The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-30


the United state: Navy ye'I nes a.
Maine Conference, IS unable through ilneait1
to attend to his duties Rev. 1. r. S.
pastor Of the Methodist Episcopal chur rcS,
Webster, Mass, died suddenly March Is. The Cen
erai Conference Of the C0lored Methodist Episcopal
Church In America convened in Augusta, Ca.
March 10. Several bishops OF the Methodist Eps-
copal Church South were present to assist Bishop
Miles. Two or three new bishops were elected an
editor chosen and other important business trans.
acted. Rev. 5. A. Steele u student at Emery and
Church South, has been elected to the Chap
laincy OF the University OF Virginia. an office 10
s@ the ee osr leaans e determinations Of
Christians, Methodist, baptist. Presbyterian and
Protestant Episcopal. Rev. W; NJ leitwlch mas In
| the Governor OF Missouri as an Honorary Commits
soner to the Vienna Exposition. Considerable in
Methodist Episcopal Church with regard to the
election of new bishops. Some OF the preachers
of Bishop Richardson, who is now well stricken
with years The question Of importing an Episco,
tine is also mooted again. Rev. Tnomas
Guard. Of Baltimore, is expected here to
IN the Of eoura the F sse1
street, near Second avenue on April 49, The Will
mington Conference has appointed committee to
| trail Pennsylvania and the New Jersey and Newark
Conferences touching the proper recognition OF
tnis the centenary year OF the Annual Conference
| OF Methodlsm In America 1t is proposed to hold
aJoint reunion on July Ia and Is, vt some point to
conducting a series OF services in winchester, VA
which resulted in the conversion OF 3!5 persons,
e mas ss gone - sd
success. The Methodist Episcopal Church IN the
United States AVERAGES eighty communicable so a
sSsSssIy ss opsnsd tie sly coming ~ s%mm.5
| this amount sl15,7Oo have been collected and
$4,000 pleaged, leaving a balance Of less than
John II. Edwards, OF the Methodist Church South,
advocates in the Baltimore Episcopal Methodist the
| removal OF all Limitation upon the pastoral term
leaving the duration OF each PASTORS service in the
| discretion oil the bishops over two thousand
schools in sweden. India has LOGO Methodist Sab
, path school scholars-S0O OF them In Lucknow.
pal Church viii be held AT hudson n. Y, commcnc-
ing Apr 2 ana she NeS YORK East Conference In
nue., this city, on the same day.
BAPTIST.
| Rev. DR.. Jabez swan a noted Baptist minister
whose golden wedding Was celebrated at his house
| in New London, Conn, a few months ago, has be-
,ov Violently Mnror and has been taken
D. NJ. Adams, Or Canon City, Col, mas be,
the new southern Colorado Association, to
serve for year. The Baptist Church at East
Saginaw, Mich, has extended a call to Rev. A. b.
White, who has accepted new Baptist church
is just completed and will soon be dedicated in
Richmond county, Va, IN the yard OF the old Rap
pahannock church, near Stony Hill. The ediace Is
OF brick and is q neat and substantial building. The
Washington Association, Iowa. has become agent
for the Central University at Pella, Iowa; the
cs shsGa a. na Ssn5S iowa.
and also at Macomb ana -. Xenia, H.,
az aSs T psfot Columbia nSS gSR mbs
sixteen churches, containing s,775 siitDgs
and valued at s2la,ooo. In ten years they have
tripied their churches and more than doubled their
membership, and increased the value OF their
church property nearly six fold. The Baptist
merslon last Sunday OF about fifty persons--the
geanngs of their revival meetings. Rev. d. d.
Worth has become pastor OF the church at Milford
N. Y. There are seven Baptist churches in
Brooklyn without ministers and some Of them
or ' more esn Revs. 'G costn, King and McDoasa
were ordained deacons OF the Baptist church in
President OF Georgetown college, has been called to
take pastoral charge OF the Baptist church IN Paris
Ky. Mr. Boyd, who has been called to the pastor
are OF the FIRST Baptist church in CharlestOwn, COM
| mences his labOrs some time III July, bis engage
ments at Harvard University necessitating this
that place. Rev: P. $. Evans pastor Of
has resigned his charge. Rev. H. A. Cordos for
mer charge in Merden, Conn.,, has been, ana is
still, without a pastor since he left 1t. Rev. +.
Greaves has announced to the Baptist church at
Nyack, n. Y, his intention to close his abors with
them in June. Contracts have been gwen out Tor
the erection OF the edlnce of the North Baptist
church, orange, Nj, and work win be COM
sSoooo The last monthly report from the
baptist churches OF Boston and It's immediate
vicinity shows an addition oI by baptism OF l1S or
hve county towns in North Carslina without u
Baptist house OF worship. Outside Of Baltimore
the Baptists not numerous in Maryland, but an
aggressive movement is on loot that will result in
the enlargement Of the borders OF this den0mina-
ton. only thirty -nine o the $50 Baptist churches
in Indiana have preaching every Sunday, while 344
assemble for worship only one Sunday In each
| Italy, and the seat of renowned university, a
| Baptist church OF sixty-nine members has been
eg o under the care q gmoT saann
| church at Somerville, Tenn.
| Gently held In Springfield, Mass, resolution was
offered proposing the division of the diocese, and
setting apart the western portion of the State as
new diocese. II was also decided TO continue the
I missionary work at Easthampt0n and Ware and
OF the Episcopal church at westneld by sending
missionary into into, that town to resume ,,s
the nave T s"s
vile, Fla, have contributed 81. 200 to aid the erec
ton OF new Episcopal church there to be known own
Ga, are building church in that place, which viii
Mr. c Reatner Of Nassau Il r. assumed the rector
snip Of st. Pauls Episcopal church at Key West
sedopa ra has seceptcd cali to st.
parish, Hampton, Va. The next annual con.
snGn ns ss gSssss Of Jus srscc ony w
tion,n and will be held in Christ church, savan-
nah, beginning May 81 The small frame church
near Thirty -third and Chestnut streets, Ph,Iadel-
phia erected for the West Chestnut street Presby-
terian church, has been purchased by a number
OF Episcopal churchmen in West Philadelphia. The
regular church services will be commenced at
Easter Rev. Douglas Forrest, lately ordained In
st. Pauls church, In Richmond, by the Right rev.
Bishop Johns, has BEEN we learn, called to the
rectOrship OF st. Johns church, IN Wytnevile, Va.
Episcopal churches are organizing In several parts
or the country, q sort OF female dacOnatc. In the
Lutheran churches OF Germany such examples
have occurred, and are popular by their usefulness.
The Episcopalians OF Page, vo., who have for
| year past wOrshipped In the Methodist church in
that place, have started to build church for them.
selves at a cost OF $1,000. Dr. Andrews, rector OF
the Episcopal church az Sbepherdstown, W. Va,
| has declared vigorously IN favor OF the "free pew"
| SYSTEM
ROMAN CATHOLIC.