, 1874-04-25

subscriptions for this purpose have already
reached e12l, 600.
Universaliet church is to be organized nj
Nev Naye1ly, CaEs County, Ind, as the resul
~ = lecture by ME. Stoyer, young school
teacher, who is preparing himself for the miuia
t1v in that Church
An unusua. interest has sprung up in tht
unirersa1ist Church in Leroy, O.. which has
1reaiy resulted in an accession OF thirty-fou1
members, q large portion OF whom are from tie
ranks Of the sundny-school-
The young ladies' Of tho Cincinnati Wesleyan
CnIlcge are going to present Mason i Hatulu
orran to the Girls Boarding School at Lucknow
1ndia, in compliment to Miss Jennie Tlnsloy, q
teacher there who graduated in 1861.
The denomination Of Free Methodigts num-
bers about 10000 IN the West The Illinois
ed Sabbath-School Convention at st. Charles,
IL, few days ago.
The Vesleyans Of England, following in the
footsteps Of the Methodist Episcopal Church OF
The United Statcs, willtako the first stora at tho
coming session of tho Conference, towards nd
ruttng lay delegates, with full powers and
privileges Of members OF the Conference.
In auswer to a guestioner in tho Christian
Union, who asserts that moro than half Of the
members Of Methodist churches believe in i'm
merton. the editor OF the Northwestern Adrocde
replies that not one Methodist ia thousand be-
1;eyes that immersion is moro than one OF three
modes Of baptism.
Tho Rev. Dr.. PorteouB, 1t is said, lett some un~
paid debts behind him when Lo came to this
country, and that Is the chief cause Of his bciug
50 Leset with slaQders since his arrival at New
York. The debts, however, he asserts, we're c;u-
t-actcd, not for personal comforts, but Tor
churches that he served. An effort is making
In n 1lr p7TfafnS RI h9v fha
ton Avenue Church withdraw from his society
the uso Of their cditice for evening services.
THE REV. WILLIAM ADAMS, ID.
Tho Rev. William Adams, u. D., for nearly
forty ye.1s pastor OF the Madison Square Pres
byterian Church, New York, preached his fare
we'll sermon On last Sunday. The sermon was
largely historical !" Forty years ago." DR.. Ad-
ans said,
OF nj denominations the urrernaost church St.
Marks, in the Bovery: Dr.: Rogers church Gu Fifth
sycnue end DR.. Hutton's in Washington Square w.ro
f7sce. grace Church wns 1t Broadway So and Rector
street; the First Presbyterian Church, Dr. Phillips
tn Wall Street, the Murray Hill Brick Church vus
in Eeek1nau streat, and Dr.. Miner hau St Georges
tn the same street, nearer the river. Tho Mercer
Street Church WAS not then in existence, for
University Place Church WIS then in Cedar street.
There also was Dr. NcE1Toy's church, since twice
moved to Grand street and then to Fourteenth street.
The Reformcd Dutch Church had whnt is now the
Poet-OtHce, and the North Church at Fulton and Will
lam Streets Tbs Baptists were In Mulberry, Gold,
street
OF himself and his relatons to the church tho
Rev. DR. Adams after referring to the forty
yea19' wandering Of the children Of Israel in the
deserts OF Arabia, said
This is the last time to preach in an official
pacity Is yocr pastorthe last tie Last. Oh by that
LITTLE wurd how many thoughts stirred. Ay life
work IL pastor ends to-day, and that work lay
repeat the which have controlled my Judgment
III making this decA:on- seek personal leisure,
20 to no dnecpre. M name or Office has higher
place In ny estimation than that of Christian pastor
~ have held it forty rs In this city among those
who have regarded me with uniform kindness, pro-
secA references to the past and propheses for the
future. Forty years in Christian America more
than forty years IN the Arabian wilderness 80 long ago,
1ooEipg back to Nov. Is, 1884, the day upon which
WIS Installed In the Brooue Street Central Prcsbyte-
Han Church, my feeling il Of grateful wonder.
n pesua ns in Sd ds5 and SdSapsi pssr
am disposed to question my personal identity at
the elose Of 60 many Jesrs OF al who were officers
Not more than twelve OF fifteen Of tho Present ncu
bers Of this church members Of that At the be-
they present to-day with their children and their
chiidrens Children. OF the pastors associated with
ne during this period sew many have ceased from
Alexander, Ludlow, Knox, Hawks, Mclean, Matthew,
Ferris, Banks, Taylor, Horey, hiller Wainwright,
Baldw1ns. tho two Masons. ErsEne, Ebenezer, Hnma
Lowry, Wright. Ferily feel who .aa8 out
uf the battle whose companions hare fsleu the
right and left about him. Then PASTORS sense Of
bereavement when those die out his cha1ee
who known to him friends. He finds hi1uaeH |
not unscathed but covered with scars and riddled
with many wounds. These wounds reveal to the |
great law and philosophy Of hfc. They come to us
By one all at once. We meet than singy day
By dag, but sotuehow find them mounting aggre-
gate 1t last TINT had they altogether, would have
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