The New York herald., 1875-12-26
MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS.

at Quincy, Ill
Sixty conversions resulted from recent revival in
the Union church. Presbytery Of Westminster, Pa
Last Sunday twenty-four members we're added
70 Bethesda Presbyterian church. Philadelphia the rst
fruits Of revival work in progress there This
church was organized eight years ago with $50 mem
bers II has now COL
The Broad and Diamond street church, Philadelphia,
Rev. Matthew Newkirk pastor, is having winter Of
remarkable prosperity and that without any services
out Of the usual Last Sabbath seventy seven
persons added TO the communion
Two years ago the Rev. Louis Ray Foote became
pastor Of Throop avenue Presbyterian church, Brook
lyn, and in this time has received into membership
2s7, making aggregate Of 426 The Sunday school
also received accession Of 22S pupils, and tho Mis-
school has l,050 pups-the number being limited
only by the capacity OF the school room Tho
German Presbyterian church in Hopkins street Is an
outgrowth of this church The church receipts and
donations last year amounted to slo,976 female
Bible reader employed by the church, and the
ladies have established and main tain temperance
taurant The church has been enlarged during the
past year. the pastor preached his anniversary
last Sabbath TO large and interested congreGa
tion.
Mrs staunton, the head and founder OF Ingham Uni
versity Leroy N Y, has donated TO the Presbyterian
Church authorities four OF land and all The Col
lege buildings thereon lately improved by her at cost
Of $40 o00 and cancelled $12 900 mortgage which she
held against the Synodica trustees of the University
The institution Is for the education Of young ladies'
Under the ministry of Rev. e. P. Hammond at
Harrisburg Pa the revival continues with increasing
The whole city is moved, and a dozen meet
,ngs day held in different places Nothing like 1t
was ever known there
Drs Nicccs and Brookes, of ST. Louis have rented
De Bars Opera House for tho ensuing season. The
engagement however, does not come under the head
OF amusements but is in order to reach the
Sabbath evenings with pure gospel
The PresbyteYy OF New York have taken upon them
selves the responsibility Of refusing to the
nection of Rev c. s Robinson and the Memorial Pres
bytcrian church OF this city that he might accept the
secretaryshp of the Presbyterian Board of Education
70 which he recently elected
Several OF the United Presbyterian Cscotch) mission
aries stationed at Old Calabar the West African
coast have made considerable journeys into the nte
rior They find the people very anxious 70 enter into
relations Of commerce and friendship with white men
and TO receive Christian teachera
DR.. Field Of this city, was last heard from at Con-
stantnope, en- route TO Syria and Palestine. He ex-
pected TO spend few weeks at Jerusalem. He not
permitted TO land at Beirut because OF the prevalence
| Of cholera in several Syrian ports
The church Of Big Spring, Carlisle Presbytery TO
hold a centennial meeting some time in 1870 The
meeting s 10 last several days and has for its object
the collection Of material for the history of the church
The Presbyterian churches OF Binghamton have sent
forward Miss Harriet La Grange, OF Union, ~ Y, as
| missionary TO ITlpoI, syria, where she to take
charge of the girls founded by the Presbyte-
She sailed from this port December IS.
The Shady Side Presbyterian church, Pittsburg, Pa,
OF which the Rev w. T. Beatty is pastor, dedicated
TO the worship of God Sabbath morning, December
Il The new building, as 1t stands completed, not in
cludng the lot has the congregation little over
0O0 There less than 81 OF this
yet unprovided for. The church has grown since Its
organization in 1867 from q membership of twenty
nine q active, well organized membership Of 234
EPIsooPALIAN
The Episcopal Board OF Foreign Missions receipts
fnr fha ohant hlu hao
numerous stations in West Africa, China Haytt Japan
besides school in Athens, and school in Joppa
The american Church" episcopacy must be falling
into disrepute from other when leading
pastors of the faith refuse its Offices and hopors both
home and abroad. The bshoprics OF China and Africa
to which Drs Schereschewsky and Clarke recently
elected have both been refused by these gentlemen.
writer in the Standard Of the Gross suggests Rev. Mr..
