, 1874-08-02

religion by n1 the students OF Westminster Col

religion by all the students of Westminster Col
;ege.
Tahpenning, Mich. which is expected to prove
aelf-supportinG. It is tho result Of the 1abors
of Mr.. J. Boyd Andrews, student Of Chicago
Theological Seminary.
DR.. McCosh, now in ENGLAND addressed
| meeting Of the London preebytery July H. oC
the subject Of the proposed Pan-Presbyteriar
Council. He gave history of the movement,
und favored its contamination.
The Rev. DR.. Patterson, formerly OF Chicago.
now OF San Francisco, the Occident says has
returned from Ills recent vacation, and resumed
his 1abors with his congregation, Who warmly
benefited by his residence On the California
Coast.
CONGREGATIONAL.
Nine persons united with the Congregational
Church, at Bradford. H., at the last comnlun-
iou, seven by profession.
The Princeton, ILL.,, Congregational Church
have recently presented thoir old COMMUNION
1 serrico to a colored church.
Tic Congregational Church At Cedar Springs,
Mich, under the pastorate Of the Rev. E. ".
Miller, bayo secured 4 site und arc preparing
to build chapel.
The currcnt EXPENSES aud benevolent contri-
buttons of the Congregational churches Of ILL.,
| noiB for the last year amount to the handsome
| sum OF 3563, 22t.
| churches in Missouri, most Of which depend in
| some measure upon the Home Mlssi sionary
! Society for support.
The Congregationalists OF England have
raised a fund of 25y0.000 for retired pas
| tors, and are now engaged III raising fund
| for the widows OF deceased ministers. It already
| amounts to over $3.50, 900.
/ 1-t - 0.,;ro ut
| its last communion. received ton persons by
profession. The rev. Edward Anderson will
| begin his labors with the church its pastor
| about Aug. Is. The now ediice ia nearly
| completed It costs, with the lot, about
| 100000.
| REFORMED EPISCOPAL.
Tho now prayef-book of the Reformed Episco-
pal Church is now in press and will be issued
about Aug. Is.
Tho Rev. Harold E. Drookes has been holding
services of tho new church in Castle Rock, COL,
aud preliminary meeting for the organization
Of = church has bcon held.
EPISCOPAL.
Tho Bishop OF Louisiana thinks that IeEla-
luton should be rather prescrptiye than pro-
scrlpLye.
Tho otfertory Of Trinity Parish, New York, is
said to be 30 small that the officers arc forbidden
to name the amount, even to parishionerB-
Tho Bishop OF Lincoln addressed large
meeting Of Motbodists and C1lurchmen on the
deH4rablenosa ard propriesy Of = union Of t1ess
two classes Of Christians.
Tie Hon. Robert c. Winthrop. who represents
Massachusetts III the General Convention of the
Church, has received tho degree Of Doctor Of
Laws from Cambridge, England.
Tho Bishop Of Connecticut dcprccates tho use
OF the word Mtualism. He suggests 81 intliTdu-
allzeu medlevui;nl as the most proper term for
that Which Is sought to be condemned
DR.. Irons, man who has stood aioof from
the Rituasts, aud oyon opposed tue London
Mission, now yehemently Identities himself with
the Ktualists against repzessisc legislation.
The Bishop of Pctctsboro declared that the
utter dependence OF the American clergy will |
ever prevent cxtravaganccs in any direction |
from becoming permanent, without laws or |
canOns.
It is proposed to allow, by royal license. the |
transaction OF come cnurch-bussness by conyo- |
cation. Directors to thus have been told that
the step is preparatory to separation Of Church /
from Static
The Rev. Elisha Nltt1essy. formerly dis
tinguished Cong, egat,onal Clergyman of one OF
the oldest New England families, presided at
tie late Episcopal Li.culcid Couyoc2tion Ut the
Episcopal Church.
Tho Rev. H. E; Won Sturmer, pastor OF
Emanuel Baptist Church. Leicester, is about
joining the Church Of England, IN tho grouud
tat tue Church affords greater liberty Of con-
science than the Baptist
The Cleveland Herald recommends that tho
EplscopaIlan Church pviity be So modified that
its Warlcns may be ladies' This, it asserss is
TO the very organization OF So
cieties winch almost entirely composed Of
female members.
Now that tho Kirk and the Free Kirk OF Scot
land have no renaon for their separate existence,
there is talk not only of the!f union. but for a
union Of all tho religious bodies upon the basis
Of the Apostles aud Niccue Crse1s. large free
dom and diversity. auI al historical chnrch-the
position Of Tue Episcopal Charch OF America
The Diahop OF Rhoas Island shows the in
utility Of legislation, aad the number OF prac-
ticcs which aud must bs left to the
Christian Heuse OF proprlcty IN Bishops, priests,
and congregations. Our groatost danger. he
says, lies III the direction OF dead nateEialisln,
which r2solyea man into machine, aud God
into myth.
The Rev c. Mel Rector Of the French
Church OF st. Sauseur iu Philadelphia has sailed
for Europe at the request Of Pero Hyacinthe to
confer him and the OLD Catholics. Hyacinthe.
n his letter, SAWS: Hasten. i. /. In tile |
:risis toward which the world is now running
lays arc worth years, and 1 believe that the |
Episcopal Church. md above all that of Arreri-
-, is destined to play grent part in the Te-es-
adjustment Of d true Cetholcity." Bishop
'te!ens, of Pennsyl7snis, in commanding Ir.
hat he should put himself in communication I
tith the leaders OF this Old Catholic Reform in
france"
METHODIST. 8
Bishop Andrews preached at Wyoming, Ia, {
July 49, and at the conclusion Of his sermon i
'ver 81 600 were raised to pay of IN indebted
lcss ,
The New York Evangelist notes radical differ
nco Of tendency between Northern and Southern 1
It states that shilo the Northern | t
church is jealously limiting the authority Of
is Bishops, the Southern body has lately granted
0 itB eccaeBiastcaI suptriOrS the authority of |
cto upon tho legislation Of the General Con- E
erence.
UtIrERSALIST. :.
Anew UniverBalist church will be dedicated in !
Warren, Wis, Aug. 3. Tho Rows. Dr.. Barry and =
)r. Shook will officiate.