The New York herald., 1872-11-24
Ministerial Movements.

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Ministerial Movements.
BAPTIST.
The Baptist church at Lincoln, Neo.. Rev. O. 7.
COnger, pastor. has received during the year by
letter aud baptism l04 members, but twice this
number have left 1t for other parts that the
church IL now in feeble condition. Oyer one hun
dred converts have been reported in the Iowa peni-
tentiary duriag the two years chapaincy OF Rev.
John Warren in that institution. He has now
closed his abors there. New houses OF worship are
soon to be dedicated at Greenwood, Mo. at Mo-
bery, Mo-; at Diamond Grove. near Jacksonville,
H.; at Austin near CHICAGO. The Baptista of Clay
tOn ILL.,, recently dedicated a new church valued
at $3,600 Rev. j. NJ. Wells, pastor. Rev. W. NJ
Young. D. d., has resigned the pastOrate of the
First Baptist church, Oil City, Pa after one years
service Rev. j. Smith has left the church at
Smiihfeld. Pa, after 4 two years pastorate. Rev.
r. Reynolds, OF Aliegan Mich., has accepted a call
to the pastorate OF Delmar church, Pa. Rev. p. l..
Davies OF the Berean church, in this city, has been
induced to withdraw his resignation, and the
church has presented him with purse of $500.
Rev. George B. Hunter has just been ordained
and elected pastor OF the Baptist church in Perth
Amboy, N. J. Rev. Nathan Brown u. d., has left
the editorial chair OF the Baptist weekly to devote
himself to the work OF Bible translation In Japan
lie goes to that country by way Of san Francisco.
The Pamunkey tribe OF Indians numbering eighty
five persons own and inhabit tract OF land In
King William county, va of, ,466 acres, OF which 760
acres only are arabic They nave school, Baptist
church ana three ministers. Every member OF the
tribe above the age OF fifteen years IL member or
the church. The wideawake editor OF the tdthOiic
National baptist the most outrageous" advertise
ment he has ever seen. Ii relates 10 :! baptismal
pants" manufactured by certain Philadelphia
tailor, which are offered as prizes by the Baptist
editor Tor new subscribers to the ~ b. This
przen,' business bus is fast running itself into the
prizes are demanded and must be offered
The secular press IS iast pushing these religious
prize packages viii be Of less value than they are
now. lust as the ,.baptlsmal pants will not be
sprinkling. Calls nave been acccptedby Rev. n. II.
Bancroft 70 the Baptist church at Waterford,
urbana, ~; by Rev. G: d. Kent, OF bradford, Ill.
to Roseyille, H.; by Rey. W. $ Post, u. D., OF
Rev. Il. s. Johnson Of Tioga, Kansas, to Pittsiied,
ILL.,; by Rev. j. r. Matson. Of the BAPTIST Theolog.
cal Seminary, Chicago, TO the Danish Baptist Mis-
sion in that city, under control Of the Second Bap
tist church. Rev. T. G. Lamb mas removed from
Salem, Columbia county, OHIO TO washingtonyille,
his abors at Malvern, Iowa, and the church is now
in want OF another pastor. Rev. g. b. Gioja, pas
that his church numbers at present forty-three
baptized believers, and that he has recently bap-
tlzed woman seventy years OF age. Rev. ". ..
Italy, to the Chicago Standard that his Bible school
in lrastevere has lorty-fOur pupils and Is rapidly
growing, and that he was about to open another In
Triana with thirty pupils The distribution OF the
Scriptures In Frascat suburb of Rome on the
ns and taSs and '1s sen TO
from prominent men there-one. of them
being the District Attorney-had reached
Mr.. Van Meter that he would open school in that
place of 1900 inhabitants. He has done so, and
now appeals to the Baptlsts Of England and
America for aid to carry on these enterprises The
priests he says, gathered up all the Bibles they
could lay hands on In Frascatl and burned them.
Meter determined to open a Bible school in the
Leonine city, on the west bank OF the Tiber, under
the shadow Of st. Peters and the Vatican, II he
could 1nd suitable place. He soon found such
place at 100 BOrgo vecchio, the middle street
ming directly from the Castle and Bridge OF st. An
gelo to st. Peters and the Vatican. 1t Is In view
of the front OF st. Peters, and about hundred
yards the piazza in front of it ana the Vatican.
He accepts the situation as OF divine appointment.
Rev. DR.. Newman returned to this city from New
Orleans last week lie was here at the & Missionary
ialo, spent lew days of last week in this city.
Rev. 3; M. Adams, of BROOKLYN, is slowly recover
pastoral duties. Rev. W. O. Pierce, of Cleveland,
spent few days here during the week. Rev. DR..
transferred 10 the C Central New York Conference
and stationed at former charge, the First Mctho-
way church. % Harlem es Received tnr
five persons into church membership on last Com
munion day. The Methodsts Of Fair Haven, Conn.,,
have a fine stone church nearly completed, which
VIII be dedicated In few weeks. The MethodIsts
Of Wil!hmsport, Pa, VIII dedicate cate church next
the China mission at FOo-Chow, vice Rev. DR..
Maclay, appointed to the new mission in Japan.
The Georgia Conference of the Methodist
a,235 lprobationers, l72 local preachers, egh,.
teen CHURCHES and eight paTrsonages, valued at
are erecting churches TO the value OF 200, for
which 100000 OF aid has been received from
634 chapels 1920 Sunday school teachers, 1912
Sunday school scholars and 24,413 church mem
bers. The revival influence is spreading among
the Methodist churches and conferences in the
South and Southwest, and the most cheering re-
ports or conversions come from all quarters
through our exchanges; At one meeting in Cen.
tral church, POI tsm0uth, Va, last week twentysix
out of ffty penitents were converted at Rock
Creek, N. G., thirty were converted; at Lenoir.
seventy, and at half dozen other points in the
same Conference and state 22s more conversions
Del, fifty have found pardon and the revival con-
tinues. On the Pungoteague Circuit, Virginia Con-
s Sean s last t. three iss
churches. on Appomattox circuit, same Confer
ence, rs have bsen converted During the last
four weeks flttythree have been converted In the
Methodist Episcopal church in Frankford, Va,
and in Calvary Methodist Episcopal church
ence, eac Rev. Mckee ' reports s0'ss 200
that conference the reports very encouraging,
but without statistics
PRESBYTERIAN.
new Presbyterian church has been built on the
corner Of Bement and CastetOn avenues, staten
Island. M The dedication Of the Presbyterian church
Virginia OF the Presbyter Church, South, met in
Baltimore Md, last Wednesday. DR.. Handy OF
Virginia, preached the opening sermon. The
Synod is composed OF 10 presbyteres 1874 ministers,
257 churches 1s,5o0 cOmmunicants, ga candidates
in preparation for the ministry, theological semi
nary at Hampden. Sydney, having 80 students.
Each ordained minister is member OF the body,
and each church entitled to be represented by
ruling elder. The Southern Presbyterian Church
OF itself reports for 1872 IL synods, SO presby.
teries, 912 ministers and liccntiates, 2O5
candidates, 1,545 churches 5,56l members
added on examination, 55,g43 children In
Sunday schools and Bible classes; whole number
OF communicates, $4,000. The total amount OF
money distributed TO various purposes was
terian General Assembly OF the United States
North) calls for total OF 81, $50 900 for the ecces
astical year 1923. or this sum foreign missions
want 100000, home missions, $475 900; church
extension, 1000; education, 100000 sustenta
ton, $780, 0OO ministerial relief, 800, ,OCO freedmen
100000, and publications. $4,000. The finance
committee recommend tn ALI churches and so-