The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-25

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And thereupon al quarter-past three O'Clock the
House adjourned TO Monday morning at nine.
MISCELLANEOUS RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
Progress Of Christianity.
The past has been rather exciting week In reli-
gous matters in this city, The National Episcopal
Convention has been In full blast and shows signs
OF abatement in interest and feeling. II may con-
tinue in session for number Of days TO come, but
the amount OF practical good 1t may accomplish is In
any event entirely probematcal. number Of other
ecclesiastical meetings have been held, full reports
OF which have appeared in our columns As re-
gious contemporary remarks these meetings have
one feature In common, however widely they differ In
Others Each DESTROYS to draw others into its
own association. The Untarians made platform
SO broad that whoever wishes to do good may
come in with them, whether Jew or Gentle, Pagan
or Christian. The Epscopalans are looking away
to the East and devising ways and means TO unite
the Greeks, and perhaps the Romans also, with the
Anglican communion. The Presbyterans are COM
ing together from the various points Of divergence
to which they have been driven and all the signs in
dictate that the day OF their reunion is not far distant
The Pope OF Rome has issued letter to the Greeks
and PrOCestants, asking them to come into his fold
! and submit to the desp0tism which he now Yields
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| world. These are remarkable facts. They declare
the universal sentiment OF the religious mind Of
the age Its longings are toward greater external
unity-an organic unity OF those holding the same
faith and willing to obey the same order. That the
present. there ia no special ground to believe. But
with the increase OF knowledge and pety the watch
Church WIN her energies or the nai
conflict with sin and Satan before the victory that
establishes the universal empire Of the Prince OF
Peace. The tendencies are In two directfons-the
Papal and the Protestant forces are drawing asun-
der, and sitting process in each is going on In the
Roman Catholic Church there are hundreds Of priests
truth and the life Of faith in Christ In the Protest
ant Church there are hundreds OF ministers and
thousands OF people who are inqulring the way to
Rome. Preachers in this city abjure the name Of
Protestant and pronounce the system failure The
title Of Protestant Episcopal Church, from It's
p The Mount Auburn PRESBYTERIAN church. in the
suburbs Of Cincinnati, was organized on the 18th
inst, by committee OF the Pfesbytery OF Cincinnati
Central che
the. city and other churches were constituted
church.
There are in Yonkers over $50 families of Pro-
testant Germans who have never till now in this
country enjoyed regularly established means Of
grace Missionary work has been performed among
them for the past eight years and occasional preach
ing services have been held. The labors OF Rev. Mr..
BSecse three years ago. were especially success sr
under the Presbyterian Board prevented the forma
ton OF church at tnat time Since then, however,
haovs Last
= NV German church was organized in Yonkers by
committee from the Second Presbytery OF New
preached the sermon in German.
A few weeks ago we noticed the gathering OF q
the last class in Union seminary Mr.. Lewis and his
! classmate, Rev. Charles II. McCleery, ON the Goth
byterian church. Presbyterian churches have also
l lately been organized near Ir0ndale, Mo. and
in Rutherford county. Tenn;
eight Baptist churches. council met at Dresden
Mo-, last month, and after recognizing q small
to the pastorate Mr.. L. w. Whipple At Dawn, In
the same State, Welsh Baptist society has been
formed in Lowell, Kansas; NOVEL; and GanRes,
Mich. Logan, Iowa, and Shelqyville and Watseka,
1rhirty persons have been added to the Baptist
church In Pittsford, Va, as the result OF q re-
viyal recently experienced there
Buffalo fortnight ago. In the Buffalo district re-
vivals have been enjoyed at Aurora, Wales, Marla
erected at Akron, Concord and Bu1alo and parson-
ages purchased for the Eden and North Evans
SIo' no church and improvements and repairs are
noted at West Barre, Eagle Harb0r, Wilson and q
corner stone laid ut Niagara Falls ON the 18th, on
take refuge from the rain In the Presbyterian church
but nevertheless DIR. Eddy, 1.-The great dedicator,"
raised about 1900. Genesee district has eighteen
charges. with twenty pastors, and thirty-two
churches and sixteen parsonages. Revival In
q, Carlton Kendall Aba Parma chuyea
vile, Bergen, lie Roy and Alabama. Batavia has
$25 900 church In course Of erection, ana at Caren
don and Elba repairs have been made and at Ken
DAN new parsonage provided wyoming district has
nineteen charges, thirtytwo church edifces twelve
parsonages. Churches have been improved at War
saw, wyoming, CASTLE and Gainesville. In some OF
the charges there have been powerful revvals
as SeeR eno
undergone repairs. At Gowanda parsonage has
been secured by private liberality and mostly fur
nished at an expense OF 81, 500.
II was resolved TO lay the Chicago plan OF repre-
sentation fully before the congregations for their
between this Conference and the General Conference
OF the Free VIII Baptlss, IN session at Buffalo al the
same time.
The New President 0f Princeton College.
The Rev Dr. McCosh and family left Brechin on
October for New York via Liverpool, and they
landed at this port on Tuesday morning last and left
immediately for Princeton. DIR. McCosh's inaugura-
ton as President OF Princeton College Is appointed
to take place on october 81, at noon. Drs. Hodge,
stearns. Maclean, Musgrave and Bishop McIlvane.
senator stockton, Governor Pollock and Chancellor
Zabriskie. VIII take part In the exercises. Or.
McCosh has notified the authorities Of the College
that the subject Of his inaugural address will be,
..Discussions as to Academic Teaching In Europe"
In the evening he will hold levee at his house, to
receive aud become acquainted with the graduates
ana friends or the college. farewell entertain
ment was given to him at Brechn. Referring
to his speech on that occasion, the Dundee Advertise
says--0we commend the attention OF thoughtful
men generally to DIR. McCosh's noble speech, which
liz fun Of that vigorous thought and enlightened
morality which are characteristic Of the great writer
on Christian theology and doctrine. II Is tribute 10
the mother country that America should seek
teachers OF eminence from US, though It In not 10
credit that We should allow man ike DIR. McCosh
to leave us. II must be extremely gratifying to DR..
McCosh and his friends that he has been appointed
not to mere professorship but to the prncipalshp
OF one OF the important Of American UNIVERSE
ties. The sentiments with which he proceeds to tbe