The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-21

The Baptist church at North Attleboro
Mass, will celebrate its one hundredth annver-
sary on the 25th instant
"A Baptist church at Westchester Nova Sco-
tia which disbanded several years ago, has re-
Gently been reOrganized, and six persons have
been baptized there.
Nine churches in and near Washington
county, Iowa. have formed themselves into a
new association The first meeting will be held
at New Haven, September IL.
The Baptist Church in Red Wing, Minnesota,
was recently presented with an elegant silver
plated Communion Service" Mr.. ID. X. Cross
and wife, and Mr.. James f. Sanborn, of Boston,
Massachusetts, were the generous donors
The Examiner di,dChronicle announces that
REV. II. Harvey, d. D., late Pastor of the First
Baptist Church. of Dayton, Ohio, has been
elected to the Chair of Biblical EXegesis aud
Pastoral Theology in the Seminary at Hamilton,
and Will probably accept"
The Second Baptist Church, Richmond, Vir-
ginia, sustains day-school, to afford to such OF
its members are unable to pay the usual
school rates opportunity of educating their
children free of cost. No tuition fees are
charged, the whole expense being met gby the
church. The school is under the direction OF
board of managers.
CONGREGATIONAL.
The minutes of Ohio, Just published, show
1S9 Congregational churches, being an increase
of 8, and 12S ministers. The church members
are 16,491, an increase of 1924.
The new Congregational church at Am
herst, Massachusetts,, has pulpit built of cedar
of Lebanon and olive wood presented by the
Rev. Mr.. Bliss, President of the Missionary Col
lege, Syria, which is supposed to be fully two
thousand years old
1t is stated that Rev. J. E. Rankin, formerly
of st. Adams, now ut Charlestown, Mass, has
received a call to the pastorate of the Congrega-
tiOnal church at Washington, ID. G..
PRESBYTERIAN.
The Old School General Assembly of 1912
decided by clear majority that marriage with
deceased wifes sister is forbidden by the law
of God" In 1s45 it denied the validity of
Romish baptism; and in 1S49 condemned the
practices of sitting in prayer and the reading of
sermons All these are virtually repealed by the
act of uniOn.-IndependeH
"A new Presbyterian paper is proposed in
Chicago to be commenced in the autumn repre-
senting the interests of the reunited Church.
The PreSJyter of Cincinnati, says:-
"a paper rejecting the views of Drs. Lord and
Patterson and Professor Blackburn on our side, and
of Revs. r. w. Patterson, d. d., Trowbridge, Mat
is needed We wish the new paper good success in
its great and growing field. We expect it to he an
gressive Presbyterianism."
The receipts of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign
Missions for May, June, and July of the present
The receipts for the same months last year, 24575
Increased receipts. ............... s5,25O
Cash payments in May June, ana July, 1859. SIS 16O
Cash payments in May, June, and July, 1865. S2,9S
Increased payments. Observation-Disclosures. s5 962
DIR. MoOers, much respected and benevo-
| lent physician of Plattsburg, n. Y, died some
weeks since. While the funeral was being at
| tended at the PRESBYTERIAN Church. of which
| he was a member, mass was being recited in both
the Catholic Churches for the repose of his soul.
| The Irish and the French residents whose poor
he had attended without charge, desired this
! done.
Five Presbyterian churches have been built
! in the southwestern part of Sonoma county,
| CAL, chiefly through the labors of Rev. Thomas
| Frazer.
Miss Hart, of the Presbyterian mission in
Egypt was lately burnt to death while trying to
| seal a can of petroleum. Two natives perished
| with her. She was lady of deep and earnest
| piety, a converted Jewess. She had labored
with much success in Cairo for about twelve
years.
The Catholic Telegraph, the Cincinnati organ
of the Church of Rome, calls the American COM
mon school system social cancer, and SAYS
at will be glorious day for Catholics in this
country when, under the blows of justice and mo-
rality, our school system will be shyered to pieces
! Until then modern paganism will triumph
Burlington, VT, has been christened the
| "City of Mary" by the Pope in n document
| signed with his hands; and among the privileges
conferredSon the new Catholic church there it is
| to possess statue of the Virgin, blessed and in.
dulgenced by the Holy Father.
| DR.. Dollinger, the leading Roman Catholic
| theologian of Austria has fallen under papa
| displeasure, and ecclesiastical proceedings have
begun against him. He had severely attacked
the Roman courts and threatened that the free
men of Germany might refuse to submit to the
! action of the coming council.
Cardinal AntOnelli has received from Vor
Buest, Prime Minister of Austria, note to thC
effect that 'if the course of Rome does no
| cease to excite embarrassment within Austria
| the Government of Austria and Hungary will bt
obliged to oppose definitely the journey of tn,
bishops to Rome at the time of the Council