The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-01

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elsctins suitable psrsoa 70 al the vscancy &C.
casioned by the dsceass Of the late Bishop SCOTT
Of Oregon. -fs-~ = ~ ~
Brother A. Binga, who has been for twenty year.
pasror Of the Baptist church in Amhsrstburg}
Canada West, is now serving the Second eeIorsd
church in Richmond, Va. -
Brother waylandt Hoyt has been recognized al
pastor OF the "strong'' Baptist church In Brook
lyn. This Ia not understood to be cennectiod
with the hard shell" Baptists. -4
Brother William E. Park has been ordained -pas4
tor Of the Central Congregational church In Law
renee. Mass. -A-t
Archbishop McCloskey administered the saeraf
ment of confirmation on Wednesday in the Church
Of the Immaculate Conception, East FourteentU
street, to seven hundred and ninsty-six persons1
On Sunday, in the Church Of st. Vincent dc Paul.
West Twenty-third street. to one hundred persons
On Sunday, November II, no dedicated, ct Cold
Spring, the Church of Our Lady Of Loretto, which
has lately undergone very extensive repairing.
Rev. Thomas 8. Preston, pastor Of st. Ann's,i
lectures for the five Sunday evenings in Decembers
Brother E. N. Andrews. late of South Canaan
Conn.,, goes to the pulpit Of the Congregational
church at Kansas, Mo.
Rev. Daniel Johnson, who has left commence
able religious record, died at Fairport, N. Y.i
aged eighty-four.
Rev. A. N. Littlejohn, d. D., Is mentioned al
the probable Bishop Of the Long Island diocese. )
W. t. A.
Presbyterian church of Pittsburg, Pa. 4
Rev. William A. Ferguson goes to the Frss
Presbyterian church at Dubuque, Iowa.
Rev. Roswell Foster goes to the Congregational
church ct Nebraska City. 81
The growth Of Methodism in Newark, N. J., fol-
the past ten years, has been at the rate Of fifty
per cent.
|. A Presbyterian church has been dedicated o.
Ewing, N. j.
They have built parsonage for the pastor q
the Trinity Methodist Episcopal church, Newark
N. j., at cost OF Sc, 900. II
Rev. 7. N. Curry pastor Of Jane street Methof
dist Episcopal church in this city, has fully recov'
cred from his late protracted Illness.
Rev. and Mrs. Charles H. Plummer, Of Provi4
dence, R. l., celebrated their silver wedding on
Monday, Nov. 4. ~<
Rev. Newman Hall is to arrive in Boston to.mo1
row. on his way back to England. He 10 q
preach on Tuesday evening next at the Soutf{
Congregational church.
The Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, Of London, had
announced his intention of retiring from the PUBLIC
labors OF the ministry next summer.
The Rutgers Presbyterian church in this city
has given Q call to Rev. Nathaniel w. Conklinga
Of the Arch street Presbyterian church, in Ph1la4
delphia. -
There are now TWENTY-FIVE Protestant missionary
societies that are laboring in India. OF thesel
three are organized in Scotland. eight in England9
one In ireland, four on the Continent Of Europe
and nine in America. These societies maintaiq
about five hundred and fifty missionaries, and
expend annually in that country not far fron3
81, 250O A%f~
In the Robert College, at Constantinople, Of
which DIR. Hamlin is president, there are seventy}
six students of fourteen different nationalitiesS
There are twenty-five Armenians, sixteen Greek4
and thirteen Bulgarans, and smaller numbers Of
Turks, English, Italians, &c. ~
The l5Oth anniversary of the Congregational
church in Woodbridge, Conn.,, was celebrated
November 13
The recently published minutes Of the General
Association OF New York (CongregationaD give
tho number of churches of this order in the State
as 223, with 81 pastors and 1873 acting pastors The
total membership of these churches Ia Il 1885,
Bro. Daniel s. Ford has withdrawn from tho
Wdtcllrndn and Reflector.
The First Congregational church in Cincinnati
are making an effort to retain their pastor, Rev. III
NJ. Storrs, D. D., who has been called to Brooklyni
N. Y.
Rev. DR.. Long, missionary Of the Methodist
Board, has returned to Constantinople. His ver}
sion of the Bible into the Bulgarian language il
completed, and will soon be published by tho
American Bible Society.
DIR. Hepburn. missionary in Japan from the Press
byterian Board, has completed his Japanese dice
tionary, and is soon to begin the work Of translat
ting the Scriptures into the same language.
Rev. Hiram Mead, of South Hadley, Mass, REF
Gently dismissed from his passionate, has accepted
cali from the Olive street church in Nashuas
N. ii.
Rev. Samuel Cole, Of West Gloucester, Mass.
has accepted cali from the Congregational
church in Saybrook, Ohio. ssHr.E
Rev. David Peck. of Barre, recently dismissed
from the pastorate OF the Congregational churchj
has accepted call from Sunderland. Mass.
Mr.. C. B. Summer. Of the last class in Andove1
Seminary, has accepted q call from the Congrej
gational church in Monson. Mass, and is to begI
his labors there at the beginning Of the next years
Rev. Clarendon Waite, formerly pastor of the
Crombie street church, Salem, Is about to enter
upon his duties as professor of Rhetoric and Engi
lish Literature in Beloit College, Wisconsin. 4
The First Congregational church in Charlestown,
has just cleared off q debt of Il, 900, and by tho
kindness of an individual in Boston is soon to have
. chime Of sixteen BELLS costing 5000.
Rev. H. A. Nelson, d. D., of st. Louis, and Rev.
f. ID. Morris, ID. d., of Columbus, Ohio, prominent
ministers Of the New School Presbyterian church,
have accepted calls to two vacant profcssorshipf
in Lane Seminary, Ohio.