The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-04
SUMMARY OF CHURCH NEWS.
BAPTIST.


The Rev William Shelton, d. D., formerly
President of West Tennessee College, at Jack
son, has accepted the Professorship of Moral and
Intellectual Philosophy and of Theology in Union
University, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
The Baptist church of North Attleboro,
Mass, celebrated the one hundredth anniversary
of their organization on Wednesday, August %,
under very suspicious circumstances.
EPISCOPAL.
The Bishop of London has admitted two lay
readers to the private chapel at Fulham Palace.
The Rev. Henry II. Morrell, late Secretary
and General Agent of the Foreign Committee of
the Episcopal Church, has received a unani-
nous call to Christ Church, Little Rock, Ark.
The Rev. Jacob Miller having resigned the
rectorship of the Church of the Good Shepherd
Rochester, n. Y, has accepted the rectorship of
Calvary Bishop White MonumentaD Church, N
this city.
Bishop Eastburn has notified Mr. Fisse, of
Christs Church, Plymouth, that he must not
oficiate in any Protestant Episcopal church
within the diocese of Massachusetts,. This is
supposed to be on account of Mr.. Fisses ritu-
alistic procivities.
The Protestant Episcopal Church has in this
city 65 churches (an increase of four i'll the &C.
cesiastical Year,; 1856 COMMITMENTS Can in-
crease of 1160) "a 462 Sunday scholars Gncrease
1860. The contributions amount to S434, 1886.
The whole diocese numbers 20, 1876 members.
AT the recent Convention of the Episcopal
Diocese of Western New York, held in Roches-
ter Bishop Coke announced his intention of
several thousand volumes, to the diocese, under
certain conditions, as the nucleus of an Episco-
pal library for the use OF the bishops OF Western
New York for ever.
The Bridgeton (N. J.) paper of last week
contains very pleasant notice OF the entrance
rector of st Andrews Church in that town. EX-
tracts are also given from the Altoona Tribune
and from the VindiodtOr. All speak in one
strain of the acceptableness and usefulness of
the Rev. Doctors labors among them. Much
sympathy is expressed for him, because the deli
cate state of health OF some OF the members OF
his family renders q milder climate indispensa-
bly necessary for their restoration to health and
the hope is cherished that the change may be
serviceabe. DR.. Spear preached farewell ser
mon before the Young Mems Christian Assocla
ton of Altoona, and an opening sermon to tho
Bridgeton congregation, both OF which were ap
propriate and well received.
CATHOLIC.
The Church of St. Sacrament, at Bolton
Lake George, was consecrated by the Right
Rev. Bishop of Albany on Thursday, Septem
THE new Roman Catholic Cathedral in Bos
ton will probably be finished in 1871. 1t will
cover an area of $1,000 feet. 1t will have a chm
of bells and its chief tower will be 800 ieet II
height. The style of architecture Is the early
Gothic.
A meeting-house was dedicated at Atlantic
Vile. h. j., Aug. 8; cost 10000. -,
-Rev. Alfred A. Matthews, OF Chillicothe, ILL.,
died August /.
-On the 18th of August, the house OF tn
new church in South San Francisco was deal
Gated. :, e,
The Methodists report revivals in Sweden
which have, within the past nine months, IN
creased their members from 424 to 929
A church edihce was dedicated at Bethe
Grove. Wis, August s. On the same day,
Westinghouse was dedicated at Pleasant Grove
Professor j. A. Reubelt has resigned hi
chair i'm The Indiana Asbury University, In orde
to accept one in the Indiana State University
Bloomington. 49, .n;oo.o ,
Rev. j. P. Wrightenor and companion was cel,
brated at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage
little Falls, Y, on Monday evening, Al
-NThe Missionary Society held its first MONTH
meeting in the new building, No. SO5 Broadway
New York, on Tuesday afternoon, August
Risbop James In the chair. Perhaps the mo mo
deeply interesting topic was the condition OF u
treasHry. the Treasurer reporting dehclI
S121. .784,93 Last year. at this date, the pe'
was but 10296'S4. ,y...o., poo