The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-04-10


in Cape May. Though these churches have all
continued TO the present day, and have ever
held respectable position in the community,
yet they have not always maintained the van
tage ground which their early formation gave
thcm. There are now in the eight counties of
South Jersey fifty-two Baptist churches, having
membership of about 1900. About one-fourth
of the churches are still small and quite feeble
and need aid from the Estate Mission Board"
But most of the others are active, growing
bodies, and within the past two years they have
made decided advancement. Many of these
churches have recently experienced gracious re-
NiNOl seasons.
EPISCOPAL.
The Rev. o. W. Whitaker has signiied his
acceptance of the missionary bshopric Of Ari-
zona and Nevada, to which he was elected last
fall by the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies
OF the Episcopal Church.
The Church of the Heavenly Rest" Just
opened on Fifth avenue, New York, is said to be
splenddy upholstered, and to have the best
facilities for earthly rest of any church in the
city.
DIR. F. d. Huntington having chosen to make
Syracuse, New York his episcopal residence
the wealthy Epscopalians Of Syracuse have pur-
chased @25, 900 residence for him. The Doctor
is the seventh Protestant Episcopal bishop
selected from rcctors of Boston churches since
1858.
The offertory for the current expense of the
free church of st. Mary's (Epscopal), Brooklyn,
for yesterday, amounted to S1029, making with
the amount received during Lent $254S This
may encourage some congregations who con-
template changing from the pew to the free-seat
| system.
| In Scotland the clergy of the Presbyterian
| Establishment seem to have greatly the advan-
vantage of their Free Church brethren in the
matter of honorary academic degrees. The Free
| Church has only 40 d. D's large proportion of
| whom came from America while in the Esta-
blishment there are over 100 such degrees mostly
| from the Glasgow, Aberdeen, st. Andrews, and
Edinburgh universities, and many of which
| have quite an ironical look. Aberdeen this year
| conferred six degrees, and not one on any mem
| Der of the Free Church.
PRESBYTERIAN.
The Rev. A. r. Dobson, of the Old School
| branch has received unanimous call to the
| Chester City Church. made vacant by the late
| resignation of Rev. M. p Jones.
| The Southern Presbyterian says:-''It is our
| sad duty this week to announce the death of
| three Of the ministers of our Church-R. w. B.
| Kennedy, r. A. Houston, and james McChain."
| "A friend of Auburn Seminary offers to give
| one-half the sum necessary for a fre-prOof
| library building, on condition that the remainder
of this sum is made up. The library has fund
of 1926, 600.
AT the communion In the Presbyterian
church in Greenpoint, Long Island New York,
| recently, forty-nine persons were admitted into
| the church, most of whom were heads of fami-
lies Others intend to unite at the next commu-
Mon. The meetings of the society are so fully
| attended that it has been found necessary to
| build q new lecture-room for the accommodation
| of the large number who attend.
| The receipts of the Boards of the Presbytc-
| rian Church in the month of February were as
| follows:-BOard of Domestic Missions 500, ,SS4 .S6
| Board of Education, $9679.9S: Board of Foreign
| Missions, $37, 246.52 Board of Publication (cOl-
| portage and distribution fund.-, $1645; Board of
Church Extension, S2035'27; Fund for Disabled
| Minister'S $27O929; Committee on Freedmen,
| $2296.4.
| A Rochester correspondent of the american
| Presbyterian says:--
The First Presbyterian Church of Rochester
| New York, have now completed their subscrip-
| ton of $50, 600 for their new church ediice. We
suppose the work of building will be commenced
ut once, and by another winter they will have a
new and beautiful place of worship, They are
| also expecting, now that the question of a new
church is favorably settled, to hear that Dr.
| McIlvaine accepts their call, and will soon re-
turn to be their minister
A sad case of ovcr-sensitiveness to ecclesas-
| tical censure has lately occurred near Ulster,
Ireland. A worthy elder of the Reformed Pres
byterian Church was severely reprehended by his
pastor, in the presence of the session, for Otil-
ciating at communion in Presbyterian church
of another sect, and forbidden by him to
assist in the next communion, and threatened
with further ecclesiastical censures. Being an
unusually sensitive man. he was overcome by
the rebuke, went home and took to his bed and
died within a week. His wife sdys:-'The
anguish of mind saw him endure and the sighs
] heard him utter, till he took the bed, from
which he never rose, were enough TO shatter the
| strongest constitution. Shes had told Rev, Mr.
only comfort given was, ''Tell him not to think
of it. Turn his mind from that altogether
Mr.. Hart and his friends are now trying the
effects of the same recipe on the Presbyterian
public, and with as little success.-I1dependent
CATHOLIC.
1t is said that various religious orders have
offered their services in the north of Scotland
but there seems little chance of any cOmmu,
mites of men being settled there al present.
We learn from the Rock that the Rev. Ed.
ward Husband, curate of Atherstone, England
has been received into the Catholic Church
This gentleman has long been known as u very
ultra rtuast.
| Prince Schombcrg, young Prussian noble
man of great wealth and ancient family, has
been received into the Roman Catholic Church
| by Cardinal BOnapartc. His conversion has
given the utmost qualification to his Holiness.
The Pope blessed on March Z the Colder
Rose. The English Catholics residing in Rome
will celebrate a iridium during the week mt tho
Church of st. George, to implore the incrcessior
OF that saint for the return of England to the
r unity Of the faith.
!, The Ci0iUd C0HOlico. which is regarded a,
+ Il semi-otlical organ of the Pope, thinks the
| coming GCumenical Council will affirm the in
! | tallibility of the Pope. and proclaim the eX
: uCme doctrines of his Syllabus. Such course
would be the severest blow Romanism coulC
| receive.
1t is said that ut the Hcumenical Council il
December next there will be very nearly TIVE
: hundred English-speaking prelates. OF thes,
one hundred and ten will be from England, Ire
! land, Scotland and British colonies; sixty from
the United States; from ten to fifteen coaduto
bishops; seven or eight bishops who have retired
/; | from active duty: and about many mitred alb
bots. According to this calculation the Anglo
Saxon element Will form nearly fifth of til,
! whole assembly.