The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-05


Fellowship was given by Rev. N. B. Critchdeld;
and prayer was offered by Rev. B. F. Woodburn.
| This congregation has existed for number of
years as branch of the. Mount Pleasant
Church. The new organization commences its
| work with favorable prospects.
-1he corner-ktone OF the Baptist Theological
Seminary building, now in process OF erection
In Chicago, was laid on Tuesday, August lS,
| with appropriate ceremonies; G. b. Goodye
Esq, President of the Board of Trustees, pre-.
siding. After the reading OF select portions Of
Scripture by Rev. DIR. Baker, DR.. Northup,
G. N. Holden, Esq, DR.. jeffrey, Professor Jack
son, and James Il. Tyler, Esq, addressed the
assembly.
The New York Examiner saws that through
the persistent and judieious efforts of the Rev.
p. b. L. Taylor, d. D., the Baptist Home Mission
Board has received $4,000 from the United
States Government, to cover losses Inflicted
upon the Baptist Indian Mission during the war,
and $2039 TO indemnify the Joneses, father and
son, for personal losses in the Cherokee country,
from the some cause.
An interesting course of sermons was de.
livered in Springfield, Mass, by Rev. DR.. Ide, on
four successive Sundays, ending with August
l6th. The topics were as sfollows:-"Panthesm
and the Bibles" Astronomy and the Bibles"
"GeOlogy and the Btble;n and "Slo WRess the
great law of Divine Progress" Large congre.
cations listened to these discourses.
The Rev. W. Codville, formerly Methodist
minister in Canada, was publicly ordained to
the ministry, on Thursday evening in the CAL
vary Baptist Church. The sermon was preached
by the Rev. William Cathcart. The Rev. Drs.
Castle, Wilder, and j. W. Smith participated in
the services OF the occasion.
The Tabernacle Baptist Church, Chestnut
street, west of Eighteenth, having been closed
for repairs during the past six weeks, will be
reopened for divine service tomorrow Sunday,
when the pastor, Rev. G. A. Peltz, will preach
morning and evening.
The Rev. Charles Keyser, pastor elect of the
Eleventh Church in this city, will preach a. the
reopening next Sabbath and remain with the
church for a short time, before coming to a
decision In regard to the call recently extended
to him.
"A large number of students is expected at
the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary,
Greenville, South Carolina, the coming session
scarcely less than fifty, probably seventy-fve.
The Rev. James Waters, late OF Manayunk,
has h accepted call to the pastorate OF the Mount
The Baptists have finished a handsome
church IN GAINESVILLE, Wisconsin, at a cost of
about $4,000.
METHODIST.
The Flftieth Annual Conference of Bible
Christians was opened in Shebbear, North
Devon, England, July 20. The Conference con-
sisted of sixty-two preachers and ten lay
representatives. Eleven young men were re.
ceived into full connection. The statistics for
the denomination are as follows:- Ministers,
about 26O; local preachers, 1874; ehapels, 1884;
other preaching places, 267. Deaths during the
year, 1888; emigration, 991 Members, 26,327!
on trial at midsummer, 1850; total, 27,407.
Teachers, s713; scholars, 49, 455. These sho an
increase Of 9 local preachers, 10 cbapels, 20
preaching-places, Is deaths, 2l4 smigratons,
IA members, and 3ss ON trial "a total of 1922,
1872 Sunday School teachers, and 2lO4 scholars.
The new NJ. E. church at Newcastle, N. Y,
was dedicated by Bishop james on August 20.
DR.. Foster preached in the evening. We have
long needed new church in this strong and
OF opinion among the brethren as to its location
has been the difficulty in the way of the enter
prise for several years. The pastor, Rev. j. Mil
lard, who Is serving the people a third year,
y in nos IlvAo tnn tha of
this difficulty, and by his persevering and judi
cious efforts, the site upon which the church Is
built was quite generally agreed upon. Mr..
Millard has done a fine work, and none are
more conscious of 1t than his brethren in New
castle.
The Methodists in Plymouth, Ind. uader
the pastoral care of Rev. Mr.. Mikels, are build
ing very fine house of worship. 1t is brick
building, about 75 by 40 feet. with basement,
and centre tower with spire. The basement Is
finished, and is now occupied by the society for
their regular Sunday services. 1t is intended to
finish the audience-room at an early day, and
when completed, it will be one of the finest in
this part of the State.
The Methodists are pushing ahead with
their accustomed vigor. The New York Tribune
of a late date says:-"BishOp James, of this CITY,
dedicated church at RondOut last Wednesday,
assisted in laying the cornerstone OF Me tho DIST
Episcopal church in Boonton, New Jersey, on
Saturday, and will consecrate one at Summit,
New jersey next Wednesday, and another at
New Castle, New Jersey, on the goth inst"
Late news from the Methodist missions in
India states that within two weeks in the month
of December nearly hundred persons made
public profession of Christianity. Nearly all of
them came in by families. Many were persons
of high caste, and what was more significant,
several of them were women and mothers Of
families.
The German Methodist Episcopal Church,
on Girard avenue, above Twelfth street, is in
creasing rapidly. The Rev. j. w. Freund, the
pastor received. a few days since, ten persons
on profession. This society sustalns a Mission
SUNDAY School at the corner of Ninth and CAL
lowhil streets.
The Rev. DR.. James A. Duncan, of the Vir-
ginia Conference, has been elected President Of
Randolph Macon College, in place of DR.. Gar
land who was unable to acceptthe post recently
rendered him. DR.. Duncan Is son of Professor
Duncan, long connected with the college.
From the statistics reported by the United
Methodist Free Churches of Great Britain, at
their recent Annual Assembly, we learn that
they have 6s,24l members, being an increase of
The Rev. W. Morley Punshon has been
formally transferred from the British Confer
encc to the Wesleyan Conference in Canada.
This looks as if his stay on this side of the At
lantic were TO be permanent.
The Rev. Alpheus Wade, for some fifteen
years a superannuated member of the Troy
Conference, very suddenly deceased on July 26,
al his home, near Amsterdam, n. Y.
The Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church in
Charlestown is said to be the largest Protestant
church in Massachusetts. 1t will sea! eighteen
hundred people.
CONGREGATIONAL.
An enterprise has been undertaken by the
CongregationaliSts of Providence, r. , which
speaks we'll for their unity and liberality. The
two Congregational churches-High Street and
Richmond Street-haVe agreed to unite in an
extended operation for the increase of religious
accom- mniOdations In the city. The two churches
consolidate, and build large and convenient