The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-03-09
RELIGIOUS.
PRESBYTERIAN.

A. NJ, ana i5 Z. NJ
A Bible Glass for gentlemen has
been commenced in the back parlor
of the Walnut Street Presbyterian
Church; it is held every Sabbath
morning at 9 o'clock. Besides the
regular members, the class is open to
any gentlemen who desire casually to
drop in, and to any strangers who
may wish to spend an hour in study
ing the word of God. 1t is desired
that these studiesof Christian truth"
may be carried on in a free CONVEX
sational way.
Cumberland Presbyterian Sabbath
School meets at o'clock Regular
service at 103 A. M, and at P. M
Preaching by the Pastor, Rev. J. O..
Bowdon.
In the Sabbath School is an inter
esting Bible Glass, conducted by the
Pastor. Young gentlemen are invited
to join this class. No more pleasant
and useful mode of passing Sabbath
morning can be found, than in the
careful study of the Scriptures.
Presbyterianism seems to be on the
advance in the city of Brooklyn.
Theodore L. Cuyler writes to the last
Evangelist in the following strain:
The birth of new church may be
of more consequence in the eye of
God, than the birth of king. Last
evening meeting was held in the
Prospect Park chapel on that
sloping hillside of Brooklyn that
reaches up to the new park-to organ
ize the eighth New School Presbyte-
rian Church of this city. About
thirty earnest workers-nearly all of
them members of our Lafayette Ave-
nue. fock-banded themselves togeth-
er and chose their first Board of Trus-
tees. We shall probably give them
the neat chapel in which they met as
their " capital with which to start in
business. The young organization
takes the name of the Memorial
Presbyterian Church, /" in commence
ration of the great revival work
among US last year. Over the new
born church hangs star of hope as
bright as that which shone upon the
hills of Bethlehem. ~
During the last month another
promising enterprise has been set on
foot, under the auspices of Brother
Robinson's church and our own ON
Gates Avenue near Classon. They
meet for the present in school-room.
Before the spring is over this ninth
church will be added to the constel-
lation of fixed stars" that shed their
pure Presbyterian light on this COM
munity. This last has been pros
porous year beyond all precedent
with the Brooklyn Presbytery.
Rev. Albert Barnes has just closed
a course of lectures on the Evidences
of Christianity in the. city Of New
York. They are delivered in the
same way as the celebrated hampton
Lectures in England, and the Park
Street Lectures in Boston. These
were through the bequest of veal
thy layman, who made provision in
his will for an annual course upon
some important religious subject.
There has been very general de-
sire expressed to have them in print
They arevery exhaustive, and traverse
the whole wide sea of objections, even
to the latest forms of scepticism. 4 { 81 :
The committees of the two General
Assemblys of the Presbyterian
Church, on the subject of an organic
+ union between the two branches
Old School and New-closed three
days session in New York City, on
Friday, the 22nd instant. The spirit
Z Of this meeting was very cordial and
fraternal, and if it exemplifed the
spirit of the whole of the two
Churches, the day of reunion is not
far distant. They meet again, in the
early part of May, to determine on q
final report.
aa The Centenary of the introduction
of Presbyterianism into Western
Pennsylvania, was celebrated by large
meetings held in Pittsburg, from the
18th to the 14th of February
Eighteen Presbyteries were represent
ed. The time was taken up in remi-
niscenees and historical statements Of
the early times in PENNSYLVANIA. aa@1
Revivals are said to be going on in
the Presbyterian Churches of Thorn.
town and Seymour, in this State; also
in Plymouth and Lodi, in the State Of
Illinois. In the former place sixty