The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-06-12


gelical man TO join in any lawful and conservative
effort TO procure its ateraton?"
--Archdeacon Cox, who recently died in England,
had received from revenues Of the Established
Church during the sixty years he had been i'm orders
not less than el6OOOO @SOO,OOO, besides occasional
windfas.
An assistant of DR. Ever is now getting up new
Episcopal church in New York, TO be called the Church
OF 81 Mary the Virgin ana which is TO follow ritual
far in advance even of st. Adams going to the ex-
treme limits OF the most notorious churches Of Lon
don. The question is whether Bishop Potter will
ConseCTate it.
The Protestant Chwchmaa has been merged into
Ihe Lfring Church, a monthly paper edited by DR..
Muhlenberg. II seems to be little more churchly
and non-commttal than its predecessor, whose
demise we deplore, but will do good though far less
bold and earnest than the EpiscopdidB, OF this city.
Another victory TO the High Church Episcopa-
llans was their success in pushing through the
Maryland Convention plan for inaugurating a
federate council of dOceses In that State. 1t was bit
tery opposed, but passed by a close vote curious
episode in the discussion the decision Of the
presiding officer that it was not in order to mention
by name Bishops OnderdOnk and Ives, who have
Deeh uepOseu LOT cOhuuCU unworthy Jner position.
The laymen were most opposed to the plan, and
adopted it only by vote of 23 to o. while the Ceri-
cal vote was nearly to /.
CONGREGATIONAL.
The Illinois State Congregational Association
which has been I'm session for several days at Far
mington, in that State adjourned on Saturday. The
closing sermon was delivered by Rev. DR.. Beecher.
Rev DIR. Wisner, of LockpOrt, received into his
church on Sunday last 2l9 members The Congre-
gational church at the same time received 15I mem
bers. These are fruits Of the late revival in that
place.
The fence in front of the First Congregational
Church at Exeter. n. H.. having become sadly out of
repair, was lately removed. subscription paper
was drawn up TO defray the expenses of a new one
but its circulation was very brief as the first man to
whom IL was presented wrote substantially as fol-
lows:-'I will defray the entire expense, w. Odln."
The fence is to be OF iron and will cost about $1,000
During the past year the agents OF the American
Home Missionary Society have organized forty-eIght
churches. OF the churches aided, twenty-five have
become selfsuppOrting IL has had under appoint
ment nine hundred and eight missionaries, ofwhom
five hundred and sXty-hve labOred with a single
congregation, while the others ministered to two or
THE late Mrs. Charles Hosmer bequeathed to the
Park Church. Hartford, Connections, the sum OF
SO 900 with promise that the church debt should
be entirely iquidated by the first OF June, which
left S2S,50O to be raised by private subscription
Some OF the leading members of the church have
within the past ten days, moved actively in the
matter, and have been rewarded for their efforts by
obtaining pledges for the entire amount needed; so
that the Park Church Will start Off, June 1st, entirely
free from debt, and have balance of about $1,000
collected for pew rents in the treasury.
BAPTIST.
The Southern Baptists have held a successful
convention in Macon, Ga, but without any i'm
portant business being done. DR.. Armitage of New
York, was present to represent Northern Baptists
The Rev. John Sheridan, convert from
Romansm, who for the past ten years has been
employed as missionary by the Brooklyn City Mis-
sion Society," was ordained on Sunday minister
of the Baptist persuasion in the Strong Place Baptist
Church.
-'"The American Baptist Yearbook" is justissued.
The reports are quite incomplete for the South as
where Missouri which last year had 719 churches is
now credited with but 1907 and Mississippi shows
only %, against $50 a year ago This gives a total
apparent loss of 1874 churches during the year.
There are reported G5 associations, 12,Ol1 churches
S695 ordained ministers, 60, ISL baptsms and 1121-
9SS present members, making the denomination
numerically second only to the Methodist Episcopal
The Baptist papers generally very severe on
the action OF the members OF the Boston Tract So
Ciety, at its late annual meeting in attempting to
cast of all its friends who are not Colgregational-
signed "Fair Play for the IraUeer, full of misre-
presentations, as is charged and when Baptist
piled to it the paper refused to print it, for the good
reason that "Fair Plays communication had been
paid for as an advertisement:
The assets of Mercer University are slsO,OOO
The Georgia State Convention appoints an agent to
secure 100000 more. The institution now has eighty
four students
Brunswick, have united, elected new officers and
pastor, and adopted the free seat rule.
Rev. G. w. Harris, formerly editor of the Michi-
gan Christian Herald, has removed to Detroit and is
now connected with the Post.
There are 2IO Baptist churches in London, Eng
land, with membership of 100000
PRESBYTERIAN.
The Old School Assembly overruled the action
Of a church in establishing rotary edership The
practice is becoming quite common in the more pro-
The United Presbyterians are now holding their
Annual Assembly. We notice an effort making to
discontinue the China mission, and to incOrpOTate
the Syrian with the Egyptian mission on the ground
of the superior advantage OF concentrating all their
power in Two fields, those OF India and OF Egypt
"A good old colored preacher, Father Williams,
was introduced to the New School Presbyterian
~,
the condition of the freedmen of the South, He
thought that Presbyterian theology just what his
people wanted, and regretted & that it spread SO
Southern work ''made haste very slowly, while the
Methodsts were bundling in on every side"
The Southern Presbyterian Assembly is troubled
with the "Afrcan." A report was adopted that the
freedmen be 'allowed formative organization-a
sort Of gradually maturing progress TO be arrested
at certain point until, under proper training it is
prepared to pass on towards completion" TO the
credit OF Southern Christianity opposition, though
nnC Cupp ncgfu1 XVnQ ms do IN fba nd
that it violated the rights ofcolored MEMBERS in re-
fusing TO allow them to represent their churches in
The Presby teries of Guelph and Stamford,
Canada, have decided that the revival work in Gait
Catechisms. The Canada Presbyterian seem to be
forty years behind the times and remind us by their
action OF the days when the New YORK Observer was
nghungreVyas with all its mint on the same ground
By-and-by the Canada Presbyterians VIII learn, as
their brethren have learned here, TO patronize the
institution and to believe that MethOdists Ply
mouth brethren who support 1t are only stealing
The munifcent Gift of Mr. John c. Green in
creased to s75,00O VIII allow Princeton College to
put up OF the finest college buildings ever erected
in this country On learning that the estimates for
$4,000, Mr.. Bonner and Mr. Marquand generously
insisted that their donations should be increased to
that amount. The college now wants money for its
new dormtory, and to endow proiessorship OF
modern languages.
Scotland have had another victory In the General
Assembly OF the Free Church. Two motions We're
presented, by Dr. Farbairn in favor OF progress
the other by the Rev. DR.. Nixon, in favor of pract
cally abandoning the whole project The vote stood,
in favor of DR. Fairbairns motion, 429 i'll favor of
DR.. NiXOn's, 50. Majority, $40.
-ltWill be remembered that the missionaries OF
the Reformed Presbyterians in India sent protest
against the action OF the synod which suspended
George II. Stuart The synod, at its late meeting
voted TO require the mission presbytery TO return
within a year to its allegiance, and notified them
that, they refused, competent person will be sent
out TO take possession OF the schools and Of the pro-
perty; and a special committee was appointed to
Communicates with the the native churches