The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-12

$oo,Vuo damages. s~-S' - wants
A Baptist Ecclesiastical Cannon -
aIser trial lasting two weeks, adiudusd aRo aas
Mccarthy. or the Union Park ,chnrcs tns hey =
uncnrstan and unministeriai conau ~ DC guilty OF
Withdrawn from him the hand OF ietow anu nave
In the BaptIstChurch. HIS connectia mnemn!ersnip
churcn 10 which he ministered has been sevad tho
this action The Rev. John Gordon pastor oi ny, ny
the Council and defended Mr. McCarts,vw VINO WAS
sig rr mis- pastorats peremptorily because his
members 81 Se Church majority aas s o. S,s ne
honestly and conscensiouslY thpousS a acted TIED
number OF persons added TO the twenty-four Ban.
tist churches IN ana around Chicago during the
and BY examination H. The First CoIored e Ban n,
tst church IN Petersburg, Va, recently celebrated
fore the American Declaration or Independence.
slx hundred anu seventy.four baptisms were re-
Conferences Of New YORK and Brooklyp on Nom
day last. These figures, however, only partially
represent the work and progress OF the Baptist
ences. In New York city, and within q radius OF
fifteen or twenty miles, Us many more have been
dred and ninety-six baptisms Tor the month or
March were reported IN the Baptist Pastors Con.
YORK. Last week the Rev. Frederick Evans OF.
Tered his resignation as pastor or the Central
Baptist church Of this city. The matter was refer
red to q committee and the action OF the church
mittee shall be reported Mr.. Evans contemplates
J. Brouner, of the North Baptist church OF this
city, gave the hand OF fellowship to forty.threo
the noss Of Rev ssrass
nearly 100 converts have been baptized within the
past pas three months and number more are await.
senior class IN the Theological Seminary at Haml
ton, has accepted call to Flatbusn. lie entered
upon MS labors on sunday last, and had an en-
thusastic welcome The First Baptist church in
Beverly have invited Mr.. +. b. Andrews, o member
tuition, to become their pastor. The Fifth street
coiored church. Louisville Rev. A. Heath. has
list church, in Detroit, Mich, have called Rev.
N. G. Mallory, or the First Baptist church in
Lowell to take the pastoral charge OF them. Rev.
A. s. Walsh, pastor Of the Gethsemane BAPTIST
church, Brooklyn owing to impaired health. is
about to take trip to California. The First Bap-
J. b. Hutchinson, or Philadelphia, to be their pas
tor. Rev. A. j. Hires, OF Cape May n. d., has ac-
cepted call rom the Brdgeion IN. J.l Baptist
church. ta.4
METHODIST
Bishop Simpson arrived at home from Mexico
last Friday afternoon. Rev. Dr.. Abel Stevens and
wife passed through ST. Louis last week. relurn-
ing rom Florida to New York. Bishop Ames spent
at st. Pau's. He is assisting Bishop James at New
England and possibly at New Hampshire con-
side Methodist Episcopal church, Buffalo. N u, TO-
day Bishop Bowman has been engaged to dedi-
ILL.,, next sabbath Dr. Hurst and Professor Bntsa
OF Drew theological Seminary, have been engaged
TO supply the pulpit Or So Pauls church,, ~ ms
city, until the health OF Rev. Dr.. Chapman shah per-
OF Rev. B. NJ. Genung, OF the New FORK Conference.
with paralysis. The Clerical Lie Insurance Com
pany OF Newark Conference mas paid TO the wfdow
members. bishops Wiley ana Haven, Presidents
81 Newark Conference, have both been pastors Ia
tae CITY o. Newark one neat at hasey street anu tnr
ana more recently Presiding Elder o. tic
has 6een transferred to the BALTIMORE
district OF the same conference, vice DR.. Siicer.
East conferences resolved to erect a monument to
bishop Kingsley, vino, alter making tour Of
Beyro t. syria, on his return to the United States.
The monument Is now ready in this city, and will
soon be shipped to the resting place 81 the de-
ceased Bishop The Meth0dists OF England have
1900 churches valued at 100000 900, gold; 1890
ministers ana s5 oos local preachers, aud between
wards OF 100000 persons attend their
ministry, 100000 children attend their sun
and other educational INSTITUTIONS. wesleyan
MethOdlsm employs more miss onaries abroad
than The Church OF England, the Independents and
the Baptists put together. American Methodist
missionaries are doing some good WORK in India,
ana the English authorities apptcciateir. But one
correspondent SAYS that there Ia danger that q
number OF them will work themselves to death be-
fore they can be reinforced. One missionary, for
and travels l,17O miles, and every fourth week
l,40o miles. Is it necessary any longer to allow
THESE lanOrerS TO wear themselves OUT as not lew
ought not TO shorten life wiliully, SO to speak.
PRESBYTERIAN.
March. The Presbyterian thinks his death must
HIN when at Florence, and dated March ], says
that he felt wonderfully we'll. Tdree days later he
Erection win end the year without debt; the
Board OF Foreign Missions Will be in far better
than tns oScaped at o the G Close Of the
the Committee on Sustentatlon are grievousy
pressed Tor want OF funds, and may have to re-
meets. SO rapid has been the increase OF the mem
bership OF the Third Presbyterian church, OF
Chicago, under the pastOfate OF Rev. A. II. Kit
fridge, tnat the large ana elegant house IN which
they nave worsnlpped has become too small, and
me soey as 70 I Tep1 OF Rs
was installed pastor Of the Kingston Presoyteran
Brown, ase Of WILMINGTON sn has ' remover to
smyrna Del Sixty-elght have been added TO the
pastor, but an active membership the revival
meetings were conducted by laymen. Forty-one
united with The Presby terrain church at Covingiep,
Ind, at It's March communion, thirty-nine OF them
by profession. The Rev. Willard N. Rice. D. p,
pastor Of the Fourth Presbyterian church. IN pha-
that city. Rev. Gordon Mitchell, pastor Of
ce n cali 10 become pastor Of the Presbyterian
church at Mount Holly, n. J. Rev. J. Beers, pastor
Of the Croton Falls IN. YlPresbyterian church. has
resigned his position, the resignation 10 take
effect on May /. The Mount Washington cnnrch
at Inwood. New York city, have extended cali to
the Rev. George y Payson, who has been preach.
ing for the church since January l: MI. rays
has two brothers settled IN tue iTesDy seran mn.
istry in this CITY, The church edlfce OF the United
Presbyterian congregation in Paterson, N. j., has
been thoroughly renovated, and ITS internal ana
external arrangements and appearance altered
and greatly improved '' sN ~
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Methodist, Presbyterian and Reformed
Churches OF Yonkers held delightful union Com
munion service In the Central Methodist church,
Yonkers on sunday afternoon last. The Boston
ministers OF different denominations last Monday
organized themselves into an Evangelical Minis
ters' Association and elected DR.. Clarke, Method
list, president; Rev. MIR. seymour, Baptist, Sec
Rotary, and an executive committee representing
eight other denominations or branches Of the
once quarter, the first meeting TO take
place tomorrow, at which time Rev. Philips Brook
VIII read an essay OF the true basis Of Christian