Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-09-10
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ed An opening service was held on Tues1
day evening, and Mr.. w. F. @. Morsell was |
admitted to Deacon's orders on Wednesday
Of the clergy were present the |
Rt Rev. Alfred Lee, D. D., Bishop of the |
Diocese, and the Reys. Mcssrs. True, Hotch-
kin and ILittell. The service was read BY
Messrs, True, Littell and Hotchkin, and the
sermon preached by the Bishop The pre-
sentation for ordination was made by DR..
Morsell, and the scene-a father present
ing his own son in bis own church to holy
orders in the cause of Christ--was q novel
one., After the cereomy was concluded the
ministers and congregation joined in the
celebration Of the Holy Communion. The
services were continued during Wednesday
and Thursday In Smyrna, and on Friday at
Kenton, where tho Bishop preached to
vigorous and promising young Episcopal
congregation. In the afternoon sermon
was preached by the Rev. Mr.. True, of Dow
er, and addresses made by the bishop and
DIR. Morsell. At Leipsic the services were
conducted by DR.. Morsell and the Revs.
Messrs. DuHamel and Morsell. Mr.. Nor
sell is graduate of Princeton and also ofthe
Theological Institute Of West Philadelphia,
where he took the first honors in remarka-
bly, large and intelligent examination class.
He has accepted call as assistant minister
of St. Andrews, Philadelphia.
The yearly meeting of the old school
Baptists of Kent county was held at Bryn-
zion Church, near Smyrna on Sunday week.
Elder Barton preached. The attendance,
owing to camp meetings, was small.
An elegant Church edifice has been
erected by the First German Lutheran
Evangelical church of Pittsburg. 1t is de-
scribed in The Lutheran as occupying ~
proud position ON High street, near its in
tersection with Fifth Avenue" II is "a
modernized Gothic style of architecture
The altar is simply grand. Itis approached
by five broad steps. which are covered by
green velvet carpet A Gothic structure, of
elaborately- white oak, rises in the
rear of the altar stone, and forms inches for
the depository of pure white, life-size
statues of Christ and .he four Eyangelists-
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Front of
the Gothic Ornamentation is the altar, the
usual form, surmoubted with an ivory cru
cifix, at the base of which lay the symbol of
death, cut out Of marble"
The friends of the organ have finally
carried their point in the Scotch Established
Church. Dr.Cunninghain, ministerial Grief,
has been working for some time to Introduce
the organ into the church; but 1t has been
violently opposed by a large number of the
members But, by some means, the oppo-
sition has been overcome; and, at meet
ing not long since, DIR. @. announced that
eighty members had Withdrawn their objec-
ti0ns. 1t was then proposed and carried
unanimously that the members agree TO sub
nit 10 the kirk-sessions and presbytery thai
the organ should be resumed in the church
psalm0dy. The matter was brought before
the Presbytery of Auchterarder last week
when the presbytery unanimously gave thei
consent to the use of the instrument.
The N. Y. Independent says =
The Independent Religious Society Q
Dover, N. H., is now occupying the Uni
tartan house of worship. Rev. Francis L
Abbot was pastor of the Unitarian church
but, on publicly discarding Chrislianit.
. some months since met the determined op
| position of those in his church who revere
the name of Christ The friends of MI
Abbot controlled late parish meeting, an
hold the editice. while nearly all the mem
, bers of the church proper have asked for u
Injunction restraining Mr.. Abbot and hi
friends from using the building The az
: Incorporating the society, passed years age
declared its name to be "The First Unitai
' ion Society of Christians in Dover; an
those who still hold to the Christian nam
:. cannot see how a man eau claim any rigi
to control Christidn society who says,
believe with the profouRdest conviction th,
Christianity must perish in order that rel
y gion may survive. The case is before IL
y Supreme Court of New Hampshire, aud n
y minds us of the old litigoti0ns between Il
, , Orthodox and the Unitarians except th,
those who were the claimants then are no
q put on their Defense"
The committee appointed by the Bishc
o at . meeting OF clergymen and lay deputie
held ut Reading, August s, to prepare stati
tics Of the strength Of the proposed nc
Pennsylvania diocese in clergy, .parishe
communicants and contributions, have cor
], pleted their labors, and the following. ie
r. condensed report of the statement made
:. them: SE
is The new DIOCESE will include twent
g. eight counties of that part OF the Sta
- known US Central Pennsylvania. viz: Adam
n Bedford, Berks, Blair, Bradford, Cent
~ Clinton, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphl
" Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Junia
lie Lancaster, Lebanon, Lycoming, Mifh
TO Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Pott'
Schuylkill, Snyder, Sullivan, Ti0ga, Uni
H. and York. In these bounds there are for
q one clergymen. The services of the chur
dy are held at more than seventy points in th'
I'M counties, and at fifty points there are orgs
=. izeed parishes haying vestries. Accord
v" to the Convention journal OF 1867 tn
,ro were 2.8I9 communicates recent confirn
it tions, however, have increased the Hum
beyound 5000 The contributions of
=, parishes in this proposed new Diocese
'o the year from May 1866, to May is
are amounted to $59,58l. Comparing thes {
gro tistics with those of other Dlocesses, we
pet tain this result: There being now thirty
Dioceses, this new Diocese will stand
pA' fifteenth in the number Of Its parishes, b
ess ing more than California, Indiana, Kans
as Kentucky, Maine, Vermont, Minnest
mr. Missouri, and eleven Others.
no. The African Baptist Church, Richmc
Va, is said to have larger members
no than any Baptist church in the world ext
her Mr.. Bpurgeon's In London. A gentlel
no writes that he recently attended there, sit
,,lx by the side of Chief Justice Chase and
Governor Wise, when two hundred
fourteen persons were baptized. Their e
ong ing prayer meeting is attended by over
no teen hundred people, and crowds go a
one for want of room.
mo. The following table exhibits the.
parative strength of the New and
sey- school Presbyterian Churches in val
the sections of our country:
arc. Sections. Old School, New s,
New Jersey. .................2 2S, 140 II
~ Eastern New York........ 33, 296 2
lar. Eastern Pennsylvania...... 33,933 ],
Sey- Delaware and South..... 10,2S7
,yer. MiudIe and Western N. Y. 5.24l
II Western Pennsylvania. 3s,6s4
:. Michigan ..........."..".." $40
lt 10 OHIO Ex. w. Reserve)... 35,0
oing Western Reserve.......... $500
,,o.L Indiana, na,,,.,,,,,,,,,.......... 1868
Illinois. ois....,,,.....,.,.,,,,,,. l8,249 !
criu- Wisconsin .,.,.,..,...,...,,., 8,20p
ition Iowa a.,..,,,.,,,,..,,.,.,. 9,323
upon Minnesota ...,................. 1894
:. 90 Missouri. ........ CAST