The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-05-15
SUMMARY or GENERAL CuUnoI Nnw,
PRESBYTERIAN.

has been growing faster than any other church
there They have just paid the 100000 debt with no
aid from abroad
A correspondent tells us that the statement that
the Cumberland PreShytcrians, North ana South,
have reunited is mistake, as they never divided
Their communicates number 100000, and ninis-
Father Chniquy has been since June, 1883,
minister In full status of the Canada Presby erlan
byte " he should be taken up by distant one, needs
explanation.
IGhc great union movement among the tmcstnb.
lshcd Presbyterian churches Of Scotland and Eng
land rs likely this year To make more real than nppa-
rent progress a very complete and satisfactory
report VIII be presented b, The committees Of the
respective SHprcmr courts: but thc ,rn1rt OF co.
committee viii lie the table for year. aud during
that time no action ON the subject win be expected
or encouraged. The committees of the four CON
tmCng churches have arrived at very satisfactory
degree az unanimity The Duke of Argyle, an elder
in the Established Church Of Scotland urges the
Presbyterian churches 10 unite into strong 1ody
lie also insists greater amount Of liberty being
given to individual churches to mo ly their form OF
worship In consistency with the Presbyterian form OF
church gOvernment-iHdel0HieA
The ola and New School Presbyterian churches
I'm Fulton, Illinois, were united about Il year ago,
ana blessing has followed the union. At the last
communion 9G were admitted, of whom SO we're by
profession The previous membership was only So
1t appears probable that there viii be scaut
majority of the New School Presbytercs in favor OF
reunion ON the plan last presented They are get
ting little nettCd at the continued assumption Of
superior orthodoxy by the ola School The pros
poets of reunion this month are not very bright ow
"A year ago the Central Presbyterian Church in
| Rochester, New York. dismissed eighty-two uem-
| hers at one time to form the Westminster Church
of that city, and now, On the 4th inst the mother
society receives siXtythree converts profession
OF their faith and eleven persons by letter. 'rhCre
| that sCattCrcth and yet nCreaseth'
The Western Presbyterian Publishing Company
under a charter granted to the New school Presby-
terlans, has been organized in Chicago, with cap-
on the occasion of the administration of the
| Lords supper at the First Presbyterian Church,
Wilmington, n. c., Sabbath morning, Nav 2, sixteen
persons made public profession of religion, and
al phlrphgl
| AT the late meeting of the Presbytery Of Chese-
| peakc, the Rev. 5. II. Higgins, d. d., was dismissed
| at his request, to the Presbytery Of Baltimore.
AT the recent meeting of the Presbytery of East
Hanover, the Rev. Dr.. John Leyburn, of Baltimore,
| Md, was dismissed to the Presbytcry Of Che5a-
! peakc.
Elder Hcman Bangs. a veteran OF Connecticut
! and New York Methodsm has lately been placed on
the superamuated list, at his own request He has
built some forty or fifty churches in Connecticut, and
twenty parsUuages, though he never lived in one.
| He claims to have been the first Methodist in this
| country who preached on temperance; and says ten
| thousand souls have been converted under his min
istry. He has never complained but once about his
salary; and then he objected TO an increase, on the
ground that the example might nave bad influence
| upon his brethren. The old veteran was presented
| $4,000 retiring.
speaking of the church in San jose, whose building
was burned because they taught tne Chinese says:-
| 'AnOmalOus as is the seeming, it is nevertheless
true that those who claim TO represent Christianity
in its best type are most hostile to tGis work Of Chi
| ncse evan"e'zatiOn." THE school in San Jose,
! though with good accommodations, is the largest
in the State having 100 Chinese pupils The super
| intendeut has been compelled to keep nighC
watchMGn TO prevent his house ana barn from being
| The motion offered in the New York Conference
disappearing of the action OF the presiding elder and
local conference in the Eenvie district, who gave
| Mrs. Van CotG license AS local preacher, was laid
| over for consideration next year.
| CoNGREG ATIONAI.
Since the Springfield Street Congregational
| Church of Boston has adopted the system of free
seats the of giving has been increased SOC per
| cent. over that OF last year.
| DR. Chaplin writes TO the Examiner djld ChrOnirle
explaining how Mr.. Healy had been so successful in
| organizing in New Orleans two congregational
churches, of 200 members each 1t seems that these
had been Free sill Baptist churches, and We're COM
posed of COlOred members. They We're told that, II
at the end Of six months they were dissatisfied they
| could withdraw from the new connection by paying
| back the money advanced 80 aid them in church
| building. There is no essential difference between
| the two denominations which should prevent them
| from uniting all over the country.
Since March, 1863, Congregational churches
have been organized in California Nine church edi-
| fees have been built. Daring the last years %
churches have been organized, of which nine are
seli-supportng; 20 church edilces built and three
| parsOnages, at a cost of over sS0,0OO young men
licensed to preach, ordained, installed OF the 40
Congregational churches in California 80 were or
| ganiZed under the auspices of the American Home
Missionary Society. Only of the 40 have worked
missionary churches 20 have edices OF worship, and
| THE Pastors Appleton) library, connected with
the First Congregational Church, North Brookded,
has lately received from the family OF the founder
the late Hon William Appet9n OF BGstonMa Kos dona, M
library now comprises 5000 bound volumes, and
about 1900 pamphlets, some of which are rare and
valuable. The interest of the permanent fund con-
neCted with the library permits the purchase OF
from so to 100 volumes yearly.
The Old South Church, Boston, VIII celebrate
its two hundredth anniversary during the present
month.
EPISCOPAL.
| An Episcopal Clergyman of Indiana has been
found guilty by the proper udicatory of that Church.
of the Onense of witnessing the BGck Cr0ok anu his
| bishop has rcprmanded MIN accordingly.
| The EpiscOpalians in Kentucky have tnaugurated
| a new system Ci church extension employing two
evangcsts to build up churches in destitute places,
and to do much OF the work of Methodist travelling
| preacher. A missionary ef the Church Missionary
| Society has during the last year. organized cOngre-
| cations IN i've towns in Missouri, averaging twenty
| communicates In each.
| The Massachusetts Episcopal Convention met
May 9th and 9Th. The bishop reported s2l connrma-
tions and deacOns and priests ordained during me
year. The convention endorsed the voluntary basis
of missionary operations instead or making cOnIrl-
| buttons church requirement. - q.
While others are waiting for an opening i'll Salt
Lake City, an Episcopal missionary, Mr.. F0ote, has
begun successful work lie reports within inc
last sixteen months, Combinations, 81 cOmmun-
Cants, A Sunday scholars, 1907 teachers, l3
gammaI-schOOl scholars, 1907 teachers, 6; cOntrlbu-
tiOns for church purposes S3910B2. We nave built
! cOmmodiOus rectory, in which all the clergy ana
their families are living We are vigorously pushing
on paroCbial ard school work
-"The Evangelical branch Of our Church appears
to us to be like BunyGn's Christian Pilgrim, when he
SET out TO get the wicket gate. We have come to
the conclusion that our Church is rapidly becoming
at least unprecedented, if we avoid the offensive
progress continually and further resistance to the
! rtualistC movement seems a waste OF time anG
strength So we have resolved TO arise and nee and
having started, the High-Church party show their
satisfaction to be II of us. . Both the Evan
gecal and the moderate parties are earnestly DIS
Cussng the situation aud proposing escape ana solu
tOns of difficulties. Bat the struggles Of the latter
| towards the