, 1874-09-13
NOTES..

to supply tho place Of the one burnt Inst ,;n.
is approaching completion. -
The Presbyterians Of Sisourney. Ill. h,~.<.'
laid the foundations OF new church buil5In. ~ =
is to be OF brick, a0x70 feet in size. W. ~
A new Presbyterian church is about tn be ~.
cd in Boulder City. Col. It is to bo Of ID
with stone trimmings. 3o15o feet in dimap.i,s
Inc whole amount required to build is pedgst
| The Presbyterian Church at Lone Trea ",
Which vas organized two years SEQ With trnt.
members, now numbers fftv-.h:ee. -,
| The Presbyterian Church at Povuette II,
expect to OCCUPY their new church this tsu.
There were threo additions to th9 Refa,.,
Presbyterian Church last Sabbath.
Tho Presbyterians Of Austin aro about +,
erece now house Of worship. 7. Eill 49,
stone. and will cost about s12, GOO.
The Presbyterian Church at Will, Ill, recs7a
eight new members last Sabbath. '*
The Ashland Avenue Presbyterian Chur-n -
sumed services last Sunday, IN tho Syedrrt..
giann Chapel, corner of Washington street ri
Ogden avenue. ~
The Cincinnati papers are praisitr. tha ~,
cdlhco OF tue Second Presbyterian Church !.
that place, which is to cost *25O,000. It triNL
the halldsomess church IN the city.
The additions to the Baptist cburcd,e. r, ~
cago and vicinity during tile month OF Ansaa
aggregated 10 By baptism and "a BY letter.
The Wisconsin Baptist anniversaries viii or.. ::
at Belcit, Sept. 90, aud Will OCCUPY about ons
week. 0u'
Tho kev. J. Gordon baptized tmo 1t the Yfes..
ern Avenue Church last Sunday, and caya Il.
hand OF fellowship to six -,
Farewell services we're held last sabbath eyr,
ing At the Indiana Avenuo Bsptiat Churca, 70 iii
goodbye to Miss Mary i. Wood, one Of tao ~.
cently-appoiuted missionaries Of the Wom,n,
Society Of tho West.
N!~THoD.sT.
4 new md elegant Methodist church ed;f,o
was dedicated at River Forest last SUNDAY. Hh
GOTHIC in architecture, built OF wood, neatly acd
elaborately finished inside, and will seat abou,
4O0 persona. It il constructed after soue az u.
city models, with Sunday school room, p.rIor.
and ptayer-meotins room iu the basement III
auditorium is neatly cerpeted, the ceiling. be-.
coad, tho windows decorated with sta:nA 1sn
covered with Scriptural notices. The lntss3a,,
is finished or with carved maple, aud black VI
nat, oak, butternut, and ash woods. Ths do&>
catiyn services Tero conducted by President
Fowler, OF the Northwestern University. Il
the conclusion OF the sermon, tae sum OF SO, 90
was raised By subscription, to paJ of tta balance
Of indebtedness.
A new church building for the Methodis..u Il
Aucrton, Iowa, is completed, and will be dedj
cotod next week.
Tho following Methodist Conferences will hi
held this week, beginning Sept. 1C: Cent.d
Ohio, nt Sidney, bishop James presiding; Cor
I'll m Illinois, Carthage, Bishop Scott presiding,
illinois, aiattoon, Bishop Foster prcsiungi
Bloomfield, Bishop Haven presiding.
A fine now Methodist church Was dedicsted n
stAwnr1 nat ha r. H.
nond, of Garrett Biblical Institute, assisted b
Prof. Vaudeville, OF Aurora, performed tho sci.
Fices. The building cost 81, 100. which amount
s either paid or made up by subscriptions Oh.
aimed at the date OF dedication.
Tho lightning struck the Methodist Churchill
3airstown, Ia, recently, doing damage to u
mount Of 800.
The Methodist Church at Low Point, Ill.,. vii
% rededlcatod to-day. About $500 has been u,
pended upon it IN repairs.
A now Methodist church will be dedicatedn =
fockford, H., Sept. 90.
The First Methodist Episcopal Church Il
aurora, H., netted oEeF SO, 600 "a tho proceed
II its late excursion to Lincoln, Neb. The Meo-
Iota Methodist Church arc preparing a simiu
EXCURSION to Yankton and intermediate polut1
The new Methodist Church ut Aurora, H.. il L
o be dedicated in few weeks. Its eatima.$j 4
ost is $4,000.
Twenty persons we're received into the Mosb +
,diBt Church in Calcutta. JuIy7. Tho moetipcs 4
ro frequently attended BY BrahmlnB, Hirdooa I
nd Mahomedans.
The Wesleyan Missionary Society OF Csasd4 i
s engaged in large missionary work. Tte1a !;
.ro in British Columbia and Red River, fou1- i
cen missionaries; among tho Indians, fortJ
,llA5l and forty-one missionaries. In On
ario aud Quebec there a1o 161 miaBious and 1%
Tile total missions aro 231, with
80 missionaries-
The Baptists arc circulating the report tha!
OF long ago an eutiro Methodist church WAS in
1crsed and received into the Eappabannocz Bs7-
st Association, FiEginia-
Mar.ha's Vineyard camp ground contains $50
ottaEes; Ocean Grove. $40; and at Sea Cid
20O.0C have boon expended in permanent i'm
rosemcats.
us1vEnAL1sT.
The Illinois Uniycrsalist Convention recently
that it was $500 better of thxn it
opposed. Tho General Secretary announced
Int he had had in his possession for tho last
lreo years 5000, which tho Convention hEatenet
, appropriate.
The annual report OF the Universalist Womans
ssociation Of Illinois shows III aggrests sum
olected during the year OF $4,000, Of uhish
IN the Church OF the IedeeEner OF this ety, q
Used 81 GOO, The money is invested in found E
'g and maintaining Ladies' Boarding Hall II. &
onbard Unworthy, Ga1esburg, Ill, and IN
arioua missionary undertakings Promineut !:
noug the churches lit raising aud dispensing &
ouey in this may, is st. Paula Society, Of this
ty.
The Universalsts appear to have no prejudiess, I
.ainst women preachers, ginco several srn u 2
ady ut work in that denomination. The htee
cession ia that of Mias Haines, a graduate Q!
o Canton Theological School, Hho has Assumed I
% pastorate OF the Universulist Church At Hai>s i
we'll lie. 4
The Vermont EniyerA.is:s have 6G parlahs4
churches and membership Of ,47o.
CONGREGATIONAL e
4 church Of thi1ty-four members was orsaa-
I'd at Red Cloud, Mimi. Aug IS. It vi !
tned OF the two churches of 1uarole aeo' Il
lteau, which gayo up their separate orgau1s' 4
,nA, with the understanding that they may o. Z:
nside1ed branches OF the county church.
The Congregational Church At Stewart =, +
lich has been laboring for some time unae.
eat difficulties is beginning to hope for eesso
acs. Tho editico has been repaired, and tes
rBoDs were recently received to membership
10 Rev. E. e. Carpenter waa installed IS sao.
stor Aug. %.
The rev. c. 4. Fowler'h church (Congregs
nal).Ecceived four members last Sunday, taie'
whom we're By profession
/ neat aud commodious Congregational hoass
worship Was detlicatet1 at Poyappi, Wis Az
1t coss 32, ,20U, aud will ACCOMMODATE -"