The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-04

Society In Clinton, Mass, have Increased
Bowers s TSs Ba ksy O.
mont have already raised nearly 100000 OF the
$4,000 required for founding the Vermont
Academy. IL Is to be located at SaxOns River
The union contemplated between the First and the
PierrepOnt street churches was happily c0nsum-
IS to be as the Fss
church of Pierrepont street. No answer has vet
been received from DR.. Lorimer ~ the call they
Brooklyn, finds itself straitened for room and Is
about TO pull down and rebuild on an enlarged basis.
Rev Rev i D. smith OF Geneva IT, resrrGe sr 70 :"
Paris. after nearly years absence in Europe and
the Holy Land. Rev., A. Martin has taken the
n. Y. Rev. George r. Hunter. pastor OF the Baptist
church. Perth Amboy, N. j., has been appointed
missionary Of the American Baptist Missionary n,s
: unanimous cali from the Church At
JinSs, of Howell Mich, has gone to ' Brighton
same State. Rev. John Durham has become
pastor OF the Baptist church at Quincy, Mich A
Mich, next Sunday. Rev. A. F. Niles has resigned
his charge at Lebanon: Rev. Il. G. Keele has gone
from from to 10 Dix Ill f Dover H ea
Rooney from Co0pers Plains to Chemung, N. Y. !;
R Rev 8 Sampson q parHsyille to saokan' n X;
school, Middlefeld. accepts the call OF the church
at Seward, NJ Y. In the failure OF the Atlantic
Bank about $40, 600 Of the Baptist Home Mission
Society funds are put in peril, II not altogether
lost.
RPIscOPALIAN.
The Rev. II. @. Fl. Dudley having been appointed
missionary in the Northwest by the American
Church Missionary Society has removed to Detroit,
Becker county, Mimi, from Xenia, Ohio. The
reading desks and communion table at ST. AIMS
Church, Brooklyn, Long Island. Rev. DR.. Schenck,
pastor were draped In mourning on Sunday last
In respect to the memory OF Mrs. Cutler wife OF the
Rev. DR.. Cutler. who was for many years the
rector OF the church. A new Episcopal church win
be immediately erected at Shelter Island, L. ].
Etrhfnar ~ cd a
rectorship of St. Barnabas church. Newark N. J.
Rev. o. Hutton, D. D., has accepted the rectorship
Rev. c. f. Fessenden, OF Pennsylvania, has accepted
call to the rectorship Of old st. James church,
near stanton, Del on Easter sunday the offer;
bers Christ cSHrcn time sas ct9
Rev William S. Gomez is rector q the EPISCOPAL
church of st. Paul, in East Chester He Is strict
constructionist, and holds that no other preacher
can come within the bounds OF his parish without
his consent. But Trinity church, Mount Vernon,
was erected, and has maintained stormy exist
between the two societies. and appeals have been
made to ecclesiastical and civil law, keeping the
congregations in very excited state and bringing
herents OF rev. Mr.. Coffee, by little flnesse, OBJ
tanned the keys from the SEXTON locked the rival
edifce and turned the rector and congregation out
in the cold. This action has walked up the people
in Westminster county, ana there is general In
terest expressed to see what the next move will be.
Mr.. Bartlett OF Cesarea, missionary OF the
American Board writes of an interesting move
bishop has recently been appointed for this district.
and, as his bishopric ranks next TO that OF Con-
stantinople the new bishop has felt called upon to
rescue all who have been led astray by Protestant
teaching The result Is much discussion and an
awakening to spiritual truth In Talas, tswn OF
10, 600 inhabitants. few miles from Cesarea, there
were four years since but three Protestant
brethren. Now eleven have united with the
Cesarean church, nine OF them being Greeks, and
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There has also been some persecution suffered which
seems only to strengthen the faith of those suffer-
ing." The proposition of the trustees of the Con.
gregati0nal Union to erect building for it's use In
New York will doubtless be heartily received by the
churches in this vicinity, whose interests 1t would
greatly enhance. The denomination is stretching
out its borders around this centre, and Congre-
gatiOnal house. like the one just put up In Boston,
would be pivotal point Of strength and encourage:
by the trustees Is to raise 600 in the next five
years for such building. There are in New Eng.
and 442 Congregational ministers without. pastoral
work. The Second Congregational church, OF
Detroit, are building $45 900 edlfce, which they
expect to occupy about December l. The fifth tri
ennial Convention OF Congregational churches OF
the Interior and Northwest, representing about
one thousand societies, met at Chicago April d.
A paper was read in regard to the wants Of their
theological seminary, urging a further endowment
to the seminary. Not less than $23o,OOO are re-
CURED. The present value OF endowment or all
kinds is $4,000.
MISCELLANEOUS.
N.
Presidency OF the Tennessee Female College after
the present session. The Reformed Dutch Church
Chassis OF this city are raising fund Of $4,000 to
purchase dwelling house somewhere near Four
tie enth street, west slde which can be converted
into chapel and mission house for the use OF the
large number OF H0llanders who are constantly
arriving here. Rev. Mr.. BechtOld has already
secured s., 900 OF this amount, and wealthy Dutch
men are invited to open their purses and help on
this worthy enterprise The Governor OF Hang
Chau, having discovered that the daughters OF
wealthy citizens were led into sin by nuns OF
stop to the evil and announced his intention to the
Governor OF the province Of che Kiaug The re-
suit has been that the Buddhist nunneries through
out the province are to be suppressed. The
younger nuns are to be expelled, and no young
girls taken hereafter to be trained as nuns. Older
nuns. left homeless may remain, but their worship
Is TO cease, and the buildings hitherto occupied by
the nuns are to be opened to beggars and cripples
The treasury of the Foreign Mission Board OF the
Reformed Dutch Church Of this city was in debt
February l. $33, 500. This has been removed since
save $4,000, which is now called for before May 8,
clean 'G record The Reformed Dutch s Church
in America numbered in 1s72:-Churches;
4s ministers 500 families com
50. 1855; contributions for benevolent purposes,
$357,2l6; for congregational uses s1,O66 4s2.
The denomination e, %n,na supports - foreign mis-
the out-stations there are 25 churches,
with ABA wOrshippers and go comm unicants.
The benevolent contributions amounted to $1,639
from the native churches last year. India is the
most important field oil the denominations efforts,
with China next. The British Evangelical Alliance
held its annual conference last week In Brighton,
The General Conference in New York In Oc-
tober was one OF the topics OF discussion.
Miss Annie Baird, OF Harrington N. j., leaves early
in May as a missionary OF the Reformed Dutch
Church, for Japan. She goes in company with
Professor Murray and family, OF Rutgers College.
The fidelity OF the Jew to the faith OF his fathers
was perhaps never more strikingly demonstrated
than by the last report OF the society for their
states that during the past year he made 1874 visits
oficiated on 264 occasions preached 10 times dis
trbuted 1000 pages OF tracts at large expense,
and yet he cannot rejoice in the conversion of
single Israelte to Christianity. On Sunday, March
2, the nrst anniversary Of the native Christian
About one hundred and twenty persons, OF whom
one hundred were natives, attended. All
the members present partook OF the communion.
The Society OF Inquiry OF the Theological Seminary
at New Brunswick, n j., will hold its anniversary
on May s, and be addressed by the Rev. DR.. Tai
mage, returned missionary from China. Rev.
Austin Henry was RECENTLY ordained and Installed