, 1874-09-20

| Society, reports the receipts from april ! t.
| Sept. - to amount to 81. 705.oC.
Tho Dickson Methodist Church received fou
new members laet week.
Tho colofcd Methodists have hold a large
np-meetirg on Staten Island.
The Ue:hodists of Menlota, ILL.,, have pur
chased the fine residence OF II. T. Bushnell To-
= parsonage.
A fine. new Methodist church ediice will b
dedicated next Sunday at Geneva, III. The
church is under the pastoral caro- of the KeT. Il
| s. Cantine.
The Northwestern Branch OF the Woman'f
| Foreign Missionary Society has pledged ZOO
| toward building homo at Kin Hang, China, fol
| tho missionaries lately sant out from here te
that point, viz: Gor:rade Howe, Lucy Hosg
| and Lotitia Iasoa.
! The Hnlstcd Street Methodist Church gave ui
their morning service last Sunday to the Jone
! who wished to continue the celebration OF theii
annual festival.
| The Methodist church in Morris, H.. under
the pastoral charge OF the fey. j. o. Ciam5, re-
{ ceiTcd twcntC-ouo new members, aud today Will
receive thirteen more.
A prominent Methodist thinks there is .f the
closest ninslins Of grace anu worltillncss, OF
49,
this region" on the Methodist camo-scound ut
Old Orchard Bach.
Seycutaen Methodist preachers belonging to
one faiui!y-.wo great grandchildren. ten grand
clllIreI, and five Children Of tho late Luther
pcc.s. Of Syracusc-aro to have gathering at
the residence OF Hrs. Bishop Peck, Ill that city,
Oh the 2cd Of October.
1t the Centenary Church last Sunday, the
pastor, DR.. J. o. Peck, receiysi into full COM
1nuuion over 211 members. rrobatioEers from
last springs revival. The Alliance says: "'The
exercises OIL this unusual occasion waro OF tho
nost interesting nature. aud the vast audience
were universally and deeply moved. AS each
believer cane forward the pastor, calling the
persons 1iams, extended his hand and offered
words Of encouragement suited to the special
needs of that particular ono. lie numbers lu-
cluded MI ages aud a variety Of conditions. but
the ma jocty were OF tho more Intelligent portion
Of tue community. About 150 more. who arc
still on probation, await admission to the Cen
tcEarv Church. and expect admission ere long.
CATHOLIC.
The corner-stnne OF the new St. Nary's Acad-
envy, Newark. was laid last Sunday by the Very
Ror. Father Dosno.
The Catholics of Wheeling, ". Va. are going
to erect a monumental chapel over tho lato
Bishop Wlelan Of that diocese.
Tho Bishop of Nesdnaiy. the Right Rev. A. n.
4 Bnnchet. recently confirmed over 40D Indians
in Colylllo, aud number more ut Wa1la 'alla.
On Aug 26 4 new church was dedicated in
the Village OF Eyart Mich, a:ld afterwarl conse
GATED to tho Sacred Heart OF Jesus hy Bishop
Borgess. of Detroit.
The New York Herald says: Father D.suen's
band of missionaries will open mission iii st.
GabTiel's Church the l1tll Of October, at tue
conclusion of which they will proceed to the
CHURCH. OF st. John the Evangelist. They Will
also give one st St. ratrck's Cathedral and per-
llaps other churches, At present they are hard
at work in ,ichisan. Fathers Van Goct and
Hoopmans ATE prac:lcinS in Iowa.
The shrine Of st. Edmund, at Pontigny, is
now attracting increased attention. The Lon
don Duly Telegraph describes it as follows:
The body Of the sant, now clad in robes Ct red
silk, and resting III shrine raise high above the al
by the hand. Of colossal angelic figures, has under
gone various pcrs since it became closen medium
for working wonders and siCnR. In 1868 and the fol-
lowing year, Huguenct soldiers sacked the Abbey,
burnt the woodwork aud brought down the church
preserved; but his first shrine, nrustel to the caro-
Of the yiscointess uf Tlorrntu was by her uajustJ
By revolutionary band The steps leading to the
shrine mounted by twelve men, with axes up
r,Aed to destroy boh body End shrine But the Lead
ec's BECAME nanli,ed with fear when lie looked
within thc s7i1e-such is the story Oh rccord-his Ak
fell from Lis hands, and he rushed away with his fol-
struction they had pannei The Abbey is now in tho
possession of tue mo1s but at priests. under di-
occsan direction who form " La Soceto des Peres da
most hosli:b.e preparations tor tue reception Of tEo
pggi,Is from The l.ad OF their protesting saint.
EPISCOPAL
Tho Ep;scoraa:,s Of Ellcnyi1le, n T., have
received, IS g donation from . la1y, costly
church-cdiicc. complete in all its Parts, with
everything essential to tho peculiar uta5es OF
that denomination.
The Episcopal Diocese OF Wayne contains
tuenty-one parishes aad thlrty-.eycn ministers.
It is said that many baptist or Methodist
church i'll tls State l.as added to its membership
during tho year more than tla c11.ire Episcopal
Diocese together.
In view of the i.ct that fifteen nen Episcopal
Bishops are to bo elected and confirmed hefo.e
the eud OF next month, Church end Slt1e ex-
presses its doubh. whether so many good men
will be found for these important positions. Tho
same journal expresses tho fear that. in the
prescn: temper Of the Church, each election is
in danger Of dcseccrating into party fight.
Tic Caurcan,a,. insists that Judge Williams
recent decision i'll tho Cheney case is not tcEa bIo
1t thinks the Bishop has ths sale poIer OF sus-
pension AMI deposition, and whether ho e1ez-
ciscs his power legally or illegally makes no dif-
ference. The power resides in tho oflco itself,
a.il not in the :anons /; so that, though the
bishop may violate tho c1nons, his acs 15 valid
pn1.'rY-ER1As.
4 Presbyterian church MAS dedicated at Water
man, Del.alb County. Sept. e.
The First Presbyterian Church in Salt Lake
City is to be dedicated Oct. II.
The Third PRESBYTERIAN Church of this city
received two adli;ioug to its membership 1ast
Sunday.
One hundred and fort:;-two Presbyterian
churches wero organized in America last year,
and sixty y-three were dissolved.
The cornerstone Of the new memorial chapel
of Madison Square Presbyterian Church. New
J Fork, WIS laid last Sunday by Drs. Adams and
Rogers.
A new Presbyterian church is to be bu lit at
Austiu whici, will cost $4,000. Tho lot has
been donated By Mr.. Bennett. Messrs. Croft i
Snow will donate all tho stone, and II. Fl.
Austin gives 81 ,0j0 worth Of lumber.
Tic Fifth Presbyterian Church. in charge Of
the Eer. G. L: Thompson, has nearly tEiped it's
in tho past two years. The house |
has, therefore. become too small for the congrc
CATION, and they talking Of building . larger
one.
Several Presbyterian churches in this city re-
cciycd nccessions to their membership at tho
last communion. Among them we're tho Sec
ond Which received nine members; Grace, !
which received three; the Fifth. which received
eight.
The Chnrr{, nn1,crs s3y that tIln }arrept church