The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-03-26


TO individually makes IL an excellent educating
power In the South, where individuality was
go long trainpled down la Church and STATE by
the slave power"
The Cincinnati Gazette says: "A noticeable
feature of the progress of the religious work In
this city is the disposition among the Presley
terian churches to abandon the policy OF selling
reve and to raise the funds required for the
support of the Church by other means. The
First Presbyterian Church led off in this matter,
opening their pews to all, rich and poor alike,
making the weakest member of society feel that
he had right 10 q seat In the church no less
sacred than that enjoyed by his afiluent neghbor.
The Fifth Presbyterian followed very soon, If IL
did not occur about the eame time. Now the
Third Presbyterian Church falls In line, having
lately. at large meeting, declared for free
pewe," by n vote of 178 for to 10 against. From
pret ent appearances IL will not be long before
every Presbyterian church In this city will be
clear of a custom that the poor have looked upon
with Jealousy, and which has, to some extent,
stood In the way of free Gospel and church
progress.
METHODIST.
The Baltimore Methodist Conference voted
not to forward money 20 the New York treasurer
of their Sunday School Society, because, as one
of those implicated in the late difficulties in the
Book Concern, he does not command the conf
deEce of the entire Church.
The Baptists of Ireland have doubled since
the revival of 1859. They employ 20 mission
aries, who preach in 100 stations, mostly in the
north of Ireland.
to the First Baptist Church OF Newark, N. j.,
the Rev. A. s. Walsh, young Congregational
preacher, was one.
The precious revival enjoyed during the
past winter by the Baptist churches of Baltimore
has resulted In the baptism of nearly four hun
dred young converts.
-Rev. j. L. Barlow has resigned the pastor
ate of the Baptist church of Dundee, Illinois,
l.
candidate for membership who is an adhering
Mason.
The story that in an Immersionist church
in Columbus, Ohio, several young ladies refused
to enter the baptistery after colored man had
been immersed is indignantly denied by the
pastor of the only Baptist church in the town.
The Rev. DR.. Pendleton baptized nine can
didates, on a late Sunday, at Upland Pa. Among
them were the eldest sons of Professor Osgood
and Robert Grocer, Youngest son of the late
John P. Crozer and the only remaining member
of the family who was not Christian. In addi-
tiOn to these, President Weston, of Grocer Semi
nary, baptized his youngest son.
The first Protestant sermon preached west
of the Mississippi was by Rev. James Kerr,
Baptist, at st. Louis, October 20, 1899,
the occasion of the funeral of his wife.
The first Protestant sermon in New Orleans
preached November II, 1905 by Rev.
PbilaDder Chase, OF the Protestant Episcopal
Church
CoNGREGATIoNAL.
Rev. Newman Hall has been so seriously i'll
since his separation from his wife, whose temper
is said to have been uncomfortable, that prayers
have been offered for his recovery in meetings
in London.
The Congregationalists have 191 churches
in New Hampshire aud 200 ministers; but there
seem to be difficulties in bringing them to-
gether, for only "a ministers are pastors and 60
are stated supplies.
The same day that DR.. Buddington, of
Brooklyn, N. Y, received about seventy, the
church, in another portion of Brooklyn minis
tered to by the Rev. DR.. Ii. NJ Storrs, received
nearly fifty new members to its communion.
The largest number of Congregational
churches is in Massachusetts, 427; the largest
church is Mr.. Beecher's, with membership of
1853. Of the pastors 100 are in foreign mission
work. There are COS vacant churches, and
about 500 minister's not in the pastoral or evan
gellcal service.
In 1852 the first Congregational church in
Missouri was organized in st. Louis, under the
charge of DR.. Post. Now there are 81 such
churches In the State, and in st. Louis itself
and suburbs there have six churches gone off
from the original one. But two churches in the
State survived the war.
Rev j. K. Roy says in the Congregdtionalist
that of 3043 Congregational churches in the
country 1850, little more than one. half, are in
New England, 1856 in the Middle States 80 in
the South, GA on the Pacific coast and 1177 In
Of the 300, 1862 members 1S9 $50 are in New Eug-
land, "a, 642 in the interior, 110, ,54 out of New
England. OF the IA churches organized last
year 10 were in New England, 80 in the interior,
nearly two-thirds, 1S in the South, 10 in the
Middle States and in the Pacific States.
CATHOLIC.
1t is stated that the Pope has refused to
allow admission to the council of representative
of France.
Two hundred Canadian Zouaves have
finished their two years service, and arc on their
way home from Rome.
In Wilmington, ILL.,, Roman Catholic
church has just raised nearly $4,000 by fair and
lotteries An elder in the Presbyterian church
and the superintendent of its Sabbath School
presided as judges at the drawing of the lot
teries, and the superintendent of the Methodist
school drew prize.
The Tribune says that visitors to the Vati-
can Council are shown in the Church of st.
Augustine 1.-The cord with which Judas Iscariot
hanged himself; wing OF the Angel Gabriel;
the comb of the cock that crowed when Peter
denied his Lord; the beard of Noah and the
staff with which Moses divided the Red Sea"
And the cicerone has plenty of authentic relics
for sale.
The Pope forbade the French prelates from
celebrating mass for the soul of the Count de
Montalembert, considering it a demonstration of
hostility to the QGcumenical Council. An Italian
bshop officiated, and the Pope attended in one
of the galleries. AS the ceremonies took place
while the Council was in actual session, few of
the bishops could assist.
At the late Pittsburg Convention, the call to
which was addressed TO members of all creeds,
Josiah Cohen, Esq, Jewish citizen Of Pitts
burg, arose to speak against the proposed
amendment recognizing Christianity in the
Constitution; but was Informed that no argu-
ment on that side allowed, but only as TO
the form of the amendment and how to secure
its adoption.
About 1000 Armenian Catholics headed by
thirty priests, have seeded ut Constantinople