Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-12-03
RELIGIOUS TOPICS.



The Local Preachers and Exhorters OF
Easton District NJ. Il. Church convened in
scmi-annual session at the church in this
town on Saturday evening last, T. p. McCol-
ley, Pres, in the chair. A sermon was
preached by L. Crouch. The exercises were
continued through Sunday and Monday
On Sunday morning @. II. Baker, of Ches-
tertown preached TO large congregation,
and in the afternoon Sunday School meet
ing was held, when w. r. Cahoon, Rev. +.
M. Chatham, "a former superintendent |.
Crouch and E. Crouch made addresses. Tho
School interspersed the exercises with sing
ing, for which it was highly complmented.
An experience meeting followed the Sunday
School meeting. In the evening DR.. Il.
Dawson delivered carefully-prepared SER
mon advocating "holiness," to full house.
sions was gone through with in the morning.
in the afternoon the election of officers for
me ensuing year took place as follows
4 President, Q. w. Baker Vice Presidents,
j. V. Smith. Joel Clements; Sec'y and
Trcs'r, VIM. r. Cahoon. After this the As
sociaticn visited the Seminary in body, by
invitation. Rev. Mr. Gregg welcomed the
Association on behalf of the school, and he
was responded to by MIR. Baker on behalf of
the Association, which was entertained with
music and other exercises by the students.
In the evening j. Forncock preached a SER
mon, and at the prayer meeting which fol-
| lowed there were four conversions.
AN effort it seems is being made all over
| this Peninsula to organize what is known us
the m. u. Church South" In view of the
strength, character and associations nf the
Methodist Episcopal Church we do not be-
lieve that the effort of this sectional and
schismatic organization to gain foot-hod
can meet with any permanent success
The Newark Courier says New ,Jer-
sey is called the garden field of Methodism.
II has now over $4,000 followers in this |
State The Methodist church cdfices are
the handscmest in New Jersey, and others |
are being constantly erected. A magnifi- |
cent euificc is now in course of erection by |
the Meihodsts of Morrstown, headed by |
the aon. George T. Cobb. AT Hackensack |
number Of the wealthier Inhabitants have |
formed a new NJ. B. church organization,
and will soon commence a magnificent |
structure. n church, - by so feet, is being |
built by the members of that denomination |
at Boonton, Il portion ofwhich will soon be
dedicated to the worship of God Revivals
are in progress at Newark, Elizabeth, Tren.
ton, Boomingdale, Libertyillc, and other
towns in the State.
There are more Tying cases. Some
months since, Rev. Mason Gallagher. now
rector of st. Pau.'s (Episcopa) church, Pat
teison, N. j., being in the city of Detroit
was invited to preach in the pulpit of Rev.
DR.. Duicld, the Sunday following the de-
cease nt that excellent and distinguished
minister. Mr.. Gallagher. who WINS a friend
of the deceased, complied with the invita-
tion, which came from Mr.. Duilled's family.
whose hospitality he was enjoying at the
tinie and preached ''wthout the knowledge
or consent" Of the Episcopal clergymen of
the city, .'withln the bounds of their joint
parochial jurisdiction" For this offence, he
was called to account by the rectors, who
declared his act TO be discourteous to brcth-
ren in the ministry, and in violation of one
of the most ancient and well understood
laws of the church. To this protest, MIR.
Gallagher has just made an elaborate reply,
In which he discusses the whole question in
very spirited manner.
The New York Methodist one of the
livest and freshest Religious papers published,
by the way, in its review of the work of the
reccI. Satfonui Christian Ovnyetftiofi, SAYS: \
1.-THE presence f h.athensm on our Pa
ciilc coast, of European Rationaism and
lnfdeliiy on our Atlantic coast the spread
OF transcendentalism in New England, of
Pomanism and High -churchism everywhere.
of Spiritualism and kindred errors, were ali
fairly met, AMI the present comparative in
efficiency of the Church was as frankly and
as earnestly dcplored."
Ii further says 1.-THE attempted solution !
of these evils lacked sadly the good common
sense and quick perception which detected I.
their various symptoms. The attention of \
the meeting seemed to be occupied with the q
machinery of the Church rather than with 4
its motive power" And then speaks as fol- I
lows, and, unconsciously perhaps, utters the
aspiration of all earnest Christian men and
women, whether evangelical Christians n
or not: The necessities of the times call G
for fuller development of energy, for larger !
measures of the Holy Spirit, than The Church
has ever witnessed. We want to know more J
of what is meant in the promise: 1t shall =
come to pass in those days, that will pour i
out my spirit upon all flesh your sons and t
your daughters shall prophesy your young T
men shall see visions, and your old men shall
dream dreams; and also upon my servants,
and upon my bandmaids in those days, will $
| pour out my spirit. This gift alone will !,
qualify the Church to save the world" !