The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-03-05
Religious Items.

Religious ICe Ems.
The Union Revival Services will
be held tomorrow evening in the
Walnut Street Presbyterian Church.
Rev. Mr.. Martin, Of the Vine Street
Church, will preach the sermon.
REVIVAL meetings have been held
at the African NJ. e. Church, under
the direction OF the pastor. Rev. w.
s. Lank ford, for three weeks, with
signal success. About forty-two have
professed saving faith Ia Christ, and
many have been added to the Church.
Oae of the most hopeful features of
this spiritual work is seen in tho fact
that most OF the converts and Access
sioGs, are Of the more intelligent
class of young people. who bid fair to
be useful in the Church, and bless
ing to the community. Sunday will
close the series of revival meetings.
The estimated cost of the new Ro-
man Catholic cathedral now in the
process Of erection. on Fifty-third
street, near Fifth avenue, New York,
IS g. 600. 600, Of which $500, 900 have
already been expended, and the whole
work will be completed in 1872.
Archbishop MeClosky, Of New
York, is said to stand a good chance
for a cardinals hat.
lions Herald calls attention to the
fact that Of the six hundred and fifty
Eve ministers that entered the minis
try OF the Methodist Church last year,
mot one of them went TO the heather
wo-ld
The vestry Of the new Broadway NJ.
IL. Church, South Boston, was dedi-
Gated last Sabbath. During the last
tered years nc hundred and fifty adj
ditions ha9J een made to the mem
bership Of thi7 Akprch.
The Methodist Mission in China
now embraces three circuits, forty
four stations, six hundred and fifty
one members in full connection, be-
sides seven hundsed and sixty four
probationers. There has been an in
crease of one hundred and eighty
members, and four hundred and eleven
probationers during the last year.
The Primitive Msthodists of Eng
land have commenced to issue new
paper called The Advocate. lt is q
bright, lively sheet, and rather more
American in its appearance aud make
up thar the other old country jou4-
mails.
Rev. III. E. Hazen, Of the Madura
Mission, India, has been compelled
to return home On account of his
Wifes health. Rev. s. il. Baldwin,
of the Methodist Mission In China, is
on his way home for similar reason.
IA Mrs. Van Colt is holding a Sc
ries Of meetings in the Methodist
Church at Wilbraham, Mass. The
church was crowded to Its utmost
capacity on Sunday, when she preach
ed from the text, Fight the good
fight OF faith" illustrating it with
many touching bits of experience.
Considerable interest has already
been awakened In the church by her
devotion.
at the recent Quarterly Confer
ence Of Grace nj. il. church, in Gov
ington, a resolution was unanimously
adopted instructing Rev. Mr.. Harri-
son, presiding elder of the district. to
use his influence IN the State Coulter
ence, which meets at Maysville, next
Wednesday, to have Rev. Granville
Moody re-appointed as pastor ofGrace
church for the ensuing year.
Bev. VIM. II. Brown, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, Georgetown, has
resigned his pastoral charge to accept
a call to a church in Leavenworth ,
Kansas.
The Presbyterian, in answer to the
question, what course will the United
ol,r do. y ~
of the New School branch mixed with
Congregationalists says that imper-
fectly organized churches are expect
ed to become thoroughly Presbyterian
as early, within the period of five
years, as may be permitted by the
highest interests to be consulted, and
no such churches shall be hereafter
re. eived.
Thare are in New Hampshire eigh-
I've Baptist churches, grouped In
associations. and containing an
Ute of S,O29 members.
the Baptists in the State OF
numbered 1895; in 1868
~ churches, 627 minis
w members. The in
YES during 1869 was
MEMBERS, 2,645; the
s.4 943.
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