, 1874-10-25

/ tertIay morning. Ae ha3 been 81 tttS IN IL
| city nearly week.
Tho Rev. DR.. Irving, OF New York. ono of tn
Secretaries of tho Presbyterian Board OF For
| eirn missions, who has been visiting Chicago
reports tho Board $4,000 behind its last yea,'
work a. the present tlme-
2Ir. 8. F. Jacobs, who has. with great sHcces!
] as laT preacher, led the Bible meetings in ths
First BAPTIST Church during tho past two years
| resigned that office last Friday evening 10
| uisht will be the last Of these meetings undel
| the anspiccs Of tnc Flrat Baptist Church. It il
understood tist aIr. Jacobs viii horeafter spend
| his tins and labor in the work OF evangeEa.ion,
under the name and ausniccs Of tbs Young Men
Christian Association He is about to start III;
| publication OF new 3unday-school journal
| which Mill cngross much OF his attention. Air
Jacobs is 50 we'll acquainted with Suad2y school
| work. and has mada 90 vide ! reputation in tl'ai
line, that his journal will start out With unusual
promise OF SUCCESS.
EIsxwHEEE.
Mr. II. c. Hazard mill prepare the Sunday.
school Lessons TO r tho National Teacher 1e1t
Jcsr-
Ths Brooklyn Bhptists have got another So
ccssion,at. Ihe ReY. ]. 3. Clcavar has left tho
Sixth Avenue Baptist chu1cb, Brooklyn, aad
started = :" Gospel CHURCH" His old cougEesa-
t1on refuse to give him letter disnissory, and
recently. durias a stormy church~mee.lng, ho
carried OF the pulpit. which he claimed Us per-
gonal property. He keeps fnst horses, ant. soma
OF Ills old parishioners think fhis lnconsistenr
with ministerial piety.
Tic Rev. William Hamilton, formerly Unita-
1ian, but whose opinions hayo recently become
orthodox, MAS admitted to Tie Congregational
ministry in New York 1ecentiy.
Tie Rev. J. P. Davis, OF tho Southern Illinois
Conference {M. E. Church), haa united with the
Reformed Episcopal Church.
Tho young Duke Of Norfolk. first On Tie roll
n Eytrl rlfnh nc,pt 70
prleat OF The Oratory OF St. Philip Seri.
Beboo Pootab Chunder Mozoourti.r. brother of
tno Otter Chuader, ETC., has recently visited En-
gland for the purpose Of examining its esluc.-
ttonal system Its iuduairles and lts social and
religious life.
Mar Yohanan, the well known Nestoriap Eish-
op, died A. Oroomiah. Persia, recently, 1t the
advanced age Of over TO- He hsd beeu tencher
and supporter OF Dr. Perkins, the founder Of the
HISTORIAN Mission. in 1888. and had entered INTO
marriage contrary to the HISTORIAN rule. He
passed his closing days in enlargement from the
Old Church, which mas no. ready to follow in lis
reforms.
The Rov. J. s. Foulk, pastor OF tho German
reformed Church. Ca1llnle, Pa, h.s Joined tho
Presbyterian Church.
Pope Plus IL. coEnes Of a lons-lived family.
His great grandfather attained to the age OF Is
yeats, his grandfather 50, his father SO, ana his
mother IS. He AIso had three brothers VINO
reached respectively 7G, 8s, and 30.
Dr.. Von Gcrlach. in Germany, has been seu-
teuced to pay line Of 200 tha!ers OF to serve
sl1-Teek's imprisonment for writing Eampulet
against the new German Clyil-M2rriagc act
The Rev. Jacob T. Ellis, Of the Washington
Street Congregational Church, Toledo, he's &C
cep cd ! c1u to tho Congregational Church OF
Forest Grove, Ora This Rev. Ira c. Dili-
man, Of Omaha, goes to the vacant pulpit IN
Toledo.
The Springfield Kepublicna esys the Ror. H. !
4. Schermerhorn, formerly ct Boston, has calls
from the Unitarian Church at Buffalo, n. Y. xud |
tho Third Unitarian Church at Chicago.
On the evening Of Oct. 19, the Park Street |
Church, Boston, accepted the resignation OF its |
pastor, the Rov. ". Il. II. Murray, xnd now the |
rampant Deacon FarnbTorth il nappy.
1t is reported that George Macdonald has d. |
ter1nined to mxke the United sta.os his future !
loms- |
The Daptiets on tho Chicago L Tow. Railroad
ore the President OF that comnsny, Mr. +. E.
HipcaleY. 4 correspondent OF tho Standard |
~ ho Is - 3 Christian gentleman and genuine
Baptiat, who by bis skill and perseverance,
planned and pushed to complexion tho Chicago |
T. Iona Railroad. and who is doing moro toward
lie erection Of meeting houses aud to aid in
,Ianting and supporting Baptist churches on this
inc of road than any other four men who can bo
ound. The Lord bless Brother HincIey."
The Rov. c. " Roberts, OF Macomb, ILL.,, has
ecepted i call to the Baptist Church OF Wauke-
ha. Wis. He is young man, and 4 graduate Of
'hurtleE College.
Tho Rev. j. y. Frame pastor OF tl,o Presby-
erian Church At Champaign, Ill, died suddenly
oct. Is.