, 1875-01-24
RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY,

Tho Plymouth Congregational Church Of thl
city expects to be able TO worship in their ne
building about May.
The Second Baptist Church have been holt
ing large meetings With increasing interest,"
There are signs OF q revival reported.
!. Fellowship meetings woro bald last week /
tho Congregational Churches at Lyonsviiie
haywood, and Crote, nesr Chicago, and at soutl
j Chicago.
| The First Baptist Church hope to have thei
new chapel, on the corner Of South Park Avenu
and Thirty-tirst street, completed by the LIST 0
| May next.
| The Indiana Avenue Baptist Church receive<
several members BY baptism on tile last twt
| Sundays, and two more persons are expected K
receive TINT religious rite to-day.
! The First Presbyterian Church Of this cit,
has issued . manual Of eighty-six pages
! Among the facts .herain contained it il stated
that tue whole number OF persons at any time
connected with the church is 1,872.
The new II. Z. Church at Kavcnswood will be
dedicated next Sunday It ia neat structure,
about so By 60 feet in size, with an andienceroom
and basement The basement ID NOT finished,
but will be COMPLETED aome time in the spring.
The ladies Of the First Presbyterian Church,
Chicago, have just given to the County Hospital
a fno upright piano. The Fisst aud Second
Churches have been sond1ng scholars from their
6abba.h-schoois TO sins in the halls and wards
o. the institution, to tho great pleasure Of the
inma.ea.
4 series OF largely attended and deeply inter
eBting religious meetings are in progress in the
Taberuacle Congregational Church. Many per
son give evidsnco Of having begun the Christian
life. The meetings will bo held this week every
evening except Mondsy, in which tho pastor will
be assisted BY the Rev. E. F. Williams. OF tho
Porty-soventb Street Church, aud otheta.
Thirty-six prcsbyterians Of Lawndale have
sent petition to tae Chicago Presbytery for the
establishment OF q church Of their faith aud
order in that suburb. Presbyterian services are
MllaEd i Decker's hall preaching by the Rev.
g. N. Hair. 1t ia p4oposed TO build brick
church in the spring, which will cost not less
than $4,000.
Lent will begin this year On tho 10th Of Feb
ruary, much earlier than It las done since 1863.
This will bring the high festival Of Easter this
year on tho 18th OF March, which is within six
ever possibly occur. On some yeara Easter falls
as late as the 25th Of April. Some years there
mo Is many as nine Sundays between Epiphany
and Ash Wednesday, but this year there will
only be five Sundays intervening between the
Jubilee Of Epiphany snd the solemn fast. OF
Lent.
ReTivals arc in progress in soyeral OF The
Methodist churches Of tho city In the Ha;stod
Street Church ifte6n new members have been
received; the Rev. DR.. J. o. Peck, OF Centenary
Church, has received over sixty new members
since Jan. l; tWo we're received By letter and
three upon probation st the Oakland If: z.
Church, by the pastor, the Rev. L. Meredith.
Conversions are also reported lu the Park Ave
nue. Church, the Rev. N. e. Atel, pastor, and in
Ada Street Church, the Rev. J. L. &. AcIown,
pastor.
The Michigan Avenue Methodist Episcopal
Church, near Thiry-second street, the Rev II.
u. Par Ehurst pastor, has nearly completed =
~ the SOUTH It is built Of brick, With stone |
trimmings is three stories in hight with base ]
nent. It will cost about S11, 900 or S12 000 aud
viii be ready for occupancy in about ten |
Feeks. Under the minlst1ations Of Mr. Park !
lurst the congregations are large, and the reh- !
,lous interest on the increase. 4 vigorous
ioung Menb Christian Association has recently |
,eeu established in the Church.
LAwNnALg BAPTIST CHURCH.
There exists IN Lawndale growing 1ittla Bap-
ist Church OF forty members. 1t is composed
t. well-to-do Baptists from the several city,
hurcAes rho have gone to Lawndale to tot up
hoir household gods. At least half-a-dozen Of
hem are doacona OF long standing, rooted
nd grounded in the faith, and able to
dify their brethren with words Of wisdom
J
zed a little over y year ago, with twenty
aembers. Among it's constituents we're such !
len as l. G. Millard. s. S. Merrill E. 8. Abro, |
nd A. Bellany, with their wives. The little
hurch IL full Of enterprise and push, and it il
kelly to convert tie entire town, unleas the
! 1esbyterians fling cut, aa they propose to do,
q opposing banner. The Baptist brethren have
uilt fine house Of worship, frame On BRICK
asement, which cost s17,000. In tho belfry
angs sUeet-tooed bell, aud below the floor is
. approved bapristry. A Sabbath-school Of Las
'embefa regularly convenes in the building,
eacon Bellamy leads Bible-class Of some
,1ty members, and Deacon Albro directs the
oeting Of Sabbath-school teachers which meets
1ch Tuesday evening. The Rev. Horace Bu1ch-
d is pas.or.
FIFTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,
This Society, which recently sold their house
worship on Wabash avenue near Thlrty-first
rect, and purchased the Baptist Chapel Cd The
utheast cornor Of Indiana avenue and Thir-
stu street. finding their present new quarters
IN and extension OF their chapel, for use until
ey shall bo ready to proceed with tue construc-
1u OF their main church, Ground has already I ,
en broken on the work Of the extension. The I
an ia to build Al addition on tho west side OF
9 chapel which shall leave the entire structure i
the form Of = 7, the upright stem OF which
all be about two-thirds as wide Us the hori- !
nta1 is long. The modified building viii con- ;
in about twice as many aithbgs az the present
APPEL The pulpit will be placed On tho east
10 OF the old building, 40 as to front tho nav 4
rtion; the seats will bs newly arranged, and ! {
e general aspect Of the building entirelv r
anged. Tbs main entrance will be from In 7
sua ayenue ut the foot OF the r, willis the | 9
esent entrance on Thrtieth street will be kept
subordinate place Of admission. The church a
harmonious aud 1ourishlng under the MINIS Z
ltionB Of its pastor, the Rev. G. L. Thompson.
ElsEWuEHE. :
The Presbyterian Church at Paris Ill., recent I -
celebrated its fftiesh anniversary.
The New England Adyentists hare f1cd May =
1875, as the date when thu world Is coming to =
end. {
Che Rev. Dr.. TalEnAge, pastor of Tabernacle Q
urch, Brooklyn, has received total of 533 8
y members during tho past nine months, C.
The Rev. T. T.. Smith has established Second o. =
formed Episcopal Church in Kansas Citv, TIE u
= organization il rnpidly geowing in that =,
nifty. ! II
newspaper paragraph from over tho sea ootes o. q
t over 400 young men in Edinbu1g and Glsa- -, ~
:, said to be fruits Of the recent religious r. ~
ai under the 1abdra Of Moody aud S2nkey. Of g. O.
to devoto themselves to the Gospel ministry =.
Scotland or anywhere else in the world. =.
q Philadelphia, according to tho Presbvteyfon. et
relative strength OF tbs Protestant churchca
q follows: Baptist 81 churches and IL 5n7 .