The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-04-23
SUMMARY OF CHURCH NEWS.
EPISCOPAL.

The London Church Times (High church,
seriously urges that officiating celebrants at
funeral services should not wear white, as it
would imply that the departed no matter how
wicked, have gone to heaven. Neither of
course shoald they be clad in hopeless black;
but violet, grey, lavender, or brown chasubles
should be worn, the color being lighter or
darker according to the character of the de-
ceased and the hopefulness of his state.
"A "HOuse of the Evangelists" has been esta-
blished in New York. 1t proposes to sustain
and educate young men who will devote tn en-
selves to preaching the Gospel among the
neglected classes. Churches or individuals con-
tributing $500 year may secure to a young
man the benefits of the institution. 1t is under
Episcopal control.
When the Episcopal Diocese of Albany went
off from that of New York, it was understood
that the Episcopal fund was to be divided But
the Diocese of New York refuses; and bill
has passed the State Legislature authorizing
the trustees of the Episcopal Fund of Albany
to sue their New York brethren for the amount
"A letter from an American Episcopal bishop
is printed in England in which he says that the
Thirty-nine Articles have but slight hold on
the Christian conscience, being the work of but
one synod of branch of the Church, and that
he hopes all such barriers to union with Eastern
and Western churches may soon be done away.
The journal of the seventy-ninth Annual
Convention of South Carolina shows that there
are but 1884 white communicates of the Episco-
pal Church in South Carolina. Communicates
lwhite) added during the year, 22S; communi-
cants lost l9l; thus showing an increase of only
81 during the year.
"A Father Bradley came out from England
Eome time ago to establish q Ritualstic mission
after the London style among the poor of New
York. He cannot have met much sympathy
there, although he had the bishops sanction, as
he is now in Liverpool trying to collect money
for this object.
The Rev. Treadwell Walden, late of this
city, has entered upon his duties as rector of
st. Pauls Church, Indianapolis, Indiana. On
Sunday, February 6, the collection for the
liquidation of the debt of the parish amounted
w. Welsh, Esq, built the new Episcopal
church of Bridesburg at cost of $4,000. He
also gave the ground on which it stands.
The Rev. w, G. u Lewis, OF Poughkeepsie
N. Y, has left the ministry of the Methodist
Church and joined the Episcopal.
PRESBYTERIAN.
-Presbyterianism has in Washington eleven
churches, with $500 communicates and which
expended last year over $500 for running ex-
penses and beneyolences. The leading churches
which John c. Smith, d. D., has ministered for
thirty years; the New York Avenue Church,
Rev. s. s. Mitchell pastor; and the old First
Church, under the care of DIR. Sunderland.
On Sunday, April 3, Rev. T. L. Cuyler
entered the tenth year of his ministry as the
first pastor of the Lafayette Avenue Church.
Brooklyn. From the E0angelist we learn that
during these years 17l0 persons have been
"uhiV'Su w hSAipOisulPi VI lhc5c, ooO were on
confession oftheir faith. The average addition
has been i70 q year.
The Pittsburg Reformed Presbytery sus-
pended relations with the General Synod when
that body cast out George III. Stuart. This
presbytery is now negotiating to transfer it:
relations" to the Presbyterian General Assembly
if its congregations may be allowed to retaiI
their old psalmody and their usages generally
OF course. there can be no objection.
The Presbyterian University at Wooster
Ohio, is TO receive $4,000 by the will of the late
Boyd j. Mercer, of Mansfield, Ohio. Rev. Willis
Lord d. d., of the Theological Seminary of the
Northwest has accepted call TO the Presi
deney of this University.