The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-05

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Private confession is a very ancient practice OF
nounce, but to give remission OF SINS It is the
doctrine OF the PRAYER Book-iustinable, there
lore, being the practice OF the Church OF Eng.
"Al our sins must be confessed. He who would
De sure OF pardon let hmm nnd priest to make his
poets the priests sentence here and what he binds
or looses the Lord confirms In heaven."-BLsaop
The saints are mediators Of prayer and inter-
cesson. own that Christ IL not wronged
Rists DO Holy Mary pray for me- Holy Peter pray
iyr e."-BsshoD Montague on Intercession Of
r. may at your last hour cease not to can on our
nessea Lazy, the holy angels and the apostle
whose g name you bear and every other saint TO
sa ae may intercede for you."-Lataer the Nag
''rhe Blessed Virgin is to be prayed to that God
n may, tnr9gg9 her inIercession grant our re-
Ministerial and Church Movements.
BAPTIST.
Plymouth church. In this city, has received thirty.
eight persons by baptism during the last month
ana others are awaiting the administration or the
ordinance. Seventy-one have been received into
the Baptist church at Hightstown. N. j., by the
same ordinance, during the winter. Fifty-nine
have proiessed hope in Christ in the Baptist
church In Recklesstown, N. j., since February /.
The Baptist church in Harlem, OF which the Rev.
MI. Osterhout Is pastor, has leased the frst floor
OF the Harlem Court House. The room win be
ready for occupancy before the middle OF April,
ana when the alterations proposed are completed
viii be capable Of holding over O. 900 persons. Rev.
8. ilsley OF Dover Palms. N. Y, sails on Saturday
OF tnis week for Florence, Italy, accompanied by
MS wife. The Rev. Hugh o. Pentecost, pastor OF
the Church OF the People, baprized seven converts
last Sabbath, using the paptistry OF the Perrepont
street Baptist church tRev. DIR. Thomas pastor),
which was kindly offered them. The Church
OF tne People was organized about
three months since. with thirty members;
they now number about seventy. The Rev.
A. s. Walsh, Of Brooklyn, owing to i'm
paired health Is about to take trip to California
Rev. J. d. Beugless, chaplain in the navy, lett on
Saturday Tor Key West to report for duty, having
been assigned to the European squadron. At the
calvary church, on Sunday evening last, the pas
tor. Rev. r. s. Macarthur. baptized ten candidates
IN the presence OF q very large congregation. At
Paterson DR.. Banvard has baptized twenty.nve:
while Willis street, the Rev. s. J. Knapp pastor,
winter; over $50 have been baptized, and inqurers
are counted by hundreds. At Passalc the Rev. r.
The Rev. w. W. Hammond OF the Bergen Baptist
church, baptized nine candidates on SUNDAY even
ing last. This makes thirty-two during the last
| three months 1t is expected that thirty viii re-
ceive the hand Of fellowship next Sunday morning
Thsr s, are Sun many who are seeking the saviour
pastor, has received about sixty converts. The
k Fs 90 II Il nave called the
pastor. The new church at Port Washington l.,
l., Is advancing under the lead Of the REV. n
Palmer. Twelve were baptized on Sunday. About
thirty conversions are already reported. At the
Pilgrim church last Sunday, at the close Of the
evening Sermon the pastor administered the
ordinance OF baptism to twelve candidates.. Rev
DR.. Ives, OF SheneId. Conn.,, closes his aDors with
the Baptlst church. Of when ne has been pastor
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with MS sons IN Chicago, and then Will probably
reside IN Conway Mass, where he owns place.
ROMAN CATHOLIC.
The great army OF faithful Catholics who cannot
20 on the pilgrimage are requested to send dona-
those who do 60. The F1eenaan's Journal &C
knowledges the receipt so far Tor this object OF
scrlbed to our Lady Immaculate or Lourdes is also
70 be prepared 10 be presented by the pilgrims to
who have received benefits by the use OF the waters
OF Loardes. BY plous custom, almost universally
n n sae a9csses OF the colec
orphans OF the Catholic Church. To-day, there
FORE the faithful will pc asked to contribute liber-
ally. me venerable Bishop OF Fiesole, whose
Sc nous illness was mentioned lately, is now pro-
nounced out OF danger. Cardinal Barnabo was the
one hundred and second cardinal who has died
/ since Plus TX. began to reign. The Congregation
o. Rites have reported or syoraby on canon
Of Mount St, vncents Hosaemy wss
others, to erect in Central park u statue to the
late Archbishop Hughes. mission will be opened
by the PauIlst fathers, under the direction OF
ond avenue, Father Everett pastor, next sunday.
Another mission, under the charge OF Father
~ FIX n:n = ~ VIZ DC opened on te same DAY
tor The Redemptorlst Fathers viii open a mis-
SION at st. stevens church. Boston. next Sunday.
The Right Rev. LOUIS De GOesbriand, ID. d., Bishop
OF Burlington, VT, arrived dome last week from
bis native France. Rev. Henry Green, G. IS. r.,
the celebrated RedemptOrist missionary, has Just
completed most successful mission IN Victoria,
Texas. over 500 people received holy communion,
the senior warden or the Episcopal church.
The Bsnop OF Cloniert, DR.. Duggan, accompanied
by the Rev, John Deey as private secretary, has
recently taken his departure FOR Rome. The great
mission winch iOr nearly three weeks has been
going on in the Church OF the Holy Innocents, in
this city. was brought TO close on Wednesday
evening, the 1st inst, alter accomplishing an
amount OF spiritual good that can hardly be real
izcd even by those VINO followed its progress from
beginning to end. 1t was given by the jesuit
Fathers Damen, Garesche, Van Goch, Koopmans,
Massehs' Niederkorn a and van der Putten.
Rev. william p Abbott ana Dr. G. d. Foss win
deliver addresses at the anniversary OF the New
YORK Conference temperance Society, to be held
In ST. johns church. Rev. W. s. Studley will
preach the conference sermon at the next session
OF the New York East Conference, and DIR. j. b.
Beach Will preach the missionary sermon. The
Hackettstown seminary OF the Newark Conference
cded to furnish II at once and to open Its classes
on September !, 1874; simpson Methodist Episco-
gracious revival WORK. thirty souls have pro-
iessed conversion and the work Is progressing.
MISSIONARY collection, taken lev SabDatils since,
reached the hands, me sum Of ST. 700. The RIVER
side Methodist Episcopal church, Bulfalo, will be
dedicated on Sunday, April IL, at ha,i-past ten
A. N. Bishop X. S. Foster, Of Cincinnati, will
preach the dedicatory sermon. Dr. II. g. Vest
wood, recently transferred from the West
Virginia to the Baltimore Conference, has
Withdrawn from the Methodist Episcopal Church.
He leIt AFFLICTED at the appointment assigned MIN.
tension and Missionary Society was held Marcn so,
at the Free Tabernacle in lhirty-ourth street. The
report showed the receipts had been SSs,25i II !:
Ynpnd Thar
were established l6 stations, - pastors and
sstants appointed, % Sunday schools, with an at
tendance OF 4,0Si; members In churches, ,900 and
700 conversions had taken place during the year.
The Southern Methodist papers give the statistics
OF the Church South as they Will appear III the
forthcoming volume of the general minutes. the
number OF members is--white 669,dT7; co0red,
3429; indian, AID; total, 676,6oO or All more
than last year. The number OF white members
has increased q, l5l and that OF Indian members