The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-05
SUMMARY OF RELIGIOUS NEWS.
PRESBYTERIAN.

PRESBYTERIAN.
There is an unpleasant difficulty in the
Theological Seminary of the Northwest, located
at Chicago, which Is controlled by Old School
Presbyte1ians. so far as we can learn from the
Correspondence published in the NOrth10estern
Presbyterian, Mr. Cyrus H. Mccormick, who
founded it by promising S25 600 to each of four
proiessorships, has paid over three of these in
stalments, but refuses to pay the last $4,000,
on the Ground that MIR. Blackburn, who
has been elected to that proiessorship,
and the party which elected him, are
entirely out Of sympathy with his political
views. Mr.. Mccormick is Democrat; and
there has been quite struggle for the control
OF the seminary between those who believe aud
those who, with Mr.. Mccormick, dsbelieye that
political questions should be introduced into
The ChuTCn. On thearefusal OF the General AS
sembly to elect DR.. kice, be gave S30000 to the
Union Theological Seminary OF Virginia; but
now offers to pay over the remaining instalment
to the Seminary OF the Northwest, If q working
majority OF the directors can be of his friends,
and to add $4,000 more to each professorship.
Otherwise, he insists that those who have
turned out his old friends aud founders ought
also to refund the S75, Independent.
We take the following from the last numbsr
OF the Western Presbyterian: - "On Monday,
November l6, Judge Edwards, OF the Circuit
Court of st. Charles county, Mo-, rendered his
decision I'm the Underwood College case, in
favor OF the Assembly's Presby tery. 1t
will be gratifying to all true Presbyterans, as
well as to all who care TO see the Church OF
Christ tree tIom civil inter erence, that cne
point in this decision is, that ecclesiastical
courts must be left tree TO interpret their own
laws: nor eau evil courts set aside their deCi
sions as erroneous. Also, il Is the ops ON Of
the Judge that the General Assembly, in dis
solving the lower courts ac ed III accordance
with the power vested IN II by the constltu
tion."
From the New York Observer we take the
following:-"lhe bortieth street. Presbyterian
Church (near Lexington aveuue), the Rev. j..
E. AMMAN pastor, after having teen rebuilt and
and rehtted, at an expense of aOOnt SIS, 900.
was reopeHed for puOhc worship on Sunday
last, November 20. The Rev. pr. Paxton, OF
the First Presbyterian Church. preached in the
morning; the Rev. Or. Adams, OF Madison Square
Presbyterian Church, IN the a iernoor; and the
Rev. DR.. Hail, Of the Fifth PrPsOyterian Church,
in the evening. The church was hlled with an
attentive congregation, and in the evening large
number were obliged To leave wi mont gaining
admittauce. This church, With its young and
active pastor and its reuoVated ediice, has a
prospect OF great usefulness before it,"
The Pdcitic San Franclsco) of October 30
HUpon examination by competent architect
ii was sscertaued that Calvary Presbyterian
Church bad not been ser OuSly damaged by the
earthquake, and the building has been occu-
pied as usual The services last Sunday has
special reference TO these unusual phenomena
The first hymn, in which occur the lines,
Let mountains from the se ats be hurled
ConvcIsi9rs shake the old world,
Our faith sh ali never yield TO fear.'
yiVidly brought TO mind the scenes OF WedIes
day. DR.. Wadswofth selected for his text, 'Ant
suddenly there was q gra at earthquake, so tha
the foundations OF the prison were shaken.'n
The Union Theological Seminary. of New
York city, has recently received donation o
great value to its library. The family OF the lat
Rev. DR. Field of Stockbridge, have presented
10 TIA. institution his entire collection of pamph
let's together with quite a number of other rar
and valuable volumes. The volumes OF pam ah
let's which make more than half of the whol
nun Der, were gathered by Dr.. Field throu9h
ong course of years. ard by means OF an exteu
sye acquaintance both in Massachusetts, an
Cor nectlcut,