The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-05-20
SUMMARY OF CHURCH NEWS.
PRESRYTERIAN.

PRESBYTERIAN.
There has been an interesting work of
grace at Williamsville, in Bath county, Va.
Twenty persons had already united with the
church, and many more were deeply in
terested.
The Pennsylvania, KY, Presbytery (of
the Southern Church,, at its late session,
passed resolutions condemning the Rev. Mr..
Junkin, of Danville, and the elders of his
church, for receiving into the communion of
the church Campbellite lady on her Camp
bellite baptism-the General Assembly, the
Kentucky Synod, and the Pennsylvania Pres
bytery having each previously pronounced
such baptism invalid.
The Memphis Presbyterian reports de-
cidedly encouraging state of feeling in the
First Presbyterian Church, Memphis, of
which the Rev. f. HI. Bowman is pastor. At
the last communion fifteen persons were
added to the church. and so steadily has it
progressed, under the blessing of God upon
it, that within little more than two years it
has more than doubled its number.
The Presbytery of Charleston has re-
scinded its decision disappearing of the
action of members regularly supplying pull
wits of other denominations. The discussion
was spirited, but the majority in favor of re-
scinding was large.
Rev. Thomas II. Benton, native mission
ary to the Choctaws, died in April last, at his
home in the Choctaw Nation.
The Ross Street Presbyterian Church.
Brooklyn, N. Y, have commenced the erec-
tion of church building which is attracting
much attention for the novelty of its struc-
ture. 1t is to be built entirely of metal, .. e.,
cast iron, ridged and wrought iron, pressed
zinc and medallion metal, with frame work
of heavy timbers. The style of architecture
is German Gothic.
The English Presbyterian mission on the
Island of Formosa has been very prosperous
the past year. Thirty-three persons have
been admitted to church membership. One
was woman of eighteen, whose husband cast
her off because she worshipped God. On one
Sabbath, after the morning service, eighty-fve
presented themselves as candidates for admis-
sion to the Church
EPISCOPAL.
Mr. James F. Conover, editor of the De-
troit Tribune, has resigned his position, in
order to become minister in the Episcopal
Church. He has been connected with the
Detroit newspapers for eighteen years.
The ChurclDldn makes a comparison OF
the statistical returns in Massachusetts,, show.
ing the progress and growth of the Episcopal
Church from 1S4l. The number of ministers
in 1841 was so; in 1870, 125. The number
of communicates has increased from 1904 to
IL, 1892; the contributions have increased from
$12, 1879 to $272, ,07S'93.
The American Episcopal Mission In China
has over two hundred children under daily
instruction, most of the teachers being Chris
tian natives. Seventy were baptized, most
of them adults, and forty eight confirmed the
past year. Five hundred of the starving pool
of the city of Shanghai were fed, morning
and evening, by the missionaries, during the
past winter.
Three members of the Order of the
Brothers of st. John recently arrived in Bal
tiInore, Nd, from England, and have beer
holding services in several OF the Episcopa
churches.
The Rev. John Moore Capes, of Ballio
College, Oxford, who joined the Church o
Rome in 1S45, has returned to the Englisl
Church, and desires to devote his remaining
years to its service. He resumed preaching
in London on the 23d of April.
METHODIST.
There are over sixty local preachers con
nected with the various charges of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church in Baltimore city.
The new church of the First Methods
Episcopal Society of Haarlem, on the corne
of Madison avenue and One Hundred an
Twenty y-sixth street, New York, was last Sab
bath partly occupied for the first time fo
Sunday-school services, and will be fol-
mally dedicated tomorrow. The church cos
$125,000.
The London Methodist Recorder, state
that on Easter Sunday the first Methods
chapel in Rome was dedicated. Rev. Henri
J. Piggott, Superintendent of the Italia
Missions, preached on the occasion. Th
chapel is located in the neighborhood of tn
Jews Quarter, many Of whom were preseI
at the dedication, and frequently form a laro
proportion of the congregation.
The Boston Preachers Meeting, aftt
earnest discussion at its recent meeting, al
uointed committee of three to act COZ
Jointly with similar committee from 9TH
denominations, in arranging for a day
public PRAYER that God will stay the raVag
of intemperance in that city.
"A ''Memorial Window" through Il
generosity of several Canadian Method
iaymen, is to be placed in the new Method
church at Niagara Falls, to bed &C name
Rev. William Morley Punshon.
BAPTIST.
"A Baptist Educational Convention (
New England was held at Worcester, Mas