, 1875-04-11
REI iCIDus MISCELLANY.


Baltimore, are about to erect $500 memoir
slab for their late pastor, Father Myers.
The new Homcwood Presbyterian Church r
ce1yed four adult members on last Sabbatl
three OF whom made profession Of faith.
Last Sabbath tventy-eig1t persons were pul
| 1icly Tecslyed into the communion OF the Eugl
wood Church, seventeen OF whom united on pr
fession OF faith.
The Presbyterian Church at Austin, the Re-
z. n. Barret, pastor, received ton new 1nembe,
on profession last Sabbath. Allthese uo1o fro}
tho 6abbath-sohool.
The official statistics Of the Missouri Baptii
General Association give tue number Of Baptis
| churches, in Missouri At 800 ordained miniE
ters, 78o church members, 81, 500.
The Rev. John Gordon' and the Rev. r. 4
Paterson, Of this city, have beenx holding ravivs
services at the Baptist Church at Marshall, Mich
So far thirty fire have been received into tn
Church BY baptism
The Fourth Reformed Episcopal Church NJ.
| organized at meeting held in the old St. John
| Church, on the West Side last Monday evening
Bishop Cheney presiding. This is good news t
many. Ths outlook Of the new enterprise i
bright.
The grasshoppers have driven 745 Methods
church members and 1856 Suuday y-schooi scholar.
| and eight teachers out Of South Kansas With,
| ages have been lost to the Church though tht
! eame plague-
| The Sixth Presbyterian Church, in charge q
the Rev. E. P. Wells, it is said, oontempates al
| enlargement OF their building At an carly day
| Additional pews could be now rented it thel
| we're available. L number OF acceasiona to tht
/ membership were made last Sunday.
! L Baptist Educational Convention h to b.
| held at st: tJoseph, Mo-, April IS, under tht
Union. A Baptist University is to be estAb
lished at ST. Joseph. A public building Of the
| city was recently purchased by the Union fol
that purpose.
Tho Rsv. B. 8. Storrp, of Brooklyn, has Just
preached the sermon ut the rededication OF tue
Congregational Church at Longmeadow, Mass.
Il is singular fact that Just 100 years ago Or.
StoI1s' grandfather preached the sermon at tho
laying OF the foundation OF the sauo church.
The revival meeting in the First Norwegian
II. E. Church At Chicago has been closed, re-
sulting in between sixty and esvanty CONVEX
Eions. son1e OF whom are reclaimed backsiders.
About fifty have joined the church on probation
since Conference. Carl E. Eltzholtz 1s pastor.
It is expected the Chicago Presbytery, which
convenes in the chapel Of the Third P1esbyte-
rian Church Monday, will confirm the coDsolida-
Churches and give the new organization the
name ct - Sixth Presbyterian Church of Chi
cago."
The Established Church in England is to have
= new hshopric-St. Alban's-formed Of Essex
and Hertfordshire, Tha grand old abbey, 4
church OF st. Aban's, will be the Cathedral Of
the Diocese, and Dr.. Claughton, the present
Bishop Of Rochester, will probably be ths first
incumbent OF tina new See.
The Church OF tho Redeemer, the second Uni
versalist, Of this city have just paid of, BY rails
ing upwards Of 420, 600, the entire amount that
secures to them their church-lot and building
without dollar OF debt upon ths same. n
these days parish without debt is in happy
plight Who speaks next?
Mr.. Moody's sunday~schooI, on tho North
Side, ia still in prosperous condition, though
Mr. Ii. has been gone for two years. Each
officer and teacher has cheerfuuy shoudered SO
much responsibility in the Superinteudcnt's ab-
senca, that the school has not materially abated
its interest or numbers. Nina hundred echolara
we're present last Sunday.
DR.. Pearce, Of the New Jersey Methodist Con-
ference, 1s thus challenged by an immerdionist
brother: If he will produce single lexico-
grapher, Baptist or Pedo Baptist, in classic OF
New Testament Greek, Of any responsibility,
who gives ssprinkle' as q primary definition to
the Greek word 'baptize,' will trundla him in =
wheelbarrow to Alaska and back
Rev. G. a. Hepvorth, pastor, has issued in ap-
peal for financial aid Its debts amount to
$185, 900, aud the pow rents yield an income Of
S12 $50. which Is spent in paying tho interest of
tho debt. Tho current expenses Of ths church
are S13, 600 year, and the only means at pres-
emit Of obtaining this sum ire tho Sunday col
1ections, which nre inadequate
The Rev. }. II. Faris, Financial Agent OF the
Presbyterian Theological Seminary, reports
SIS, 900 secured for the building OF the Seminary
Chapel, the donors being C. H. Mccormick
Jesse L. Williams, and c. B. Nelson, who gave
Ss9 each; e onoo It IT, j. 5sg5eea to commencs the
~, recitation, and other rooms which will add
greatly to the convenience and usefulness of
that excellent institution.
Graco Methodist Church. In charge Of the Rev.
Dr.. FELTON,, held meeting last Wednesday even
ing to inaugurate measures to put up the front
OF their new grand church ediice, With great
unanimity the whole matter Tas discussed, and
the prospect now is that at an early day The
4. long boards in front of that building will be
taken domn and q magnificent brick aud marble
front take their place, with tasteful spre point
ing far up in the skies.
Tho number OF communicates Of Jefferson
Park Presbyterian Church nill be enlarged by
twenty eight to-day. This church is filling No
very rapidly under Prof. Patton's teaching. L
is understood that be will noe accept the call as
pastor, but has agreed to preach for m unil1n-
tied tirae, which is 3 Patent Wsy OF getting |
round threatened difficulties by parties connect |
Swinging theology than An old-fashioned Patent
one.
There are ia Ohio 565 Baptist churches, BIB !
Baptist ministers, Of whom 1854 are ordained, and
54 lcentiates. During the past gear there wero |
!, 222 additions By baptism and experience. and |
292 by litter: Tho total membership OF the |
churches is 1908. In Cleveland there arc
churches and soyeral prosperous missions, witha /
membership of !, 794 in Dayton, S chutchestsnd
|, ,0l1 members and in CINCINNATI II churches