The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-10
SUMMARY OF CHURCH NEW WS.
EPISCOPAL.


suppose may be accepted semi-ofiicial:-
ave regret to learn that the Bishop of the
Diocese of New York has thought it his duty to
prohibit, at least for the present, the Evangelist
Fathers from officiating in the diocese"
The COHgregdtiOndttSt says:-"In connec-
tion with divine service at Emmanuel Church,
Boston, few Sabbaths since, sacred cOncert
was given. To be sure, there was only one per-
former, Miss Annie l.. Cary, and only two pieces
on the programme, Rest in the Lord and
Vouchsafe, Lord ) still, as the event was duly
announced in the papers previously, and the fair
singer reported subsequently as hsriin
sung in manner that was q source re delirhf
to all present, and as having r,,ceived, ot the
conclusion of the service, the, congratulations of
her many friends IN tho society," we infer that
it was a concert tai.rly The ladys toilet is not
mentioned
-The Rev. DR.. Ever of Christ Church, New
YORK, has returned from Europe in much i'm
proved health, it is said Nothing further has
transpired with reference to the transfer of that
edifce to Tie parish of st. Bartholomew The
negotiations, it is said, are still pending.
The yestry of Trinity Church, New York,
have arranged to have the choir of that church
augmented on the four principal festivals of the
Episcopal calendar-Easter Ascension, Whit
Sunday, and Christmas. In addition to the
assistance of the organ, there will be harps
yiolins, flutes, Gnd brass instruments.
The triennia report of the New York Bible
and Common Prayer Book ovciety shows that
during the three years ending October 81 1870
it has gratuitousy distributed 1907 Bibles and
IestamGutS, ana d. 0fO GrayGr BOOKS at q cost
of S25, 9SG: Stree its establishment in 1909, it
has been supported entirely by Church contri-
buttons.
"A young man called at ST. Luke's Hospital
in New York, a day or two since, and, without
giving his name or address, handed DR.. NGuh-
lenburg $1,000 (two $500 hills), sayiug-'This
is for the building fund of the Midnight Mis-
son."
When the Bishop of Nebraska entered his
field, five years ago, there were in Nebraska
about 50,C00 whites and so 600 Indians. Now
there $50, 900 white men. .alone,in his jursdic.
ton. From seven clergymen and four churches
the number has increased to twenty eight cler-
gymen and twenty-five churches -four of these
buildings being in Dakotah.
CONGREGATIONAL.
The Rev. A. l.. Stone, d. D., of San Fran
cisco. has been called to the pastorate of the
Central Congregational Church in Ormond
Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.
The minutes of the General Association of
Missouri report 81 churches ana 2457 members,
q gain of 527 during the year; and the 80
churches which report their benevolent con-
tributions have more than doubled them during
the year.
been invited by the American Missionary Asso-
citation to 90 to Baton Rouge, La, to organize
Congregational church.
The will of Mrs. Mary Jane Sweetzer, of
Port Huron, was admitted to probate recently.
1t gives betides 100000 to the chair of Eccle-
siastical History in Chicago Theological Semi
nary, 5000 in trust, the income to be used for
the benefit of the Congregational Sunday-school
at Port Huron, similar bequest of $1,000 to the
Congregational Church at Falmouth, Maine Cher
native place.; $1,000 to the deacons of the Port
Huron Church for pastors library; $4,000 each
to the American Home Missionary Society,
American Congregational Union, American
Missionary Association, and American Board,
and residuary legacy of $4,000 to the Western
Education Society.
The Rev. Edward A. Rand, of South Bos-
ton, has declined call to the Second Congre-
gational church in San Francisco, California.
The Rev. |. N. Craudall has recently re-
signed the pastorate of Plymouth church in
Burlington, Wisconsin, and accepted position
on the Faculty of Washington University in st.
Louis.
Ten years ago, says the Coagregationalist,
the highest salary paid to any Trinitarian Con-
gregational clergyman in Massachusetts, was
S2400 Last year twenty-eight churches paid
S2500; ;nineteenchurches,$ $4,000 twelve churches
$500; five churches, $4,000; one church, $500;
and three churches, $4,000.
The Memorial Church has been organized
in the southern part of Chicago and they have
purchased meeting house which will accom-
modate about three hundred persons, pledged
money more than enough to pay for it, and
secured the Rev. DR.. HYDE OF Chicago Semi
nary, to supply their pulpit.
PRESBYTERIAN.
-Thirty-four persons were added to the church
of Mt. GliYet, Mo-, lately, four by certificate
and thirty by profession of their faith in Christ
Many of these were heads of families, and most
were in the bloom OF youth.
-On Sabbath, the 2Otn OF November, thirteen
persons were received into the communion OF
the Presbyterian church, Fredericksburg, Va.
Other fruits of joyful harvest are expected.
Mount Horeb Church, near Wyer's Cave,
Augusta county, Va, is under the pastoral care
of the Rev. H. IL. Hawes, and was formerly a
part of the old Augusta Church. Many there
have recently professed their faith in Christ,
and others are seeking him.
Within the past few weeks sixteen persons
have anied with Union Church, Miss, under
the care of the Rev. s. NJ. Montgomery. Quite
anumber of others are anXiously inquiring how
to be saved.
The Presbyterian Chgrch at Truro, Nova
Scotia has had but three pastors in one hundred
years. The present pastor was installed in 1888
One OF the elders has held the Office for sixty.
seven years.
The average support of the ministry in the
South Carolina Presbytery has increased 10 the
ast five years from $500 per annum to over S700
the average salary of the pastors in the Charles
ton PresbyteIy is over $500.
METHODIST.
The Rev. Cyrus ID. Foss, ID. d., has de
clined the chair of Practical Theology in Drew
Theological Seminary, to which he was recently
elected by the unanimous vote of the trustees o
that institution.
AT the recent session of the Southwest Ger
man Conference the Rev. Leonard Hillman,
converted Roman Catholic, was admitted OF
trial in the ministry of the Methodist Episcopa
Church.
The Wisconsin Methodist Conference wa
recently held. There are in that State IL "A