The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-08

more the great want of laborers. Our Bethel
Seminary, or theological School, has just closed
its second year, and the teachers, as we'll as the
pupils, have gone out during the summer vaca-
ton to their respective fields of labor.n
The Baptist church at Vallejo, CAL, called
council OF churches, with view TO tho Gus
tomary recognition, presenting as its creed the
Philadelphia Confession OF Faith,n of 1889;
but, being open communion, the council refused
to to recognize 1T as a regular Baptist church."
The Spare Hour, newspaper, of San Francisco,
says:-' The invitation TO the Lords Supper,
extended by Baptist churches in California, is
far from being uniform. Many of the churches
faith and order. Others invite only their own
members. One at least, in this city, invites
immersed believers of any evangelical denomi-
nation. 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"
The Rev. BIr. Elder, of Orange, New York,
received tiatterng call from the Madison
Avenue Baptist Church. This is one OF the
commanding churches in New York, and the
salary was put at $4,000; But Mr.. Elder has
now one of the best settlements in the church.
He has declined the New York call, and will
remain with his present charge.
The Rev. W. E. Chambliss, of Mississippi,
has been called TO the First Baptist Church,
Wilmington, North Carolina.
EPISCOPAL.
The ReUiodl paper, July 16th, enters its
caution against Unsatisfactory Bvangelists,n
such as "briDg the name OF Christ into dscredit,n
and who had far better be earning their living
in some useful trade;" and urges the people not
to sanction unknown persons who give no proof
either OF their ability to preach or of their con-
sistencY OF life. Mrs II. g. Guinness wTites:-
''Mr Guinness is now laboring at Haverford-
west. where he has congregations of 1000 or
5000 in the open air. Last night the chapel was
filled at our atter-meetng, and the vestry with
anxious inQuirers. There seems an eager thirst
after the truth hereabouts, and the Lord blesses
the work.
"A person connected with Surrey Chapel
bears this testimony to the fruits of Mr.. Ham
mond's labors among children in London last
year:-"More than year has now elapsed since
MIR. Hammond's week of earnest labor among
us, when upon the continued lifting up of Jesus
Christ and him crucifed so many children were
deeply convinced of sin, and as we then firmly
believed, led savingly TO Christ. Several OF
the more serious OF these were received into
church-fellowship at the commencement of this
year, and have remained steadfast unto the
present day. These, having received the peace
of God themselves, are continually being made
a blessing to Others, and may be seen at any Of
our inquiry-meetings,
Telling to those around
What a dear Saviour they have found"
PRESBYTERIAN.
The Christian World, of Loudop, says that
the members of the Reformed Presbyterian
Church in Great Britain are peculiarly anxious
to disavow all sympathy with the action of the
General Synod OF the Reformed Presbyterian
Church against Mr. Stuart Many of them are
also strongly opposed 10 the use of hymns in
social and public worship; and the subject was
brought before the meeting of the Synod In
Edinburgh in May last, by a memorial, and was
fully discussed. The old use and wont of the
Church was against the employment of unin
spired hymns of praise; bat even the Cameroni-
ans, as they are termed, have been unable to
resist the whole tendency of modern song SER
vice in the sanctuary. 1t is now asserted that
hymns are beginning to be freely used in the
congregational Sabbath-schools, and that q
great ma jority OF the laymen, and considerable
proportion of the ministers, are in favor OF
allowing the use OF a small and select number oi
hymns.
The Synod of the Presbyterian Church OF
Nova Scotia, in connection with the Church OF
Scotland met in St. Andrews Church, Pictou,
on the evening of July Z. 1t had been arranged
| during the last meeting of this Synod that a
! union would be cons minated this year with the
! Synod Of New Brunswick, and consequently a
! number OF ministers and elders appeared from
the neighboring province. The meeting was
| thus, perhaps, one of the most Interesting and
| important that has ever been held in connection
with this Church in Nova Scotia. The Synod OF
| Nova Scotia and New Bruins wick were happily
united, a young man offered his services as a
teacher in the Foreign Mission field, and a mem
Der of the Presbytery OF Pictou-a Mr. Goodwill
of Rogers Hll-ofered himself TO the Church
| as missionary to the South sea Islands. HC
! was thankfully accepted by the Church.
The Scotch Presbyterian clergy have beer
very Jealous in hostility against the use of in
stIumental music in worshipi but they seem tC
be giving way before the determined spirit O.
the people. In Scotland movement has begun
to place an organ costing $4,000, in the venera
BILE Cathedral of Glasgow. In Nova Scotia th'
Synod at its late meeting, undertook to dea
with the congregation of ST. stephen, N. B., fol-
the introduction OF an organ. The st. CIoiy
Courier says:-"We regret the rashness of tht
Synod as shown III this action, as we feel certain
that persistence IN this course can only have
one result-the breaking up of the st. StepheI
congregation. Is Presbyterianism so strong il
these Lower Provinces that the Synod can thu
afford to ALLEVIATE congregation upon so unlm
portant an issueW
The receipts of the Boards of the Presbyte
rian Church, during the month of Jane, wer
as follows:-Board of Domestic Missions, S722l
Board Of Education, $l452l4; Board OF Foregl
Missions, S787258; Board of Publication (col
portage and distrib1tionl, SSS64'3o; Board o
Church Extension, S3lO'75; Fund for Disable
Ministers, Sll9575; General Assembly's Com
mittee on Freedmen, S205l'73.
The Associate Presbyterian body. which i
composed Of those who did not go into tn
union in 1858, when the United Presbyterian
Church was organized, consists of Presbyte
ries, IL ministers 40 congregations, 6l4 families
1901 members. The increase during the yea
was 48, with a decrease of 81. The contribu
tions for benevolent purposes were $326'O7
Several of the above 40 congregations numbe
only members, some 4, and some only 2.
On Sabbath, July 5, the new house of woT
ship erected on the corner of Alabama stree
and Jones avenue, in the northeastern part O
Memphis, Tenn., was dedicated to the worshi
of God. The Rev. DR.. Stedman otticlated in tn
interesting services of the occasion, who wi
shortly organize new church, to occupy thi
new ediice.
CONGREGATIONAL,
! An exchange states that the Rev. A. Ballard
d. D., pastor of the First Church, Detroit hS
: been rendered the Chair of Rhetoric and Epgs
Literature at Marietta College. 1t is added th'
+: he win probably decline.
| The statistics OF the Rhode Island church(
for the past year show "a churches with 3s;
members a gain of 243. Charitable contrib