The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-25
SUMMARY or RELIGIOUS NEWS.


BAPTIST.
The New York Branch Of the American
Baptist Publication Society was opened on
Thursday evening, the l6th, at No. 76 East Ninth
street, opposite Stewards. Nearly all the pastors
in the city were present, with their wlves aud
together with sunday School superinten dents
and teachers, male and female, filed the spa
cious meeting-room and bookstore. The follow
/ ing preamble and resolutions were heartily
adopted
Whereas, The American Baptist Publication Society
nection with it furnished 6eautiu nail as the head
Resolved, That we pastors su aday school super in
tSeDdents, teSe6ess, and 6rsthsea Of New York
TO u.s. and return thanks TO the Board OF the Pub
provided, giving new proof Of their Interest in the
Resot1td, That we recognizs in This enterprise
bond OF union ana flesh incentives op In
sna cur ireSusns pfessHce and united Fe
wewill do all 10 our power 70 make this house CEN
ResoIVsd. That We p dge afes6. 70 the Board in
and Increase he power of the American
country.
Rev. Rufus Blunt, writing from Red river,
Natchitoches, says:-'ln the month OF April,
baptized twenty eight candidates, twenty
at one time. l organized one church OF twenty
seven mem bers, and baptized in connection with
1t ten candidates. In the month OF May bsp-
tized ioity-two. l am giving myself wholly to
the work. l cannot send you q iull report at
the present time, but hope to do so at the eud of
the year. Pray the Lord to send more laborers
into this viney lard, for the work 10 great, and a
great harvest remains TO be gathered"
The pastor oil the Burman Church in RAN
goon, Ko En-, died in March last. be had been
pastor twelve years. He was baptized by DR..
Judson in 1928 and ordained in 1885, During
his pastorate he baptized LAB persons chiefly in
Rangoon, and copied out with his own hand,
. the entire Bible in Burman for the press. He
was good man and mighty in the Scriptures,
and has left behind him a precious name. His
age was 70 years and months.
The First Baptist church of Rochester, New
VorJ ~ fba Hppru II Rnhina
Is the pastor, is doing great work through its
mission schools. The eighth of them was
opened, in hall fitted up for the purpose,
Sunday before last. Many thousands OF dollars
have beer expended in these mission enter
prises, and the fruit is large and blessed.
The Rev. Thomas ]. Morgan, formerly q
general in the army, a member OF this years
graduating class IN Rochester Theological
Seminary, has been elected Corresponding Sec
retary OF the New York Baptist Union for Min
isterlal Education.
The colored church in Huntsville, Alabama
has over eighteen hundred members. The
pastor. the Rev. BARLEY Harris, an aged coloreC
man, baptized one hundred and twenty on ;
The Rev. W. E. Hatcher has resigned hi
pastorship OF the Franklin Square Baptist
church, Baltimore, Maryland to take effect tht
First Baptist church OF Petersburg, Virginia.
The cornerstone is shortly to be laid of The
handsome church edidce,, of white marble
which is to be erected at the rthwest sector
of the city OF Baltimore, for the congregation
Of DR.. Fuller
PRESBYTERIAN.
The New York Independent says of tn
"Pittsburg Circular:"-A new element, whethe
of harmony or OF dlscord remains to be seen, ha
been thrown into the discussion of Pan-Presoy
terianism. The first article OF the terms of re
union adopted by the late General Assemble
defined the doctrinal basis of union. The artie
is somewhat cumbrous. 1t first makes tn
Scriptures the basis OF doctrnal belief. IT then
secondly, accepts the, Confession of Faith a
lures. 1t then, thirdly, in DR.. H. B. Smith
amendment, defines the interpretation of th'
Confession, limiting 1t TO its "Calyinisti'
or Reformed senses" and, fourthly, this las
limitation is itself again limited by the Gurle,
amendment which allows all the peculiaritie
of the Old and New School theologies to be Cal
whistle or Reformed. This system of check
and balances IS not satisfactory, especially Il
many of the Old School. The Pittsburg clrcu
lar proposes TO do away with all these eXplana
tions of the Confession of Faith, and adop
that simply as expressing the system of Bblica
doctrine. The leading Old School papers-th
Presbyterian, the Banner, the Presbyer, AM
the Northwestern Presbyferjdn-are out in faVo
of this change. Only the 0Jseruer objects t.
the delay. The important Presbytery OF Phila
delphia has Just endorsed the proposition
and unanimously rejected the plan OF union
The New School papers, on the other hand
generally oppose the change, as haZarding o
delaying the desired reunion. 1t now seem
probable that enough OF the Old School Presby
teries will reject the proposed plan to della
union for another year. Still, those who ar
thus acting claim TO be earnest friends {
union, and thai it will not be delayed beyoud
single year, and that the plan OF the Pittsbur
circular will be far more agreeable than tn
present one to minor Presbyterian bodies.
The Rev. Henry Benedict, member OF th
Presbytery of Connecticut died at Saratoe
Springs, New York, on Saturday evening, lSt
instant, in the seventy-secoud year of his ag
he was formerly pastor of the Presbytera
church at Porlchester, New York, and continue
TO reside at that place after his resignation
the pastoral charge. He had started on lou
ney TO Ohio, but while soourning at Saratop
was seized suddenly with disease, aud in sho
time was at rest. He was useful and honore
servant of Christ.
The Rev. J. X. W. Sloane, an active and we
known minister of the Seformed Presbyteria
Church (Old Light), has been elected Profess
in the Theological Seminary OF his Church
Allegheny City, Pennsylvania. His pastora
over the Third Reformed Presbyterian Chur
in the city OF New York has extended very 81
cessiully over several years.
The Rev. William NJ. Blackburn has sigI
fed bis acceptance OF the Protessorship In &
theological esaIinalI OF the Northwest