, 1874-08-16

Chnrch History in DauYille Seminary The
church no, Numbers $50 comnnu1.lcantet al not
thirty OF whom have united w1'A u slhce US nes
camo its pastor. seven years ago Tho auoltfoas
to tho chulch during his pasto1ate e'efaaeo e@-
actly rorty per annum-
cosaaEaA r1oNAb.
The Tine Street Congregational Cnufeo, III
ciunati, appeaTB to he proepetuas poo5: tto
membership Inns been increased, ny tho aodltl9h
of eirhtv-hre since last November. 1t coptl1D-
1ted lat year for repairs. church-expensea, anu
benevolent objects, moro than =2o,ooQ*
The n,nt,tes Of tho General Congregational
associot,on Of the State OF Illinois sho" TINT
thers are in che stao u district nssociat.ons W
churches, 2u177 mcmbers, 21o MINISTERS, ana
e5, 7G6 uuaay-sclool sehola1s.
Tho next Board OF Foreign Missions is invited
1,y tfo CONGREGATIONAL churches Of this city 20
meet ii Chicago It is believed the Board WILL
accept tho Invitation.
REFORMED EPISCOPAL.
Tho 1,ev. r.. $. Perkins, OF Bristol. Pa., ls
counted 81 another recruit for tue 4scfora1ed
Episcopal Church 10 has Tltndfa"h 1FoIo .uo
Etuiscopai Church Of that place.
Rector Of the First (Dr. Sabine's) reformed
Epiecopai Church, Now York City, has re-elTed
tue desrce Of u. u. from his Alma Mater, Kut-
gesa College.
DAPT1ST.
Recently in tho Baptist ministers meeting. 10
New York, member. vas audac1ou8 epoufn 70
state thu the Communion question woo4o ~
once }ose it's importance as q sonrce OF conero~
yersy aud discord it it wero placed among she
sccouda1y Questions, where 1t oelonsea' ana
, mhcro tho Iaaty would Gke to SOC it,
The Hratchman and reflector, speaking ot tho
Iosa Of the FIRST Baptist Church III this casy AZ
the recent great fire, says;
W2,cn the flames aczcd the great heuse OF worship
belonging TO tho First BAPTIST church. hfe:nsen. ]uo
had apored hard to save II s.d ono to ano,ner
F,7ta
s wala." Aud lhey bowed before fod N iacs a. to
coming .rnes white one #hn ha beGn ~nns m ~ - tss i.
faithful heroes be{ore the mercy scat Ihe1, f11bs u
| tneir feet they Bal.G ~ they retreated:
| From nvcsy swelling tide Of woes.
Ihsre Is : 9a!s: :, anse ;4e rtrc2s;;..t
! 4 new Baptist church uaa dedicated At spirit
| Lake, L., July 10.
I In 1876 fyo Brothers Of the Sacred Heart
camo 10 lhe United States from france, ana
t cstabliAIaed themselves in lldianapos, Ind,
/ ys1ucd ut 900. i'huy have houses also IL
! Canada and elsewhere. Three OF those broth
| crs recently sailed for Europe. to OBTAIN addi-
tiousl heip, with Which they vii return in Osto-
| bcr.
| 4 distinguished 1talien lady recently o1ganlzed
q novel deputatiou OF lsdies to visit tue noi'e-
| Tue number of tho party WAS elghiy-threc,
agreeing with the age Of the Pope. Iho ages OF OF
the members OF tho deputation ranged from %
yesrs downward, tho youngest beng year o!1.
{ The Pope is said to have been much a1ec{ea o3
this curious procession.
1t is noted that 10 the group OF American Pill
trrirs who k,,elt in the Vatican to recclTe the
| papa bcncdic.ion tapte were grandchildren Of
Bishop Hobart and Bishop lopes, once prelate'
of the Episcopal Church ID the uuiteu S;hses'
EPISCOPAL.
