The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-09-06
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.


To-day succeeding vacation OF many weeks
most OF the fashionable churches in the city will be
reopened for the fall and winter seasons. These OF
the extremely fashionable sort defer services for q
week two longer, as the leading members are yet
in the country at the watering places some other
resort OF the elite.
So far as we have been enabled to ascertain, the
pulpit stars Of the of 1868 will be retained.
some OF the lesser uminaries have received their
dlsmssals or have, by Divine interposition." been
translated to higher salaries,
We have not as yet been advised Of the engage.
ments in the musical departments OF the fashionable
cOnventicles. We understand, however, that ar
engagements have been made, but nothing positive
can be said as to possibilities with the leading ar
salaries in one or two churches that are sadly In
want Of sopranos, baritOnes, bassOs and tenOrs,
especially for solo, duet and quartet compositions.
Jealousy IN part induces the fnpreSd1fi OF many
OF our church chOirs to keep back their engagements
until the last moment; and consequently the general
musical world Is kept on the tenterh0ok OF expecta
tion-a most cruel proceedinE--as to the prime
do,sne of the religousnuscal world.
All the organs have been:thoroughly cleansed and
improvements made in many Of them during the va
cation, and in this department also several eminent
performers, excellent at fantasies and inspira
tional movements in the minor Key" always
golden one), VIII make their first appearance.
From what we have seen and beard we have ar
rived at the conclusion that the fashionable conven.
tices will be well and prOtably patrOnzed this fall
and winter The orators OF the pulat are all In
good voice, and as their salaries are prncey their
Dety Will DC IcTNent. vi COuTs6 SUCH vulgar GUS
toms prayer meetings and revivals are not toer-
ated in the fashionable religious world but 1t Is be-
ieved that, business being tolerabiy good, large
already at a premium in many Of the sacred edi.
cers a snS well as e pups VIII not be who"
their STARS" many Of them Of great magnitude.
Laus Dec.
Progress of Christianity In the United states.
We have received information Of the recent organ
izatIon Of eleven new Protestant churches, VIZ
Five Presbyterian including one in Chico, CAL, two
in North Carolina, one In Alabama and one IN Hous
ton MINI. Five Baptist societies have been recently
organized viz.:-One In st. Francisvile, No. one In
Cornth, Ky. (colored); Montezuma, Ind; Westmore-
land, H.; Birmingham, Iowa.
new Congregational church OF eighteen men,
bers was organized at windsor, Mo-, twenty miles
southwest Of sedalia, August o. Rev. Messrs. Tur-
ner, Newcomb and Bowers took part In the ser
vices.
The new Episcopal congregation, heretofore wor-
shipping in the Baptist church on Fifth avenue, near
127th street, will hereafter hold their services on
Fourth and 10th st rect On the go OF June
last they held their first regular meeting, az wncn
they elected their wardens and vestrymen, ana de-
cded to call their church the Holy TRINITY Churcn
OF Harlem. They have purchased four lots on ruin
avenue Of l25th street, one or the nncst loca
lions in TINS section Of The CITY, wne ae .e 70 Se
torship the Rev. william N Mcvickar, son Of Or.
Mcvickar OF this city, and now the assistant oi thc
Rev. Dr. S. II. Tying, OF st. Georges church.
correspondent Of the American FTeS0W'fIdh
writes that nowhere has the increase OF the Prespy
terrain church been more striking or interesting
than In the western section OF the. state. Inc
growth is steady uniform, permanent. or the
les 0S2 members. the churches OF THIS state embrace
r. no. three.sevenhs OF the whole; and IN Cehtra
and Western New York alone we nave 43,oy', Vi
little over one-fcurth OF our entire communion.
The Y. VI. G. A. or Lowell, Mass, carried on elgn
prayer meetings in the surrounding towns on re
cent Sabbath besides having two open air services
In the city ~ one OF which over thousand persons
| were present. =,
The Catholics are laboring among the freedmen "
Battmore IN their schools aud churches Wnlte ~,
black sit together The priests openly declare Wy
doctrine "that God makes no DISTINCTION anu 'h
Church cannotn
There IL a coOred population on the Paclhc coas
Of about hfecn thousand, with thirteen African ID
Il. churches already established aud pfosperne'
| New Catholic Churches.
| The new Catholic church OF Mater Doorosa II
| Pitts street, near Stanton and which has beer
| erected within the past twelve months by the Capu
! chin Fathers OF the order OF ST. Francis, VIII b
dedicated to-day 6th September with the usual i'm
| pressive ceremonies OF the catholic Church, ut te