The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-15
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venerable correspondent and constant
reader" OF the HERALD, who read Archbishop
Purcel's temperance letter, turned at once to his
Bible to find the passages quoted in that letter,
but 1.-The last verse In the OLD Testament in his
Bible has no reference whatever to the point upon
which the Archbishop quotes 1t. II he will turn to
the closing words OF the ApOcrypha, usually
Omitted from Protestant Bibles, be may ind the
solution OF his troubles
Minister rial and Church MOveme nts.
BAPTIST
seven converts were baptized last Sunday in the
Pilgrim Baptist church, New York city, three in
the Central church. twelve in the Bergen ~ J.)
Baptist church. ten in the Clinton avenue church,
Brooklyn, twenty in Portchester Baptist church.
Rev. DR.. Ives will close his pastorate in Sufied,
Conn.,, at the end OF March. DR.. Mtddleditch after
q passionate Of nearly tour years, has notified the
church at Flushing, L. l., OF his desire to close his
labors with them on the 1st OF May Rev. d. J.
Yerkes, d. D., OF Plainfeld N. j. sailed for Europe
on Saturday. He has six months leave of alb
sense, the church generously providing for the
expenses OF his trip and the supply of the pulpit.
Mr.. Surgeons church reports this year 152 lay
preachers among its members. Baptist Sunday
school has been started at WOOdside, a thriving
village on the Long Island Railroad near Hunters
Point The First Baptist church, Albany. has been
enjoying precious revival during the last month.
Last Sunday the hand OF fellowship was extended
to ffty-1ve. The Fifth Baptist church OF Brook
Ign, +. D., have just competed q handsome Gothic
edince on Hooper street and Harris avenue. which
cost $11, 900. They expect to dedicate it in few
sabbaths. Rev. Robert d. Frost IL to sail from this
port on Wednesday the 18TH inst. as missionary
Tor india under the auspices Of the Free Baptist
Board OF Missions. The Free Baptist church IN
South Boston has had nearly fifty converts added
to It's membership recently. In l776 the number
OF Baptsts IN the United states was ~ 900 IN l7sa
300 0OO In 1885 they numbered 49, O0O and In 1872
1882 100. This increase Is credited to their close
formerly known as Barnum's Lightning Calculator,
Will preach this evening At the rooms OF the Mount
Hope Union Baptist Mission. Mount Hope. Twen-
ty-iourth ward, New York.
PRESBYTERIAN.
DR.. McCosh and others OF Princeton are striving
students. What Dr.. McCOsh undertakes he usually
accompishes. The Greenwich street church. Phil.
Holy Spirit. Meetings have been held during the the
past nve weeks resulting in the hopeful conversion
OF thirty souls. At the communion season held last
sabbath evening tWentY-iOur publicly prOiesSed
Christ The Fifth PRESBYTERIAN church OF Iren-
ton. N: j., have given unanimous cal to the
many years Mr.. White was pastor OF the Second
Presbyterian church, Trenton. and afterwards was
pasyor,eieGt Of the Breck.nridge street caurch,.
present members OF the Presbyterian church
and Society OF FredOnia N. y, Will take
OF the removal OF the present church editice
and the erection OF new building: The
TENDER 20. 1870 with sixteen MEMBERS Mr. c. II.
Burr, Jr., was recently ordained ana installed pas.
tor of the PRESBYTERIAN church at Riverdae, near
Buffalo, N. Y. On the LIST inst, in HOrnellSviNe
IN. " Presbyterian church, thirty-seven persons
were received on recession OF Iaith. At the same
celved eighteen on profession. The revival at
Cambridge, N. Y. has added ninety:iour to the
Presbyterian church on profession Of laith, three
OF v HON were over eighty years OF age. DIR. Wake
man has accepted call to the Presbyterian church
at Millburn, N. Y. and Rev. George Ainslle, of
tne oaUrcn at argyle, eeI Besides s those
gwen. above our PRESBYTERIAN exchanges
parts S s a sna ohio
during lew weeks past. Ten persons united
with the Eighth Presbyterian church, Chicago, last
sunday, nine OF them on profession of latin. DR..
l.. H. Reed has resigned this charge. Thirteen
new members were received on last sabbath by
were received INTO the Third Presbyterian church
oil that city at the same time. The Presby terian
church at Webster Grove, st; Louis, has lately
taken in twenty converts, and twenty-five more
are waiting to be received.
