The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-17
SUMMARY OF CHURCH NEWS.
EPISCOPAL,

The Rev. Philander X. Cady, d. D., has
declined accepting the Profess0rship of Sys-
tematio Divinity and Dogmatic Theology in the
General Theological Seminary in New York
city, to which he was elected by the Board of
Trustees on October 2S
The Rev. G. F. Knight, rector of the Church
of the Incarnation, Hartford, Conn.,, has ten
dered his resignation, because the Bishop OBJ
jected to his dressing his choir in surplices and
all the clergy united in asking him to obey the
mandate.
Bishop Clarkson, in the Spirit of Missions,
tells the following story of himself:-"Not long
since, in frontier town in Nebraska, appeared
the following notice:-'Elder Carkson, of the
Episcopal Society will preach in the school
house this evening, and administer the Apostate
Right of Conformation"
Dean Stanley, writing of the censure of DR..
Blackwood for allowing Baptist to occupy his
pulpit says that ''larger community of preach
iDg-the permission to our Noneonformist
brethren Of England, and our Presbyterian
our pupits, under whatever restrictions they
or we might desire-would be an unmixed
good"
Church, Pittsburg, bequeathed $4,000 to va
rious denominatiOnal uses.
The first regular service of a new ritualistic
church in New York was held last Sunday. 1t
is called the Protestant Episcopal Church of St.
Mary the Virgin. The first service of the day
was Low Mass at o'clock; at 10 o'clock mathis
bration of High Mass began at H.. All the SER
vices. with the exception of the early Mass, were
choral. The church is to be open every day,
from A. NJ. to p. M.
PREsBYTERIAE.
The Rev. j. K. DuBose has resigned the
pastoral charge of the church at Tallahassee,
Fla, and entered upon the work of evangelist
of the Presbytery of Florida.
The Rev. P. Frazer has resigned the pasto-
raj charge of the charge at Monticello, Fla,
and accepted the chair of Ancient Languages in
Oglethorpe University.
"A church for the colored people, under the
care of the First Presbyterian Church, New
Orleans, was dedicated to the service of God on
Sabbath afternoon, November ~, The services
were conducted by the Rev. DR.. Palmer The
church H. neat two'story building, that will
accommodate Two hundred or two hundred and
fifty worshippers. The congregation nun ara
nearly three hundred MEMBERS wbc ,ntan6
secnrn0 a competent man of theiT own race for
pastor. - .u. .g,
affords us great pleasure to learn lnas the
Rev DIR. Wills was recently elected the asso-
ciate pastor of the First Presbyterian Church OF
Atlanta"
The Rev. Samuel Mckinney, d. D., has
rendered his resignation of the presidency of
Austin College, which has been accepted, and
the trustees elected TO that responsible position
the Rev. s. NJ. Luckett of Kentucky.
The Rev. Mr. Inslee, missionary to China,
aud family, arrived in Louisville, KY, lately
He is very feeble, owing to the nature of his
disease, which prevents him from resting Ia a
recumbent posture. He has, therefore, had no
~NNAN NSN~aNA
while sitting.
METHODIST.
An organic union of the African Zion Me-
thodist Episcopal Church with the Methodist
Episcopal Church is under consideration, aud II
the conditions are arranged satisfactorily to tue
parties the union will be effected in 1879, when
the General Conference of both bodies meet iu
New York.
Mrs Joshua Bates, Of London, who left
S75 000 to build Wesleyan chapels, is an Ameri-
can lady.
The report of the Church Extension Society
shows a continued healthy growth in its bus
ness. TIE receipts for the wear that has passel
were Sl2l S67'65, and the disbursements were
$1O7, ,461-S6 The ncre lse in receipts over tn Sc.
of the previous year was $50, ,9SS 80. ID ths in-
erease of disbuTse ments S2O.266 90
Bishop Marvin organized cSlOred confer
enee at Carthage, Pamela county, duriug th'
session of the East Texas Conference ot thi
Southern Methodist Church.
Father Britt, who was formerly Methods
Episcopal preacher, ana was ordained by Bisho
Asbury. but since that time has been a MethO
diet TefoTmer, ard Protestant Methodist, IN
in his lat davs eonrinded TO return % he n
CLureu and has c"nbecLed nlinsS4i nILn Lu
church at Marion, Maine