The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-09-28

IuIIy mas dCCepteO u call 10 the PTeSDyLerl0u
church OF Upper Mount Bethel. Pa, where he CON-
menced his ministry thirty-three years ago. Rev.
H. E. Thomas, D. D., Of Pittsburg is called uDani-
Welsh Church in America. Rev. John II. Munro,
the new pastor of the Third Presby church in
Boston, and recently OF Newry, Ireland, was in
stalled by the Presbytery of Boston the 18th inst
REFORMED CHURCH.
The REFORMED Ciavch Messenger says that the
campaign documents OF articles in the Catholic
Standard which paper they circulate In the Re-
ing away Of late Of so many Reformed ministers
to the Roman Church. The only explanation the
Messenger can give for this singular fact Is that
each other.n The synod Of the Potomac OF the
Reformed Church WIN hold general conven-
a. Rev John 1uit was installed Pastor r''e Of
the tn l Reformed church ,,, In Littlestown,
imnipration has attracted General attention. here
two large colonies OF Reformed German church
men from Southern Russia have recently arrived
persons, settled near Omaha, Neb., and the other,
not quite so large, went TO Dakota. They brought
q wTh s% to
colonlze, but could not. They were offered good
land cheap where they have settled. They are
nearly all OF them communicates In the Reformed
church, thrifty and steady farmers.
ROMAN CATHOLIC.
The CdthOHc ReUtetc has succeeded In getting up
before the public for months to come. The prOp0-
stlon OF its editor to lead Q pilgrimage" from
Land has attracted the attention OF the religious
press OF other denominations most OF whom scout
a dne iaea: me nep'eW returns 10 tne charge
deep and thoroughly Catholic feeling in favor OF
the pilgrimage as an act OF Catholic faith
to the august POntif who now fills its chair" 1t
Is rumored among the Catholics OF England that In
future the priests will appear publicly In their cas-,
socks, &C., when engaged in their ecclesiastical
duties This, it is said, was one OF the decisions
OF the late Catholic Synod, held at St. Edmunds
Hn1ln nA~tc krtn tl,tvp hnu
TRANSFERRED. II is said that the SYNOD also deter.
mined on introducing the tonsure among the sec
ular clergy The new Catholic church on Paris IRIS
Sea- and Will be ready Tor conservation by the LIST
Of November. The edifce is Of the French
will cost, when finished, about $4,000. A
Roman Catholic priest has been sent to prison
for fortnight in Prussia, for publicly preaching
binage Rev, Father Babst, 8. j., after three years.
absence has returned to the Church of the I'm.
visit OF Archbishop Purcell to the new church al
Frankfort, Ohio, six ministers, converts from other
seven Of the lorty-two Cardinals now living. were
created by the present Pope, and nearly all OF them
are very old. The Oldest Is ninety years Of age,
the majority being over sixty. The Rev. Father
FransiO has entirely recovered his health, and Is
about to return to Brooklyn. He win leave Europe
about the 18TH He will continue to labor lor the spir
itua welfare Of his flock in st. Peters. Rev. Father
~,
of Georgetown College, and Rev. A. f. Campi,
treasurer OF that institution, has gone TO st. Johns
church. Frederick, Md, from whence Rev. q. Jen-
kins has gone to Georgetown to succeed Father
Campi.
MISCELLANEOUS.
1t is ascertained by certain investigation that the
Increase OF communicates OF evangelical churches
in the United States for the last two years is
600, 900, little more than eleven per cent. The
same rate of increase for ten years would swell the
number of communicates to 10000, 000 This does
not very clearly indicate the decline Of Prot
estantisIn. The Nineteenth Animal Convention
OF the Evangelical Sunday Schools OF Massa-
chusetts was held in Worcester last Wednesday
sal ed on Saturday, 2Oth:-Miss A6bie P. Ferguson
and Miss Annie P. Bliss, who go to Cape Colony,
where, in connection with the English Missionary
Society, tney are to establish a school on the
Thomson, who goes out to join the force at
Constantlnople under the American Board. Rev.
Dr. Parsons, secretary of the Philadelphia Sab
bath Association, has petition about 200 feet long.
addressed to Mayor Stokley, OF that city, asking
for the rigid enforcement or existing laws in re-
gard to the dissertation Of the Sabbath. Rev. Lewis
Francis was last Thursday evening installed pastor
OF the Reformed church, Greenport, l.. I. The Re-
formed church at College Point, L. l., will be ded-
Gated to-day.