The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-11-19

IN ILLINOIS, are as IOliUWS.
Rock River onference..................... 3,I59
Central Illinois ss.s....s.-..... z3sU94 |
Southern Illinois Conference......... 2l,9i8
North Western German Confer
southwestern German Confer
.......,..... $500
Total.................. .....I22584
THE ladies of Trinity NJ. Z. Church
design making a charge in their So
ciables. Hereafter the supper will
be ready at sac o'clock precisely. This
change is designed to accommodate
the merchants, business men and
their clerks, who can go to the Church
and get their supper in place Of going
home. It is also anticipated, by this
change Of programme, to remove the
inconvenience arising from eating at |
late hours. as we'll as relieve the la
dies Of the necessity of remaining so
long in the evening to look after the |
relics of the feast. The table will be
spread from sic to nine o'clock,
THE Universalist church in Ameri-
ca has now nearly one Thousand min
listers, almost as many church edifces,
and is organized into State Conven-
tons and one General Convention
embracing probably one million of
believers. Tufts College, in Massa-
chusetts, with an endowment of about
81, 100000; Dean Academy. also in
Massachusetts,, and Lombard Univer-
sity, in Illinois, are among its most i'm
portant educational institutions, while
Canton Theological School and Pack
ard Divinity School are its theologi-
cal institutions; while a number of
State schools ara endowed and -four
ishing as tributaries of the colleges.
BISHOP BEoKwITH, of Georgia, has
removed from Macon to Savannah.
REV. C. N. SIMS, of Baltimore is
visiting his friends in Indianapolis.
THE Episcopal Church in Missouri
has contributed this year 100000 to
objects other than salaries. The COM
municants indicate an addition of
more than Is per cent.
REV. j. B. BRANDT, the city mis-
sionary under the auspices of the
Young Mems Christian Association
Of Indianapolis, has resigned the pas
torate of the Seventh Presbyterian
Church, so that he may devote his en-
tire time to the work Of the Associa-
ton.
THE salary of Rev. S. Bowers, pas
tor of Wesley Church, New Albany,
has been fixed By the Quarterly Con-
ference, at 81 ,845, including residence
and moving expenses. This is con-
siderable advance on the salary here
tofore paid by that church to its pas
tor.
PASTORS SALARIEs.-The Phila-
Presbyterian says that there were l.
/ 100 churches of its denomination.
last year which failed to raise $500
each for pastors salary, and incident
al church expenses. It also computes
that as many more churches did not
go above 81 900 for the same obisct.
ST. LUKE's Free Hospital, of the
Episcopal Church, Cincinnati, is a
fourishing institution. The ply
sician of the hospital, DR.. John e.
Owen, reports that 443 patieats have
been under treatment, while there
have been 253 dispensary patients.
Cost $5.787 40.
The Bishop of the Episcopal
Church, in Philadelphia, laid the
corner stone of the Church Home
for Children" October 29th. Seventy
children are already in IL. The
ground is the gift of christian lady,
and $4,000 have already been col
lected towards the construction Of
the building.
WoMAN's FOREIGN MISSIONARY
SocIETY.-Five young ladies-Miss
Britton, Miss Lathrop, Miss Butler,
Miss Ward, aud Miss Chase-sailed
in the steamer Queen, for Calcutta,
under the auspices of The Woman's
Union Missionary Society of Amer
ica," a Congregational organization.
Recently a young lady In the East,
Miss Holland. left legacy to the So.
ciety of SIS, 1000, cash.
REV. J. L. NIKE, D. D.. pastor
of the Chestnut Street Presbyterian
Church, Louisville, KY, has resigned =,
an affection of the eyes prevented his
full discharge of pulpit and pastoral
duties. The Doctor is konwn as the
Children's Preacher of Louisville.
BE is mentioned as a gentleman suit
able for Superintendent of the Pres
byterian Home Mission Work of
Kentucky.
THE Trustees of Hanover Street
Methodist Episcopal Church, Boston,
have decided to build a fine edifce on
their present site. Their plan, SAYS
the Christian ADVOCATE, is to erect a
block about 80 by 20 feet, with four
stories on the street, with vestry,
class room, and all the apparatus of
church on the second floor, and on
the third story q spacious hall 20 feet
J high, with paneled and frescoed cell
ing, organ, aud all the arrangements
of a church that will seat a large con-
gregation. The corner. stone Is to be
laid on THANKSGIVING Day. The pron-
600. '' I '-OO'
BISHOP HUNTINGTON, of Central
New York, says: For the most part
the domestic life of the ministry is
pinohed and harrassed. There are
painful calculations in the pastors
study, which a sense of the honor and
sanctity of his vocation forbids his
disclosing, and which are anything
but benefit to the compositions of
his sermons, or the healthy cheerful
ness Of his parochial influence. Moth.
ing can be set aside from his receipts
for a still more trying future; and
when he dies. he has to forecast with
a heavy heart, the fortunes Of a wife