The New York herald., 1876-01-16

have reconsdered their action and referred the matter
20 a committee OF eleven for consideration.
Plymouth Baptist church OF this city has dtsbanded
Their church Is Catholic property.
Rev Dr. hikels, formerly OF the slxteenIn street
Baptist church. has accepted call 10 the pastoral over
sight Of the East Baptist church. He commences his
abors with manifestations OF much rehgious interest
The Presbyterian church in Chester Orange county,
! ~ Y, last communion Sabbath received 80 recent
converts to ITS membership. Al Fountain Green, Ill,
/ II have been added. the Scotch Presbyterian
church, Chicago, H.. the Rev. James Mclaughlins,
received ~ new members at their recent com
munion. Nineteen names have been added 10 the
Presbyterian church, Rochester, Mich. at TaedegA
Cherokee Presbytery 81 at Westminster church Dan
vilo Va, is; at Howard Presbyterian church, San
Francisco, 20; at Shelbyvile, KY 20 TO the Presoy-
terrain church, South, and IA TO tho Northern pres-
byterian church at Mount Zion Presbytery, Mo-, 81
Among the results Of the preaching OF Messrs
Whlte and Bss OF Chicago in Louisville Ky, are the
addition or 200 members 10 one Presbyterian
church and 100 to another besides smaller gains TO
others Fifteen members have been received lately 70
the Seventh Presbyterian church OF Indianapolis Ind,
and 20 persons into the Ninth Presbyterian church OF
the same city The Scotch Presbyterian church OF
Chicago received p new members at their last COM
munion
DR. Hall, of this city thinks topical preaching is
doubtful method OF sustaining religious interest In the
which is an abominaton, and 10 is a mistake in prac-
tce There are, he adds enough of ecclesiastical gyp-
sizes already-people who 60 round and hear all the
men who nave something Interesting" The worst
instructed Christians are commonly Just those who
hear almost everybody and Of little use to any
body.
The Twelfth street Reformed church. Brooklyn REV
U, d. Gulick, pastor) received wentytwo persons on
profession and sixteen by certificate at its last COM
munlon.
ROMAN CATHOLIC
Rev. Dr. Freel has ordered that henceforward, at
three O'Clock every Friday the bell OF ST. Charles Ro
Catholic church. Brooklyn, Will be rung IN honor
Of the Passion OF Christ The practice OF saying nve
Paters and Aves this hour In honor OF the Passion Is
enriched with many ndulgences
The Rev. HenryJ Fmmer has been transferred from
ST. Paul's church, Brooklyn, to ST. Benedicts The
Rev. DR.. Loughran, who was ordained in Rome last
summer has been appointed TO the vacancy thus occa-
stoned in ST. Pauls
The roof of the new cathedral at Fifth avenue and
Fiftieth street is almost completed, and beautl-
ful god-tipped stands on the east end
Within thirty days the workmen Will commence
their labors inside the great edhce Money for carry
ing the work pouring in from all parts OF the city
Every Catholic congregation Is expected 10 contribute
from 500 TO So 900 this year. II is said that the Car
dinal has promises OF aid from capitalists also, and
there is no doubt that the work will now be pushed for
ward TO a hasty completion.
Five Dominican fathers open mission OF two weeks
in St. Peter's church, South Brooklyn, Rev. Father
Fransoli, pastor, to-day
Rev Charles j. Gallagher late professor in Mount
St. Marys College, Emmttsburg, Md. has been ap-
pointed assistant pastor of the Church OF the Assump
Bishop Gross, of Savannah, has been making very
short visit to New York. HIS elegant cathedral is TO
be dedicated the last DAY of April being Sunday and
! the Feast of ST. Catharine of Sienna
Rev. Father Barry, pastor OF the Rossvie Roman
Catholic church, Staten Island, is seriously ILL., at his
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which occurred two weeks ago.
METHODIST.
J Bishop Peck will dedicate church at Moriah
Plattsburg district n Y Conference ncxt Thursday
Rev. s. p Craver and wife, OF Iowa. and Miss ogeden
Of Springfield gI Ohio have gone as missionaries to
Mexico The former go assistants TO DR. Butler the
latter as representative of the Womans Foreign Mis-
! sonary Society.
Rev. j. d. Brown missionary in India whose health
is falling will leave that country for this month.
In ST. Marks church. Rockville Centre 60 souls have
found the Saviour recently; in Bayshore Methodist
| 7. in Carh daIa pa IN. nrap
county N. Y, II; at Parkersburg, W. Va, 60 have
joined the church; in Sugar Loaf N Y, 20 have been
added.
The statistics of the Free Methodist Church are 0
conferences 255 preachers 600 members 225 Sunday
Schools 5000 scholars church property to the amount
OF 5000 900, and seminares. The Church formed
| in 1860
The meeting held at Ryland chapel, Washington
! u. c., has resulted in about 40 conversions The
Fourth street charge, Washington, D. c., reports
! 14O conversions the result or their REVIVAL.
At the Union church, in the same city 40,
and at Laural End % On the Potomac district
Washington Conference, there have been 500
converts. In Salisbury church, New York, 90 have
Rev. Dr. Lewis r. Dunn, of Newark Conference, has
withdrawn from the National Camp Meeting Associa-
tion. He retains the interest in the great ques-
ton, butts not fully satisfied with all the aud
ures in that association
MISCELLANEOUS
There Mexico l25 Protestant congregations IL
churches 80 halls of worshp$l39 900 the probable
value Of church property--2s free day schools, 2s
night schools orphanages theological semnaries 8
presses employed in the publication of religious ltera
ture. religious periodicals. 122 agents employed
$1,000 was spent last year in carrying the Gospel
work
The receipts of the American Board have fallen of
$4,000 during the first quarter OF its current fiscal
year.
young Norwegian who was converted at one OF the
earlier meetings held by Messrs Moody and Sankey
England has returned to Norway and started Sunday
school, the first opened in the part Of
that country The little seed thus planted may yet be-
come a great harvest
| New Workers who spend their summers at Cornwall
will be interested in learning that remarkable revival
has been in progress for the past three weeks the
chapel at Cornwall landing The chapel crowded
nightly, tho services commencing at O'Clock and
continuing until midnight The results, so far, have
been twenty hopefui conyersions