The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-07
SUAMAR I or RkLlGIOUSN NEWS.
EPISCOPAL.

EPISCOPAL.
The Gloria Patria ChuIcb (HpiscopaD, of
this city, lately hal Mr.. Reed Tor rs pastor.
The vestry thought he ~orsed too hard himself
and imposed too much work on bis people.
They told him he would kilt h,mself. Never
fear; never felt better in my lfe." but the
barn viii not hod all you have raked and gath
ereo." "Then Wr must build 4 greater But
we have already spent over $4,000 in that way"
well done, but YOU se3 the harvest IS not all
GA hered yet You buIlu more barns, and VIII
GO OIL gathering iu.n Bat the vesIy would not
be convn Ced and passed a vote dlsapprog wing of
Lis measures, and he res gued. In tue
sermon preached as his fare yell 10 the
\, Ople, he gave n summary OF his WORK since
1865, and used these words: "a new, commo-
dious, and elegant Sunday School Chaoel, with
its entire cost OF $4,000 utterly canceIiej-tne
orlv remaining llaollity, and one or twenty
years standing, OF $500 ohliterated collections
and contributions amounting to some $4,000,
or more than double the total OF any preceding
three years; a commandment list Ot 269, or ll9
mere than IN 1867; churCn in which every seat
is taken. and some twice rented and whose an
tcipated income is hundreds OF dollars over aud
above the ordinary expenses; night Schools
singing school, cottage lectures, Sc wing schools,
p. A. associations, Doicas societies, Sunday
School of650 members, or 4O0 more than in 1855; a
scholarship OF 800 ut the p. e. Mission House.
These all seem TO prove cOnclusiYely that
neither idlencss nor unproductiveness has
characterized the period that has elapsed since
God Introduced us 10 each other" The people
sent IN 10 the vestry peution, signed by over
four hundred names, bggIng the vestry TO
e.elect Mr.. Reed as their rector. They did not
complain OF the dram upon their means or
energy. But The vesry declined 10 yield, aud
Nj. r. cd found an immedia sphere of labor in
ano't er PARISH. SO SAYS the Episc0Ddtidn.
The Episcopal General Convention author
lied the establishment of four new dloCeses,
formed by tue division OF old ones. Three of
these are in New York and OF c in Maryland. 1t
seems to be he policy in the Episcopal, as in
the Roman Catholic Church, to increase the
number of bishops; and no doubt it Is wise
pohcy--tbat 10, If it be assumed that eplscopacy
is thing 10 be toeteIed. On the other hand,
the Methodists refuse to elect new bishops,
thCueh they bave ten times the memb .rsdp OF
The Ep'scopalianS and not half the number OF
bishops.
-Rev, S. H. Ting, Jr., has been preaching in
Jersey City, IN defiance of the presbyters who
claim exclusive joint jurisdiction over that part
of Coos heritage.
BAPTIsE.
The rapid advance OF Baptist principles in
| Germantown is quite remarkable. Sixteen years
ago, tie first prayer meeting was held in pri-
vate house, by the memoerS of the Mue5town
/ Church then there were only i've or six known
| BGptists in the place; now there are three we'll
established and pros erous churches. The First
Church, under Brother GllPs administration,
axe much encouraged. The Second Church,
Brother HelliDes Pastor. is making head way
| sioWly but steadily, on the classic soil which
! they occupy; Brother Helllngs has been laid
! aside Tor some weeks by typhoid fever from
! which he now is slowly rec yering. Fears were
! entertained at one time That his work on earth
| was done, bnt God heard PRAYER on his behalf.
| The Third Church, Brother Lung, Is prosnerilg,
| -tLeTe are two CANDIDATES awaiting baotism,
| and great soemnity prevails in their meetings.
| Their chapel is ready tor the slaters, and they
! hope 10 enter it about the opening of the ne "
| year.
"A correspondent, writing to the Rel. (Ark }
! Herald, says:-"God is bless ng lis on the from
/ tier. Our little association two years ago num-
bered 240--yOu remember / sent you an aopeal
! to publish tor us-nOw more than l300 In the
| past two years, III the bounds or our a-socla-
ton, the missionaries and anti.missionaues
have immersed near 1900 white people. And
now the wall Cf partition bet Eeen us and our
| anti bre hren Is we'll nigh broken down. Toe
| great majority of them iraternize with US most
cordially. God is rapidly giving this country to
| the Baptists."
"A Young man, pastor of Baptist church in
| Kenosha, Wisconsin, could not find any one in
bis town who dared TO perform the necessary
task o painting his church spre. Accordingly,
lie raised n ladder to the top of the spirc ted a
rope round 1t and round his body, theu boldly
| SWINE Oh, and painted the spiIe himself.
| In the University and Theological Seminary
| at Chicago there are some seventy y-hye studying
for the Baptist ministry. OF these twenty-five
are in the seminary.
| The Rev. W. W. Case has resigned the pas
toral charge Of the Cnesnut Hill Church, and
has accepted the call OF the Second ChuIch,
New Loudor, Counecucnt.a
The COmmIttee of Church Extension have
wisely secured a fine building lot for new
church, at Broad and Reed Streets in this city.
METHODIST.
The first Methodist Episcopal Church in
| Massachusetts was established in 1871. There
are ow 27l churches in 207 towns and cities.
In l2S towns there are no churches. Value OF
church proOertv, consisting OF 2lS church
edidces, S22S2,650, and of lis parsonages,
S2Gb,9OO, There are 27S Sunday schools 5536
teachers, AZ, 029 pupils. Average salary of min
isters, $3.50. Total number OF commitments,
35, ,436.
The Managers of '"The Home for the Aged, "
in Baltimore, Mary land, have rented from the
in the rear of the Light Street Church, which
they propose to use as "a homer tor the more
needy among the aged females. until a ore
suitable place can be procured. There is already
over ten thousand dollars in the treasury OF the
society.
The California Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, at Its recent session in San
| Francisco, appointed a committee to take action
TO reference TO the Chinese in their midst.
CATHOLIC.
In spite of the poverty of ireland, the large
amount Of hard cash that is said to have been
invested in churches, converts, schools, aud
hos pitals by the Roman Catholic population
during the present century, almost exceeds
belief. In the last edition OF Malone's Church
History of Ireland it is stated that within the
period we have mentioned Irish Romanism has
expended upon converts and monasteres
f3, 200 COO; churches, 81 900; semiuaries,
$3.50, COO; schools, 9300O00; hospitals and asy'
lums, fl5,000. The expenditure on the un-
healthy conventual and monastlc system IS three
told the amount that's given for churches, more
lhan hvetold the sum contributed for semina'
rles and schools, and more than two hundred
times the pal'ry amount raised for ho spitals and
asylums. what difference might there moi
have been IN the oharac er and condition of the
Irish peasCntrg ii the whole of the G3, 200 O0(
sunk in converts and m0DasteIies had beer