The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-03
SUMMARY OF GENERAL CHURCH NEWS.
pRFsRYTERIAN.


PRESBYTERIAN.
The Presbytery of Ontario asks the united
v,ororaI Assembly. which will meet in Pittsburg,
Po &c oe here seems no reason to doubt, the
nresbvteries of both bodies shall vote Tor re-
Union, to inaugurate q movement tor raising
several millions of dollars Tor educational and
denominatonal purposes
The Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Vcolored) at Leavenworth, Kansas, has voted to
become Congregational. The presoytery mad
voted that colored men could not be members OF
Iresbytery, but only under its care; ana the
pastor and church chose to go where 1t could
enjoy equal rights. -,
hold of the matter of establishing church In
San Francisco in earnest. The Rev. j. A Baird,
u. d.. of Nashville, Tenn, has been officially
called to act as missionary in this field and his
decision is awaited with great interest by the
friends of the denomination
THE Rev. Thomas H. Law, for several years
evangelist in Charleston Presbytery, has received
a cali from the church at Spartanburg Court
House, S. c., which was recently under the care
of the Rev. DR.. a. A. Porter.
"A new church was organized at McMmn-
willie, Warren county, Tennessee, and held its
first communion on Sabbath June 13 1t has
sixteen members, one elder, and one deacon.
AT a special meeting of East Hanover
Presbytery in Richmond on the 22d of June,
leave was granted to the Presbyterian Church
of Fredericksburg to prosecute their call before
the Presbytery of Montgomery, for the pastoral
services of the Rev. James P. Smith.
The Committee of Domestic Missions in
the Presbytery of Chesapeake has invited the
Rev. DR.. j. d. Mitchell pastor of the Lynchburg
Second Church, to act as an evangelist within
the bounds of that presbytery.
The slow process of Presbyterian Church
civilization in the Synod of Canada has not yet
reached by great deal the point reached by the
Jewish Church in the time of David. We see
that the late meeting of the synod in Hamilton
was vexed with the question what should be
done with the Knox Church of Montreal, which
has introduced the organ. At the meeting last
year the matter was brought up and passed
over; but meanwhile the Presbytery of Montreal
has rebuked the Knox Church, but without
success in banshing the profane wind in
strument. After a long discussion, the
synod passed resolution mildly rebuking the
church for its apparent ''contumacy" in "taking
position having some appearance of disre-
gard of the synod authority" The synod was
distinctly informed that harsh action would
probably drive the church into another denom-
nation. There are now five other churches
which use organs and quite q number of Sab
bath Schools which have instruments. 1t is but
short time since these Canadian churches have
allowed even paraphrases of the Psalms to be
used in worship. We wonder how they can
sing the 150th psalm, which bids people Praise
the Lord with at least eight sorts of Instruments
--Independent.
The three New School Presbyterian theologi-
cal seminaries this year graduated go and the
three Old School 81 young men.
The American Presbyterian, the only really
able organ of the New School, does not intend
that the Old School churches shall misunder
stand how completely the orthodoxy of New
School theology is admitted in the proposed
basis OF reunion. 1t says for the comfort o.
Princeton and Allegheny
THE great, supercilious, arrogant, rigid, con
servative, prosecuting Old School Church is nj
more. Already at Albany last year tears wer'
shed over its yawning grave. The tenth article
with which the food OF New sen9ohsm "a was vast t
away. Nothing, absolutely nothing, remains a
defense or protest against the heresies' o.
the New School in the basis of reunion. Re
union with us is a corollary from the publicl,
and solemnly admitted fact, stated in the pre-
amble to the basis, that we are a sound and or
thodox body This is the logical form of re
union, and distinctive Old Schoolism, as a ruling
principle, dies just there"
The cornerstone of the new Central Pres
byterian Church, n. l., will be laid on Thurs
day. July 8, at O'clock P. NJ, at the northeas
corner Of Franklin and Thompson streets. W.
chronicle this fact with pleasure 1t is wei
known that for years the "Old Central has bee
struggling to keep its existence in Coates street
below Fourth. Time and experience, however
have shown that its life depended upon ii
moving into another locality. The old buildin
has been sold to the Germans for church pun
poses and the work Of erecting new one in
more desirable neighborhood has been begun
LET the friends of this old church gladden. th
occasion of the laying of the cornerstone wit
their presence. Take Union passenger cal
north to Seventh and Thompson streets, c
Eighth street cars to Thompson.
METHODIST.
The Methodist Freedmen's Aid Society
fairly at work. We hear of an orphan schoS
i'm Atlanta, Ca with 100 scholars, of whom
are orphans of Confederate soldiers. The schoC
.committee of Memphis, Tenn, compliment yer
highly the colored schools OF the Gentleman
Chapel.
The Methodist bishops appeal to the
churches for an Increase of 100000 above the
ordinary collections for home and foreign mi
sions. This is imperatively needed, as the larg
surplus is now exhausted Even this will max
less than one dollar TO each member, and
much less than is given by other large demon
nations.
The returns of the vote on lay delegation
the Methodist Episcopal Church, as received
The Methodist, foots up as follows
Number Of votes received. ................5 .53, 4C
For lay delegates ....................., =. 40, -
Against lay delegation. ......,..,.....,.,l3, is, o.
Majority for lay delegation n....,,...... .27, St
The congregation OF st. Johns Methods
Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, New York, o
Sunday week, after sermon by the pastor, ID
10. g. Andrews contributed the magnificent co
lection of thirty thousand dollars as a speci,
rift to cancel the floating debt against th
Church. This was in addition TO the large cor
kributions amounting 10 &l25, ,000 preyiousl
made by the same congregation to aid In I'll
erection of the new church.
"A class of twelve graduated from the Bosto
Theological Seminary the 9th OF June. AntQni