The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-09-04

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ent of the CT en- and Gazette speaks
in high terms of the Gospel strength
and freshness OF the discourse Sew
eral times during the delivery there
were demonstration of great emotion,
and hundreds of hearts and eyes were
filed to overflow.
REV. OLYMPIA Brown has COM
menced her labors as settled pastor OF
the Universalist Church, at Bridge
port, Conn. Her first sermon was
/ from the text, seeing, Them we
! have such hope, VIC use great pam
ness of speech.
BURLINGTON, Vermont, has been
ebristened the City of Mary, By
the Pope. in a document signed BY
his own hands. Among the privi-
Ieges conferred on the new Catholic
! Church there, is to possess a statue Of
the Virgin blessed by tie Holy
Father.
Miss SARAH MoRRIs0N, of Oxford,
Ohio, passed through this city on last
Wednesday, en- route to India. az a
Missionary, under the appointment Of
the Presbyterian Board. She goes TO
join her father. Rev. j II. Morrison,
who has been laboring at the Lodiana
/ Mission to Northern India, for thirty
three. years.
THE american Churchmdn, a lead
| ing Episcopalian journal, not only
recognized other denominations as
| Christian churches, but faYors such
an alteration of the ordination service,
that ministers Of other denominations
may be received into the Episcopal
Church without q positive reordlna-
ton.
A WRITER from Tennessee mon
tons a minister In chat work who is
fnA scholar, an excellent preacher,
and devoted and pious man. whose
support for himself, wife and five
children for the past year amounted
| $216 so. Two hundred dollars Of the
sum was missionary appropriation.
the balance, $40 90, contributed by
the people.
| THE Old aud New School Presbyte
rians Of Chicago, have planned grand
missionary excursion to the Pacific
The party Is to consist of one hun
dred ministers and laymen, who are
to hold religious meetings at various
points on the railroad, and select the
moro suitable points for missions and
churches.
THE Reformed Dutch Church does
not seem to be growing The last re.
port of the General Synod showed
ABB churches, being ten less than last
year, and a diminuliOn of 972 mem,
bers. The Observer sees in these facts
an argument why they should connect
themselves with the re united Presby-
terians.
THE Society Of Friends, in Grea
Britain, has just held an annual
meeting and instead of losing ground
as usual, gain was reported Of nine
ty-six members. The statistics show
6,608 males, Z, 286 females; total, ID,
! 9S4 They complain that the younl
! people are conforming to the world il
dress and manners, and are In dangel
of losing their distinctive peeuliari
ties There is q movement on foot
{ similar to that under the Leadership
! Of Elias Hicks, in this country, tha
may rend the church in twain.
THE revival at Richmond, Indiana
has been in progress for about SIX
: months. and is one Of the most re
markablo on record. Abouthine hun
: bred have been added to the various
9 churches. Sometimes as many as fiji
teen prayer meetings in private houses
j have been simultaneously heldin diff
b ferent parts of the city. Religion i!
+, the theme of conversation in ever
t circle, and among all classes
AT Presbyterian Convention on
! West, composed Of about two hun
dred ministers and laymen, q gooC
many members Of other ehqrehe
f were present, One. who was taken t
be a Methodist, vas asked, "Wha
are you doing here? " Well whei
! / get to heaven 1 expect 10 find 81
! many Presbyterians there, that
would like to get a little acquaintet
4. with them beforehand"
THE minutes Of the Ohio STAT
t | Presbyterian General Assembly SHOW
/, that during the past year twenty
churches had received additions o
over fifty members each; one of then
8 174, another over 100, three over sc
three over 20, four between go and 7C
: The aggregate increase Of these ?
churches is 1856, their average 70
1 while the average increase in tn
! whole 1851 churches is only six.
2, A REMARKABLE native pastor i
+ Eastern Turkey, Of the American
& Protestant Church, died recently i
= Havaderick. He was known q
= "Blind Hohannes," and, although
= blind, was a man mighty in the scrip
= lures, and could quote almost an
passage by chapter aud verse.
A WRITER from Wisconsin notice
/ the fact that in oneo their Methods
= Conferences, 18.O58 probationers ha
I, been received since 1857 while tn
gain in membership was but GALS
Consequently some 1900 had bee
s dropped, or but one member game
= for every three practitioners.
! Il. Il. CUYLER, comparing Bisho
IF Simpson with Punshon, says: Wit
an average Methodist audience, tn
Bishop would call oat ten "amens
! to Punshon's one" Asawriter, how
y ever, he gives PunshOn the pre- EN-
j nenee.
Rev. I'll. HARVEY, DID,, late paste
of the First Baptist Church, Dayton
g Ohio, is elected to the Chair of Bibl
\ cal Exegesis and Pastoral Theology
= In Hamilton Seminary, a position h
:. formerly filed with great success
MISS HART. of the United Presby
8 terrain Mission in Egypt, was latel
: burned to death while trying to seal
= can of petroleum. Two natives pei
ished with her. She was lady
deep and earnest piety, eOnYerte
le Jewess. She had labored with niue
II success in Cairo about twelve years.
as rs Nor less than one hundred an
~ seven olergymen have elergyment
p cards from the st. Paul and Pacii