The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-27

enviable position II the sacred calling
he has espoused.
! Ar the last commencement Of Nc
Kendree College, the degree of DID.
was conferred upon Rev R. Andrus,
pastor Of Trinity NJ. Z. Church, IN
thisscity. s9a1aTs - fet -naam
= TROUBLES A As ne n rzEa PEENsYL-
/ vAE1Ad PREsTBY7TEalA The Pres
lbyteries of Philadelphias and Pitts
Eburg have suspended their relStions
with the Reformed ffesby fsEiant Cen
/ eraI Synod !. on / Account Of Its action
| in suspendipg Mr. George +. Stuart
| for the use of unauthorized .psalmody
and communion Wiith5la members Of
other bodies, o. 6f which, We, made a
notice some weeks go: isud-s commits.
sion appointed by the Synod to meet
in the First Reformed Presbyterian
Church of Philadelphia, for the in
vestigation of somewhat similar
charges against the pastor and three
elders Of that church. yainly endeav-
ored last Wednesday to obtain ad-
mission. -e..e i
ADULT AND AGED CoNvERTs.-At
a recent remarkable revival in Frank
lin, Massachusetts,, in a Congrega-
tional Church, remarkable feature
was the number of adults and aged
persons among the converts. Five
had passed their SEVENTEEN year,
twenty-five were over fifty. and the
average of those who united with the
Church was thirty six-the extremes
being twelve and seventy-six.
THE Pope entered on bis seventy
seventh year on the 18th ultimo. His
father died at eighty -four his mother,
the Countess Catherine, at eighty
two; his paternal ancestor, Count
Hercules, at ninety six; his brother
Gabriel at eighty-seven; his second
brother at eighty-three.
THE venerable Rev. Henry Boehm
has just entered his Gath year. His
health is excellent, and his nerves So
steady that he shaves himself He
still occasionally breaches. and always
to the interest and edifcation of his
hearers.
Mr.. PUNsHoN.-The papers evil
IDENTIFY do not. understand Mr.. Pun
shon's mission to America. One of
our dailies mentions the fact that be
has taken up his residence in Toron-
to, but adds that he has not con-
cluded to accept any pastorate. OF
course he has not concluded, aud will
not. His relation to the Wesleyan
Church of Canada throughout the
realm is such that he could not be
pastor even if he desired. It would
| Clark being pastor of some one of the
Churches in Cincinnati or Indianap-
oils.
METROPOLITAN METHODIST EPIs-
CoPAL CHURCH. The Metropolitan
Methodist Episcopal Church, Wash
ington City, will require the sum Of
$35, 900 to insure its completion. The
amount already expended is SIC, 900.
The General Conference recommend
ed that a collection be taken in all
the churches the first Sunday In
July. As one of our contemporaries re-
marks: We need just such church as
this in Washington. Many of the
leading men of the nation are con-
nected with the enterprise. Seats are
to be set apart for all the States. The
pulpit will be open to all our minis
tiers. We bespeak for this national
edifce a generous collection in all
our churches. All contributions will
be duly acknowledged The money
can be RENTED to the Book Concern.
EYEING THE MINIsTER.-Look at
the preacher if you want him to
preach at you. The same sermon is
often dull to a sleepy head, and help
full to an attentive listener, and the
difference is one of reception. Oliver
Wendell Holmes, picturing a lecture
audience, talks of faces without a
ray of sympathy or movement of ex-
preston. They are what kill the
lecturer. These negative faces, with
their vacuous eyes and stony Inca
ments, pump and suck the warm soul
out of him" And how many such
people we find in every Sunday con
gregation
MISSIONARY CONTRIBUTIONS
the missionary funds of the Baptists
it is stated to be a fact that one half
the Churches contributed nothing.
and that one half of the members Of
contributing Churches give nothing;
while the highest average of contri-
buttons, that Of Massachusetts, is no
more than one dollar, and the same
average among all the Churches would
provide double the amount of 1928
600 called for by the Committee.
THE work of tearing down the
front of the First Presbyterian Church