, 1874-07-12
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Two persons were baptized into the Westeu
Avenue Baptist Church last Sunday.
| Tho right hand of fellowship ras given to tif
teen Ecl.ons in tho Evanston Baptist Churci
last Sunday.
Tho excursion Of tho Hyde Park Baptis
! Church to South Chicago last woek resulted in
profit Of SIS for tire church.
| The Ashlnnd Ayen us and Union Park Bapti.
Churches havo consolidated and taken the nanat
Of the Fourth Baptist Church.
The Rev. DR.. IF. IF. Eyerts will dedicate new
house Of worship for the Baptists at Hinckley
Station. 20 miles weat OF Aurora. to-day
(July 12). 4 special train leaves Aurora at 6
Il. m. this morning.
The Rev. ". Il. Sitter, pastor Of tho Baptist
Church at Cedar Falls, Ia, has been wrongly
named In pcstoznto Of two years he Inns aug
ceeded in more than doubling his membership.
removing heavy debt. and placing . weak aud
very feeble church IN strong md promising
condition.
Tho University OF Chicago seems destined,
nor that il has got an accepted President aud a
vigorous Chaacellor, to eiter upon new career
OF promise and success. The Standard says, in
aluding to tho election OF Prof. Moss to the
Presidency and Dr.. Burroughs to the Chan
ccllorshlp, that - the carscs of old DIVISION
1t is believed, arc substantially removed. Why,
now, should not the denomin.tiou on tho field Of
the univors1sys constituency, be unit in sus-
tainlug the present policy OF tho Board, and in
furnishing the means for effectusl relief and en-
largement? The opening hour for q new era
has struck; let Us oil mark the signal"
PRESBYTERIAN.
June q, LOT new members we're received into
the Watson Presbyterian Church, of whom 101
were By profession.
The Rev. F. T. Brown is organizing new
Presbyterian church in st. Paul, Nlnn., the fifth
OF that denomination in the city.
June 28, new Presbyterian church Was dsdi-
Gated in Greene, Ia. The church and furniture
cost about %, 500, aud it is al paid for.
At tho prayor.mccting in the Third Presby-
terrain Church Wednesday evening, the Rev. \.
people previous to his departure for VACATION
period. He stated that It's members had been
added to the church since the beginning Of tho
year.
METHODIST
In the Englewood Methodist Episcopal Church
six additions were made last Su:lday.
In the Michigan Avenue Meii1odist Church
two members we're received last Sunday, aud IL,
the First Methodist three
Tho ladies Of the Methodist Church at Evans
ton realized about $500 from their entertain
ment given July 4.
Twelve persons united with Trinity Methodist
Episcopal Church last Sunday, and tho Simpson
Church expects thirty additions to-day.
4 number Of candidates for Drew Theological
Seminary have been turned away for want Of
roon as tie utmost capacity Of the buildings
hATo been reached.
The fine Methodist church building which has
been in process Of construction for a year past
is to be dedicated July 10. propnblv Bishop
Simpson or Biahop Foster will preach on tho oc-
cnsion. The church cost about 100000.
The Methodtsts in New York arc urging the
establishment in that city OF an English lay
and theological college, where special attention
will be paid to biblical instruction. elements OF
medicine, law. and the natural scicnces, iastead
Of the usual c1.a.i: course.
A suit in chaucery, growing out Of the separa-
tion Of the Methodist Church. in 1914, into two
branches, the II. Z. Church South and the A.
E. Chu-ch, was decided in Jonesboro, Tenn, e
few days elnce. Tho property, SAYS the Green
vile Union is in the suburbs OF Johnson City,
aud is OF itself valuable The iand WAS decided
IN IN 1911 to tho w. z; Church for q camp-eround.
Church claims. by the plan OF separation Of
1873, from which time until tho close OF the War
that Church held 1t, having in the meantime
c:ectea on it parsonage. In 1866 some of the
! Of tie Church South, having gone to
the Church North, put the property into the |
of the latter, which created a Board |
ot trustees to hold the property. The suit WIS |
decided in favor Of the Trustees Of the II. E.
Church South, and rents allowed from the date |
of the filing OF the bill This is tho only church
he property was decided before the separation OF
ls44, and hence il important, as the final decis-
on OF it will determine whole class OF suits"
CATHOLIC.
The Jesuit Church OF this city is haTing fno |
torer built into tho large structure. Tno work |
s now in progress, and will cost about ;25,O |
The parish OF the Jesuit Church Of this city |