The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-08
SUMMARY OF RELIGIOUS NEWS.
MEIMOnIST-


Rev. B. H. Nadal, formerly Of this city,
writes as follows in the New York Meth 1dist:-
"Our readers have frequently heard OF Drew
Theological Seminary, and are likely to hear of
it frequently in time to come. 1t is tue grandest
of all the fruits OF our Centenary, as the Cen.
tenary itself was of the gratitude of a great
Church. As is well-knoWn, the Seminary, stu.
ated at Madison, N. j., has been in operation
for a year. Its property and financial relations
1d had been % fully understood from the first, but
of law. On Friday, the Iwenty-iourth OF
July, this settlement was made. Under a call
OF DR.. McClintock, the President of the
Institution, the trustees assembled-Mr. Drew
among them-for the transaction of general
business, and especially tor the purpose of
seeing consummated, in due form of law, the
noble purpose of the founder of the Institution.
The reader is to imagine himself seated in the
spacious drawing room OF the Seminary, in the
presence Of eleven trustees. As our article may
They are:-Daniel Drew, Matthew Simpson,
Daniel Curry, John S. Porter, George I. Cobb,
John Il; Ockershausen, r: l.. Da1hiell, james
NJ. Tuttle, Archibald G. Foss, and Harvey b.
Lane. 1he work of the meeting began with
religious exercises, led by the Rev. Dr. j. s.
Porter.
Mr. Drew, as President of the Board of Trus.
tees, occupied the chair, and after roll call and
little business, stated in quiet tone and in the
smallest possible number of words, that he had
brought with him paper or two, which he
would like TO present to the Board, and have
read. He then offered the deed for one hundred
acres of land, bill Of sale, for the nominal con-
property OF the Seminary, buildings, library,
furniture, aud all other appurtenances, and
finally paper binding himself to pay two hun
dTed and iity thousand dollars as a permanent
endowment for the Institution. These gifts,
footed, up, amount to about half million
of dollars, and are to be increased by the
addition of a 6re-proof library building, and
three more houses for professors residences.
The reading finished, Mr.. Drew, in a tone barely
audible, said that if the papers now read were
such suited the trustees, he was ready to
sign them. To such a remark there could be no
verbal answer. A silence followed which
: seemed to turn the scene into tableau There
sat the speechless trustees, with the dignity OF
the moment written on their faces They looked
at ohce elevated and subdued. The eye OF an
artist would have seen, in the blended facial
expression OF the company. admiration without
levity, satisfaction without egotlsm, pride in
anothers benevolence, and a joy full of deep
solemnity, together with such sense OF weight
and power as made words ashamed TO show
themselves. 1t is, indeed, habit of the tongue,
so glib and rattling about tribes, to freeze up
before great sorrow or pIincely action. After
the payers had been signed, Dr. Dashiell moved
that Bishop Simpson be requested to express to
MIR. Drew the feelings of the trustees in view OF
what had taken place. The Bishop spoke admi-
raby, and other good speeches were made out
all the speakers fell below themselves; they
evidently felt that they had been ioIestaled by
magnificent action, before which mere words
must be like 1.-THE idle wind"
"A new African M T.. Zion church is being
projected in Flushing, l.. l. The society, which
is quite large, is now worshlpping in building
Moses Manning, the pastor, is endeaVoring To
obtain assistance for this object, without which
1t will be impossible for the congregation ia
carry out their project. Mr.. TAomaJ Leggett
who is we'll known TO the citizens of Flushing,
has consented to act as Treasurer for the Zion
congregation.
The ChrisRan Advocate says:-According tc
present prospects, our theological schools will
all be crowOed the coming year. AT the Boston
Seminary il will be necessary to hire additional
rooms tor the accommodation OF students, the
number of applicants already exceeding the
capacity of the 6ve-storied dormitory building
Among the applicants may be found men o
family, full members of Conferences, ordained
men, some older than the acting President o
the institution.
The Methodists have begun to discuss unior
projects on the one side, with the Episcopalian
(from whom they came originality; and, on the
other, with the "EvangellCal Association anC
the African NJ. E. Church.-Indepeadem
BAPTIST.
Rev A. Wiberg writes from Sweden Il
Rev. DR.. Grifhth, of this city, as follows;-
''You will feel interested in seeing the stats
tioal table of our churches for the last yea'
From this table it appears that during tne pas
year $50 were baptized, 927 were received D
letter, 352 dismissed, 1876 excluded, sS restored
and 40 deceased; that new churches had pee
formed, aud that the total number OF Baptsts /
Sweden was 7478, in l9l churches. This, how
ever, does not give the whole number OF thos
baptized during the year, as many churche
have not sent us their statistics. We ind
great drawback TO the increase of our demon
nation In this country from the emigration {
many OF our members to America. Thus,
believe that the First Church IN Stockholm ha
already lost about one hundred by emigration
great work Of grace has gone on, especial
40 EKanc, where one brother alone baptlZe
i moro than two hundred In, I believe, seye
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