The New York herald., 1876-09-03
MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS.
METHODIST.

Miss Anna oliver has demonstrated that girls can
study other things as well as medicine and matrmony.
She graduated last June from the Boston Theological
Seminary the head of class in which were seven
teen young men She cannot be ordained in the Meth
odst Episcopal Church. bu nevertheless, she breaches
wherever invited and for the past month or six weeks
she has hled Of the principal Methodist pulpts
In Brooklyn Miss Oliver is brunette OF twenty-four
summers homey in style and dress though attractive,
fluent speaker but very superficial, and n native OF
Ohio
A new Methodist church is In process OF erection at
Berwick, Ne. They have erected a new parsonage.
Dr. A. Lavrcy of the Cincinnati Conference. and
family leave this Dor, on the 3lst inst, for
months travel in tha Est
Rev. Preston Nash, late pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South at Warrington, Fla, has ac
cepted . chapaincy In tho United States Army, and
will soon leave for Prescott, Arizona.
The new editor of the Christian Adrocate 10 kept
the wing pretty steadily His first week here Of which
others are but duplicates was spent as ioows:-Arrv-
ing In New York from the West on Monday noon he
lett the evening ior the camp meeting at Chester,
Pa where he preached on Tuesday. Thence, nt the
earnest request OF Bishop Scott he journeyed to the
Rehobo,h Camp, on the beach tho south Of
the State OF Delaware wherc he preached on Wedncs
day evening On Thursday evening ho was In the
morning Sunday morning found him occupying the
pulpit OF ST. Paus IN this city and last week he was
OF again. The Adpocate's subscribers are being In
creased thereby
some of our Methodist brethren are disturbed about
tue judgment passed upon Dr. whedon the Methodist
commentator. by Spurgeon ia TO this efect;-'Dr.
whedon lacks common sense and is no exposition lie
is furiousy anti Calvinistc and weak he is fur
ous" spurgeon is preacher, but nots commentator,
and, therefore. an indifferent Judge in ihis Gaze
The Methods, congregation OF fs,mpsonvlle, Ky, arc
building now church at a cost OF $4,000. but lack
about s., 900 to complete IL
DedIca,ory services will be held next Thursday in
the Methodist Episcopal church at Duneilen \. j.
Bishop James Or. suns. of brookiyn, ana hev. MI.
enue Mothodist Episcopal church, Buffalo, y. Y. VIII
also be dedicated nest Sunday 10y Bishop simpson Dr.
NJ.
DR.. Blackwell declines tho Presidency Of Randolph
Macon College because of Ill health, aud DR.. Duncan
has consented to remain at the post until November
-Four camp meetings commenced Wednesday, August
% and are now m progress IN four a,s.re" IN and
gahslA Valley, Latrobc and Mount sewickiey
PRESBYTERIAN
The Presbyterian church at Aercereburg Pa, has
had but three pastors the 07 years and only
one vacancy OF three years IN all that lime
Rev : Laws. Ii D., member Of the Presoytery
OF New York was recently insuguraed az Prcsident vi
the University of Missouri
The Rev. George Roonson, OF Duneannon, Pa, Is to
succeed Rev. James Marshall in the pastorate OF the
First Presbyterian church, Hoboscn, n
The Rev. Howard Cornell has resigned his charge at
Constantis, N Y, aud has accepted the call OF the
church OF Nichols
Tho Rev james D. Kerr pastor Of the First Prcsby-
terIsp church cf Nebraska city, has been appointed
synodical IN ssionary Of Nebraska TO h the vacancy
made by she death Of the Rev \. {. Robinson.
Dr. u. W. Poor. of san Francisco, has been elected
Corresponding Secretary OF the Pre- bytersn Board Of
Educalion DR.. Poor has for number OF years been
pastor OF church Oakland, Francisco, and
a professor in the Presbyterian Theological Seminary
OF that city.
The corner stone Of q now Presbyterian church al
Ricnneld springs, n. ", was laid Tuesday, Au-
gust Is. -