The New York herald., 1873-11-02

TO do battle from the theoogist standpoint, and
immortality select the individual in whose strong
hands they are willing to rest their cause These
parties must respectively nave t9e commence
openly and clearly expressed-of those whose
Views they assume TO represent. when sucn par
ties are presented ana their credentials fairly ex-
. single individual who win stand alone as the
champion OF Spiritualism. 5. D. BkirIAN.
The Work OF the Church.
The next regular Church Conference win be held
tomorrow evening, at halfpast seven O'Clock, In
the chapel OF the Church OF the Incarnation.
..Church Work. Especially in Connection with Free
Churches and Mission Chapels, Is the subject ior
consideration.
Catholic Dedication in Jersey.
At an early hour yesterday morning the quiet
little village OF Dover, N. j. presented an unusu-
ally lively appearance. Hundreds OF laborers from
the neighDoring iron mines, accompanied by their
wives and families, walked through the streets OF
Dover in the direction OF the new church
lately built by the Rev. Pierce Mccarthy;
and handsome stone building with transept and
tower The Right Rev. DR.. CorrIgan, Bishop OF
Newark accompanied by the Rev. James Corrigan,
Vicar General Doane, Monsignor Seton Fathers
Cody, Hennessy, Sheron, Cantwell and TheDaud,
arrived and procession was formed. the
Bishop, assisted by the Rev. Pierce Mccarthy
and Vicar General Doane, blessed the inner
and walls of the building, while the priests,
airy psalms. Bishop Corrgan then celebrated pom
tifca high mass The Rev. DR.. McGynn, pastor OF
st. Stephens, East Twenty-eighth street, preached
the sermon OF the day. Alter the services the Rev.
Father Mccarthy entertained the Bishop and
the priests, and the thousands present returned to
their homes.
Ministerial Movements and Changes..
METHODIST.
Bishop Peck is on his way eastward from Call
fornia. Rev. DR.. Munsey, OF Lynchburg, Va, has
recovered his mental equilibrium and Is again at
his ministerial work as usual. Ten new Methodist
Episcopal churches will be dedicated on the Win
chester District Virginia Conference during this
conference year. Rev. Dr. Rigg OF London. visited
Drew Seminary at Madison, N. j.. last week and
addressed the students on the "Best Methods OF
Theological Study.n Rev. F. Mccartney, OF the
Baltimore Conference died October IA, after
having spent half o century In the ministry. The
National Camp Meeting Association closed series
OF meetings In Baltimore In their big tent last
week, which resulted in numerous conversions
At the "Childrens Meeting" on Sunday over
100 children and young people proiessed
The storm ha up on sunday &
$1,000 was promptly subscribed to purchase
larger and better covering, which will cost $4,000,
promised to visit New York during the winter.
The Association, at their late annual meeting, re-
solved 70 nGd e meetings Tor the p on %
Jacksonville Fla, in March; in Stirling, Mass, IN
June in Emory Grove Baltimore, in July July; II in
ported-at Monmouth Iie.l Methodist Episcopal
church, 20 oconyersions on High Ridge CIRCUIT, New
oorners pSss'Sp y, 4o at puneen, al at Pine
Grove, La, 2s; at Amlte CITY, La. q; At East
Conference, four churches 81 conversions;- on
Butler circuit, Alabama Conference, 26; Lou
isville circuit, Louisiana Conference, 80; at
Iii
Branchville, Md, 20; at Lynchburg, Va. SO; In
various other parts OF Virginia as reported by the
(N C Advocate also reports 600 recent conversions
within its bounds; in districts OF South Carolina
s na seS eviea y H. Mer ormery San Francsco
has been transferred 10 the Iowa Conference and
stationed at Fairfield. A report from Urbana, 81.
Louis Conference, reports SO conversions at late
meeting there Anew Methodist Episcopal church
(Soutn) will be dedicated near Bristol, Md, next
sunday. On Anderson Circuit, Arkansas Confer
ence revival stil in progress has added SO converts
to the Church. They have not had revival on the
circuit for two years. From Malvern, Kansas Con,
ference over 100 were converted during protracted
meetings last month. Zio,ss Herald states that A.
W. Eastman, who withdrew from the Methodist
not join the Troy Conference, was Immersed,
joined the Baptists, and ordained pastor over the
that denomination on the Attn ult. for immortality
st. Paul's African Methodist Episcopal church, on
Milton or 13sth street, Melrose, was. dedicated by
s. Insklp and W. Mcdonald, Evangelists, are con-
Quoting series OF ten days. meetings in Charles
town, Mass, similar to those recently closed in Bal
timOre.
ROMAN CATHOLIC.
Rev. DR.. j. P. Newman, who Is now travelling
around the world, writes from Japan to the Chris
tidn Advocate concerning the progress and pros
poets OF Christianity IN that island Empire. The
ne says have one Sisnop sixteen
Nagasaki, Osaka Kobe, Yokohama, Jeddo and Ha-
kodadi. They have a small college In Jeddo. The
three Sisters OF Charity are building convent on
the bluffs OF Yokohama, and In the town they have
q small church, over whose portal Is life-slze
statue OF the ne virgin @ Mary On sabbath thin IN June
twenty persons present. At the ten O'Clock ser
vice company or English marines, from war
without his robes, sat reading sermon. st.
Michael's Association, OF this city, have col
lected ses for the n pontincal zonayes SIN IN
$1,52S also for the Catholic orphans OF Memphis.
correspondent OF the catholic ReUteac gives sta
tistics OF missions among the North American
Indians and objects to the partiality OF the gov
ernment, which gives sixty-six agencies to Prot
estantism, which can show only 5000 Indian
converts, while Roman Catholicism, which counts
106,9l1 converts, Is allowed only seven agencies.
Forty-fve Lutheran pastors OF Hesse are reported
ten rhalers each by the new consistory for viola
tions OF ecclesiastical laws. They refused to re-
cognize its authority and an order has been issued
full satisfaction for the imposition. "What Is
sauce for the goose IS sauce for the gan
ThIrsday ast was the tWentieth annycrsaTy Of
the conservation OF Bishop Loughlin, OF Brooklyn.
Ii was duly observed by his friends. Rev. Father
Keane assistant pastor OF ST. PatrcK's church,
Washington, ID. G., who has been travelling In
Europe, is expected home in a few days, and his
people are preparing TO give him hearty greet
brated the fortieth anniversary Of mis- Episcopal
conservation. october 20 confirmation and 0rdi-
nation took place at the Redemptorist House or
Studies, Leicester, Howard county, Md. and on
the 3oth ut ordination at leicester and on the 31st
ult. ordination at Leicester by Archbishop Bayley.
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sius' church, Washington, under the conduct OF
Father Garesche s. j., OF st. Louis who Is assisted
by f. f. Van Goch and Marsellis, OF the diocese OF
Chicago. The same jealous Fathers had just closed
most successful mission at Trinity church, George
town. d. G. Bishop Corrigan confirmed $50 persons at
st. Mary's church, High street, Newark, on Sunday
morning last. on Sunday morning, October 49, the
Right Rev. John J. Williams, Bishop OF Boston,
dedicated the old Freewill Baptist church, on
North Bennet street. Boston, as a Catholic church
for the Italians and Portuguese OF the North End.
The new church, which bears the name OF st. John
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