The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-08-09
THE GATE CITY
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RELIGIOUS ISTELLlGEhCE.


The Fulton Stree, daily Prayer Meeting
New York, which las been conducted since
September, 1857. IN the room adjoining thu
Fulton Church. has Of late been 20 over
crowded that it has been decided hence
forth to hold the meetings IN the Soust
| Church.
Some gentlemen IN New York city saye
raised $50, 900 TO endow DR.. McCosb 9 chair
in Princeton College, securing him $4,000
| year, and leaving the present salary ~ = re-
| iirins pension to Or. Mel can. Robert l..
i Stuart gave $40 0OO; John A. Stewart gave
hslf as much, and Robert Bonner half a
/ much us he. Robert Carter. who i thought
| 10 be ri The bottom Of the movement, .
| raised SO 900 more to furnish the new Presi-
dents ho,se.
The expulsion Of Mr.. George Fl. Stuart
| for The ofenee Of uniting with embsrs OF
| other churches in singing h, INNS as we'll AS
/ psalms has not resulted tremendously. The
PHtsburg presbytery, meeting on June 18th,
reeoive ed that 1--WE do hereby suspend our re-
| lation to said synod until the aforesaid action
be rescinded, or Until We obtain further
light -Four members who voted against
this action gave notice that they would ad-
here TO the synod, and cl.im the name aud
records Of the presbytery.
Rev J. F. Ullman, Of the American
Presbyterian Mission. writes with warm in-
terest 10 regard 10 = class OF sixteen students
Who have been several months under his
care: more than half OF them are very
promising young men. They study with .
will, snd all OF them arc making progress.
The practical exercise of preaching in the
baxsrs aud villages % combined With their
regular studies; and trust, with the Lord 8
blessing upon us, We shall obtain some able
workmen. while even those Of less ability
will become better fitted for their work "
Why would it not be equally profitable IN our
American schools Of the prophets if those
who are in training for the work Of the min
preaching in villages and hamie,s, Ur in
msrket-places. thus Systematically, com
bined With their regular studies?
The Baptist Church At Vallejo, Caiifor-
MIA, calico council Of churches, with view
to the customary recognition, presenting as
its creed the Philadelphia Confession Of
Faith'' Of 1859, but, beng Open Conmun-
ion, the council refused TO recognize it as
Irregular Baptist Church" The spare
Hour, newspaper, Of San Francisco says:
= The invitation to the Lords Supper, ex
tended by Baptist churches III California, is
far from being uniform. Many OF the church
e. invite members of sister churches of the
Same faith and order. Others invite only
their ewa me.nhsra One al least in this
city invites Immersed believers of any Evan
aeiseal denemiassien. Another in the city
invites members OF every Evangelical church
in good and regular standing. One or two in
the State invite all who love our Lord Jesus
Christ"
According to report in the New York
Sun, al the recent laying Of the corner
stone OF Jewish lenp.s at Cine .nnati, the
kAobi Llienthsl delivered discourse deny
ing that I.rselitss Of the present age dream
Any longer shout restoration ~ Palestine
and . Messlsk crowned with diadem OF
earthly power and glory. .Am.rica, be
said, rs our Palestine here is our ZION and
Jerusalem; Washington and the signers Of
the glornous DeclAfnilon OF Independence,
u universal human tight liberty and hsppi
ness. are our Messiah; and the time when
their doctrines will be recognized aud carried
into effect all over the world, is the time so
hopefully tur-told by our great prophets.
" hen men will live together united 10 broth
erly love, peace, justice aud mutual benevo>
l~nce, then the Messiah has come indeed. and
The spirit Ut the lord will have been revealed
to ali his creatures, =