The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-01-29
SUMMARY OF CHURCH NEWS.
EPISCOPAL,

EPISCOPAL.
I'm one diocese of the Episcopal Church in
New York State in which there are eighty-four
clergy, there have been thirty-seven changes In
eight months.
Tho Rev. DR.. Osgood, of New York, the
celebrated Unitarian minister, at the Church of
the Messiah, in that city, has announced his in
tention to enter the Episcopal Church.
The Rev. Dr. Osgood has been received as
a communicant in st. Luke's Episcopal Church,
New York, and it is stated that he may soon
enter the ministry of that denomination, pos
sibly in connection with the vacant pulpit of st.
Marks.
The Foreign Mission Committee of the Pro-
testant Episcopal Church in this country report
growth in the extent of their operations Seve-
raj hundred contributing parishes have lately
been added to their list, and the annual eontri-
buttons increased from $63 900 in 1868 to $9S 900
for 1862 while the committee expresses hope
that during 1870 it will receive not less than
100000. Yet this is said to be incommensurate
with the wealth of the Church. as compared with
the similar efforts of other bodies.
"A committee of the trustees have reported
recommending the removal of the General
Gpscopal) Theological Seminary from New
York to some portion of Westchester county,
within short distance from this city. The
present property is worth $40O, 900; and as no
income comes from it, and the assessments by
the city authorities 920 600 this year, it is
retained for its present purpose at q loss.
Among the plans suggested is that the Seminary,
Columbia College, and Trinity School should
unite in securing ample grounds and combine to
form grand university.
Bishop Staley has reached Honolulu. He
met very cold reception. No hospitalities had
been prepared. He found disorganized Church
as Messrs. Williamson, Whipple, and Turner
have left the island, and Others who remain are
disaffected to him. In order to forestal another
| service on the first Sabbath, the Bishop began
| worship earlier than usual; and as soon as he
| was through the dean had the bell rung an hour
later than usual for another service, which was
actually performed at that late hour.
METHODIST.
| George G. M. Roberts, NJ. D., Ii. D., we'll
known physician and minister of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Baltimore, died on Saturday,
January Is, at the age of sixty-four.
Bishop Kavanaugh has recently dedicated a
new chapel in Louisville, Kentucky. This is
the first of a series of mission churches being
built in that city by the Church Extension
Society.
Rev. DR.. Leroy M. Lee has accepted the post
of associate editor, with DIR. Bennett, of the
Richmond Adoooate. He was editor of that paper
for twenty years, and now returns to his "iden-
tical old desk" after few years respite.
The library of the late John Schultze,
Minister of Public Instruction in Prussia, who
was an enthusiastic collector of books, has
been purchased for the Northwestern Univer.
sity by citizen of Evanston. 1t numbers
10000 volumes.
-ClafiD University is Methodist institution
at Orangeburg, South Carolina, with normal
department. In the term just closed there were
one hundred and eighty pupils. The buildings
were formerly occupied by the Messrs Legar,
female school. 1t is eighty miles from
Charleston.
PRESBYTERIAN.
of S57 ministers in the Southern Presbyte
rian Church, 40 are editors, and only 300 ar
pastors.
Rev. D. F. Dripps has become pastor of tn
Rev. Dr. j. II. M. Knox.
An elegant Gothic house of worship, costn
100000 has just been dedicated by the Secon
Church, Indianapolis, Ind.
The $50, 900 capital stock for the new Chi
cago paper has all been taken, and the director
are preparing for the publication.
-President Smith, of Dartmouth College
sailed from New York for Jamaica on the 14t
inst. He goes abroad for his health.
Rev. 7. l.. Cuylers church, in Brooklyn
numbers 1924 members. Their benevolent con
tributions last year amounted to $4,000.
DIR. Halls church, in New York, recent
contributed 100000 to the Board of Foreig
Missions and $40, 600 to the Board of Domesti
Missions.
The proposition to raise $4,000 to buy print
ing press, type, etc., for the use of the mission
aries of the Southern Presbyterian Church i
China. has been seconded by subscription G
the full amount.
On Sunday, JAN 16, Rev. DIR. Adams, of Ney
York, preached sermon in behalf of theolog
cal seminaries in view of the effort to raise ha
a million of dollars for the Union Seminary
One of the directors, it is said, has give
$5O,OOO; another, $5O, OOo; three other gentleme
1t is stated that the New School Assembl
authorized its Freedmen's Committee to expen
100000 this year; but the committee limite
itself to $4,000. But, thus far, six months, I'll
receipts have been much less than even this est
mate-only $50 out of 1881 churches having col
1 tributed.
~On Thursday, the 18th inst, the new gyr
nasium of Princeton College, erected by Il
liberality of Messrs. Bonner and Marquand, wi
dedicated. There was lecture on physic
culture, by DIR. Willard Parker; processio
and speeches by President McCosh and Messr
Marquand and others The gymnasium is bui
of stone in the Gothic style, and cost, with Il
ground, S3S 600.
DIR. Wilson, of Atlanta, says:-"Presbyt
rianism is not declining in Georgia In 1890 '
had not more than twenty churches In the Sta
we had one Presbytery, and no Synod; now
have within the State proper about 13O church'
and including Florida from 145 to l5O We ha
Synod and six Presbyteries, and not mu
short OF 5000 members"