Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-12-31
THE CHURCHES LAST YEAR.

THE CHURCHES LAST YEAR.
THE CONGREGATIONAL
IsTICs-sABBATH SCHOOLS,
&C., &C.; &C.
We give below an account OF what ia
been done in the Churches in the yearJu
ended, together with some news OF interes
about them:
METHODIST.
The Methodist Church, Rev. DR.. Jno
S. Martin, pastor, has a membership OF 90
members, there having been about 100 ad
ditions during the year, large number O.
the additions being from converts made
during the revival cond ucted by Pew. DE-
Martin, recently, which lasted some five
or six weeks. The greatest harmony has
prevailed in the congregation during the
year, and the Pastor has filled his pulpit
nearly every Sunday in it. There have
been very few deaths among the member
ship. The Stewards year runs from March
to March, so we cannot give the financial
statement of the year. except the fact that
the amount paid in up to t his time is much
larger than at the same time last year.
The year com menced with a debt of 81 900
on the parsonage, of which $500 has been
paid. The Sunday school numbers 3S4
scholars and 81 teachers, with Chas. w.
Hunter, Superin tendent, and Jno. B.
Evans, Asst Superintendent. A second
Sabbath school has been started by this
Church. in the west end of the city, TN
der the superintendent Of E. NJ. Gushing,
which has some 50 or go scholars. The
church edifice is still in contest by the NJ
E. Church North, but the Southern Con-
ference has appointed fraternal Commits.
sion to the NJ. E. General Conference, and
there is some probability that the complica-
tions regarding all the disputed Church
property may be put in the way of. adjust
ment in fraternal, instead of legal way.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
This church, Rev. W. Q. Hullihen rec
tor. which in its decorations Christmas,
partially described last Friday, surpassed
in beauty any we have seen for long time
is in aourishing condition. Its yearly
statement runs from May to May. Its
statement for that time was as follows:
Baptisms-adults s, infants IA, total %.
Combinations 81, of which number u were
pupils from the Virginia Female Institute.
Communicants-for reported. VIII tie
2S2 colored 3-total 2S5, withdrawn /, died
7, present number 3O3. Marriages 2, funer-
ais 20. Sunday School-teachers 25, schol-
ars 225, contributions $26O,4O whole con-
tribution of the church for the year
$7.20S, 33.
The handsome Sabbath school building
owned by this congregation, which is the
handsomest edit ce of the kind in Virginia
will be ready for use and will be occupied
for the first time within, probably, the
next week. 1t only now awaits the arrival
of the colored glass windows which have
been made in Cincinnati at cost of $500.
The occupation will be the occasion of a
festival given the children. The school
now has $: teachers and 1873 scholars.
LUTHERAN CHURCH.
This church. Rev. NJ. R. Minnich, pas
tor. shows an increase of over % per cent
on it's last years membership. The pres
ent number of communicates is ll2. The
additions during the past year have been
by baptism, 10; confirmation, %; certifi-
cate, IL; reinstatement, total, 46. Losses
by removal, 10 (of which II were young
ladies from the Seminary; deaths, ,; total
-21. Increase of communicates, 25. In
FAINT baptisms, IS; deaths of infants 8.
The Sabbath-school, owing to the loss Of
several valuable teachers and the removal
of a number of scholars, shows no net in
crease. It numbers officers, % teachers
and 100 scholars-total, 159. The officers
are Geo. P. Baker, Superintendent; D. W.
Drake, Asst Superintendent and Choris-
ter; Geo. F. Flick, Henry B. Brown and
Geo. Piper, Assistant Librarians.
Of this congregation, there are two
Marks in the Theological Seminary in Sa-
lem, and John E. Bushnell in the Collegi-
ate department of Roanoke preparing to be-
come a theological student. D. NJ. Smith,
Of that congregation, was ordained at the
last meeting of Synod at Newtown. and is
now pastor in charge OF church at Bran
donville, W. Va.
There will be prayer meetings nightly at
this church all next week, to be followed
by Communion ON the following Sabbath.
Next Sunday the pastor will preach his
first sermon of the new year from the text
twist ye not that | must be about my
fathers buslness?"
CATHOLIC CHURCH.
The Catholic Church. of which Rev.
Father McVerry is Pastor, and Rev. Faith
er Rely, assistant, numbers a membership
of $50, that, as our readers are aware, in
cludes the children of the Church. There
has been no increase in the last year, in
view of the fact that the hardness of the
times has induced the removal to other
localities of many of its members, in search
Of employment. The Sabbath School
which is under the supervision Of Father
McVerry numbers 80 children, and two
head teachers, Mr.. James Bowler, of the
boys, and Miss Mollie McQuaide, of the
girls, under whom there are other teachers
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHI URCH.
4 The yearly statement of this church, Rev.
VIM. E. Baker, Pastor, runs from April to
April, and there is no statement up to the
list of the year. The last annual statement
shows membership of 375 The total
contributions of the congregation for the
year, were S5,ss1. The Sunday School has
1877 scholars.
SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
This church, of which Rev. McDuf
Simpson is Pastor, commences the new
year with {. membership of 81, and Sun