, 1870-07-24

/ - lad but eISh. pastors. The Eey w.
Ers.s,reet waa daa Arst pastor until t1a ~. ~.
day Of Noynclber, y little pger sxe,tt.o-e
years TIE Rer. Guzdon sa!tonst,n fruru' III III
10 1TG7, sixteen 5eats; :lie Eev. Ej:nfs,stt
Adam f1om l103 to l753, io.t5. ysA;. ms
years: the Rev. Erhrsjm Nooslbs,,se f'a fv,a
i.Eo 10 17776, sorcn yearss Tho Eey H.
cha.nirc from i788 to ts6G, nineteen ,s,.E ,E
tie Rev. Abel McEssen from Isa; to 80
h'ty years: the Ter. Thomas r. F:e;i ~
present pastor, was oraaiuetf on the eli a,s ~
June, ls-6. Up to January l. 1870, l,5,; it,.
rons hAyo n,ada profession Of Their ta-tL ~ -
been united with tic church. Orer ul..~;I'I =
1880 Of that number united with tac c,,,.sl..
during the pastorato OF tbs Rev. 3lr III
The average length OF the pastors tam, =;
service has been twcuty-flve years, r. ~
Even was classmate OF John {. Ca;L.,,.
and took tho vaIedictozy address ir5r1 !. :.
South Cezolinian.
"A bu1deusorae debt Of $50 900 on s:.,r,
church at Amherst, Hass , is shout IL l.. -,
tinEuiehad in quite an ingenious man1e.. ~.
suu Was divided into ], 200 shares OF slIe,.;
payable il FIVE tunual installmeEta. 4: =,
hrst meeting Of the ladies' 500 ehases s.r'
taken Is the women and children, aud a. H..
accounts only 100 remained to b. prnrsi.,i'','
The r1,1nor ga!hers forre tha. The Ws..:. W,..,:..
OF Euse viii eoon 1easa Rome fnr Tue CLnrrI,
OF England. They say that reading G.,as ;;s.
- Lotbairr converted him. Tbero i = ~
ii the rurclaEe OF property in St. Giles, NI,;sf
tic Marquis intended to bug for = i.,a,saa
Caihp'ic cathedral. He has paid only ths d..
i1tiect Recent proceedings at Rome AZ.
compelled several other lato convert. 10 REV..
rider fEe!r position, and verr likely tLtv I'll,
SO back tc the English cllunh.
a Esotiou has lately been introduced i..o
tho Hecse Of Commons, and p,esee,I vii,
Ft1yt trIt I~1Y rIx1k
DitEors created hereafter from having NJ, =,
in the House Of Lords. JoLu brigl.. opts H.
clarcd the connection Of Church aud S,a,a
"adElterous, and mooted tue 1ues:i,n -
conhnlng the Hishapa to their 81 lisc,rai 1n.
tics. Mr. Beaumont, the last mover, ,iks, n,
such pos'iiou, but urges tia. it would be b=t;yr
From the Episcopal Convention r.,en.
We learn that the past rear lie Blsi.s,. NJ ~
1ittsburgh confirmed 40 candidates.; Ill; =,
Huntington, Of Central New Yurla. .D;s;: ~
Bishop McI}yaine, Of Ohio, 800.
-chst Church, in New York Cas-, p..
Ewer. pastor, dntla its riIualism not pecuaIa-
tus sFrohtad}e. The society is ba.1ly in ,i~l,t
and has been obliged to sell its resfory. Iii,
donltfni whether Dr.. Ever, on lis return from
Europe, viii r2kucae his pasto1aie
-sPnr6eon writes to tie Boston Lecture
Eu1esu that he VII not contract to lecture
here as Ee cannot aee.u1e, does not ran, 10
lee1We. E'H h0t lecture, and Is not coming to
AncElct anyhow. Healas that H., is yerr Glad
70 aEcach, but Not whea theta il . Charge at
| the dooz. -
Prince Iat!ziwill sid Count de D,cho1;,
looked upon IL tue leaders Of tho ta,h.,lc
| party in the eastern provinces Of rrussi..
havt given their adhesion to the ,e1unra,ul,In,
| against papA in!alihility.
The AuSustana Swedish Lutheran Syuoi
! has met IN Andoter, III. Tho Aulover eliu5I.!I
/ is the Oldest in the country, having beer, or.
ganized in 1850. through The muniiieent I'D of
Jenny Lind It then had ten commuucau,s,
including tho PASTORS family. aud nav lan
9e9. There are nov not far from tifty Swe.i-
| ish Lutheran pastors ia the country, aud thu-
| t5-three new churches applied for recpsnitiot,
| to the synod. The single Swe<lial, Episcopal
| Church In Chicago is older than the I.utacrau
one in Andoyer; and, like that. ON es its exist.
| ence to the htera1ity OF Jenny Lind, It ru-
| maipa but one, and has been atle to con.
tinue in existence only By adopting tho
Lutheran Prayer Book. .at this meeting .he
SorweeiAna separated from The S~eles. ~
had been arF1uged txo yca1s ago. forming the
Norwegian Auguktana Synod. III: lu.1 sep-
1ration vaa IN Affecting ono.
The past rear the government grauts 10
ne Protestant schools IL the lrosinc. Of
Qcebec have been materially cut down, Nlile
those to the Catholics hare been increazed
AL grauta in Montreal to Protestant schools
are to be withdrawn after this year, and tl.,et
TO Catholic schools still further increased
The Tro&est1nts are in \ small minority. bu
pay large share OF the taxes.