The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1870-06-01

tentatl0n, and the MesSrs. Davidson Sloan and
Murnn were appointed members of said Committee
The next regular meeting will be held at Spring
Greek, on Thursday before the second Sabbath Of
September, at IL o'clock, A. M.
H. H. PAINE, Stated Clerk.
The Presbytery of West Lexington at its recent
meeting appointed Friday, June Sd, as the day
tor the ordination Of Rev. H. Glass, and his in
stallation as pastor of Cynthiana church; Rev.
VIM. Dinwlddle to preach the sermon, Rev. Mr..
George to deliver the charge to the pastor, and
Rev. Mr.. Van Lear the charge to the people.
Rev. Dr. D. H. Riddle, of Martinsburg, West
Virginia. expects to leave this week for Europe for
an absence of several months. His expenses are
most generously betrayed by his old church in
Pittsburg, Pa.
The Baptist cOnvention.-In the Religious Herald,
Or. Jeter, the senior editor, refers to the action
OF the Baptist Convention at Louisville. 1T re.
solved not to complicate its operations with those
OF any other body. With fraternal regards for
brethren In other regions and sincere desire for
their prosperity and usefulness, it deems it wsest
and best to do its own work in its own way-to de-
veope the resources of its own extensive field and
to bring it all. as speedily as possible, into success.
full cultivation"
The next meeting of the body will be held with
the Third Baptist church in St. Louis.
The Revival in Mitchsllsburg, Ky.-The remark
able work OF grace in the Presbyterian church at
Mitchellsburg KY, under the pastoral care of the
Rev. DIR. w. w. Duncan, has yielded glorious
fruits. Fifty-fve have protested hope in Christ
publicly-others are known to have obtained that
hope and purpose to declare it-and yet others are
earnestly seeking the great salvation. The entire
community is pervaded with the most solemn
thoughts of eternity; many hardened sinners have
turned to God.
General Conference Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, sOuth.-The report Of the Committee on
Sunday Schools, providing for general secretary
OF Sunday Schools to be elected by the General
Conference, and secretaries to each Annual Con
ference, who shall report to the general secretary,
In order to inaugurate more efficient and uniform
system, was adopted.
The Committee on Missions reported in favor of
consolidation Of the foreign and domestic boards
into one board, to be composed of bishops and
delegates to each Conference, which was adopted
The report of the committee accepting Bledsoe' s
Quarterly Recleao provoked an extended debate,
during which one member said he understood
Bledsoe was an Episcopaian, and that this looked
like bid for him to come over Another charac.
terized the Revie,o as an Armstrong gun. DR..
Bunnell said as experience had shown that most
disastrous consequences would follow the explosion
of guns Of large calibre, he thought an explosion
would follow the adoption of the resolution which
would shake the Church from pillar to dome. The
report was finally adopted.
New BishOp.-The General Conference has elected
the Rev. DIR. Keener, of New Orleans, as Bishop.
He is native of Baltimore, and the editor of the
New Orleans Advocate, and the presiding elder of
that district. He is about fifty years of age, and
one of the leading men of the South and South
west in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.