements for the photo.
oFd TpSR R by the Rev. Dr. 0"W
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL ANNrvRRsARrEs-
TIoN soc1ETYH II 9F O'CLOCK ts ve5
large and interested audience n the Church
Chestnut streets the occasion being the anniversary
OF the hvhngeliGal Education Society OF the Protes
Jay Cooke Esq, the President of the Society, pre-
d pain iSlowed @ By prayer The General Secretary
Amer noticing the fact that while there were in the
the lapse OF ten years found the Church with even
fewer candidates, the report calls attention to tue
alarming insdequacy Of ministerial force to the
great work before The Church." The aims and objects
the report find the following expressive sentence
I've maintain the Protestant principles or our
Protestant Episcopal Church, distinguished from
communion. the Reformed Catholic ChuTch.'H O''
.o he SoGey Ky was % %g1gan zed ~ pecem5er 1885, and
society was merged with It, and its work commenced
with he care 9r the tweny-eIght bene1clarles
financial operations up to October ist-
BbSiSslPss l5S% AL 1854 90
so7ess4
During the year ne following number OF students
have been aided by the SOce VI
In the Divinity School, West Philadelphia. "a
In In H" the TbeoiosicS Seminary Of Virgin
In Philadelphia Cat the University, 6; In PreparR
IN offiyriswold COLLEGE, " Iowa: =
In New York, under special larrangements......,..7
In PRINCETON
In the MISSION
In Mobile, under private instruction ....... ....
Total 100
The report closed with earneBJ appeal for the aid
OF the Church. both by Its prayers and contributions
Aier the reading of the report had been concluded.
the Rev, Samuel Clark. OF New Jersey stated that in
the present condition OF the Episcopal ministry, II II
did not increase, IL would run out in thirty years.
He made some causiic remarks about the cOmpeu-
saton paid to ministers, and maintained that not
half OF them could meet their xpenses the end OF
each year; that they were not properly suppOrted
that was hard to young men to be candidates
for the ministry when the Church holds out such q
poor support,
He objected to the amount named of three or four
hundred dollars q year for the maintenance of 8
young during his course Of study for the gospel
ministry, and thought 1t should be doubled,
Remarks were made upon the same subject by
Bishop Eastburn, of Massachusetts, the Rev. DR.
Howe, Of. Philadelphia, the Rev. Mr.. Lowndesbury
the Rev. Mr.. Claxton, and others,
The meeting was still in session when our reporter
left the Church. The officers Of the Society are as
Jay Cooke, ESQ.,, President; Rev. Robert j. ParvIn
c. neral Secretary; "A brRham Ritter ESQ., treasurer
ce.Presideuts-Right Rev. NJ. Eastburn, ID. D., o.
MassR chusetts; jeremiah Fl. Taylor ESQ. OF CunneC
tiCut; Robert II, Ives, esq. OF EhOda Island; Rev
S: II. Tying D. D., of New York; John ID. Wolfe, Esq.
Right Rev. Alfred Lee, n. ID or Delaware Righ
Rev; John Johns d: ,ofVirginia; Right Rev. g. z
Be D. Of Ohio; 5 Rebt Rev Re5o FL kS9t W Le ey % g.
of Iowa; X ght Rev. Thomas II. Vail, u. D., OF Kan
sas: Rev. William Preston, D. d. ofPittsburg.