The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-22

the most oXtenOoO anu EeudIk8OI6 IevIv8B OI IT,
igiOn that has ever blessed It, The result thus far
Is addition to the church OF sixty on profession
OF their iaith Many more are awakened WITHIN
their fellowship sixty-eight. The revival In st.
Louis. Mo-, is the most widespread Of any that
has ever reached that section. The public halls
and churches where the meetings are held are
usually filed long before the appointed hour, and
many have to go away unable TO find accommoda-
lion. 1t has been found necessary to hold meet
mgs exclusively Tor men -irreigious men-and
separate meetings Tor irrehglous women. on q
recent Wednesday evening 1900 men gathered in
the Mercantile Library Hall, and hundreds more
could not get IN. one thousand stood up together
The good work appears to go forward in places
around the city no less than within IT, In towns
from live to hlteen miles away correspondent Of
the Observer states that reports come from one
pastor tehing OF forty conversions from another OF
twenty. from third OF ten, and 80 on SO great ls
the interest taken In the accounts winch go out OF
the city that brethren have appeared In the meet
ings who had 100 miles Just to be present and
to see and hear for themselves ''the wonderful
works oil God"
EPIsCoPALIAN.
An eXtraO rdinary revival numbering already
about 900 converts reported 10 Derby, England,
under the evangelical labors OF young, Jealous
and devoted Scotch Episcopai rector Kew. MI;
Douglas. Rev. Edward ID. NELL. President OF
Macallister College, Minneapolis, and Presoyte'
ran minister, has applied TO his Presby terry 10 oe
The work OF missions in the diocese OF New YORK
is carried on at an expense OF something over
So 900 year, that being the sum total Oh the saa-
RES paid to thirty-ilve missionaries The church
collection for the year ended on the Isl OF october
last amounted to So, 1873 49, which, with donations
and interest, raised the revenue to about 5,I90.
The missionary stations are at present as lOi-
lows.-ln Duchess county, Z; Orange. 7; Putnam,
/; sullivan, l; Rockland, 7; Ulster. 3; Westches-
ter, 3. Total, 80. st. Barth0lomew's church. Bal
tlmOre, inaugurated some two years since by a
layman, has attained marked success. 1t has
large and growing Sunday school and congrega-
ton, numbering some sixty communicates. In
order to encourage the rector and his Jealous
Dand OF workers series OF special services was
held last week. On sunday Bishop Huntington, OF
Central New York, preached twice. The Rev. ): j:
Samnlis late OF Greenvllle, s. e.. has succeeded
Rev. J. II. Hammond III Richmond Va.
METHODIST.
The annual report of the book agents in New
York to the Book Committee and to the annual
conferences shows that The real estate belonging
to the Book Concern, including the premises OF the
branch at San Francisco (s30,OOO) and al lttsburg
(s35.000 is valued at $780, 200. The total sales or
books and periodicals, at the New YORK house and
its branches, amounted, for the year ending No
vember 80. 1873. to s74a,117. The real estate con-
nected with the Cincinnati publishing house Is
valued including that at Chicago (ssl,ssol, and
Cincinnati and the branch houses were s756,S72.
good increase in the number OF subscribers TO
generally Is represented IN prosperous cOndi-
ton. The Rev. Il. q. Fuller, ID. d., of At
lanta, Ca, has been chosen to succeed the late
Dr.. Coblelgh editor OF the Atlanta Advocate. Or.
Curry, OF this city; after attending the meeting or
the Book Committee in Cincinnati last week,
started South on Monday by way OF Louisville,
Nashville and Atlanta The revival in st. Paui's
church, Jersey city, has taken such range AMI
increased the membership so greatly-350 by con-
verslOn-that 1T has been decided to rebuild and
enlarge the ediice IN which they worship. sec
ond Methodist church has been organized at Key
port, n j. Bishop James dedicated new Methodist
Episcopal church at Shelburn. VT, on Thursday,
and another at North Ferrisburg on Friday. To-day
he is to preach at Washington Heights, in this city.
The venerable Or. Pierce, OF The Methodist EpiscO
pal Church, South, is better, though still confined
to his ROOM He entered the itinerant ministry in
lS05-siXty-nine years ago. The new Methodist
Episcopal church at Plainville n. j., VIII be dedi.
