The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-09-10

and in the afternoon Mark Hopkins, d. D., will
deliver q commemorative discourse. In the
evening addresses will be made by President
Angel, of Vermont University, and by Rev. 1. P.
Langworthy.
"A new term of the Pacific Theological Semi
nary commenced on the Sth of August. Seven
students we're in attendance, with prospect of
more. The Rev. Drs. Benton and Mooar were
at their posts, and the prospects of the semi
nary are encouraging.
The Rev. DR.. Nathan Lord, ex-President of
Dartmouth College, is lying very low at his
home in New Hampshire. He has no particular
disease, but is sinking under the in6rmities of
age. About ten years ago he felt constrained to
resign his official trusts at Hanover, because of
approaching weakness of body, aud since then
has kept from public sight.
The Rev. j. s. Bingham, d. D., of East
Boston, has decided to accept the call of the
church at Dubuque, Iowa, rendered for the third
time.
The Rev. j. Edwards Bell. late of this city,
has left the Baptist denomination and Joined
the Congregatonalists, and has accepted a call
from the Old South parish, Reading.
Professor Park, of Andover, is expected to
leave England about the 18th inst. His health
has been greatly invigorated.
The Rev. j. A. DAILY has accepted the call
of the First Congregational Church in Williams
port, Pa, and will begin work there at once.
METHODIST.
The Methodist Church in Omaha, Nebraska,
rent places of business under their meeting
house for $4,000 q year.
E-The Trustees of the Pacific Methodist Col
lege (Methodist Episcopal Church, South have
determined to remove that institution from
Vacaville to Santa Rosa, California, where
liberal donations have been offered.
1t is announced that Mr.. Childs, of New
York, has inserted clause in his will bequeath-
ing $50, 600 for a new professorship in the Wes-
leyan University, Middletown.
The Indianapolis correspondent of the
Western Aduocdte states that the United
Profhran Churoh nj Indiananalia no
bodily to the Methodist Episcopal Church. in
Guiding several prominent ministers and con-
gregations in aud adjacent to the city. The
cause of this detection among the Brethren" Is
said to be the extreme measure adopted at their
last annual conference touching secret societies
In Nevada the preachers of the Methodist
Church are this year %; last year, 26. The
churches are seven instead of eight; the Sunday
schools are fewer by three; but property in
churches and parsonages has increased by $4,000
R. b. Dunn, ESQ, of Waterville, Maine a
prominent layman in the Methodist Episcopal
Church, has given $4,000 to the "Maine Wes-
leyan Seminary and Female Collegiate Insti-
tute."
The African Methodist Episcopal Church
reports 900 communicates, 25, 900 proba-
TONERS, 1000 travelling, 5000 local preachers,
and bishops.
"A Methodist firm New York has informed
Mr.. Pierce that he will give $1,000 towards
building Methodist church in Salt Lake CITY,
to be worth not less than $25, 900, whenever the
friends may decide to commence the enterprise.
wealthy and liberal member of the Methodist
Church from Pennsylvania, sojourning here q
short time ago, left word with Mr.. Pierce that,
whenever called for, liberal sum from himself
was at the disposal of the friends for the erec-
tion of a first-class Methodist church in Salt
Lake City.
PRESBYTERIAN.
"A. Champion, of Rochester n. Y, has sub.
scribed ten thousand dollars to the Presbyterian
memorial fund.
The Presbyterian Churches of New Orleans
have just organized a number of parochial
schools in that city, for the education of the
children of their congregations. This has been
done on account of an 'entire loss of conf
dence in the Public School system as now ad-
ministered there"
Rev DR.. Prentiss, of New York city, has
declined the appointment to the Theological
Professorship in Chicago, made by the Presby-
terian General Assembly in May last
The death is announced of Rev. William G.
Anderson, ID. d., OF the Presbytery of New
Albany. He was for some years President Of
Miami University.
Those members of the Congregational
churches of Washington, d. c., who followed
the Rev. DR.. Boynton, have given up the attempt
to form new church, and have united them
selves, one hundred in number, with the
Assembly's Presbyterian Church, and on We'd
nesday of last week that church invited Rev.
DR.. BOynton to become its pastor, with salary
of $500
Churches have been organized. during the
last year, i'll connection with the Foreign Mis-
slons of the Southern Presbyterian Church. in
Campinas, one of the largest inland cities in the
empire of Brazil; in Barranquilla, the largest
seaport town in the United States of Colombia;
in the great city OF Hanchou, in Central China;
whilst large additions have been made to the
membership of those previously organized in
the Southwestern Indian Territory.
The Rev. DR.. j. A. Lyon, now pastor of the
church in Columbus, Miss, has been elected
Professor of Logic and Metaphysics in the Uni
versity of Mississippi.
In High Bridge Church. in Rockbridge
county, Va, the ladies of the church have raised
a sum sufficient to complete the payment for the
manse occupied by their pastor, the Rev. P. b
Price.
United Presbyterian churches of Allegheny
county, Pa, count as follows:-Congregatio
45; church edifces, At value of church pro
perty, S713,5 churches will accommodate
q, $50.
The Rev. Julius Straus, having changed hii
views on the subject of psalmody and cOmmu
niop and having made known his views TO his
presbytery (Muskngum), his name has beer
dropped from the roll.
BAPTIST.
The Rev. DIR. Hendrickson has instituted
suit against the Columbia Square, or SsconC
Baptist Church, San Francisco, for the recovery
| ofl$1. .612'45 back salary.
| The regular quarterly meeting of minister
of the Baptist churches of this city and vicinity
| was held at the Baptist church in ROXborough
Twenty first ward, on Tuesday last. There wert
about sixty diVines present. The meeting wa