The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-23

CONGREGATIONAL church.
More than Sl9, 900 have been collected and
expanded for building the new church edldce of
The German Baptist Church on Fourteenth
street. New York. The congregation worship
in the lectureToOm, which will seat about 500
persons.
The Rev. Mr.. Francis at one time mis-
sionary and colporteur in Richmond, Virginia,
now OF California, has recently visited Salt
Lake City and preached, by Brigham Young's
invitation, III the new tabernacle. Mr. Francis
writes TO the Home Mission Society that he has
had an interview with the authorities, and with
the United States Land Agent, to secure a lot
for Baptist church ed6ce.
A citze of Prussia is by birth a member of
the Lutheran Church. If he wishes TO become
a Baptist, he must 60 before a magistrate aud
declare his purpose. After two weeks-the e
Lutheran pastor Is expected to exert his elo-
quenCe TO reclaim the wanderer-if he adhere
to his determination, he must repeat his decla-
ration before the magistrate, and is then allowed
to depart in peace. This is not required of
Lutheran5 in their views OF baptism. Persecu-
ton for opinions sake has now ceased in
Protestant Germany.
MIR. sDurgeon defends himself for allowing
MIR. Hammond the use of his Tabernacle for his
Children's meetings. He says it is none OF his
business to defend every object or organization
to which the use OF the Tabernacle is lent; that
there are some things about Mr.. Hammond's
methods which he does not like. The services
"bave evidently been Il blessing to our school;
and, with much that is not at all to our taste,
there was the true ring OF fervent love to Christ
in them, and we intend to wait and watch
results. As TO frightening or territy ying the
children, nothing of the sort was attempted
or accomplished; such remarks show want
OF information.n A good deal has been
made of the crown of thorns ana the hammer
and nails which Mr.. Hammond was said to use
at his meetings. 1t is a fact that he has shown
crown ofthorns, presented TO him in Palestine
as most probably the kind of thorns of which
the SayiOurs crown was made. The hammer
and nails he used in an entirely different con-
nectiOn, as a sort OF "objeCt lesson.' He wished
to impress on the children's minds the fact that
the longer conversion was delayed the less the
power over them of holy influences. He had a
magnetic hammer and some small tacks, which
represented the children drawn easily to the
Saviour; larger nails were spoken of as youth
readily attracted, but not so easily as the
children; and so on, until The hammer had
little or no influence upon q very large nail
representing the groWn-np man, hardened in
his sin.
An experience OF lay management in the
councils OF Southern Methodism during two
years past has proved exceedingly satisfactory,
aud Is regarded as highly favorable 10 the
preservation of the itnerancy, and even TO the
restoration of its ancient glory"
The Methodist Episcopal Church South has
535,04 members, including GAL travelling and
local preachers. They have ch arches as tar
north as Baltimore, Southern Illinois, Califor-
MIA, and Oregon. There are 256l members re-
ported In Illinois.
The Methodist states an interesting and
encouraging fact when it says:-"It has been
said that American Methodism dedicates q new
church every day OF the year, and the assertion
has seemed to be more boasttul than accurate.
Yet the statistics OF our own, Church for 1868
show that it is within the truth, for our increase
during that year, in the number OF church
edi6ces, reaches to five hundred and seventy.
This makes something more than three new
churches for every two days of the year. With
an efficient Church Extension Society to give
encouragement and aid where these are most
needed, what may we not expects"
PRESBYTERIAN.
The First Church of ST. Louis, Mo-, is once
Detroit, disappointed in DR.. William Hogarth of
more declining their call.
The Rev. Halsey Dunning, for fourteen
years pastor of the New School Presbyterian
Church in Baltimore, Md, died January IL.
The Rev. Lafayette Marks, pastor elect of
the North Broad Street United Presbyterian
Mission Church, has accepted a call to the
Hanover Street Church OF Wilmington, Del.
The Rev. David Hopkins was installed pastor
of the Presbyterian Church of New Rochelle,
New York, on the 7th INST. The sermon was
preached by the Rev. DR.. Hastings, and Rev.
DR.. Bayles gave the charge to the pastor.
The Rev. Henry NJ. McCracken has been
invited to supply the pulpit of the First
Presbyterian Church of Toledo tor year. 1t is
understood that he accepts. The congregation
design to complete their house of worship, now
in course of erection, during the present year.
in our own city there are encouraging signs
of another gracious revival in the CohoCksink
Presbyterian Church (Rev. Mr.. Mutchmore's).
Between forty and fifty inquirers have presented
themselves, and the hope is felt that the work
may be extended.
The Annual Catalogue of Princeton Theolo-
gical Seminary has just heen issued. The
number of professors is five, the same as last
year. The number of students is as follows:-
Resident Minister l. Resident Graduates, 8;
Senior Class, "a; Middle Glass, 80; Junior Glass,
40. Total, lO7. May the blessing of God abide
upon the Seminary.
The Northwestern Presbyterian says:-"The
Rev. Mr.. Johnson, OF Knoxville, Ill, writes: -
| The Lord has been doing great things for US in
our church. For the last two weeks He has
been pouring out upon US the spirit of grace
| and suppllcatlon, and as soon as Gods people
! became i'm Fortunate, God began to convert
| slnners. The church is deeply moved, and the
work is beginning to be felt in the whole COM
| munity.'"
"A correspondent near Albany N. Y, says:-
| "We are having quite an interesting work OF
! grace in the New scotland Church (Rev. DR..
| Edie's) We commenced to observe the Week
| OF Prayer, but our meeting soon gave evidence
| OF the special presence OF the Spirit On yes.
| terday we received fourteen on profession OF
! their faith, and last night there were other
| inGuiIeTs, and general seriousness peryading
the entire congregation. Men who have not
attended church for years are coming out to
| the meetlngs.n
The church of Clarkson was organized in
1916. Soon after the formation OF the Pres6y-
| terry of Rochester, which occurred in 1919, that
church connected Itself with the presbytery,
aud remained in that connection until 1853,
when for some cause, we know not what, ii
wllhdtew from presbytery, and has remained
an independent Congregational church until the
9th instant when 1t voted itself Presbyterian
church ain, appointed elders, and resolved
again TO connect itself with the Presbytery ol
l Rochester.
The Rev. Matthew Newbirk was Installed