Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-06-09

terrain Church oil the city OF ChlcaBo was noml-
mated The vote being taken, that city was
| unanimously accepted by the Assembly.
Two new commissioners were admitted and
heartily welcomed by the Assembly, the Rev.
]. Mcmillan and Rev. DIR. Scott, representatives
from that presbytery Of Pit.sburg, which the
General Synod cut Oft from relations with the
Reformed Presbyterian Church.
There are thirteen different branches OF the
Presbyterian church.
EPISCOPAL.
The corner stone of the church of the Resur-
rection Rev. 7. j. Davis, rector at the corner of
Broad and Iioga streets, was laid with appropri-
ate services on June I'd. Rev. M. A. De Wolfe
Howe oficiated in the absence Of Rev. Bishop
Stevens.
This il the second odiice to be erected on this
spot. After few years of usefulness the former
church fell to the ground.
Remarks were also made by Rev. Mr.. Durbor-
row, Rev. Mr.. Saul, and the Rector
Dir. Ever Pastor of Christ Church, New York
city, will soon leave for Europe to study the
newest developments of advanced ritualism, for
use in his own church.
BAPTIST
Rev. Mr.. Spurgeon is said to be willing to visit
this country II he can be assured that the Bap-
fists here will do something for his college and
orphanage.
The Baptist Anniversaries were recently held
in Philadelphia. An appeal was make for $40, 900
for the Baptist Historical Society. The Bible
Society repOrteu Tic receipt OF T1O,O0l.
The Home and Foreign Missionary Societies
each report the receipt of about S20O,000.
The Home Missionary Society voted to ask
Congress to annul the charter of the National
Theological Institute at Washington, d. O., an
institution about which there are conflicting
opinions in the church.
The tenth annual meeting of the Baptist Sun
day School Union, was held in New York city.
They report 50 schools. Their mission work has
been almost exclusively conducted in New York,
but it is now proposed to establish societies
through the entire country. The New York City
Mission and Tract Society having introduced the
ordinances into their stations, the Baptists re-
gard it impossible, any longer to cooperate with
them, and missionary work must therefore be
done by this denomination as separate and dis
tinct body.
very interesting Teachers Institute was held
in the Calvary Baptist church. Receipts 54395, Is.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
The Delawarean has the following table, fur
nished by Rev. J. II. Iightbourn, Dover, Del.
"The q footprints" Of our fathers are every
where seen, over this Peninsula. What the fu-
ture of Methodism may be, we know not her
past record is glorious and imperishable. An I'M
preston seems to DO abroad that the NJ. Il.
Church has, for the last few years, been retro
grading, and that she has less influence upon the
minds and hearts of the people than formerly.
The following table will disabuse the mind of
such an error, and will show that the NJ. L.
Church, to-day, is stronger and more influential
on the Peninsula than she has ever been.
According to the published minutes of the
Wilmington Annual Conference, OF the present
year, there are in
10,101 church MEMBERS
1928 Probationers
13,O02 Sabbath School Scholars.
The number OF persons who attend Our
Churches and are under Methodist influence in
Delaware, is 1885, There are, OIL the
EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND
9,525 Church members.
2,056 Practitioners.
8,O95 Sabbath School Scholars and 46, 1924
persons who are members OF our congregations,
and under the influence of the Nj. L. Church.
We have then on the
24.OO5 Church members and Probationers.
21,Og7 Sabbath School Scholars, and
96,020 persons who attend the Methodist
f. Chnrch, and are under her influence:
The Presiding Elder Of the Easton District, in
his report, this Spring, gave the following sta
tistics of other churches within the bounds of
this district. The Easton District embraces a
part of Cecil county, all of Kent, Queen Anne
Talbot Caroline, and nearly all of Dorchester /:
Methodist Protestants. s................... l,y54
Methodists South. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS" 750
Protestant Epscoralinns. ...--...-...- Gho
Roman Catholics. .........'..'....'..'' U0 ooO
Baptsts. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. lO0
Friends. .............,. lOO
The Snow Hill District Preachers Association
meets at Princess Anne June Goth. Opening
sermon by Rev. Joseph Cook.
The Camp Meeting to be held at Brandywne
Summit is announced to commence oil the 9Th
of August The Red Lion meeting is announced
for August I'd, Camden Union, August 9th, and
the Lincoln meeting August 9Th.
The Dickinson College Commencement exer-
cises arc announced for Thursday, June 9th.
The Annual Sermon is to be preached by Bishop
James, OH Sunday, June 4th. Rev. Wesley Ken
ney, of Odessa, and Rev. s. L. Gracey, Prof.
Reynolds, and DIR. Kittnger of this city, are the
visiting committee from the Wilmington Con-
| ference,