The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-06-18

The Methodist ministers in Connecticut have
declared against the propriety of licensing
women to preach the Gospel.
The gain of the Southern Methodist Church
in twenty-five years has been but about 10000,
while that of the Northern has been nearly
635 600.
The Rev. Henry NJ. Harman, d. D., of Bal
timore, Maryland has been elected Professor of
Ancient Languages iu Dickinson College, Car
The Southern Methodist Church is rapidly
losing its colored membership at least, it
reports but 1866 colored members against
32,0S5 last year.
The Methodist bishops are united in their
opinion that loan fund of one million dollars
is the least amount that will enable the Church
to do her full work of church extension IN the
West.
The Rev. j. c. Keener, d. D., of New Or
leans. was elected by the recent Southern Me-
thodist Episcopal Conference to be an additional
bishop in the Church.
The kev. A. X. Kropman, who two years
ago seeded from the Reformed Church, and
went to Pella, iowa. has been called to the
church at High Prairie, H.
The German brethren of the Ross Street
Church in Pittsburg. Pa, are furnishing a mis-
sionary for the work in China. Their pastor,
the Rev. F. Ohlinger, has offered his services to
the Missionary Board been accepted, and ap-
pointed to Eoochow, China.
BY the will of the late Edward Y Bright, of
sunbury, Pa, the Missionary Society of the
Methodist Episcopal Church is made the resi-
duary legatee of the estate. 1t is believed that
under this provision the Missionary Society will
receive in due time the sum of twenty thousand
dollars or more.
AT the spring session of the Chassis of
Geneva, q communication received from q
number of Hollanders living in Marion, Wayne
county, New York, praying for the organization
of q church. They have already beautiful
church edfce located in the centre of the
village, and it is nearly paid Tor.
The Boston Methodist Theological Seminary
hos hppu in that city three The first
there were SO students; the second, Az the third,
50; making it the largest in New England ex-
cept Andover. The assets of the institution have
increased from $4,000 to 5000 000 of which
S1000 600 were given by Isaac Rich, Esq, $25, 900
by Hon. Lee Claflin $40, 900 by Governor Clatiin,
and $4,000 by Hon. Jacob Sleeper.
The Rev. Bishop Simpson, with his wife and
daughter, and the Rev. Dr. R. 8. Foster, left
New York on Wednesday, the Sth instant in the
steamer China, for Liverpool. The Church is
already advised that the Bishop and DR.. Foster
will probably visit the British and Irish Con-
ferences, and will also visit the Conference of
Germany and Switzerland. 1t is in the Bishops
purpose and plan of work to visit Denmark,
Norway, and Sweden, and ordain the mis-
sionares in these fields who have been elected
to orders.
BAPTIST.
The new meeting house of the Pearl Street
Baptist Church, Albany, New York, will cost
about SITS, 900, exclusive of the furnishing. The
church is to be called the Trinity Baptist
Church."
The Baptists now have three societies: the
Missionary Union, for foreign work the Home
Missionary Society, for domestic church extern
sion; and the Bible and Publication Society,
formed by the amalgamation of the (Baptist)
Bible Society and the Publication Society. The
former must not be confounded with the Bible
Union, which publishes the New England yer
sion of DR.. Conant and other scholars associated
with him.