The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-24

I,on 70 Fpiscopacy have gone there; but most
W MWee,rs sus' ' wnue ne.eod'slic In 'aith and form
OF WofshlD, are TOO strongly CONGREGATIONAL in
sPntm ent and pTsctice as TO cburch Doltv 10
make any movement towards Episcopacy The
denomination, we are assured, was never IN a
more hopeful spiritual working condition than
now. They number about $4,000 members not
including pIotationers. About 1900 members
have joined and 80 churches have been orga
nlZed since JHnuary -i1ldependen'.
The Christian AdUocdte says: -"Rev. George
Prentice, of the New England Conference, re.
turned 10 this country (arriviug last Thursday,
AFTER an absence of o year and half, chiefly In
Germany (auendlng lectures at the universities
at Berlin and HALEY, and also visiting parts of
France, Switzerland, Holland, and Great
Britain. He has IN hand q number Of literary
works, original and translated, already in
state of iorw9rdness which he proposes to bring
out in due time. He will resume the regular
work OF the ministry at the next session OF his
The Methodist Episcopal Church is making
progress in the Northwest. at is estimated
that there is membership Of over thirty thou
sand III the State of Wisconsin. In the Wiscou-
SIN conference, embracing o little more than
halt the populated portion OF the State, there
nave been dedicated within the past two years
ABOUT thirty six new churches, aud something
like twenty more are in process of erection be-
sides many that a1e being enlarged aud i'm.
- Z,on's Herald says:-"Tbe Methods, Mis-
sionarY Board is wadiug deeper and depper in O
the Cead sea of debt. The officers have Just
issued a statement which declares that at the
SIS, ,524'S7. SO far from this being diminished,
1t has been nearly doubled; SO thai by the next
annual meeting, pnless e'aud rally is made
for its rel eft IN the next thiity DAYS, the Board
Will be in arrears not less than three hundred
and fifty thousand dollars
The chapel of the Centenary Church, Cam
den, the Rev. W. f. Kelley pastor, was dedi-
Gated by Bishop James Sabbath before last.
This beautiful place OF worship cost, Including
furniture and lot, S36,500. the trustees asked
for $500 on the Gay OF deocston 10 free them
i'm al
ard supplemented it with several hundred
additional.
The Wesleyaus of Great Britain. last year,
repaired and built 26O Churctes, at an expense
! of G2S9S22 or nearly 81 500, 600 in gold
| Seventy hit OF these new churches we're Quilt
| where formerly they had no church accommo-
dations, thereby furnishing sittings for %, l39
| persons.
The German Conference at present numbers
! forty members. There are $500 already gathered
into Methodist societies; 5000 children IN Sunday
| bers 40 young men.
| CONGREGATIONAL.
| AT late meeting OF the Quincy Association,
H., the Rev. Messrs. r. c. Rowley, A. Bushnell,
and j. G. Reibolt, were received from the Metho-
di;t Episcopal Convention, asserting to the
standards; also, the Rev. r. +. ShinD, from the
(Protestant) Methodist Church, to serve the
church at Payson.
Both of the United States Senators from
coppectlcut are active members OF Congrega.
| tonal Churches Governor Buckingham a
deacon in the Broadway Church. Norwich, and
General Ferry a Bible-cla,s teacher in DR..
Child's church. Norwak.
The New England church, Aurora, Illinois,
lately under the pastorate of the Rev. Ed ward
Ebbs, have extended call to Professor Haskell,
| OF The Wisconsin State Uni rersity.
The Harvard Church. ia Brookline, Mass,
| have called the Rev. c. VI. Wines, of Rochester.
New York. who has been supplying their pulpit
| for three mouths.
The Park street church, Boston, Mass, has
with great unaDimity, extended call to the
Rev. W. Fl. II. Murray, OF Meriden, Conn.