The New York herald., 1872-10-20
HERALD SUNDAY OCTOBER l872QUADRUPLE SHEET



ministerial Movements, Changes, &c.
METHODIST.
Rev. r. N. Miller has been elected President OF
the Central Ohio Conference Seminary. located at
Maumee city. Rev. B. Hawey, d. d.. OF the Troy
Conference, pastor OF the Methodist Episcopal
church. Bennington. w.. has been appointed
superintendent OF Schools for that town. Bishop
Miles, OF the Southern colored Methodist Episcopal
church, recently organized an annual conference
Tor Missouri and Kansas, with eleven travelling
and thirteen local preachers, go members, five
sunday schools sixteen teachers and 1853 scholars.
TWO deacons and two elders were ordained at the
session OF the conference held at Santa re. Miss
smiley has been preaching for and assisting Rev.
Dr. warren and other Methodist ministers In Phila-
delphta IN revival services. Rev. Mrs. Van Cott OF
Boston, will preach In Forty-thrd street Methodist
Episcopal church, this city, to-day A
reopening and reunion service will be
held In Seventh street Methodist Episco-
pal church (after extensive improvements
have been made) to-day. at which Bishop James
and Rev. Dr. Reid viii ofiiciate with the pastor.
This is the church that Paul Falk has been trying
to tire out with his orchestral Sabbath music. Tne
Methodist Episcopal church at weIsvil.e, N r.,
having been enlarged and greatly improved, will
be re-opened on Sunday next. Rev. w. Cochran is
pastor. Rev. G. @. McCabe and Rev. Richard
Haney are to dedicate new Methodist Episcopal
church at Keithsburg H., October 27. The chapel
OF the Methodist Episcopal church at Greensburg.
Ind, Will be dedicated on the last Sunday in
October Bishop Wiley and Rev. j. II. Baylis are to
oflclate. The Rev. r. A. Spencer, OF the Ohio Con-
ference, has been appointed to the Italian mission,
to cooperate with DR.. Vernon. Mr.. Spencer and
his wife have the missionary spirit and understand
the Italian language we'll Four young women start
for the East this year, under the auspices OF the
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society. This will give
the society twelve missionaries in heather lands.
They are experimenting girls schools, carrying on
zenana work, training Bible women, and, in con-
nection with the wives OF the missionaries of the
Parent Board, working in all ways for the exten-
sion OF Christ's kingdom. Rev. A. b. Corliss, a
local preacher, has been elected Principal of the
oxford High School, Chester county, Pa, and has
accepted the position. The Methodist Episcopal
Church at Wakefield Mass, are arranging to build
a large church edifce Rev. G. L. McCurdy pas
tor The Hamline Methodist Episcopal church in
washington, d. c., IS progressing so rapidly in its
erection that its walls are now about half way up.
debt OF $4,000 on the Methodist Episcopal
church at M0rristown N. j., Rev. Dr. Burr, pastor,
was removed a couple of Sundays ago. The
church property, exclusive OF parsonage and
grounds. is valued at S165,ooo and is now
free from debt. Rev. J. p Macauley pastor OF the
Methodist Episcopal church in Hackensack, N. j.,
has resigned his pastorate, owing to continued Ill
health. The Methodist Episcopal church at South
bridge. Mass, has sent seven young men into the
ministry within twelve years. The minister OF the
Congregational church In Buckland, Mass, died
recently, and the church got no man to take his
place. The MethOdistS OF the town invited their
COngregationallst brethren to worship with them.
united congregations. so they transferred them
selves to the vacant church, where they live in
great peace and are prOsperjng under the ministry
OF the Methodist pastor. Rev. G. s. Booth, OF the
New England Conference is slowly recovering from
a serious and protracted illness. The anniversary
OF the Church Extension Society OF the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church will be held in Philadelphia
next Thursday, and services in . the society's
Rev. DR.. Curry has returned from brief visit to
the Central and Western New York Conferences.
visit to the Southern Gonferences oi the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Rev. IL. w. Reed, OF the Upper
Iowa Conference, has been appointed Indian Agent
at Fort Hall, Indian TerritOry-an excellent ap-
pointment 1t is said. Rev. Clark p. Hard, OF the
Erie conference, has been transferred to the West
Rochester. Rev j. H. champion, Of North Eyre.
mont and HSdale Centre charges, is taking his
vacation now instead OF in the Summer, and
among the Rocky Mountains and buralo hunting
on the plains instead OF at the fashionable water
ing places. President Hall, Of Johnson College.
Mo-. is spending few days in this city in behalf OF
the interests OF his institution. Rev. o. w. Miller
has been appointed agent OF the Kentucky Wes-
leyan University. Rev. w. Il. Thomas, OF the
Georgia Conference OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church, who has had charge OF the Normal School
at Rome, Ca, is now in this city seeking aid to the
education among the colored people, DR.. Rust,
the Corresponding Secretary OF the Freedmen's
Ala Society h has pI, appointed Rev Rev, 3. O. Hammond
Austin, Texas. TO take the charge OF training
school for teachers and preachers, under the
auspices OF the Freedmen's Aid Society.
BAPTIST.
An immersed enthusiast writing to the National
Baptist objects to the natural rainting Of 'The Bap
tism OF POcahontas" at Washington because it does
not represent that aboriginal damse as going into
the pool The editor Of the Lutheran Observer there
fore goes Tor this "insectariann BaptistS scalp and
wants to find his mate SO that he can be handed
over to Barnum or some other Snowman. The Rev.
Dr. Fulton, Of Boston, q couple OF weeks week ago IN
at Dr. Pentecost, OF Brooklyn, for his liberal Chris
tian administration OF the Lords Supper to
.mlxedn member. DR.. Pentecost did not reply,
but Dr. Wayland Hoyt, a denominational neighbOr,
though not close communicate, steps to the front
In defence Of Dr. Pentecost, and sharply criticses
both the manner and the matter OF his Brother
Fulton's letter. which he characterizes as "a poll
tico-stump-speaking method OF controversy,
Christian men," The Rev. T. J. Mellish, OF
Cincinnati in an article In the Baptist Unton de-
on and which cose
mnnionsts lay so much stress, He shows, from
the scriptures and the practices OF the early Chris
tans, that baptism by Immersion was not pre-
requisite to participation In "the communion Of
the body and blood OF Christ" and that properly
aud really the sacrament was ordained to be eaten
in private houses rather than in local churches,
and was so eaten by the early Church, following the
example OF the sraelites eating the passover. The
English-speaking Baptist churches OF Cincinnati
count 750 members, and one German church there
has nearly 100 members. The Ninth street church
has half the Baptist membership OF the city.
new church has been built at Eaton, about forty
miles from Cincinnati and ffty-three persons have
been baptized there. within two years past.
The First Baptist church or Cincinnati Is
reduced in membership and is without
pastor. Last spring Its pastor, Rev. $.
A. Collins, with 100 members, left and
united with the Fifth street church In that city,
and while the old church is anguishing the united
body are doing nobly. There are four bodies Of
deal of good work is done by devoted pastors. The
Baptists OF Mankato, Minn., number lorty-fve In
population OF 5,000 Within the bounds OF the Min
nesota Baptist State Convention there were but
333 baptisms in all the churches during the past