The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-07-23
SUMMARY OF CHURCH NEWS.
PRESBYTERIAN.

The Rev. Joseph X. Wilson, d. D., elected
by the Louisville Assembly to the chair of Evan
gelistic and Pastoral Theology in Columbia
Seminary, accepts the place.
The death of the Rev. j. F. Watson of
Arkansas, son of the Rev. 8. L. Watson, the
venerable pastor of Bethel Church in South
Carolina, is announced. He died of consump-
tion on the Sth of June, in Princeton, Arkansas.
The Presbytery of West Lexington met on
the Sd of June, in Cynthiana, KY, and after the
usual examination ordained and installed Rev.
II. Glass pastor of the Cynthiana church. On
the 18th of June lthe presbytery dissolved the
pastoral relation between the Rev. s. w. Cherry
and the church in Winchester, Ky.
of the 125 students connected with David
son College, North Carolina, during the past
scholastic year, about three-tourths are profess
sors of religion. OF the class of thirteen that
graduated the other day twelve are protesting
Christians and of these twelve six have fully
made up their minds to devote themselves to the
work of the Gospel ministry, and two others
are seriously debating the question of duty in
this respect.
The Canada Presbyterian Church. the larg-
est Presbyterian body in the Dominion, has
synods, II presbyteries, 300 ministers, and 2
seminaries. 1t was organized in 1861 by the
union of two bodies, and has just held its first
general assembly ia Toronto. The communi-
cants are AZ, 152 an increase of 1896. The ave-
rage stipend of the ministers is $69l; the
amount contributed for congregational purposes,
$3.50, 677, and for missionary purposes $42, 305
The Interior states that over one half of the
churches (2671) are found in the four States,
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Illinois.
New York has $780, Pennsylvania 49, Ohio $50,
Illinois 446, Indiana 80, Iowa 2S6, New Jersey
2l4, Missouri 1853, and Michigan $50; making,
with smaller amounts, total of 4l00 OF the
cities, Philadelphia has 63, New York 80, Brook
lyn 90, Chicago 16, Newark 10, Cincinnati l6,
Baltimore and San Francisco IL each, and Wash
ington and Pittsburg 10 each.
CONGREGATIONAL.
$9500, and presented to the South Church in
Salem, Mass, as parsonage, the estate at the
corner of Federal and Carpenter streets.
The Rev. c. H. s. Williams, pastor of the
Orthodox Church in Concord, Massachusetts,,
lately resigned on the ground that he could nc
longer hold the doctrines of the Trinity and the
certain close of probation with this life.
The First Church, Chicago, received thirty
four new members at their last communion
twenty-five of them bringing letters from other
churches, and representing almost every evan
gelical denomination. Eight children were
baptized.
The Congregatienalists are discussing the
advisability of establishing a national con-
ference, for the purpose of promoting unity
in the plans and purposes of the denomination
The conference would be clothed with no autho
OritY over the churches.
The triepnial catalogue of Andover Semi
nary shows the total number of students who
have enjoyed its advantages to be 1885, the
whole number OF graduates being 1913. There
are 40 at present regularly connected with the
two remaining classes in the seminary, of whom
four are in the special course.
The church in East Hartford was organized
in 1896, and, during the 175 years since, it ha:
had but seven pastors-only two during the frs
81 years These seven pastors were Revs
Samuel Woodbridge, Eliphalet Williams, ID. d.
Andrew Yates, JOY H. Fairchild Asa Mead
Samuel Spring, ID. d., and the present pastor
Rev. T. j. Holmes. The church has had bu
three houses of worship. The first stood A.
years, the second rs, and the present substan
tial house was dedicated in January, 1880
The present membership of the church is 3S3
and that of the Sabbath-school 397.
The Congregationalists of Wales are aJ
pealing to their countrymen here for aid Il
putting up buildings for the Congregations
College at Bala North Wales. There are 2
Welsh Congregational churches in New York
81 in Pennsylvania, 33 in Ohio "a in Wisconsin
and 20 more in other States. Their pastors hay