, 1873-07-13
The Summer Vacation --- Wherea-
bouts Of Some Of Our
Ministers.
Interesting Extracts from the
Local Religious Press.
The Decline OF Methodism--The Church
Guild--General Notes.
Programme Of Services To-Dny--'
Calendar for the Week,

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no' ~ ,.',,1 u =" nahoto 1oo,r.
Proioss'onel at,es, has oe'n ,. ~ ~ ~
=, "asoi Wv "o,4so ~ Wv ,,1 "a.
sua. Aef'soy' flo n"s s.os .os" a;t,, o;y,yod
I9,ss .ol aays ,.,a n,,nr ",r ara soia to ho
s,4oos 40'1 noaA A" .aaI,.. .,o.n al norc
enoer1a' hope."'' poeof,,''B n4olo ana ,ni,,,o
civilized and ohristaauizot', aro "eaf'ue nnls9
mems clothing reside in log cabins 60 10 a'nyo, m',"
o.sess 'nnuoneu ann " 1n1;poo,1 ~ af1octs tho
1osonee avoo Inc ans s.o ho o;v;i;xaa norton
are inoroeainr in populatiop, md it is expected,
by iptermarriacc aud Christian Influences, they
~, saan ras,aunco thoir tribal relntioug, prc-
snt 1uu ,omd. ana necomn % usafal cizous. Forty
families havo dono this alroady. Among tho
principal Agencies represented at tho conven-
:tion woro tha " sjenaton." on Lake Trayorao,
.tnst ovor I'M uoatorp boundary Of Minnesota
vhichhaa reservation Of oVos ooo square mos, l'
land tic " Yankton," with 100000 nores Tho
j]ato meeting was attended by oyor 100 native
dolosates, some Of whora como from oxtromes OF
eoo mlles 10 Do ptosen4 av wy 49,.
Onc~thisd OF these were 1no'"''s INV 1i"u o'oA
11npriBoned becauso OF thoir supposed connoc-
t;,n ,r;tt tto M;nnosota massacre of 1869. They
ho,r,,or ,pnocant of INV rolation
Nore' ho"osor' 'n.ueuu' w.. - ,',,t
with that awful anasr, pn' pus
@ down .a as oasred a hv The government S
49,, ,.,,;,.- ,.oJ ,no,, Il, 1ae9 7voa thu occnsion
70 1ho eu1,.y 49, nv ua,;,'a, ~ Tron that tmo to
the present tho Chriatianialng work among thom
has beon more and moro effective. The total
-,orohorohir at nroaont from this class Of tho
.,n,,,,iotinnf ID about ono thousand, which is
ehdi eeethored into nino churches, and all under. tho
ria TT,e mambora,,in receiyea during tho yoar, on
Irnfeae,on nf Xiii. ia 70: contrlbutions about
A1 o0D ;: number Of ordained Indian pastors, Z;
nsontate n dPfhar P1hoaensr sssstsn{s Ss which Is
euoie, ad..1io All ahowne ~ 1hratisn work. The
T. d;ront1v in carec Of vo a1o msaloua-
pela 1na 's t,rn uu II - whom Ltho Reys. s. Il.
higes aha IL - tS;a na',aa for naarlv
engaged IN T1,ns. rhls S.,aTo ,nan hnva roducod
lofty @ ysasn. =, 1usrI n.r;t; ~ hava nnb1,shod
.mssat. ~ ,n1con and Grammar. 500 copies Of
Tn,cn ate no" H. ~ ,no t;,no aro hoinr aue
-. ea1ahrs}+od GormSu nhiiooriats. No wonder
XII ~ N;1aa has INIT hem doctored" lately
hv a nronni,1ant ;ttakitution OF lonruinc, Mr.
,n,nhhrcv hoi;evos in tho power Of the Gospel,
anmpnfey oousvs nan ~ -, s IL T',n hoart 1l,n
49, ahu - ~ ~ +;n raoont canfarnnce IN oortai1lly
.sarr snr"s NJ aine in this direction.
PERSONALS,
.rho pov Clinton Locke. D. D.. Rector Of
,n..ao churcb viii ioavo fo.morrow on i11yita-
~ -, Gommnnaar brown Of tho United gtatoa
sssamsnp htcns a n ers sn oca4a eo sacki
nn5v .ehnrc he viii stop oN ana remau month.
During Dull i bis absenco the church will bo open
story sunday morning. different clergymon
The NV. ". ]. Petrie, Rector OF the Church
of our Savior, left last week for the tour Of the
likes and trip down the st. Lawrouce. II
vii bo abaont tlvo or six weoka. His church
t'1 Tho Hey. Arthur Brooks, Rector Of St. Janes
fn;acnnn1 Church. has lust returned from tht
Est, Where ho has booa spending fey mSnths l;,
jts'resuaa; ibe resumed tosday. S - :,
nnr;nn for somo time, and who went to tlse noun
tains Of Pennsylvaua for remedies, las returned
H;s manv frionils will bo glad to lonrn that ho il
eninvinr rof1at health,
rGn Rev. Edward Sullivan will spend th'
summer ut Watering place on tho st. Lawrence
River, taking hie departure this week and loay
DE-. R Coleman.
depart % hence T in couple Of wooks for some, a
gef, unknown point, and will bo gono six weeks
anrnr n | lis sbsenco. g. ~'@'''~
Piabon WhitehouBe has Just returned fror
The commencement Of tho General Thoologiss
oei'' occasion' "-~@~
Tie Rev. E. II. Barrett, pastor Of the Proaby
terian Church ut Austin. doparts hence. via til
iaEnr. In Quebec, where he and hla family spen
= aasaon of recreation,
Tho poy. Dr.. Kittrodge, Of the Third presb,
.ss!aa Church lasyss fes Lis vacation a,s Sn I
Dr. Hitchcock, Of Cincinnati, was in the oil
lsat veok. looking after the now buildings Of II
Methodist RSoS = Concern. ets1 p.,,ox =, ~ Gain.
nburoh' North{lold, Minn., was at the Graz
.Pacias t during tho past week:
Gan. d. H.aoward, the Western Secretary
.ho American Miasiona5y Association, ?, Is j.
! Dakota. a~''-
Tho ,Eey, George Huntington, pastor Of t
Congregational Church at Oak Park, proposes
, spend his yaeatjon at tho Newfoundland I'll
eries With lne and hook.
Tho Rev. Glen Wood, Of tho American IT
Bociety, Inns gone to donoFa Lake.
The Union Park presbyterlan Church, corr
Monroe and Paulina, has called tho ho7'
Bracken, OF NiloH, Mieh.
Prof. Booth, Of tho Chicago Seminary,