ntua}isyu has taken another audaclous step II
sarance. a mass for tho dead Was LATELY celo
bratcd in st. M1tys Protestant Episcopal
Church, Soho, London. over tho boa5 Of ths
Rev. /. G.. Chambers Everybody in the church
va, dressed IN black This IL the 6rst instance
OF sutL service IL Protestant church
Recent ataticttcs Of the Episcopaliaa Church
| in several States, arc as follows: The number
If Episcopal clergy IN MsssachuEot.s is ~: o,
| cturcpea. lO{, Of commandments, 12.ay2; ol
Sunday SCHOOL members, l223o; combinations
last rear, SAIL, ,i36. Tho mcmbo1s in thus State
are: Clergy, 1l2; OF churches. a; comtnutl'
cants, 6.0Co; SUNDAY scholars, s,46o. tof Louis
churches, d, Sunday scholars and teachers
9.tGt: contributions last year, $93,0l7. Fol
Georgia: Clergy, cs; churches and missions
~; Communicates, 4,009; mculhers OF sunaay'
school, 3,oi3; contributions, St2.oals !o ror @ aen
ncaaee: Clergy. 80; communicates, =, 40 sHn
dav-scliool meinpcrs, 1888; contributions. $33
957. Fur Alabama: Clergy, 33; churches: 43
. | co.nrnunicau1s. 3.G52; Sunday-school members
2,los; contributions 62.1s4- For lrdIana: Cler
gy 30: churches %; communicates. 3,210
:;uaday-school members, 4,007; contributions
SIT, i39; value Of church-propefty. Soo2.1oo.
| The bishop Of Lincoln. Eng. has issued !
: nastural calling upou tho Mcthodists to return
, to the Anglican fold, and carry Oh tue "o11
Which tho Wesleys began IN that communion
, The excursion to Geneva Lako under tue aus
I pices OF Christ Church, oas Park, has bee'
,, postponed until Tuesday next,
/ It is remarked that all orthodox religious bod
:, 1cs in Boston work har,aonlousl! togetner' Is
q sign of Tho approaching millennium
$ 4 Gnidc for Christian Travellers in Europe I
. uos proposed. Il will contain DESCRIPTION Q
: tAo churches, hospitals, prisons, and othe
tlungs Of interest to phnanthropi=ts and mora
i ! reforlncrs.
: The old St. Miehacls Church Iutheran) %
. tho corner OF Filth and Cherry Htreots. amin
a | del3hia> is noy being torn down. The gronn
' / il to be sold and the building removed.
:, s1ati6tics OF the Swedenborgian Church sho'
:. that in this country there are over 90 orPnn1Ia
. tious, 81 churcn~edldeos, and Is, 7o5 sittings.
Il Tho HYMNS OF 1saac Watts haye been trans
- lated into Choctaw-
+ Dr. Parker, after his return to London fro'
y the meeting or the Evangelical Alliance, told III
- people that ministers In tao United States vel
d much better paid than in England and Ireland.
! A AltunesOth CleTgEtuHn IaS hAC4 t+4 NV
u members Of his chutcb, whu refused to paw Pew
i rcut because he called them :" "cnlpty-heads.
1t It was stated Of y 5unday~sc1ool conyentio
Il in st. Louis that only two out Of every nine Chi
r dran il That city attended SundaS~schools.
PERSONAL.
| CHICAGO.
Y Mcssra, Aaron Lloyd, at New York; John
J. schaefer, Of Minneapolis, MIMI; l. Pfens1s
n of Aurora, aro visiting friends III Chicago
d proI. Hopkins, Of the Congregational The
logical Seminary, went East last Toek.
1T President Bnchhan. Of Vermont Universlt
n v;u prcach in the Union Park Congregation
il Church to-day.
r TAe Rev. DR.. Suazey is about to go to Graz
= Traverse Bay On u fishing excursion.
N The I,cv. G. D. Hclmer haa gone East to
90 tend the Congregational Nationa! Councn as NJ
I'd f; Haycu. of which he is q State delegate.
., The R-v. Or. Hornblower, Professor Of r.
~, ~ toral Theology in Alsoghany Ideo'os1cai Sen
" | nary, will give the trumpets no uuceftalo sou
IN in tic Third Presbyterian Church Of this CITY
~ ~ day.
H. President Carver, 3. T. Jacobs, and sove1
others of our prominent preachers a1id Sludt
ot school men. mere at the Chantauqua Lake Su
a. a. day-school gatneripg lust "eeh-
Tie Rev. DR.. Boy has recently returned 3rt
=, tour among the Congregational Churches
~ Indiana. He reports much rei'gaous progress
m. Tito Rey. George ". Crofts, pastor Of
ri Il. .ot q lei It.