The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-03-18

have left us to Join other churches; % have
connected with the Old School Presbyteriaus,
and have joined the United Presbyterians
North"
The Northwestern Seminary at Chicago |
has thirty-eight students, one of whom re-
ceived his collegiate education in Norway, |
one in the Netherlands, two in Ireland, three |
in Canada, and the remainder in abeve twenty |
different institutions in this country.
CONGREGATIONAL.
Mr.. Frederick Marquand, of Southport,
Ct., has offered to erect, at his own expense,
a chapel for the Yale Theological School. The
estimated cost is not far from $22, 900. The
building will be large enough for the religious
meetings of the college and for use for spe-
cial lectures 1t is to be completed in Sep
tember.
The Female Cent Society of New Hamp-
shire is valuable auxiliary to home mission
ary enterprises. During the sixty-6ve years
of its existence it has collected $74, ,S20, 1t
has memorial fund of $4,000. In 1906, its
first year, $500 was raised; in 1870, $2500-
all by contributions of one cent a week from
each of its members.
"A conference of the Congregational
churches of New York and Brooklyn was held
at the Church of the Pilgrims, in Brooklyn,
Wednesday, March 8. The question, 'What
is the best means of promoting the highest
spirituality among Christians?" was discussed
by the Rev. Mr.. Beecher, Rev. DIR. Palmer,
Rev. Messrs James, Brown, and Everest, and
Rev. DIR. Thompson.
The missionary brig Morning Star, which
recently sailed from Boston for the South Sea
Islands, meeting rough weather, has been
compelled to return from Provincetown to
Boston and reload, there being too much bal
last on board.
The receipts of the American Board for
January were $34, ,489, which is falling off
of $17,905 from those of the same month
last year; and for the six months ending
January 81, the receipts show falling off of
| $17,9
The Rev. Jacob Totka, minister of the
German Reformed Church, has been received
as candidate for orders in Minnesota, and
the Rev. Joseph T. Hillmar, late pastor of
the Roman Catholic congregations at St.
Anthony and Minneapolis, Minnesota, has
been received into the communion of the
| Episcopal Church.
Bishop Coke, of Buffalo, has Just opened
anew Episcopal Church in Tonawanda, N. Y.
1t cost about $45o0, nearly the whole of
which sum was donated by Mr.. Sherman, of
Avon.
Bishop Henry Whitehouse, of the Epis-
copal Diocese of Illinois, has lately given
dination to young Swede, Rev. Mr.. Almqvist,
from Gotheborg Sweden. He is now labor
ing in Michigan. The efforts of this Church
to absorb Scandinavian Lutherans have sig
nally failed of late.
BAPTIST.
"A new Baptist church was dedicated on
! March at Hunters Point, the new city which
has grown up within few years at the east
ern terminus of the Long Island Railroad.
| The sermon was by the Rev. DIR. Everts, of
| Chicago. The congregation was organized in
1869, with nine members. In building the
church, which cost $29, 800, it was largely
aided by Mr.. Horace Waters the wife of Mr.
Waters furnished the baptistery. =
Emanuel Baptist church, at Albany, has
just been completed. 1t takes the place o
Pearl street Baptist church, where DR.. b. L.
Welch had his long and fruitful ministry, and
is now under the care of Rev. DIR. Bridgman.
1t is situated on State street, above the new
Capitol. 1t will afford sittings for one thou
sand persons.
The new Michigan avenue Baptist church,
Chicago, has adopted a plan for renting its
sittings which presents some good features.
Any number of sittingss may be rented, from
single sitting to whole pew, for any pc
riod, however short, at a uniform rate
throughout the house of 1925 for each sit
ting The preference in the choice of pews
is given to those who will pay the rents of
the greatest number of seats. The surplus
from such extra rentals is to be laid aside to
assist those who cannot pay full rental.
"A correspondent of the Watchnaan and
Reflector has thought what benefeent and
fruitful mission a Christian minister would
accomplish if he could go with supplies to
the different missionary stations in France
distribute aid to the suffering, comfort them
in their affliction, and preach the Gospel of
salvation. He could reach at the same time
thousands of Romanists, who would welcome
such man as an angel from heaven. He
thinks that the French people, believing that
their sufferings are q chastisement from the
Almighty, will be in q favorable mood to
receive such teachings
PRESBYTERIAN.
The Committees of the Presbyterian and
United Presbyterian Churches, appointed to
consider the question of union of the two
branches met in Pittsburg during the week,
and organized by the election of ihe Rev. DIR.
Dickson, of ssNew York, gchairman, and of.the
Rev. w. j. Reid, of Pittsburg, secretary
The OccIdent gives favorable report of
the Presbyterian mission to the Chinese in
California. 1t was strengthened by the ac-
cession of the Rev. /. NJ. Condit in June.
Having labored at a similar work in Canton,
he was able at once to enter into all the work
of the mission, as a preacher to the Chinese
in their own language. The various depart
ments of TIE work have been prosecuted
during the past as in former years, exec OF
that, owing to the great falling off in the
immigration, there has been less call for the
visiting and preaching to the newly arrived
strangers which has heretofore been a pro-
minent feature of the work. During the year
two of the members of the church returned
to China, where they are employed as colpor-
teurs portion of the time, the other portion
being devoted to study, with view to pre-
paration for greater usefulness.
The subscriptions to the Memorial Fund