, 1874-05-17
NOTES.
METHODIST.

a A8H baAo~No~
ILL.,, this summer.
|" The Minnesota State Camp Meeting begins
Jupe Is. end will close July 3, At Red Rock, near
St. Paul.
Seven Methodist churches in st. Louis haVo
received, during ths past winter, about 400 neW
converts.
new Methodist church will be dedicated in
ST. james, Mimi, May 81. Bishop Morrill, ia Ak
pected to be present.
Bishop Kcener, OF the Methodist Episcopal
Cl1urch South, reports six Methodist churches IN
Mexico rith weekly total Of 1000 worahippers
meeting Of the Bishops OF the II. E. Church
was held in Columbus, O., yesterday (lay 16),
for tbs purpose Of arranging the sessions OF the
| annual conferences which are to be held in the
West next fall.
| Rosolutions requesting the General Confer
ence Of the Methodist Episcopal Church IN Can
| nd & to admit laymen at its session IN August
next, we're offered at the late eesslon Of tho Nj
.cara Annual Conference, but they were rulad
out by Bishop Richardson.
| Tho Methodists Of Boston are agitating the
oue stion Of purchasing Music Hall, as = central
| metropolitan gathering place. They beheve that
| a live Methodist preacher supplemented by Dr.:
| Tourjes, with one hundred OF his singers, could
| draw III lHIR8 AuuSuEEo 10 ILL., 8AE3SA"
It is reported that Bishop Wiley, at the late
| Newark Annual Conference, held at Paterson,
| told the Methodist preachers that they should
| not divide their TINS between life insurance
| agencies, real estate dickering, speculation ID
cranberry patches, and tho salvation OF men.
The General Assembly Of the n. z. Church
| South, contrary to the expressed fears Of many
prominent men IN the ~ E. ~ canIch, na5 5r,n pn,
| the Northern Church; and the hope Is revived
! that the time is not far distant when tue TWO
| branches. divided by the Slavery question IN
| 16H, may be again united.
| A discussion has been going On for some time
in the Eastern aud Middle States: respecting The M
adyisability OF enlarglng presiding elders' dis
| tricts in the ii. E. Church. committee ap-
| pointed b4 the Northern New York Conference,
. short time ago. reported adversely upon the
| subject. The Northern Adcoc0{e says after the
| vote was taken, Bishop Fo6tor announced that,
| so far as he was concerned. he should not have
changed his course, whichever:way the vote had
| been given; but allould exercise his own judg
menr as to the best interests OF the work.
The Methodist people Of Evanston arc about
completing tho largest audlence-roo owned
| by the denomination in the Rock River Confer
enco The basement OF the building wss COM
plctcd Just before the fire. and has been occu~
| pied since TINT period for religious eerE1ces
| The audieuce-room will be completed some time
! in June, and will seat 800 people. The church
:i's nAn Na,Fe-eras A Ths Snndov-achoo} has A
membership Of between 800 and 800. The
church is under the pastoral cara OF the heV. u.
c. Briggs.
The General Assembly of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church will moet at Springfield,
Mo-, May 81.
The Third Presbyterian Church will commence
the erection Of a largo tabernacle as soon as the
| present tabernacle IL sold.
The Presbyterians OF Ishpenning are about
organizing church. There are about twenty
four presby.erians in the place, who will con-
stituto the Young church.
| c., ,u.~,,.. -, H.. px,.h,+ar;o,
Church vii meot iu st. Louis, May al, In tine
First PRESBYTERIAN Church. The Rev. Howard
| (,rosiv D D.. IL. D.. tie Moderator, will
nreacb tha onening sermon.
Inele II NJ NJ ID" sno - orann s1t,,nng1,
1orodoing the pteacnins o. 1e41 .,. o.eI
tne iieepl e1's ,.aroI W ss.amh1v ranuostino that
hodv to adopt rules forbdding the ficensing and
| orda,ninc OF women to preach But the Gene
raj A.senbly voted that there Was no necessity
BAPTIST
Weetern Ayenue Baptist Church received four
members by baptism last Sunday evening.
| Ihe baptlst tuurGn u. 1eo o.ue1. laau' i1'o
been cbTlstened the dalsteo o1Ieet SuuIcu'
A rav Rantist church has beon inauru1ated at
tho corner Of Dutterteld aud Thirty -a1th Streets
nh. western Avenue Baptist Church. in this
c;tv orpanized july 2s 1870, with tifty-fiye
manhers hns increased to church OF over 4uO
menrhers under tha ministratious Of the Rev.
A1r. Gordon.
7,oat Sunday sfteruoon. the Rev. Z. E. Bnyliks
.va. 1 fnprnallc ordained nagtor Of the Bapt1sr
| Church in Hyde Park, The council to recognize
the church consisted of members from the city
and suburban ch1,rches
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