The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-19

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the improvements Thereupon $450O was raised
on the spot; in the afternoon the Sunday-school
contributed $1,000 and other offerings sWelled
the amount to $6500.
AT dedication in Cleveland, Ohio, Bishop
simpson, who preached the Sermon stated that
the Methodist denomination throughout the |
country has dedicated an average OF two |
CHURCHES each day for every day IN the year,
during the past three years, or over seven hmm
dred annually, this number including houses re-
built or enlarged.
Very considerable religious interest is mani |
tested in the Broadway and Centenary Metho- |
dist Churches in Camden, N. j. Meetings for
religious inquiry are held every evening, and |
large numbers of persons have made profession !
of religion, while many of those who have long |
been cold and Ilukewarm In their Christian |
duties have reganed their carnestness.
OH I'u1 10 HREsBYTERIAN. ."A''a gu.
-Rey. Edwin f. Hatfield, ID, has under |
taken the work of raising $500 900 for the Union
Theological Seminary New York nsog ,.
a The Second Church. Indianapolis, once
under the pastoral care of Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher, has built o new house costing over
100000 lil.a r..-. .-H f.l
l--Rev Charles Hedges, the first colored man
ordained by the Presbytery of Ohio, was In
stalled pastor of Grace Church (colored), Pitts
burg, January 20. ....a[I 3 n '.I
The Westinghouse of the Central Church
CNir. Talmage's), Brooklyn, N. y. has been sold
to the Bethlehem Synagogue They are build
"A Presbytery in North Carolina has re-
| solved that, whenever q church fails to pay
| promised salary regularly, 1t shall be sum-
| moned before Presbytery to show cause for such
| failure. .T.l .l . no .Ta.uU# vIr..r'H. .....
| "A careful canvass of the churches in the
| two synods of Kansas shows "a organized
PRESBYTERIAN churches of which SO have no
house of worship, and but nine of these are pre-
pairing to build. I.raH gfI fo 'N. "...F.| rH...
--Presbyterians are discussing the ques-
tioh whether or not to introduce a sustenta-
| tion scheme in this country, like that in Scot
land, whereby all the pastors shall have at least
q living salary. ..N'.. NJ "HI NI .'uHI |s UH' ..
THE Rev. f.. T. Baird D. D., Secretary of
the Presbyterian Committee OF Education,
writes to the Central Presbyteridn "that the col
] lection for education has thus far fallen very
| far short of the actual necessities of the com
| mittee. The deficit at present is not less than
| $4,000. .tI -'.r Ir .f ..,..... adm uI
| The new paper shortly to be issued from
Chicago will be called The Interior. The capital
| stock of the company Is at present $50 OOO but
| IL Is designed to increase it to $4,000. The
| editorial management has been committed to
Rev. Arthur Swazey, of Chicago, and Rev. Will
| liam K. McLaren, of Detroit. Every provision
| will be made to insure flrst-class paper. The
! first number will be published on Thursday,
| March 3. ..T ....-t. .t...... ...
The Presbyterians of New England do not
| fancy being made appendages to New York
Synods. At meeting of the Presbytery In Bos-
| ton they have passed a vote begging the "joint
| committee" on reconstruction TO recommend to
| the next Assembly to establish Synod of New
| England. The Synod would be smaller than
many of the proposed Prcsbyteries. third
| Presbyterian church has been organized in Bos-
| ton, DIR. James Richards pastor
| r.#| I.s.lr BAPTIST. g . ..r ...
| I'm New Orleans the Baptists among the
| colored people have five churches fully organ
| ized. ..a..y ,...-...l .., er .|. .s.
| The Massachusetts, Baptist have just re-
ported IA associations, 256 churches, 307
ministers, 80, S51 members. net gain of 629
Five churches were organized during the year.
| Among the Baptist churches in this neigh
| bOrlOOH UNDERGOING
| may be mentioned the First Church of West
Philadelphia and the North Baptist Church Of
| Camden, ,,,3 / .. f...-. ....r ,.,.r..-,.r a. .,,
The Freewill Baptist Annual Register shows
1875 churches, an increase of 81 including some
General Baptists that have Joined them; preach
ers, 1474, an increase of 26 and 66,99l members,
There are in Ohio 3S, 1876 Baptist communi-
cants, and 33,29l in Indiana. In Indiana the
increase last year was 1852, nearly three times
what it was in Ohio, owing partly to immigra-
| tion into Indiana from Ohio. f....
Emigration SO weakens the churches in
Maine that the Baptists have been compelled to
drop seven churches, and but half of their 263
churches have pastors or stated supplies. The
churches average % members each.
/ ,. CONGREGATIONAL.
Much has been said concerning the recent
action of Mr. Beecher's Church with reference
to the terms upon which members shall be
admitted. For the information of our readers
we present a brief history of the action taker
from the N. Y. Times; The Articles of Faith
adopted IN 1S4S, shortly after Mr.. Beecners SET
tlement, read as follows:-
/. We believe in the existence of One Ever
living and True God, Sovereign and Unchange
! able Infinite in Power Wisdom and Goodness
2. We believe the Scriptures of the Old and
| New Testaments to be inspired of God, to con
tain a revelation of His will, and to be the au
! thoritatiye rule of faith and practice. 'ia
: 3. We believe that the Father, the Son, ant
the Holy Ghost are revealed in the Scriptures a
existing, in respect to attributes character an'
office, as three persons, equally divine; while II
\ other respects they are united, and are, in
proper sense, one God.
a. We believe that our first parents were ere
l. ated upright; that they fell from their origlna
state by disobedience; and that all their postert
are not only prone TO sin, but do become siniu
70 and guilty before God.
q 3. We believe that God so loved the worl
1t | that He gave His only begotten Son TO die 10
it; that Christ appeared in the flesh; that He sc
r forth perfect example of obedience; that II
1t purely taught the truths needfui for our salys
4 tion that He suffered in stead, the just fo
the unjust; that He died to atone for our SIM
m and TO purify us therefrom; and that He aros
lr from the dead and assembled Into heaven, WheT
ID He ever liveth to make intercessiou for us.
6. We believe that God offers full forgiveness
n and everlasting life to all who will heartily r.
st lent and believe In the Lord Jesus Christ; viii
o. those who do not believe but perseyere In 81
shall finally perish
IN z. We believe in the resurrection of all II
ne dead in a final and general judgment, upon IL
ne awards of which the wicked shall go into eve
nc lasting punishment, and the righteous into ii
eternal. Thus do you believer
at Article Z was considered to be the most o
at jectionable. 1t was alleged that good Christian
ch so far as human wisdom could discover, we
N anxious to join the Church, but were unable
subscribe to that article. AT the annual mee
ry iug it was voted to strike out the THUS do W