Atwell bishop for Africa 1t hard that there
is sufficient zeal IN the Church TO get missionary
bishop for this country Is there no one who feels
called TO this work. Mr. Atwel has certainly done
we'll How II would do appoint him white pres
byters and teachers in Africa is question not easily
! answered
| The diocese of Vermont has A parishes 80 minis
ters, 2 SAG communicates 432 Sunday scholars, SO
churches valued az 1884 900 and 10 parsonages valued
at $44, 352 The diocesan mission fund amounted
Tho diocese of Minnesota raised during the ecclcsias
tical year just closed for church and benevolent pur
poses $S4 BOT
The Rev R s Adams has removed from Troy, N
Y, TO Brooklyn Long Island N Y.
Rev H N Powers, d. D., late the popular rector OF
St. Johns church, leaves Chicago, having accepted
call from the Episcopal church IN Bridgeport, Conn
DR.. Powers, addition to being genial gentleman
Of ablest preachers and most accom-
plished scholars.
The Church Journal comedies TO Bishop Haven with
q small b the right to pray for Mr Grants reelection
for anything else and his protection in such right
by the federal and State constitutions provided only
that he make himself a nuisance TO other peo-
pie But his very episcopal title nuisance to the
Church Journal and many Of its patrons, and how,
then shall he escape oondemnationY
ST. Thomas church, IN this city, is not thigh" in
Its position in Its ritual that It cannot maintain
1 ,1a
where 125 families gathered Tor divine worship
every Sunday and 1874 pupils in the Sunday school, and
where thirty-one persons we're confirmed during the
year aud $l,2le raised by the envelope pan The
parish has ladies' association, whose object to pro-
vide work for poor industrious Protestant women OF
the parish II also clothes and otherwise assists tho
children Of the Sunday school and industrial school
connected with the mission chapel and all others with
In the parish who, through poverty sickness, may
need its help II has expended this during the
past year over ST. 600
CATHOLIC
The Sacred Congregation Of Rites has published three
DEGREES the beati6caton Of three OF God
the Venerable Alphonse de 0rozco of the Augustinan
Hermts In Spain, Venerable Brother OF Charles Of
Leta OF the Minor Friars Of ST Francis Of Asssiu,
and Brother Humilis Of the same order.
The Jesuits have held very successful mission for
the past weeks the Church OF the Immaculate
Conception, Boston. The first week the services
for women and tho past week for men. The Redemp-
torist Fathers Oates, Muller Xaria and Dold giving
mission in the Cathedral, Portland, Nc
The plgrimages stil continue In France. Recently
at Tours there OF very imposing nature
s. 900 persons attended IL and the procession
| exceedingly magnificent The Archbisbops Of Tours
! AK Angoueme, and tho Bishops OF Mans Verdun and
Basille walked IN it. and il took than hour 10
pass spot grand pilgrimage is being organized
at Mount ST Mchaels Normandy, and will take place
at Christmas.
The Rev Father Rocsch, who was for time seriously
i'll at Rochester ~ " has so far recovered as be able
10 return his post in ST. Alphonsus church, Bati-
\ more
The Catholic Mirror OF Baltimore reports on good
authority, that Bishop Hendrcken, Of Providence, X
L. is be assigned TO the vacant diocese Of Hartford
/ Conn. Bishop Hendricken was eonsecrated IN APRIL
4 1872
The receipts during the year closing In the arch
diocese OF Baltimore FOR the propagation Of the faith
amount TO 81 800 There q balance Of 81, 054
hand the beginning Of the year For holy childhood
/ the receipts So 2T7; hand S228
Bishop McNerny Of Albany has raised to the priest
I hood from this docese:-Revs W. A. Farrell and NJ J.
McSwiggan 10 the deaconate Revs Charles IL Cotton,
/ James L. Crosby, Maurice j. Dougherty, John NJ.
| Grady, Patrick j. McCloskey, Philip Meister, Michael
! Montgomery; TO the subdeaconate:-Rev Michael
j Lane IhomAs NJ OHanLon. Edward W. SlatlerY: 70