The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-08-13
SUMMARY OF CHURCH NEWS.
EPISCOPAL.

An Episcopal missionary in Minnesota re-
ports that he has nine stations under his care
holds three services each Sunday, and five during
the week, travels every ten days fifty miles by
rail, sixty by wagon, sixty afoot and has a
salary, all told, of $4,000.
DR.. Samuel Merritt has given lot worth
SIC, 600 to the st. Pauls Episcopal Society of
Oakland, Cal.
The recent Indiana Episcopal Convention
adopted resolution declaring ''its disapproval
of the practice of raising money for church pur-
fableaux and private theatricals, and that Qt)
will use all proper means to discourage them"
"A ritualstic wedding in st. Johns Church,
East Hartford, Conn, makes some small STIR
The eucharist was administered the wedding
ring blessed, and the sign of the cross made over
it and over the elements when administered; a
procession was headed by crucifix with a
silver cross, lighted candles were employed, and
white satin crosses and embroidery decked the
ushers and rector.
The Rev. Phillips Brooks, at present the
popular rector of Divinity (EpiscopaD Church,
Boston, has sailed again for Europe. He is the
oldest of three promising brothers, all now in
the ministry, the one next in age being settled
in Cleveland, Ohio; the younger, who has just
been ordained, is called to church in Colum-
bus Ohio.
The Rev. Samuel Osgood, d. D., formerly
Unitarian, has been ordained deacon in the
Episcopal Church.
AT the late meeting of the Board of Trustees
of the General Theological Seminary of the
resolution was adopted:-"R ResolUed, That the
General Theological Seminary is designed for
the education of candidates for holy orders, to
the exclusion of all persons preparing either for
any secular profession or for any religious Office
or work, other than that of the Christian minis
try, as maintained by the Protestant Episcopal
Church" In all other Theological seminaries,
so far as we know, students of theology of other
denominations than that conducting the Semi
nary are freely admitted.
The minutes of the Synod for the present
year show that this body has eighty-seven
Churches eighty-six ministers, and eight thou
sand five hundred and seventy-seven communi-
cants that during the year it has paid $50 442 26
for pastors salaries, and has contributed TO all
objects SAC, ,311'61 The number of students in
attendance at the Theological Seminary, during
the year, was seventeen.
An Episcopal "Church Guild" has been Or
ganized in Cincinnati 1t supports missions
and reading-roOm and will soon start library.
BY late rule no student can study in the
General Theological Seminary of New York un-
less he is pledged to fit for the Episcopal minis
try.
METHODIST.
Rev. d. p. Rathban, of Buena Vista, Pa
who recently lectured against Freemasonry was
subsequently seized by party of six or eight
men, who dragged him about forty rods, rode
him upon rail, plunged him into mudhole,
and after otherwise maltreating him poured
spirits of turpentine upon his lacerated flesh.
TO meet the cost OF its new establishment
in New York ($960, ,00O) the Book Concern
issued coupon bonds, redeemable in fifteen wears
or sooner, and bearing interest payable semi
annually. The breeze about 'irregularitiesn
awakened distrust, and the bonds were for a
time ''iat" Lately, however, confidence has
been resumed, and sales have already taken
place to the amount OF $46O 600.
Efforts are being made TO induce Rev. DR..
Charles Taylor to resume the Presidency of the
Kentucky Wesleyan University, which he re-
signed a short time ago.
Last weeks ZiOn's Herald has an excellent
picture of the "Orange Judd Hall of Natural
Science" connected with the Wesleyan Uniyer-
atty, Middletown, Conn. This magnificent bene-
faction of Mr.. Judds is handsome brown
stone structure 62feet front by "a feet deep, aud
five stories high. It's fire-proot, and admirably
adapted to its use. The exact cost is not yet
known, but it will not be far from $100,0 600.
"A recent Salt Lake letter Bishop
Ames and Chaplain McCabe did great deal of
good passing through. Both preached here and
McCabe's conditionally Offering on the part of
the Methodist Church Extension Society, of
which he is agent, to give $1,000 towards build
ing church in Corinue, the people at once sub
scTibed $1,000 additional, and brick church,
capable of seating three hundred PERSONS is 10
be built at CorinLe Immediately. Mr.. Pierce,
tbe Methodist missionary sent here from syra-
cnsa is doing good work. He is not only a
nreach.>r he is a lawyer, a teacher an editor,
an eduealt ed, practical, energetic man. He has
a copgregatI, on of about two hundred at his Sun
"-1 The recent ,ction of the Southern Metho-
aists in ESTABLISHING colored M. e. Church
Sonth has led the ,"olored members of the
Northern Methodist ChSueh IN new orleans "