The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-19
SUIfAfAR Y OF RELIGIOUS NEWS.
CONGRFGA ATIONAL.

Philip Phillips, OF whose aid Rev. Newton
Hall speaks SO pleasantly, and who is nov visit
ing especially with the Methodist churches of
England, says:-' The singing in the churches
(or chapelS as they call them here) is univer
sally congregational; and there are no interludes
this example. How / wish the music in our
own loved Israel throughout America was as
universal in this respect !"
The Richmond street and High street
churches, Providence, Rhode Island, have made
arrangements to consolidate. They each raise
S6o,O0O for new house for the new organiza-
tion, and the house of the former church is to
be sold to the Free church. Another church is
TO be organized in connection with the Howard
Street Misson,' so that the number Is not
lessened by the consolidation.
The American Board of Missions received
on the last day OF August $4,000, and the
entire receipts for August were about $95, 600.
This would close the financial year with q debt
of SAL, 900.
Rev. q. A. Lawrence, D. D., of Oxford,
New Hampshire, has received a call to the
Third Church, in Marblehead. He left Marble
head about 1854, to go to East Windsor Semi
-Rev. William Barbour has declined the
recent call from the Bangor Theological Semi.
nary.
PREsBYTERIAI.
The Sunday School Times has the following
item:- The Second Presbyterian Church of
Troy are now engaged in the erection of hand
some brick chapel, for the accommodation of
their large and rapidly growing mission Sunday
edifce is located in North Second street, nea-
their present school building, has a capacity OF
about five hundred sittings, and will cost about
$l5, 600. The best thing, perhaps to notice isthe
fact that the means for constructing the chapel
were pledged before brick was laid, This
house, like the safe one in Scripture parable is
literally founded on rock, having throughout
this massive and solid support. May it ever
abide safe and secure, built upon the only
spiritual foundatioD!"
The following item is from the New York
"The Presbyterian Church of southampton,
Long Island, of which the Rev. f. Il. Shearer is
pastor, is enjoying precious revival. More
than fifty persons have professed faith in Christ,
and over thirty are now inquring after the way
OF life. The interest continues unabated."
The Eudngelist speaks OF a wonderful growth
OF church at Weston, on the Dayton and
Michigan Railroad, which three years ago had
thirteen members, and has since then received
siXtY-seven, mostly on profession OF their faith.
And now, after having dismissed some seven or
eight persons to form another church at
neighboring station, they still report 6fty-seVen
members. And this in small place of not more
than five or six hundred inhabitants.
AT the last commencement OF Davidson
college, North Carolina, the Rev. K. F. Rock
well resigned his Office as Professor, which he
had held eighteen years in that institution, in
order to take charge OF the Concord Female
College at Statesvlle North Carolina.
The Rev. j. N. Lewis, assisted by the Rev.
W. A. Carter and MIR. Avery, OF Pensacola, Fla,
organized Presbyterian church ottwenty-eight OF
members In M1lton, on the l5tE OF August. Two
elders were elected and two deacons, and on
the following day, the Sabbath, their new house
of worship was dedicated 10 the service of God.
The Board of Church Erection have ap-
pointed the Rev. q. L Boing as District Secre-
tary, with his headquarters at Rochester, N. Y,
end the Rev. George p. Folsom, of Geneseo,
n. T., for the same work at the West, and to be
located at Chicago.
AT a late meeting of the Presbytery of
Monroe, IT was announced that the church of
Ralsin, formerly connected with the Presbytery
on the Plan OF Union, had elected elders and
become unanimously Presbyterian.
The First Presbyterian Church, Nashville,
Tenn, has extended a call to the Rev, T. v.
Moore, d. D.. of Richmond, Va, to become their
pastor, offering him manse, and salary of
$4,000 year.
The Trustees of the Second Presbyterian
Church of Cincinnati have been offered $500, 900
for their church property, with the intention of
erecting stores upon the site.
The Rev. Nathan p. Campfeld, son of the
Rev. r. B. Campheld, of Newark, N. j., died at
Bellows Falls, VT, on Monday, 7th inst. He
was pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Gaze
nova, Ny.
The congregation of the Montclair Presby-
teIian Church, N. j., have extended call to
the Rev. Q. ii. Marshall, OF Indianapolis, Ind.
"A New School Pres byterian church, to cost
$50, coo, will soon be built in Toledo, Ohio.