The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-01-15

and his church have acquiesced in his action and
taken steps to bring the matter to conclusion
at the next meeting of presbytery. This re-
moves any technical difficulty in the way of his
tranlation.
f BAPTIST. s
The Rev. Wayland Hoyt, of Brooklyn, New
York has been called to the First Baptist Church
San francisco.
The Rev. John Gray, Scotch Presbyterian
OF Canada West, has embraced the sentiments
OF the Baptist denomination, and was baptized
at Newburg, New York, lately by the Rev. Il. w.
Bliss.
There are fourteen colored churches in the
Philadelphia Baptist Association. OF these,
nine are In the District of Columbia and one in
Alexandria, Virginia -Four of them were ad-
mitted at the last session. Cne of them has Sl8
members.
The BAPTIST Missionary Societys annual
session took place in Boston on the 9TH instant
Dr. Masens report shows that in thirty years
the denominations have sustained 2700 home
missionaries who have gathered $4,000 converts.
They have organized 1912 churches durBg the
current year. 100000 had been expended in the
home work.
The pastor of feeble Baptist church in
Angers France, appeals to English Baptists for
aid. They lost the sympathy of the neighbor--
ing Protestants by putting in baptistery and
proving themselves Baptists indeed and were
offered 5000 gold per year by the American
Baptists Union If they would embrace close
communion. This they could not do, and they
"A few Sabbath ago, Rev. ID. A. Phillips, who
has been missionary to Africa, in addressing the
| colored Baptist church in Mobile, Alabama,
| quoted, as usual, the Lords Prayer in Yoruba,
| when several men and women in the crowd
| fairly shouted with Joy. After service some
| twenty-five or thirty men and women came
| pressing through the aises to meet him, and
addressed him in YoTHba. On inquiry, he found
they were native Yorubans, brought to Savannah
some ten years ago. These people have kept
| themselves separate from intermarriage and
intercourse with the other colored people, aud
since their emancipation have hoped some day
to get to their home. They have become Chris
tians and united with the Baptist Church. They
have been saving up money to get home, and
begged Mr.. Phillips to take them.
METHODIST.
The Methodist Church Extension Society re-
fused applications, at its last meeting, to the eX
| tent of $5S,200, from lack OF funds.
-Methodism IN France reports &c ministers,
! 1874 preaching places, ITO local preachers, 2125
| members, and TO- 600 regular hearers.
In an account of Mr.. Hammond's labors in
Cincinnati it is stated that at the Wesleyan Fe-
| male Seminary, out of some 200 young ladies,
nearly one-half professed conversion to Christ
| week before last.
] The Methodist Book Committee is to meet
| again Jan. 27. Whether to satisfy the clamor
| of more complete report of the losses in the
! Book Concern or not we are not informed.
| The Methodist says there is movement to re-
| move DR.. Lanahan, whose vigilance discovered
| the irre9 ularities.
Princeton College was very liberal with
| honorary degrees last commencement, and has
introduced the Lew custom of comforting them
| at other meetings of its trustees having just
| given its late professor Charles A. Aiken, who
has accepted the Presidency of Union College,
| doctorate of divinity; and j. w. Scott of
| New Brunswick, N. j., doctorate of laws.
| REFORMED.
The Rev. Edward p. Ingersoll, of Indiana
| polls, has accepted the unanimous call of the
Middle Reformed Church, Harrison street,
| Brooklyn.
| The Rev. Mr.. Hartley, who succeeds the Rev
Mr.. Talmage in the pastorate of the Reformed
Dutch Church. in Seventh near Brown street, In
this city, was installed on Wednesday night, the
9th inst.
| The Secretary of the Board of Foreign Mis-
sons states tnat within week or two James A
Williamson, ESQ.,, and ID. Jackson Stewart, ESQ.
have each given $1,000 for the support of Foreign
Missions, while other liberal men and women
have given in sums of three hundred, two hun
dred and one hundred dollars each.
| During the past year nine churches of the
Reformed denomination were organized, VIII
| At Brookfield, Connecticut; at Guttenburg, New
Jersey; at West End, New Jersey; in Newark
| at Clymer, New York; at Danforth, Illinois, ant
three in Virginia. This does not look as if th
Reformed Church has reached the limit of it
| growth.
The Board of Homo Missions of the (Ger
man) Reformed Church, in their triennial re
port to the General Synod, report steady de
Cline of receipts from $4,000 in 1866, to les
"
their stations, 13 became self-supporting, Will
there remain 40 missions under care, with tn
treasury overdrawn to the extent OF $4532.
CONGREGATIONAL.
The Minnesota General Conference report
, 70 churches and 1905 members.
Six new churches have been organized il
the State of Nebraska since last spring, an
, several new laborers have entered the field.
The two largest churches in California ar
the San Francisco First, 453 and the Oaklan
First, 1885, The average of oil is little mor
than "A.
Professor Albert Hopkins, of Williams Co
! lege, was ordained December 26, and will SUI
ply the pulpit of the Williamstown (Mass
a Church.
e The minutes of the New York General ASS,
: citation give total of 217 ministers and q
churches. Total membership, 25, 142. Thel
d have been 2216 admissions during the year,
h whom 1872 were by profession.
n Fourteen Congregational churches hay
e been organized among the colored people in an
about New Orleans during the last year. I'll
}. Rev. Edward +. Strickland, late of Michiga
after laboring six weeks with the colored PEI
h | pie of Baton Rouge, writes that he has bee
= happily disappointed in finding the work lie
d unpleasant than he had anticipated. AT Lal
Simmonett a church of forty-fye members HI
v just been organized.
= The Rev. Mr.. Morehouse has recently +
d signed the pastorate of the Freewell Bapti
4 Church in Lowell, Mass, having decided to jo
ID the Congregationalists. He has had this in co
temptation for some time. His relations wi
l. his church and denomination, heretofore ha
1f been altogether cordial and pleasant, and
\ leaves them with the kindest feeling on bo
Al parts. Mr.. Morehouse is a graduate of Il
RS Bangor Theological Seminary, and has been
al the ministry about three years.