The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-10-16

and clerks, 1866; and students at the ecclesiasti
cal colleges, S4l; the religious communities
count 52l5 souls, 2959 men and 1856 women; the
lay population amounts to 1876, 1893; soldiers in
garrison l0,207; prisoners under sentence, 32S;
Protestants, 637 and Jews, 26S2; making a total
OF 22O, 532, or an increase of 5l54 over the year
1868.
LUTHERAN.
The Lutherans have an English Mission
Church in st. Louis. 1t was organized two years
ago. Recently a meeting house has been
created, at cost of about $4,000. OF this
amount, $3.50 remains to be paid and the
church is feeble.
The West Pennsylvania Synod has resolved
to raise, during The coming year $500 for
church extension in the West. This Synod has
had fourteen MINISTERIAL students on its list of
6enetciaries, the past year, at an expense OF
G2910
During the recent session of the Evangelical
Lutheran Synod of East Pennsylvania, the con-
dition of the Emmaus Institute, at MiddletoWn,
Pa, was reported upon. Attached TO IL there
are nearly five hundred acres of good land,
mill property, and about forty-five ground rents,
whose income annually is $4,000. The entire
value of the property is at least SllOOOO.
There are now thrty-three orphans in the
Home, but there are Accommodations for eighty.
CONGREGATIONAL.
The cornerstone of the new divinity school
OF Yale College was laid September 22-
Mr.. S. II. FTary was ordained pastor of the
church at MiddletOwn, Massachusetts,, on Octo-
Der Z.
Rev Daniel Clark, of Plainfeld, ILL.,, was
recently drowned while riding through o bayou
of the Du Page river.
Fourteen candidates for the ministry have
entered the Junior Glass in the Divinity School
of Yale College, besides seven new students to
the other classes, making the whole number
thirty-seven.
Mr.. Samuel A. Hitchcock, of Brimheld,
Mass, who has been already liberal donor to
the Andover Seminary has made an addition to
the endowment of the Hitchcock Professorship
of the Hebrew Language by the gift of forty
thousand dollars. The object of the donation is
TO increase the salary OF the Hitchcock Profess
sorship, to add to the value of the Hitchcock
scholarships, and if any surplus remains, an
nually to enlarge the general fund of the institu-
ton. Mr. Hitchcock has also accompanied this
gift by the same amount to Amherst College.
REFORMED.
AT the last session of the General Synod a
hymn-book, prepared by committee appointed
for the purpose, was adopted for general use in
the churches.
The Rev. W. J. R. Taylor D. D.. Cores
ponding Secretary Of the American Bible So
ciety, has accepted the call made upon him
some some time since by the Clinton Avenue Reformed
Church, of Newark, N. j.
The Rev. Francis NJ. Kip, Jr., for the past
two years settled over the Reformed Church at
Livingston has received and accepted call
from the Reformed Church at Fultonville, Mont
gOmery county Pa.
The Rev. G. H. Vaudeville, pastor of the
Reformed Church of Newhurg, ". Y, has ac-
cepted the urgent and unanimous call of the Re-
formed Church of Harlem, n. y, to become
their pastor.
The Christian IateUi1encer stated some
time ago that at least one-fOurth of the minis
ters of the Reformed Dutch Church are without
charges, and that at least 800 in the Old School
Presbyterian Church are in the same position.
PRESBYTERIAN.
Rev. Professor Burrows, of Middetown, will
temporarily fill a professorship in the Thco-
logical Department of the New York Union
Seminary.
The Presbyterian Church South has II Sy-
mods, 81 Presbytcries, S67 ordained ministers,
1860 churches, and 19.96l communicants.
Funds contributed last year, for all purposes,
STA 400.
"A Presbyterian committee, having settled
the difficulties in Danyille Theological Seminary,
KY, and secured the resignation of the three
professors, will now take in hand their Seminary
of the Northwest Chicago, and try to settle the
quarrel between Cyrus II. Mccormick and Pro-
fessor Lord.
AT the late meeting of the United Presbyte-
ran Synod of New York, the Rev. j. b. Dales,
DID,. Professor of Church History and Pastoral
Theology in the Theological Seminary at New
burg, n. Y, rendered his resignation of the
Protessorship. Synod laid his resignation on
the table until next year
The present term in Lane Seminary has
opened very encouragingly. Thirty-four students
are already on the ground, and two others will
shortly arrive, making the whole number at least
thirty-six. OF these twenty-five are new stu
dents two in the Senior, five in the Middle, and
fifteen in the Junior class.
The former church edifce near Gaines
Mill, Va, was destroyed by fire during the war.
BY great eXertion, especially on the part of DR..
Gaines, a new building has been erected, in
which the congregation have worshipped for
some time. 1t is very gratifying to hear that
the blessing of God is descending richly upon
that people, aud that quite gOodly number
have professed faith in Christ rs their Saviour,
| while many others are mquiring their way to
| the Gross.
Rev DR.. Wisner, Of Loc1port, has in his
| church what he calls the Children's Sabbath.
| That is, ON the morning of the Sabbath after the
| communion, he breaches upon infant baptism,
the duties Of parents to their baptized children,
| the promises to those who fulfil those duties,
| and similar topics At this time also children
| are presented for baptism. The second Sabbath
| of this month twenty-three were brought for
| ward at one time. On the previous Children s
! Sabbath nineteen were SO presented, making
| forty-two. Most of them are the children OF
the converts of the recent marvellous revival in
| his church.
| EPISCOPAL.
Preliminary steps have been taken to reor-
gapize the disestablished Church Of Ireland. The
| decided in favor of q common representation of
| bishops, clergy, and laity in the new Church.
| 1t is the custom now for many among the
congregation of Trinity Church, in New York
city, 10 bow to the chancel when entering the
church, and TO cross themselves when they rise
from their knees in their pews, Just as the
| Papists do.-PresbyterjdR.
| DIR. Samuel Wilberiorce, son of the philau-
tmopist, known as slippery Sam, and an eX-
| uene High Churchman, suspected of cOquetting
with Rome has been transferred from the
bishopric Of Oxford to that of Winchester.-ia-