The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-19
HERALD SUNDAY JANUARY B7s-TRPLE SHEET.

for q revival of religion among them. Rev. E. H.
Hovey has resigned the charge OF the Amana Zap
education. After February Amana, Muddy Creek
and Franklin churches will be without pastors They
are thirteen miles apart. Rev T. A. keid, formerly
Baptist church at Pine Blur Ark. Rev: J. r. Can
has removed from Troy, Mo-, to Enfield, H., TO
enter on the missionary work in that district Rev.
+. Merriam has closed his pastorate with the Bap.
tist church In Hanover, n: H., ana accepted cal
M Key M ssc mas IN
Me-, to take effect the last Of March. The Baptists
OF North Carolina endeav0ring to raise 500 DOC
by Pennsylvania Baptists during the past yeaf, for
religions purposes was $500 AGO. The Laight street
Missionas the once Presbyterian church at the cor
called by its Baptist Occupants-has nourisnlng
Sabbath school. which has more than tire led It's
Nets, OF Toms River has resigned the passionate Of
the Baptist church OF that place. The Rev
cnuron the Rev
Smith has closed his labors with the East
Dover W.T. Baptist church, where he has been
Medina, Ohio, has accepted the call or the Church
Ct Clyde, Ohio. new Baptist meeting house was
.islH January at Mexico. N Y. sermons
rCIarke, ID. D., and Rev. l. Butterheld. More than
thousand dollars were raised to Tree the church
G. Seymour, pastor OF the Rugges street Baptist
church, Boston, elected chaplain OF the Massa-
Christian church at Little Rock have unanimously
called Rev. J. L. t. Holland to be their pastor. x
ment to the pulpit" To our thinking there are
palpits Of A the siand. few sAf Practical and
parts. twenty-five Converts have united with
the Baptist church in Norwalk Ohio, as
result OF the great revival there.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Lutheran Church in America numbers 2, 800
pastors 4,115 congregations and $4,000 commune
cants Last year were reported 2,175 pastors 1896
congregations, and ass. 900 communicates. There
has been an increase during the year OF l34 pastors
2s9 congregations and q, 900 communicates. The
fifth annual meeting OF the WOman's Board Of
Missions was held January in Boston. The
receipts of the year were $5394 expenses, $33 S46
under appointment with donations and pledges
from ConstantinOple Home, $20095. There are
6.4S6 churches In the State OF Ohio, including 295
Roman Catholic capable OF seating, in ALL 2,0S4, 1856
people. The "New Jerusalem" settlement, near
Augusta, Ca, under the rule of Joseph Curry,
chusetts has dwindled from 100 to eighteen per-
sons. The Spanish revolution of 1883 opened the
country to Professionals and now there are 10 and
about twenty native clergymen. The only Reformed
church that has ever taken 81 900 collection
for the Board of Domestic Missions is the First
the second time There are In the United States
g. 405 Orthodox Friends-a gain OF only 755 within
twenty years. The membership east of the Allie
ghanles has decreased 1922, while III the West they
have increased SAT-. In 1706 the first Jewish con-
gregatiOn was formed here and in 1744 the first
synagogue was built. In 1874 there were but four
synagogues here, but ten years later there were
twenty and at present there are twenty-nine svna-
gogues and places Of worship in the city. There
are 800 Jewish houses of PRAYER In the United
States. The Day of Prayer for Colleges was
changed two or three years since, by general con-
sent from the last Thursday In February to the last
Thursday In January. At the communion season,
held in Heidelberg church, Philadelphia, on the
3Oth inst, OF which the Rev. W. G. HendrcksOn Is
pastor, on Sunday, the 5th inst, seventeen per-
sons were added to the church. Public services are
to be held In the South Reformed church, Fifth
nue., corner of Twenty-6rst street, every Tuesday
afternoon at half-past three O'Clock. Next Tuesday
services are intended to deepen the i'm
preston made by the Week Of Prayer. The
North Reformed church OF Passaic, N. j. organized
four years ago, has since built chapel and par
sonage and purchased site for church. all at o
cost Of $4,000 The congregation was for q time
without pastor, but Rev. Q. ID. Kellogg was
recently installed over them. Rev. A. j. Park was
installed pastor OF the First Reformed church. Jer
sey City, on January IL. Rev. ]. B. Mills OF the
American Peace Society at Boston, has sailed for
Europe to arrange for an International Peace Con-
gress Rev. @. M. Tyler, OF Chicago, accepts his
call to the Reformed church In Ithaca N. Y. With
but one dissenting voice both church and cOngre-
CATION have voted to withdraw from Chassis that
they may come into more aggressive church asso-
Citations Iceland, with $4,000 Inhabitants, has 800
pastors OF the Lutheran Church. The government
pays their salaries, from 500 TO $500 per year. But
the pastor does not devote all his time to eccesi-
follows any business which may be open to him,
'labOring with his own hands," One pastor built
ms church at his own expense, because he received
no salary while his people were destitute of q
house. At q late communion season in the I'M
manuel's Reformed church at Williamsport, Pa,
OF which the Rev. A. J. Heller is pastor, thirteen
persons were added to the church. At late COM
muniOn season held in KittannIng and EmlentOn
Mission, OF which the Rev. L. b. Leasure is pastor,
fourteen persons were added to the church.