The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-01-22
SUMMARY OF CHURCH. NEWS.
EPISCOPAL,


The General Theological Seminary of
New York city finds difficulty in filling its
vacant professorships. The trouble is a lack
of funds. TO gain the latter, it is proposed
to sell the grounds and move elsewhere.
There are about seventy-fve students.
The Protestant Episcopal Church Mis-
sionary Society for Seamen in the city and
port of New York have just completed a new
floating chapel at the foot of Pike street, East
river. 1t is plain Gothic structure, arched
within, neat in it's appointments, and capable
of accommodating about $50 persons. The
cost of it was about $4,000. On Sunday,
the 9th inst, it was opened for public worship.
DIR. Temple has been enthroned amid
much enthusiasm as Bishop of Exeter. His
sermon was in effect an answer to those who
charged him with hersesy. In it he fairly
owned his acceptance of the Bible as con-
tanning a revelation from God, of supreme
authority so far as religious questions are
concerned. But he regards it as question
open to discussion how far it is to be re-
garded as an infallible authority on questions
of science or history that are quite Indifferent
in their religious bearings.
Bishop Smith, of Kentucky, the pre-
siding Episcopal Bishop in this country,
writes to the Hartford CN,trch0aaR in defense
of the provincial system, which the increas-
ing number of Episcopal dioceses seems to
which the Eastern should include eleven
dioceses-those of New England and New
York He suggests that these provinces
should appoint the members of the national
federate council, which should have the last
law-making power and should meet once in
ten years, and should then send it's repre-
sentatives to patriarchal council, to meet
also decennially at Lambeth.
AT late Evangelical Episcopalian Con-
hold IN
unanimously voted, on motion of DR. Vinton,
THAT the Evangelical bishops be requested to
prepare alternate forms in the disputed Offices
of the Prayer Book, and present them to and
demand grant of them at the next General
Convention" A further resolution, advising
a full and thorough revision of the whole
Prayer Book, was passed by vote of 76 to
46. Yet another requested the Evangelical
bishops to strive for repeal of the canon
forbidding ministers not Episcopally ordained
to officiate. resolution was passed request
ing the Evangelical bishops to inquire whether
there were reason to institute proceedings on
the charge of false doctrines against any OF
the bishops.
METHODIST.
Rev. Mr.. Sawyer, Methodist preacher
at Maryland Ridge, Me-, dropped dead on the
9th inst, while crossing field. He had suf-
fered from heart disease.
OCoiBO W. nl' INopVIlpS ILL., H., q
well-known physician and minister of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, died in Balti
more on Saturday last, aged sixty-four years
The Winchester district the Rev. w. T.
ID. GLENN, presiding elder, has enjoyed Q
glorious year. One thousand persons have
professed conversion, and the work has been
general while in some points especial interest
has been felt and manifested. This district
is in Virginia.
Rev. Henry Boehm, now in his ninety
fifth year, recently visited DIR. Woodruff
church in New York, and assisted in the ad
ministration of the Lords Supper. When
the pastor introduced him as the oldest
Methodist minister in the world, the Sunday
School, occupying the galleries, arose ant
sang a beautiful hymn of welcome. The scene
was deeply affecting.
Bishop Marvin, Southern Methodist, O
Missouri, Introduces to the public a new book
entitled ''Martyrdom in Missouri" 1t bring
before the public the alleged facts in refe
renee to the robbery by the Northern Method
lists during the war of churches and propert,
belonging to the Southern Methodists, an(
gives details to show that ministers of the
Gospel were mobbed, imprisoned, and put t.
death for preaching without taking the tes
oath
The Methodist papers are still discussing
the Irregularities in then Book Concern.