, 1874-02-08

The CONGREGATIONAL Church at Wyanet nave
lust ordered fino church bell.
The New England Congregational Church eaaI a has
just raised for home masslon "ofA So'7'so' ~
about $2.70 member.
4 meetine Of the Congregational Union Was !
held in HE Ieayitt Street church on last Tues
day evening. Reports from tho var1oqs =, soc1eues
showed good degroe Of prosperity. The Union
meets with the Plymouth Church on the ntst
Tuesday OF March
Tho Alliance says: "At Ridgeland, ne"
station between Austin and Oak Park. Congre-
rational society was organized last Tuesday
evening. Five Trustees we're chosen, VIZ:
Mcssrs. Spooner Pitkin, Scoville, Cummings,
and robbins. AS soon es the legal forms are
compile, two lots, worth s., ,000, WILL DO oecoea to
the now society for church slto
CATHOLIC.
The second eemi-annual exhibition Of tho pu-
pi!s OF St. Ignatius College will take place in tho
hall of the institution, on Twelfth street. near
Blue Island avenue, aon Wednesday, evening"
Feb. IL.
Convention of the different Irish Societies
of Chicago will be held to-day in Father Mathew
Temperance Hall, 229 West Harrison street, to
make arrangements for the celebration Of st.
Patricks Day. Each Society is requested to
send five Delegates.
St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum in this city, situ-
| ated on tho corner Of Douglas place and Lake
avenue is full, containing 100 children, and the
A~~A-
numbers could bo easily doubled. Tho annual
| expenses Of the institution approach to ,0oo:
| The orphans are in robust health, happy, and
i fondly attached to the sisters who 30 carefully
| watch over them Tho Vindicdtor hopes TO see
o movement inaugurated soon for its enlarge
mont.
uS1vEnsLIsT.
| The 0qudk1 Spectator says marrlag o-set7lce
took place at the Uuiyersalist Church IN Green
| yillo, H., Dec. q, which was Witnessed BY q
largo congregation:
Near tho uniycrsaIist Church where these services
were performed there is BAPTIST Church, ana many
of tho members Of that church. having been famiaf
attundcd the UnIversaist Church to hear the sermon
| aud witness the ceremony. And the Baptist Chufcn
has encc passed vote ceusuring oil those who did Co.
The Neu Corenant says of DR.. Brooks. new
departure
refusing to follow any such lead. Tho book should
he entitled Dr. Brooks New Departure, ana not Vuf
New for we fearless predict tnat II as hs
heretofore followed, and Will hereafter pursue ne w
b. accompanied by very inconsiderable nnmnef q
our people, The uoyeulrut will not be- as It snou4n
not be, general.
/ MIsCEILASEous
congregation Of Reformed Episcopa1ians IS
being formed in Louisville, ky. Ihe prospects
| are that body Of GOO members will be formed
Tho Religious Telescope (organ Of the United
| Brethren) in it's last Issue Las over three col
umns Of revival news.
Eiieren persons united With the American Re-
form Church. at Norwood, Jan. Is, and at Ley
den. ten united With the Reform Church on
Feb. l.
In the southwestern portion OF Minnesota and
the northwestern Of Iowa the Methodist preach
ers have lived, for several months, upon less
than 800 per aunum. Yet they DO NOT CON-
plain. OF express desire to abandon their posts
A series of lectures has been inaugurated in
Norwood this winter. The Rev. ". W E1erta
Jr. delivered the first, on Spain. The 1tev. 4
J, Frost OF the University Place Eaptlst Church
will deliver tho Ee1t lecture on Ihu1soaY even
ing.
The Inferior says there is bunch =" o1
i nre,ctcrs il, Chicago who affect literature, bu
who evidently dropped the classics IN the sopho
: more wear. They parade much classical aliu
sion, and the editor thinks they will not mnkt
orators worth listening to until they get rid O.
; their " classical Equint.'
: PERSONAL.
CHICAGO.
Tho Rev. 4, J. Frost, pastor Of the Universit.
: Place Baptist Church, Chicago, preached LII
:, first anniversary sermon Feb l.
Father O'Connor' Of the Church Of the Hot
b Name (Catholic), is to be chaplain OF the alarm
Hospital
The Rev. Mr. Dorney breaches bis first serno' \
+ to-day i'll ST. James (cathollc} cnufcn, On traii'
= avenue.
Prof. Nathan Sheppard lectured Friday after
4 noon On lie writings of George Mcdonald in tn
}, | Michigan Avenue Baptist church.
! Thu Rev. J. ]. Keller is the presiding elder {
= t1o German Methodist churches OF Chicago IN
vicinity.
r. The Rev. Hooper Crews, formerly Presidin
10 elder OF Chicago District of Rock River Conte
= ence, now in Batavia, was in the city last "eel
81 He was welcomed BY many old friends
Deacon Hammond, of the First baptil
j. Church, Chicago, was presented By, tie yonn
i pcoplo or that church with an elegant easy cha
-, - and couch last week. Deacon Hammond is vel
"a greatly beloved by all the young members OF tn
t. church.
n The Uesterz. Catholic has this to say Of tt
1e Rev. Florence NcCarthy, the eccentric pastor
Union Park Baptist Church:
a. mixed up with such aairs Why should one o. 7
oa race Of the "princely Mccaura" bo quasreNns l
ae chirch9:' cla Because be has ceased 70 pc what
I'd ought to be- Catholic and ) true lr3shman;
father is Catholic, and be vas Catnone hu. n ne n
o, city whom be does not know, and wIo WI not s n M
themselves be known to him They taink is he Is [n an
:, and and perhaps his Crimes, he is possessed
2; some som Of the undying Qualities Of hts s Tat "a
h intei gcncc ability, snd reckless courage The b
Of | lists of the Union Park Church have got to d
with an Irish wolf dog' :. . oucn .,at N 4,
1e bsv to sS,naon cuFea
]
at forcfathcrs-ho Church Of tho Egcrusins They 50
an ruin and they bring us to ruin God gives them Pow
IT over those whom He wisles to punish. We wish
~ Bantis Church JOY Florence Mccarthy Ho is NJ
w. theirs. They may enjuy him Those VINO como 70 ,,
from the rauka Of proestant'sm DO not ac1 IN Il
- | way" ..-----
TO ELSEWHERE.
NJ Elder Jacob Knapp, the great Baptist revivs
las ist is near the close Of his days, from pumona
3, disease. He is at Rockford, H.
1f ~ The Rev. Isaac James, the oldest local preach
N in The Methodist Church in tho United State
n m- died ut Bustleton, Pa, jan 2G, aged w..
: The Rev. DR., N. E. Cobleigh, editor Of
Atlanta, Ga, Methodist Adcgcate, died OF pne
er, mouia Feb. 1.
: The Rev. j. B. Walker, D. D., has beco
ng associate, editor OF the Galveston Ch'1st'
ILL., Advocate.
be Sarah F. Smiley, whom the Presbyterian
vines OF New York drove out of their church
,o, ia engaged in q series OF meetings in one Of
r.. Methodist chur ches of Cincinnati.
The Rev. Mo.l ey Punshon will deliver an