, 1874-11-08
Church two: tho First Church fifteen; the
LeAvitt Street Church six and the Clinton Street
Church eight On the aAIne day.

Church two; the t!fat Cautcn n1teeni the
LeAyitt Street Church six and the Clinton Street
| Church eight on the same day.
The Advance says in regard to the dedication
| OF the Congregational church 1t Oak Park last
Sunday: "No appeal for money wAs made.-s
society meeting the evening previous having
raised the s5.4o0 needed to clear of al debt,
except $40, 600 loan. Ono man gave tho bell
tho stained glass, another the %, 900 lot, and
| several thousands besides. The acoustic prop
| erties are perfect, the ventilation superb. the
furnishing and embellisbment beautiful indeed.
| The house will seat 500. and was crowded. The
church il NOT Jet twelve ,eara old. Under Pas.
| tor O. E. Dioknson. the first four yeats 1t had
missionary aid, which has all been paid back
with interest aud 4 good deal more.
PRESBYTERIAN
Last Sunday ths Third Presb{teriau Chnroh
| received thirty additions; tho Highland Park
Church four, the Evanston Church ten; and
the Westminster Presbyterian Church nine.
/ The Fourth Presbyterian Church OF South
| Boston, which has been organized two Years, IL
about to build neat house OF no1Ahip at 4 cost
OF about So, 600.
The Beach Street Presbyterian Church in Bos-
| ton IL il . successful state OF growth. The pas
tor, tho Rev. J. 3. Dunn, reports that for over
1--we yea1s there has not been single commuss.
ion when numbers did not unite win the church
| On profession OF taith, nor single week " whom
| persons did not come to US with the inquiry,
OF com uunicants ia largely in excess OF q thou
sand.
The Presbyterians Of China held their third
| Synod At Chefor, Aug. 1. The Rev. DR.. W.
A. r. MARTA WAS chosen Moderator. The Com
| mittee appointed to translate the standards OF
| the Church reported tho work nearly done. II
was reported that tho proposition for the union
Of all Prssbyterians In China WAS admitted to be
| deeirable, but it MAS the general opinion that
tho time had not get arrived for suoh oonsum-
nation. The Synod adopted Recommendation
| for tho formation Of . Presbyterian Federation
in China similar to the one proposed in lndih. In
the Synod there Ale ~ foreign missionaries, Il
| native pastors. 6 itoentiates, II candidates. ~
| native churches, and 1908 nembers, 223 were
received the past year. The next Synod will be
| held In 1878.
METHODIST:
new brick church, 4ox8o foot In slse, is
building in Liberty, H..
The Re.. A. 3. Kendig dedicated a new Meth
odist church at Panora, L.. Oct. Is.
Oot 10, Methodist church was dedicated at
Ramsey, Wis. The Aev. William Thomas is pas
tor.
4 tine Methodist church was dedicated At
Tolch Lake, in the Upper Peninsula OF Michi-
gan, Nov.1.
President Jooslyn, Of Albion College, Nichi-
gan. will dedicate u new. Methodist church in
Caseville, Mich. Nor. Is.
The new Methodist Episcopal church at New
ton, Mich, will be dedicated Nov. IL. The. ReT.
Dr.. Mccarthy, OF Jackson. will oIhciato-
Anew Methodist church WIS dedicated at Deer
field Centre, Mich, Oct. 20. Its entire cost
was 81. $50. and it was dedicated FREQ from dsbt.
President Fxllows, OF Bloomington, H., dedi-
Gated new church building at Rankin, H.. Oct.
Is. and On the following Sabbath he did the
sams thing At Gibson City.
The Primitive uethodists Of England report
for the past year: Total income. E35, ,2o7-an
Increase Of about sl4, ,oo0 over any previous year.
aries in Australia and New Zealand, 81; IN
Canada, IS; and in Africa 7, making \ total OF
o97 missionaries, who labor on l56 stations.
During the year IA now chapels and schools
were erected at home, 39 new missions opened,
and 4, 400 opan-air services held.
The Hyde Park Baptist house Of worship will
be dedicated to day At o'clock.
The Rev. L. J. Dean has assumed the pastoral
care OF the Baptist Church at Winterset, Ia
Four persons were baptized in the Western
Avenue Baptist Church last Sunday evening.
The North Star Baptist Church has completed
its block Of buildings portion of which it oc-
cupies Tor religious services.
The colored Baptists OF Missouri have located
an academy at Kansas City, and propose to
establish there UNCONVENTIONAL paper.
During the month OF October the several Bap-
tist Churches in Chicago aid vicinity received
sixteen members by baptism and tweuty~seyen
by letter.
The Baptist University Of Dcs Moinos is re-
ported to be in q very foutishing ssate. The
present oollege-year is to te signallzed BY the
graduation Of class from full Classical course
new .nd elegant Bap:i,, church is to be
dadicstad tn.dav nt F5r. Howard VIA. The
Row n. T. Raylin, pastor Of the Temple Bap-
tst Church IN this city, ID to preach the sermon.
Tbo Nav York Herald savs tba Gethsetnane
n.nt;st Chnrch. of RrooI,vn. N. Y. naye hy An
almost unaninous vote. withdrawn from the
LONG Ialand nantist Association, m anoonnt ~
its illegal and unchristan treatment Of Dr.. JEFF
frey and Mr. Smith. and their respective
churches. It Is rumored that seven oshcr
churches arc likely TO withdraw Also and that
another association will be formed on Long
Island. Last Sunday evening, the Rev. J. HYATT
Smith reviewed the action OF tue Association IN
turning bis church ou.. DR.. Thomas, Of the
First Baptist Chnrch, also coodemhe1 1t, and LII.
jeffrey read to ms people bsief statemens OF
truths and principles Ia which ne peheTed'
CATHOLIC.
Within tho last fifteen years tho Catholics Of
the world ba9e sent the Pope over $50 100000.
Tba chane1 1ate,v erected in the cprnoterv NJ