, 1875-12-19

| Tbs Rse. G. D. Hclmer left for his new Brook.
lyn fleld Thursday evening At S O'Clock !,
The Rev. Maurice Waller, pastor Of the Pres,
byteriar Church As Petersburg, ILL.,, and family
are v;siting relatives and friends in the city,,
| Tho Rev. Mr.. Bartholomew. Of Valparaiso,
| Ind, has accepted the cal! to the Presbyterian
Church At Arlington Heights, ahd Is III this field
| at HoEk-
DR.. Enthusiastically has again decided not to
ecce2t the EsAopric OF Chua, to which he was
| elected BY the Protestant Episcopal House OF
I Bishops.
Tho ne7. Tsthcr Lnwlor. pastor OF st. y1ncent
! de Panl's Church, Lozanspors. Ind, has been
| appointed Vicar-Gencral Of tha Roman Catholic
| Diocese OF Fort Wayne.
Philip Phillips. familiary known IS the Sing
| ing Pilgrim" after spending nearly = year in
Australix, is now in India. He ui!l 20 TO Ea-
gland, where he Will spend several montha in
services of song. , -
1 The Rev. r. y. Far1en, Epiecopalian ciorky-
| man at Beileville. Ont, has exopmmunieatod .
parishoner, James II. Duunet. for mot con-
tribntiug to the support ct tho Church according
{ to bis MEANS"
The Key. n. Q. Mabie, Of the Oak Park Dap
tist Church. ILL.,. has received the unanimous call
| Of tho church in Btnokline. Mas. to become
their pastor. This il ope Of tho bsst and strong
est churches in that State. -
III. SpnIgeon' hka Como ont strongly against
excluding religion from the national schools
He calls i}making lnAdelity the national feiiS
ion, and he prefers even the Church Of England
to having Bradiaugh fer Archbishop Of Cantcr
bury.
The Marut,is OF Lorno il connected with 3d.
ciety, the object Of which is to give to every
Church at England Clergyman settled over par
ish saiary Of 81, ,pg0 year. There Are 4.DO0
banadces which do not yield that amount. The
Marquis is disinterested ia his work, for ha Is
himself . Presbyterian.
Mr. B9echer it Ia said, occupies 40 minutes in
his Sunday services, tho sermon being about CD
minutes and the prayer Is. Eighty-two services
in various Congregational churches have been
timed. md tao average length found to be IT'S
minutes. The sermons were found to Average SO
minutes, and the ''long prayer" 10 minutes.
The Rev. DR.. 4. v. Thomas, formerly Of Chi
caso, Delivered the first OF series OF discourses
in the First II. E. Church in Aurora, last Sun
day evening, On *sTne Origin aud Destiny OF
Man." One Of the largest audiences ever assem-
bied in Aurora heard the sermon. largo numbers
turning away, unabIe even to obtain standing
room
The new: Bishop OF Deyenter, Monsienour Die
pandaul. was cousecrated on Wednesday, Nov.
II, at Rotterdam, by the Archbishop Of Utrecht,
the Bishop OF Haariem and Bishop Reinkins a.
sisting. This is said to Ds the FIRST instance in
the Old Catholic Church Of Holland having three
1t u E94SG&2AtAOA 6A1AN0 4ta 6EpA-
ration from Rome.
The Rsv. ". W. Woodworth. pastor Of the
Congregational Church in Grnnei, H., for the
last fye aud half years, recently rendered tris
resignation to accept csll to the Second Con-
grcEationaf Church in Beru Macs. Nr. Wood
worth's first settlement, when he began to
preach, thlrtv-three years ago, WAS over the
church to which he has been called.
Preliminary to union of the First Society and
the Church OF the Redeemer two promi-
mont Unitarian Churches in Cincinnati, the lat
ter church has invited the lev. Charles ".
Wendte, late pastor OF tho First Unitarian
Church Of Chicago. to preach in Cincinnati. The
reverend gentlamans sermon last Sunday was
an exposition OF his reviowa Of What Do Unita-
rian8 Beieye?''