The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-04-13
sermon will be preached by Bishop Pierce.

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contortless ia almost all weathers, and the
services have recently been held in the
courthouse, but most of the members Of the
congregation disliked 10 attend there for public
worship, and hence the attendance has gene
rally been small.
Bishop Howe's Appointments.
The following are Bishop Howe's appoint
ments for the remainder of lis month:
Second Sunday after Easter Tomorrow
April 18th, st. Paul's Parish, SummerVlile'
Third Sunday after Easter, April 2lst, b.
Helena Parish, Beaufort.
Fourth Sunday after Easter, april 18TH,
Church on Edisto Island.
The Bishop will be prepared to oficiate on
week day at any services, and at such polnts
beyond the parish churches as the clergy
NAV designate. On Sundays, at his visitation,
the Bishop recommends that the Holy Com
munion be administered, and that sufficient
notice be given to the congregations hat the
Ofertory will be placed at his disposal in aid
of the diocese.
Departure OF Missionaries.
Rev. N. B. Williams, the recently appointed
Baptist missionary to China, to whom a public
farewell was given at the Citadel Square Bap-
tist Church last Sunday evening, left this city
Yesterday morning with Mrs. Williams and her
sister for Richmond and Baltimore, en- route
for their distant field of missionary labor In
China. Next Tuesday there will be a general
meeting at Baltimore Of all the missionaries
elect Of The board of foreign MISSIONS of the
Southern Baptist Convention, and appropriate
farewell services at one of the churches, and
on Wednesday the missionaries will leave for
San Francisco, where they will embark for
China, Rev. Mr.. Williams and his party going
to Canton, and Rev. Mr.. Hartwell and party
to Tung Chau.
The Charleston Presbytery.
The Charleston Presbytery commenced Its
session in Columbia last Wednesday evening.
Rev. G. R. Bracket was elected moderator,
C. s. vedder, stated clerk, and Rev. I. Nc
Bryde, temporary clerk. The place Of meet
ing is the chapel of the Theological Sem
mary. There will be divine service every
evening during the session at the Pres
byterian Church, and on Saturday a ser
vice in the morning, preparatory to the molly
sacrament, which will be administered the
day following. DR.. Girardeau, Of Charles
ton, will preach Sunday morning. A meeting
was held last evening at the Presbyterian
Church. beginning at eight O'Clock, at which
addresses were made on the subject OF domes-
tic missions by DR.. Glrardeau and others, and
a liberal collection was taken up at the close.
Dedication OF u Colored Church.
The Cumberland A. n. E.. Church, of Aikep,
was dedicated by Bishop ]. N. Brown last
Sunday. The services commenced at $3.50 T.
H.. when a procession was formed, with
Bishop Brown and other clergymen at the
head, which marched around the church seVe-
raj times, finally entering it at the left door.
Here the Bishop received the key from the
trustees, the church being thus given Into his
hands as the representative of the South Caro-
lima Conference. Hymns were sung, q prayer
offered, and psalm appropriate TO the oeea-
sion read, after which Bishop Brown preached
a dedlcatory rmo After the sermon a COL
lection was taken up, amounting to one hum
dred and twenty-nine dollars, which will be
appropriated toward the payment of the old
debt of the church.
Baptist Domestic Missions.
Rev. Mr.. Lamar, one Of the general agents
of the Baptist State Convention, preached a
most excellent discourse at the Aiken Baptist
Church last Wednesday evening, alter which
a collection wa taken up for the benefit Of
State missions. The convention referred TO
above is endeavoring at present to fill the pull
pits OF the Baptist Churches in the lower por-
ton of the State, especially In Beaufort Coun-
ty, and along the seacoast, where before the
war the churches of all denominations were 10
a most fourishIng condition, and where now
you will 60 forty miles In some sections With
out seeing q church. Mr.. Lamar Is trying to
visit every church In each association, and is
Instructed to ask all Baptist Churches 10, the
State to take up a collection once every three
months, especially for the benefit of State mis-
sions, and has lately visited twenty churches
In the Barnwell association and fifteen in the
Edgefsld association, all Of whom have pro-
missed their hearty support, and are requested
by Mr.. Lamar to do all In their power to for
ward the good work.
Miscellaneous Notes.
The Presbytery of Atlantic, Uprising the
colored Presbyterian Churches in this city and
vicinity, is now in session at the Wallingford
Church.
At the recent quarterly conference of the
Methodist Church of Abbevllle, the following
bethren were elected delegates to the ap-
preaching district. conference: Edward West.
field and j. F. G. DuPre. Alternates &C. V.
Hammond and G. W. Syfan.
Professor Packard, of Yale College, will con-
duct the services In the Aiken Methodist
Church tomorrow morning.
The Marion District Conference of the Meth
odlst Church will assemble at Georgetown
next Thursday. Bishop Pierce, Of Georgia, is
expected 10 preside.
Rev. A. Tooner Porter, rector Of the Church
of the Holy Communion, Is on a brief visit to
the North in the interest of the parochial
school under his charge.
State Senator Smalls presented the colored
Baptist Church, on st. Helena Island, with a
silver communion service last Sunday morn
ing.
The Methodist Conference for the Sumter
District will meet at Florence on the 26th Inst.
The chief Of the Cherokee Indians, Rev. j.
Bushyhead, has been In the Town of Anderson