The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-10-22


morrow Sunday afternoon at "a O'Clock.
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FOURTEEN millions of SpurgeOn's
sermons have been sold in England.
The Hawaiian churches contributed
last year for foreign missions $4,O18.
THE Indiana Baptist Anniversaries
commence on Monday, at Huntington.
and viii doubtless be largely at
tended.
REV. o. B. STONE, Pastor of the
Baptist Church of Lafayette, for
many years in charge, has resigned on
account of i'll health.
BISHOP TALBOT has published a
list Of Episcopal appointments for the
visitation of the Northern part of the
Diocese, commencing November 9th.
REV. j. P. E. KUMLER, of this
city, filed the pulpit of the Third
Presbyterian Church of Indianapo-
lis, last Sabbath, the Journal Of that
city says, with much acceptance.
The envelope system " adopted by
several of the churches in New Alba
ny for raising the necessary funds for
the payment of the salary Of the pas
tor, the Ledger says, is working most
satisfactorily and successfully.
THE Presbytery Of New Albany
lately in session at Franklin, made
arrangements for the installation of
Rev. Samuel Conn as pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church of New
Albany.
THE American Christian Mission
airy Society convened in their twenty
second ANIMAL meeting, in the Chris
tan Chapel, indianapolis. Tuesday
last, the President. r. NJ. Bishor,
Esq, Of Cincinnati, in the chair.
THE Central Association of Con-
gregational Churches and Ministers
of Indiana, held its semi-annual
meeting last week, at Solsberry,
Greene County. The meeting began
on Friday morning and continued
over Sunday.
THE Dutch Reformed Church Of
New York, in which the Fulton
Street daily prayer meeting has been
held for thirteen years, is nearly two
hundred and fifty years old, owns
real estate valued at eight millions of
dollars, and has four houses of wor-
ship, which are under the government
of the same officers.
THE Rt. Rev. DR.. Randall, Bishop
of Colorado, has published q letter.
earnestly calling for a clergyman of
the Episcopal Church to go to the
Territory OF New Mexico. There is
no Protestant minister within 800
miles ofMesilla and Las Cruces. The
people there demand a Protestant
school.
THE coronation of DIR. Pinckney
as Assistant Bishop of Maryland, took
place at the Church of the Epiphany,
Washington, ID. c., on the 9th, Bish-
ops Smith, Of Kentucky; Whiting
ham, of Maryland; Atkinson, of
North Carolina; Odenheimer, of New
Jerseys Stroms. of Pennsylvania;
Quintard, of Tennessee; Johns, of
Virginia. and Kerfoos, of Pittsbure.
were present and assisted; and about
one hundred clergy.
1T is estimated that about three
fourth of the sum total of trouble in
churches, parish gossip and bicker-
ing, originate in choirs. Philosophy
has a different task in reconciIing this
fact with Shakespeare's famous aphor-
ism: He who hath no soul for
music" &c. It has been suggested
that a-return to congregational sing
ing would keep the devil out of the
organ left.
THE Evansville JOURNAL Co. re-
Gently presented the Presbytery of
Vinoennes beautiful book, prepared
expressly for the use of this Presby-
terry, in which its minutes and other
records may be preserved.
The book was much admired for
Its tasteful and substantial character
and the Presbytery voted an appro-
priateackno Eledgment of the courte-
sy of the JOURNAL Co. in presenting
this elegant gift to the re. united Pres
byterg: 9. B. Fl. MARTIN, Mod.
With the object of rescuing young
men from the ruinous attractions of
the city, the German Young Mems
Christian Association of New York.
propose to erect and provide with
suitable accommodations, a building
which will outrival the places to
which German youth now nightly re-
sort.