The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-10


Union Park, directly from its centre, straight
line of costly beauty, to the Central Park, like
the Champs d'Elysees from the Place dc la
Concorde TO the Arc d'Etoile and the Bois be- |
yond Most of the lower and n small part of
The second story are let to one drygoods house
for $4,000 year Other portions will be
rented, so that the new burden can be easily
carried and allow the Mulberry street pro-
perty to be retained for manufacturing pur-
poses.
mia, formerly belonging to Starr Kings congre-
cation, has passed into the hands of the African |
Methodist Episcopal Church.
The Missionary Society of the Methodist |
Episcopal Church South owes debt of about |
S35, 900. 1t is owing mainly to single friend,
who, during the war; advanced funds to meet
the drafts for the support of the China Mission
The Corresponding Secretary is now appealing
to the Sunday Schools and church members for
aid in iquidating the debt.
In Baltimore, Md, the Jackson Square Cen
tenary Church is being rapidly pushed forward.
A large church is to be erected on Lafayette
square. The new Sailors Bethel enterprise in
South Baltimore is going forward successfully.
CONGREGATIONAL.
The Congregatonalists of Vermont report
during last year revivals in Ilubbardton, Sud
bury, Shoreham, Bridport, .Vergennes, Ferris
burg, Charlotte, WinoosH, Swanton, High
gate, Craftsbury, johnson, West Fairlee,
Windsor, and Weathersield Centre-siXteen in
ALL The number of hopeful conversions in con-
nection with the churches must be more than
are under thirty years of age, which indicates
either that the children and youth are not
brought into the church as might be wished, or
that emigration takes away the younger MEM
bers.
The Boston Theological School is beginning
to supply some of the feeber Unitarian churches
of Massachusetts, which have the old Puritan
fund, though but few attendants. The last
Christian Register gives accounts of two such
churches supplied-those in Stow and Sudbury.
In the former the population and the eyangeli-
cal churches have moved to Assabet village in
that town; and in the latter the Congregational
Church, which left the old society with its
funds at the time of the great division in those
churches fifty years ago, had attracted to itself
nearly all the population.
The action of the Ohio Congregational Con-
ference in regard to the Theological Seminary at
Oberlin was entirely satisfactory to its friends.
A circular issued by committee in advance OF
the meeting occasioned some anxiety where It
was not understood. The friends OF ODerln VIII
rally to its support
The Congregational Church at Canton
Centre, Conn, is enjoying revival.
CATHOLIC.
All the Catholic churches in this country
are to take up a collection in this country to-
morrow, July IL, for n gift to Plus TX,
which shall be carried to him by the bishops
| W hen they 90 to the great Council.
Meetings of the Catholics of Southern Ger
| many have been held with the object OF conside-
ring the propriety of setting up national Catho-
| lie church, Independent to Rome. Prince Hohen-
| lohe, the Catholic Prime Minister of Catholic
| Bavaria, has declared in the Reichsrath at
Munich that the cncyclical letter and the sylla-
| bus are opposed to the spirit of the age.
| The Roman Catholics claim in Massachu-
setts q population of $50, 900, who are provided
with 12S churches, besides s buildings So chapels
and stations, 155 priests, IS clerical students, 3
male and Is female institutions, 1855 scholars in
| their two colleges, ladies' seminaries and 13
parochial free schools, hospitals, asylums,
with $50 orphans, and IL benevolent and chari-
table institutions.
BAPTIST.
The trustees of the Rochester Theological
Seminary having invited the Rev. r. j. w. Buck
land, pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church OF
New York city, to fill the chair of Ecclesiastical
History in that seminary, he has resigned his
pastoral connection with the church, and ac-
cepts the Rochester appointment.
The First African Baptist Church, Rich
mond Virginia, baptized during the past year
500 persons and has now membership of 1888
persons The Second African Baptist Church
of that city has raised over $4,000 towards re-
building its house of worship.
M. Desroches, French Baptist missionary,
hasfjust organized, on the Canada side of Lake
Huron, a church of thirty-two members, making
the fifth church composed of converts from
Romanism which he has organized since he came
to Detroit, twelve years ago.
According to their latest figures, there are
in Missouri 900 white Baptist communicates
and 900 colored. Evidently in Missouri the
denomination there is not yet properly recon-
tinct
President Champlin, of Colby University, a
Baptist institution, has been severely attacked
because the literary societies of the college in
yited Rev. William r. Alger to address them
this month. He answers that, however objec-
tionable Mr.. Alger's religious opinions (and he
says they are no worse than Mr.. Emerson's, who
| has addressed all the colleges of New England),
he does not see what he has to do about it. 1t
is the societies business, and not his.
PRESBYTERIAN.
We thank the United Presbyterian for cor
recting our statement that its late Assembly al
lowed marriage with deceased wife's sister.
| All that was done was to send down the ques-
| tion to the presbyteries for their decision. The
statement industriously repeated, apparently
with the object of belttling the United Presby-
teran Church and forcing it prematurely into a
5000 members the last year, is utterly unautho-
rized. On the other hand there has been gain
of about Independent.
sabbath, June 90, was the first communion
season in the new edifce of Bethesda Presby te-
rian Church, in this city Thirty-two persons
hundred and twenty pews in the lecture-room,
but the number is not sufficient to meet the
demand.
The First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn,
N. Y, Of which the Rev. DR.. Seaver is pastor,
received thirty-eight to its communion on Sab
bath, June n, thirty of the number being or
profession of their faith. The influences which
have thus resulted have been very quiet and per.
Vasiye: 1t is pleasant feature of the work that
several of those who Joined on profession are
: children of officers of the church.
Efforts have lately been made to establish
coHege NJ Cedar Rapids under the auspices o.
: the New School Presbyterian Synod of Iowa,
y There is now fund Of $50O0O, given by Mr.
- General Parson also gave between five and six
thousand acres of land, now worth $50 600 10