Gated next "Wednesday Revs inskiP and md
Free Tabernacle church in West Thirty
fourth street, this city, a few days
Woodruff, of New Rochelle. has almost tirely re-
covered his wOnted health and strength by the few
months rest he has had at Evansville, n Y. He
will be ready to report for pulpit work at the next
meeting OF the New York East Conference. The
Methodist Episcopal church at Cold Spring Harbor,
L. l., was dedicated last Thursday. The dedicatory
services Will be continued to-day.
BAPTIST.
The Rev. Wayland Hoyt has summary resigned
his passionate OF the Tabernacle Baptist church in
This city, because they Jailed to perform the con-
ditons upon which he became their pastor.
namely. to sell their present church building and
erect another in more central location, ln
which the pews might be rented at merely
nominal sum. Mr.. Hoyt has received call from
the wabash Avenue Baptist church. Chicago. which
he may probably accept IN seventeen years Mr..
Spurgeon mas received $4,000 persons into his
church IN London on profession OF their 1aith has
erected thirty-six chapels in the metropolis, and
supplied them with ministers trained in a college
he founded and manages. in which over sixty
young men are studying for the ministry. me
National Baptist reports 655 bapsms in one issue.
In Rock Island H., about $50 have protested
conversion in connection with the Baptist
church, and there has been, much interest
in the Hanson place and Lee avenue
pers go away every Sunday evening who are una
bic to gain entrance, and there is deep and
steady current OF religious interest, resulting in
there last Sunday. The Rev. Samuel Alnan pastor
OF the Second Mission Baptist church, baptized
awaiting the ordinance. revival has been in
progress for more than month. sixty-three nave
Baptist church, syracuse, n. y; d large number
also added by experience aud by letter and some
twenty or thirty are awaiting baptism. The Geth-
seInane church of Brooklyn re-entered their en-
larged place OF worship on Sunday last. Eighteen
hundred dollars were pledged on account OF
are peculiary bright. The Rev G. c. Gurr, Of
Howell, n. j., has accepted the call Of the
East Marion IL. ~ church, and enters i'm i'm
mediatey on his pastoral work. The Rev.
William Gilkes, pastor OF the First Baptist church,
West Hoboken, during the past three years, has re-
Deep River, Conn. very deep state of religious
interest exists in the Plymouth church Of this city,
rhe pastor d. Henry Miller d. d. has ALREADY
company OF earnest Baptists at Greenville, N. j.,
one OF the growing suburbs OF Jersey City, have de-
cided to hold preaching services on sunday after
moons, and, after an experiment OF three weeks,
are greatly encouraged with the prospect OF grow
ing into a church. At the Pilgrim church ten can
didates were baptized on Sunday evening last.
The revival increases in power and the meetings
are crowded every evening. The Rev. J. s. Ladd,
vi bdDylOu VI. I.) DdptlSb CHuICu TcCtHtiy
baptized eleven converts. A paragraph APP
peared lately in O PedO-Baptist paper ANNOUNCE
ing that young man in Vermont had died after
his immersion in river, the inference being that
this rite was the chief cause OF his death. The Bap-
list papers retor by telling the story oil Method.
list, named Smith, who recently removed to zap
hank, l.. l., and Tor lack OF Methodist church he
was obliged TO attend the PRESBYTERIAN church of
the village. The consequence was that he COM
mitted suicide. A revival in the Shiloh Mission
Sunday school, Baltimore, mas resulted In the
version Of thirty-ive persons and the organization
n RanftSt
Baptist minister, residing in Parrottsville, Tenn,
Is 101 years old, the oldest minister living. He
still ride on horseback TO his appointments, has
preached several times during the past year, still
has appointments to fill and was the pastor OF one
church for forty-four years. He remembers the
battle of Brandywine, Is fond OF talking on
theology loves everybody, quotes Scripture
readily and seems to have good memory.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Fijian Christian converts number about
100000. Thirty-One new sunday schools were or
ganlZed in California during the past year by Mr..
Masnrya a q 70 nlaX schQ0l lnian