, 1874-04-19

~ lie ballroom.
Trenty-two new members w1ro added to the
r1csjJte,ian Church II La1a settc, Lad, April 5.
In tire Cairo, Ill, Presb sterian Church fifty
aor members Te1e 1eceis Cd April s, and forty Of
lie uuuoe- ccrle IL on profession OF faith.
The Joliet Prcsorte .d.n Church received thir-
t,-cigL: new 1ociaoe fs April s. Of whon twenty
eight were on prof. f.ssioG. The church member
ship is no" 2o1.
The Southr m General Assembly of the Pres
hvte1isn Or -erch viii meet In tie Presbyterian
Church ct. Colrrnbua, Niss on the t1ird Tues
day OF '..ay, e Il o'clock.
IT, Presbyterian Hospital, in Now York, re-
cer.tlv held its rniyergary meeting. The num-
i,or Of patients received in 1873 WAS 201. The
treasurer reported 55l 900 received during the
vcar for the endowment fund, which brings the
fund 1p to 525O, ,oo'.
The library OF the Presbyterian Theological
Seminary OF Chicago contains 7.G00 volumes.
fsr.e proportion OF Which consists Of the best
works in theology; and Prof. Blackburn is mak-
ipc efforts, which promise great success. towards
III important enlargement Of its contents.
The deficit OF S1oos,0oO il the receipts OF the
Treasury OF the FCreign Boa:d OF Missions OF
the pr1sbs tcrian Church, promises to be all made
up before the meeting OF the Assembly, to be
held IN ST. Louis in a{ay. Already $121 700 have
been received of that amount, leaving ouly
$500.
On Sunday. April 5, the Rev. DR.. 7. L. Cuy1er
received into his church membership ninety
eight candidates, the ma jor part Of whom were
recent converts. Since the commencement of
tie present revival 1872 have been added to the
church. This make tho total membership of the
church ]. COS. Dr.. Euy1er has reached the close
Of lie fourteenth year OF his ministry there, and
during that tine 2,3C0 have been added to it's
membership
The Eav. Dr.. Adams, for forty years pastor Of
tie Madison Square Presbyterian Church, New
TcrE las rendered his resignation, and delivers
his farewell se-mou April 19 on which occasion
be rIl Eeriew the long period that las elapsed
sirce he, youthful preacher, was called to be
the pastor OF the fathers Of his present CON-
gre5aiicn. DR.. Adams accepted the Presidency
of the Union Theological Seminary, in New
Tor:.
CONGREGATIONAL.
Fnty-fvo new members have been added to
tbs Congregational Church al Sycamore since
Jan. /.
In Eastern paper Gays Plymouth Church,
in sP:te Ct the Council, has dropped from tne
rolls tie names or tweuty-six persons who have
Gbsented themselves from the church for various
periods.
The monthly meeting Of the Congregational
Mluieters' Union wcs hcld Tuesday evening at
Chamberlain, OF the New England Church, read
Guc essay Gu s'The Nature aud Extent Of
Physical Pai-."
L denoInlnationa1 paper remarks that the
Chapel Building Society Of the English Congre-
ga.loEa1 Church in the twentieth year Of its OK
lstence, has furnished aid for no fewer than 423
churches, supplying places of wo1shp for about
III million OF sorshipers. at q cost OF over
s5o9.0o0. In ell these years it les never refused
sld to needy congregations, has never failed to
meet engagements when due and has never had
to borrow money for the purpose.
ROMAN CATHOLIC.
special meeting Of the various Catholic
TEMPERANCE and Benevolent Societies will be
held April rs at the Brothers School, South
Dcspltlues >stlce..
1 great Roman Catholic church cdifce is soon
10 be erected IN Brooklyn. at the intersection OF
Clnssoa arcure and Butler street. II will be III
feet Wide by 200 feet IN length.
At the cloee Of mission given in Montreal,
ca,ada, few weeks ago, By ilYr. Rappc, form
temperance pledge to 5000 men and 2,0OO
women.
Fathers Noonan and Gore conduct St. Francis
1ayiers Chu.ch, in Baltimore, which is excla-
EiyoIy for negroes, and two others are in Louis
ville, Ky, engaged in the same labor. These
EaSe ngregat1on. Of almost !, 200 souls q
paloclia! school for boys, with sixty pupils and
E school for girls, taught by colored Sisters OF
Providence, who have convent On Richmond
street.
REFORMED EPISCOPAL.
On April a Reformed Episcopal Church WAS
urgaaized 'iF Philadelphia
The cornerstone Of the First Reformed Epis-
aian:h ~, at Littleton, Col, By tho pastor,
the Rev. I. J. McFaddln, assisted by the Re7.
tlr Bliss, OF tie Congregational Church at Den
yer. The assembly Nas the largest ever brought
together in the town.
The Reformed Episcopal Church in New York,
OF which Bishop Cun,nins has bad temporary
caarGe has called the Rev. Mr. Bears as Rector
1Ee church will secure the church occupied by !
". Irng. Gs sooD as the house of worship nor |
II progress for the 1att e1s church ia done.
J, PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL.
California is to be divided into threa Dioccsea. |
The Rev. Dr.. Burden has been cousecratcd |
Dishop of Victoria, China.
colorel Episcopal Church hns been started |
in Memphis, and two colored men latcly made
Priests.
Bishop C1arghton, in his address on Buddhism, |
IS said to have successfully exposed the errors
Of Mary Muller.
new edition OF the American book, Bishop
Onderdon2's Eriscopacy tested BY Scripture,
has been printed in Scotland.
On the late Ember days there wero 180 candi-
dates made clergrmen in the English Church.
Of these, Is were graduates from Oxford, aud
s. from Cambridge.
The brick and etone-vork at Lollard's Tower,
Lambeth Palace, has been externally renewed
and fitted up for the residence OF the Bishop OF
1'tchdeid and his brother, Canon Sc1wyn.
The Southern C7turchmdn advises the people
nos to sire dime to tile Virginia Bible Society,
30 long AZ 70 per cent Of all the receipts are ex-
pended upon agents, and only 80 per cent III
Nbles
1he Rey. DR.. j. Cotton Smith, in his late lee
sofa on " Evolution. showed that the Christian
1aith tEiu1nphs over all scientific objections, aud
mat " Evolution " is consistent with conscious
personality, almighty and intelligent.
, The Committee of the General Synod Of the
reformed Dutch Church recommend !" tliat when
nGes1ed, Ge, our people may be permitted to use the
hi1afGE u Of the Episcopal Church, OF any part OF
LordsSapper.'' /
-: lhs Easter offerings Of the Brooklyn churches
.as "e.u slo0,0 Of Grace Church, New York,
ss29,M0; Of St. Paul's Church, Rochester,
Ssimd'SN; Of Baltimore, s15oo0o; Of Boston, "
ss9so9; Of New Orleans, SIS, 5,ou0; OF Chicago,
o. Johns Church, Kingston, N. T.. has nine
mission stations three Sundsy-schools, ono
euud parish paper, church h-bookstore q
eenorch boarding school for boys. and one also
10 has cfn nf | 4