METHODIST.
The New York Conference will meet on April in
ST. Johns Methodist Episcopal church, FI1ty-thlrd
street. New YORK, and the New York East CONFER
ence IN simpson church. ClermOnt avenue Brook
Ign, at the same time. The Providence Confer
ence will meet on March rs instead OF April /. as
before reported Forty conversions are reported
III LdldJeIIe, Jersey "A. IL. lutte pastor, anu
the good WORK going on; twenty were converted
last sunday. AT Aanticvllle near Long Branch,
J. W. Morris pastor, 1lty conversions
are reported. The Rev. thomas Carter, missionary
tO Mexico, Will return 10 the New YORK Conference
tins spring for Ok. The new church at Pomp-
ton, NJ Z. Reed pastor, Will be dedicated next
sunday. The reyivai services in the second church,
Rockaway, continue with undated interest. The
Methodist Episcopal cnurch In Johnson street,
Brooklyn, reports 10 converts IN the First church;
Greenpont reports 80; sag HarbOr, l.. l., 40; Lib
erty street church. New Brunswick, N. j., so /;
Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal church, Camden,
n. j., 35 Glassborough, n. j. Il2; at Dodge Mines.
n. j. As; at Perth Amboy N. J6O; at Absecom, N.
j., 2s second street Methodist Episcopal
German Church, Rev. }. G. DeIninger pastor, last
SUNDAY took up missionary collection amounting
to 5000 The society had previously gwen $500
for Church extension 20 converts have been
added to its communion, The WORK or revival
still continues In Philadelphia. In Twentieth
street church ninety have been converted; eighty
two nave united with the church. This church
has increased It's membership in three years from
100 to 1926. At Wharton street and Tasker chapel
enty have been added to the church. At Kensing-
ton (Od Brck) 200 have been converted. At
Spring Garden street ninety probatloners have
been received during extra services. Sixty
four have been added to old Asbury. West Phila-
delphia. sxty-one have joined Eighteenth street
since the LIST Oh January,
EPIsCoPALIAN.
The Rev. DR.. j.. Van Bokkelen. OF the Diocese Of
Western New YORK has accepted tue rectorship Of
enter on his duties to-day. Bishop Paddock OF
Massachusetts has issued pastoral letter to his
diocese Gaining LOT peCunldfy ala Tor the society
for the Increase OF the Ministry, which society
provides full collegiate and theological educa-
ton Tor over 100 candidates a year. The Rev. Will
ham Krkus was admitted to the order oil the priest
hood, at Grace chu en-, New YORK city, on Sunday
last, by the Right Rev. Bishop Potter, The Rev.
President Potter. Of Union College and Canon
Kingsley, Of England, were in the chancel. The
Convention OF the Diocese OF New Jersey have
adopted resolutions declaring In substance that
the General Convention may divide the diocese II
1t Will, but can't touch a cent of the episcopal
fund Tor any otier purpose than the support OF
their own bishop. Any attempt to do so, they
say they will resist by all lawful means. The Rev.
Robert A. Edwards mas accepted call to the charge
OF Trinity chapel. Philadelphia Pa There are fifteen
Protestant communities in the United states called
sisterhoOds or associations OF deaconesses Some
Cf these are Conducted In very rigorous manner :
and recent Protestant writer says:-''Tbe work
and the religious life are strlkngy similar that
Oi the Roman Catholic sisterhOods.u The leader
OF the rigorous system IL the Rev. DIR. DIX, of
Trinity church, New YORK, the chaplain OF the Sis