The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-07-23

Tor aid is endorsed by the leading Welsn
churches here, and will, no doubt meet ready
response. There is another Congregational
college" as theological seminaries are called
in Great Britain, in Brecon, South Wales.
EPISCOPAL,
The diocese of Kansas has received the
noble gift of $50, 600 made by generous Eastern
friends to the Diocesan Female Seminary in
Topeka.
The Rev. Christopher l. Prindar late
Romish priest, has applied to the Bishop OF the
diocese of Ohio for admission to the Episcopal
communion.
The Episcopal Theological Seminary of
New York has accepted the gfS OF 30 acres in
Mamaroneck, Westchester county, from Andrew
Wilson, Jr., and will build upon the land.
Mr.. A. p. Dodge, of New York, has pre-
sented the Episcopal Theological Seminary
near Alexandria with $4,000 the money to be
appropriated to the endowment of two of the
existing professorships.
The fate Council of the Episcopal Diocese
of Virginia passed a resolution that while the
New Test-ment does no trequire specified per-
centage of income to be devoted to religious
purposes, no Christian ought, eXceDt under eX
traordinary circumstances, to be satisfied with
giving less than tenth.
METHODIST.
There are fifteen Methodist Episcopal
churches in Boston, Mass.
The first Methodist Episcopal church in
Boston was organized in 1892.
The Wesleyan Conference of Eastern British
America comprises 15,021 MEMBERS 800 Sunday
The Methodist papers are discussing the
propriety of the exception to their general rule
by which the colored Bishop Roberts resides In
Africa, and has episcopal supervision nowhere
else.
The Wesleyan district meetings of England
have suggested that the minimum salaries of
their unmarried preachers should be $780, and
those that are married from $3.50 to 5000, in
addition to rents, Goals, taxes, and medical eX
penses.'
"A missionary has been appointed to Utah
who will devote his time to the extension of the
faith in that section. 1t was reported that the
missionary who has been there for a short time
has had good success, holding service in Salt
Lake City regularly, at which many Mormons
are glad to attend.
AT the meeting of the Irish Conference held
in Dublin last month, the Secretary announced
the number of members in the society to be
1868, being an increase of 304. There are on
trial $50. The number of emigrations has been
42l, and deaths 364. There are 267 Sunday
schools; 2l9O teachers are employed; and the
scholars number IL, ,961.
AT the recent session of the French Confe-
renee statistics were given as follows: Chapels
and other preaching places, 1874; ministers 80;
evangeists and teachers %; local preachers,
101; members, 2049, with 167 on trial; day
schools, 9, with 321 scholars; and SO Sunday
schools, with 80 teachers and 2539 scholars.
These figures show an increase of 10 places of
worship, 81 members, and 1876 Sunday-school
scholars. There is a small decrease in the local
preachers and the Sunday schools
LUTHERAN.
The Theological Seminary of the Lutheran
! Church in the South has been located at Colum-
! bia, s. c., and Revs. A. r. Rude and j. p.
Smeltzer have been elected professors.
! The Swedish Lutheran Synod which met
lately at Andover, Illinois, refused the petition
of part of the church in Princeton, Illinois,
! begging that laymen and colporte urs might be
! allowed to hold meetings in the church.
The Board of Trustees of Pennsylvania Col
lege, at Gettysburg, Pa, has at last approved
the "Franklin Professorship" The Rev. s.
! Sentman has accepted the position of Superin-
tendent of the Preparatory Department Pro-
fessor V. l.. Conrad mas resigned the chair of
! Physical Sciences.
REFORMED.
The Rev. DIR. Ormston, of Hamilton O1ta-
rio, has accepted the call from the Collegiate
Reformed Church of New York, and his induc-
tion is expected to take place in September
Hon. Joseph P. Bradley of the United
States Supreme Court, and Frederick T. Freling-
huysen just appointed Minister to England, are
members in the North Reformed Church in
Newark, New Jersey.
BAPTIST.
The house at Raleigh, N. c., recently occu-
pied by Hon. Kenneth Rayner, has been pur-
nary, with the Rev. w. Royal, ID. D., late of
Wake Forest College, as Principal.
The new Baptist church in Westerly R. l.,
said to be open communion, was recognized by
council of ministers and delegates selected
| from three associations. The church publishes
a statement that they do not wish to be con-
sidered "'open communion in the popular use
OF that term" They simply invite nobody and
exclude nobody, and their members will not be
disciplined for communion with other churches.
For all practical purposes they are ''Open CON-
munlOn;" and this is an effort to give recognized
position in the Baptist denomination of this
country to churches that sympathize with
Spurgeon's and most English Baptist churches
on this point.
CATHOLIC.
Father Hecker brings back from Rome q
special indulgence granted by the Pope to the
Society of Christian Doctrine in St. Pauls
Church, New York. This is a society to dis
tribute tracts, convert Protestants, and educate
children. During the first three years of its
existence it has distributed 500 books, 000C
tracts, and taught The catechism to 1900 children
Father Hecker announces that all who join the
society shall have plenary indulgence of al
their sins, and 300 days indulgence for every
work of Christian charity, which indulgencei
may be transferred to souls in purgatory.
The QUEENS STATE BREAKFASTS The New
York HerdldS correspondent writes: Last
year, and again on Friday, the 2tth of this
month, her Majesty has added to the fashion
able stamp of these parties by giving one
herself. Last year it was at Buckingham
Palace; this year it was at Windsor. It wal
called Estate breakfast" but how an enter
tainment to which the guests were only asked
at o'clock in the afternoon could be called
breakfast leave others to decide. Windsor
Castle is some sixteen miles from London
and every person asked to the .fete was pro
vided with ticket, or pass, by which he o.
she, as the case might be, would be
taken by special train from the Grea
Western Railway station at Paddington righ
away to Windsor. The said railway station
was magnifcently got up, part of the platform
being carpeted in scarlet cloth, and rallied of