, 1874-03-22
PERSONAL.

CHICAGO.
The Rev. ". s. Ralph, Of La Crosse, Wis, ha.
accepted call to Murray Chapel uuiversaliAt)
in this city.
DIR. e. j. Goodspeed, pastor Of the Second
Ba ptist Church, Chicago, il spending while in
Atlanta, Ga, for his health.
The Rev. L. ]. Halsey, Of the Chicago Freshly
torian. Semi nary, has been elected professor In
the Danville, Ky, Presbyterian Seminary. --t-
Friends Of the Rov. Dr.. Patterson, formerly
pastor OF the Jefferson Park Presbyterian
Church OF this city; report his health greatly
improved. He is preaching in the First Presby-
terrain Church, San Francisco. Cal.
Prof. William Mathews, Of tho University Of
Chicago, has accepted an invitation to address
the literary societies OF Grocer Theological Sem
ment, HAY 12. This is one OF the best endowed
and most dourishing seminarieo in the land.
The Independent prints note from tl1e Rev.
D. Z. Junkin, disclaiming any derogatory rehec-
ton upon Prof. Swing. III his note to that gen.
tleman sometime since. DR.. Junkin says:
In Litter which H. sEing ppblcy addressed t9
the place {McVicke1a Theatre} in waich he then
loving words: aBut vouia not have you pIaue your
se upon the nab o1xous s,t fol,owers 1osh nnge
day evening than DR.. McCosh could have dons and
have doubt that he Marx Twain could pack Nc
yickera Theatre-' That is all aAid. did not call
thern only meant to remind him that the la7geness
Of an audience criterion Of its intelligence Or
piety.
Bishop Ames, whose health has been poor for
some time, is again able to preach
The Rev +. 8. Kalloch, the reformed Baptist
preacher and politician, has asHumed editorial
charge Of the Kansas Erangel.
The Hev. II. ". Brown, the Baptist Evangelist,
is trayersipg portions Of Iowa, and his labors
nee. With largo results in tho way Of CONVEX
sous.
Tho Rev. ". Il. Dolbey, Baptist minister in
Veyny, Ind, was excluded from the church .
few weeks ago on account OF his denial Of the
doctrine Of everlasting punishment"
The Rev. Or. Henry s!icer, who has served the
Methodist Episcopal Church as an itinerant
preacher for fifty-two years, has been placed On
TIE supernumerary List at lis own request.
" s. B. Matthews, of Chicago, has an inter-
eating article in, the last Christian Union, on
''rhe Sunday School Library in which he
gives ma.ly good hints in regard to the. proper
selection Of q library.
Archbishop LedochowBai, Of Posen, though
permitted to receive visits from his friends, re-
fuses to do SO, and is thus cut off from all COM
muuication with his diocese.
Neu York paper says Mrs. Van Cott has just
left Baltimore, after month Of successful labor,
for Now Orleans. At the end of her last service
there hundreds OF women kissed her and bade
her farewell With teRrs.
DR.. Fish, pastor Of the First Baptist Church,
Newark, N. J.. having baen granted leave OF
abscnco of seven months. with salary continued,
has gone to Europe and the Holy Land, where
he will spend the greater part Of his vacation
with the Oriental Typographical Corps.
The Rev. J. l.. Stephens, missionary in
Western Mexico, has poriehed by the hands Of
au assassin. It is surmised that his taking off
was done by mea hired by Roman Catholic
priests. Ha was fired upon twice, UIiIe speak
ing, sometime before his death.
newspaper correspondent says the Rev Miss
Turner, VINO has just been inducted into the
pastornte OF the Melbourne Unitarian Church,
celebrated the event Of her installation BY read
ing for the second lesson that chapter Of Corn-
thians ia which women are ordered to keep
silence in the churches.
4 New York 1ctter-writcr taya that the Rev.
Stephen II. Tying, Jr., continues to preach on
Sunday evening to large and increasing audi
wears the gown nor uses tho Prayer-Book, and
40 one would suspect from his manner his Epis-
.opal Church relatiolB The singing is aongre-
3ational, and the sermons are e1.emPore, spirit
aal, practical, and earnestly impressive.
The Rev. George A. Cressy has resigned tbs
psstorate Of the Second Baptist Church in Mil
waukce, to take effect May 4. The Sentinel SAYS:
Chicago little moro than eighteen months ago.
During this time tha church has been brought
uto unity OF action, and its resident member
'i1lo more than doubled. Si1sy-tiye hare United
With the church, twenty-four by baptism, and
uo more are now awaiting. the administration
II the ordnance Hs leaves the church in a
letter condition than it has ever been previous
y, occupying an important field and with grand