The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-22

their witherspoon statue last May. After beg
sns the anal $1,000 has been raised and The bronze
image taken from the hsndso the founders. Prayeys
| have been offered, speeches made, aud hymns suDs
and itherspoon stands In his gorv IN Farmount PARK
| Nearly all OF the better class Of
| churches In Philadelphia are now crowded with
shippers who TO town TO the orest eho W.
| From OF the popular churches hundreds arg
turned away unable TO effect an entrance. Even ing
| dull preachers have . chance of preaching 10 ful
houses, thing which they have not had before sn<
| may not have again.
The lower hall of fremont Temple,
| Boston, 10 crowded every Monday noon 10 hesr M
lectures Of the Rev Joseph Cook who discusses vart
Gus topics connected vita religious life and faith.
large majority Of composed Of ministers and
other professional men. lie Is dealing with hux-
ley and the other evoutonists and is said to have
knocked standng room from under HuIleys celebrated
| nvetoed horse
| -spurgeon does not believe in ill-venti-
| lated churches One day he preaching In a coun-
| try chapel where the air foul that he sshed
whether every gentleman who happened to be near ,
| window would have the Kindness to smash two
psnes OF glass. There grand smashing Of panes
and delightful accession OF fresh air. IL but rgba
70 add that Mr. spurseon paid the bill for toe damage
| done to the windows.
| That irrepre ssible Brother Kalloch
turns up again with milestone Of Indebtedness around
his neck. He not long ago became pastor Of o promA
nent Baptist Church In San Francisco and no nsures
- bankrupt to the extent OF 10000 or $4,000 fog
| debts contracted while IN Kansas. Brother Kaloch
may be q man OF considerable ability In come aires.
tions. but IL not likely that his services mnistss
Of the gospel will be OF any particular account
The Sunday services Of Prof. Adler
are attended bv large audiences composed chiefly o.
the Intellectual and progressive OF the IuAehtes
Of this city. The gentlemen who are responsible fov
these services declare that they have intention OF
interfering with the regular exercises Of the Jewish
Sabbath but that the services to be entirely
and NM IN mis- nf eVer ha nV a.
Ter is scholar OF great ability and forcble and elo
quent speaker lie speaks without notes, ana closely
holds the attention OF his audience nne choir n in
attendance. and choice music IL prominent part VI
the services.
The Huguenot Church recently organ-
red Pelham manor has been made into a Preebyte,
risn church, In connection with the Presbytery %
westchcser. The chapel which is q beiutifal build'
ing accommodating 800 people, 10 close ny the spot
where the Huguenot immigrants nrst landed Tho
church will bear the Of The First Presbytenss
Bueuenot Church Of Pelham Manor" shorter name
would have done Just as we'll and rrst might safely
have been left out, there particular probability
Of second" Presbyterian Husuenot Memorial
Church ever being erected.
An Albany clergyman, in a centennial
Presbyterisnism said in considering tho
synchronous growth Of Church and the republic"
although coming into view as the poor mans sect.
Preshyterisnism now hastens toward comets aphe-
lion from him." No wonder the poor man got away.
that was the sort OF preaching he heard II probably
made him think Of the 10 the and he made
up his mind that the preachers religion al metz
oric moonsnine. "To the poor the gospel preacht
but the poor don't the trouble to eten
It when It Frances round distant ellpuc oroits
| this mpracticsDle manner.
The Sunday school people of New York
are to hold service Of special In behalf OF tho
sunday school work throughout the world.
evening AT Dr. Crosby's church. The prayers will
interpreted with addresses, one Of which be
nv sNf.a
has beer followed with remarkably good results ounng
the past few years, and 10 managed with much
Ell ciency and common than many other depart
ments OF religious Effort Yet It has not made such
great achievements as to be pist the need Of praying
for. Let prayers fcrve and point, sDd
| there II reason to believe they will be answered.
Evangelist Hammond is Mt work ~
Phade phia in the Reformed church In Seventh stress
moderately large congregation Is in attendance, b
the attractions of the closing weeks of the tenenns
are too great to make It probable that Mr.. HAmniont
will draw great crowds. After the evangelist bst
cuded orief season Of labor in Philsdclphls beisN
20 to Washington, to take up his work where he lftH
| on some time ago. great many OF the onceholoeu
of that wicked city left In uncovered eobdi
ton, and the probability 10 that they remain
| verted to the present time. II Mr.. Hammond eL
make Arrangements to bring the guns of his evangeu
cal battery to bear these sinners OF Washington To-
fore election day, there s no telling how bcnencai -
| the country the results OF his labors might be.
| Some of our native ministers are be-
coming little discouraged because foreigners
vited to MI the pupiis Of the greatest distinction.
has for years been the custom TO invite eminent
British gentlemen here TO oil certain pulpts during tho
| summer. These gentlemen have In nearly every case
received calls to American churches They ntltheS
more nor less able than American clergymen Of
sponding station IN religious society. There IL some
| thing heightened. however, in the idea OF having
| imported article. whether of clergy OF clothing.
The Presbyterian Church Murray Hill, which nss
Just called distinguished ongregatonal clergyman of
London. spent long time In looking all America
for pastor sufficiently eloquent aud learned. FtpIibg
good enough for them they seut their call
the water There host, OF able, eloquent learned
| American Minister'S with nothing to uo The eeeltrs-
astical mills are annually turning out new lots Of new
ones, and the poor felows launched on the ot
| ministerial life with reasonable expectation thsf
work VIII be assigned them. Some reform peeoed IN
| this particular.
The published reason for the retire.
meut OF DR.. Sesver from the pastorate OF the Flrr
Presbyterian Church Of Brooklyn, his dss,rs V
seek wider held OF usefulness. TINS however, seemed
Aurange reason. considering the immense population
| IN the Immediate neighborhood of the church Tue
reason given the Doctor. onaal letter Of ress
nation Is that the most feasible way to avoid greater
financial embarrassment In the future T. chang, IN
the pastorae OF the church." The meeting which &C.
copied DR. Sewers resignation passed several resoo-
tons. prominent among which was that IN the Judg-
ment OF this meeting the deficiency IN the income or
the church 10 not attributable to the pastor" Tue
church has been running down for time psst, and
the income IT has not been enough 70 pAy
expenses The congre CATION composed of wealthy
and aristocrstic families, many Of whom have moyta
away. There are more people In the neigh borhood.
howeverthan before for msny OF the houses formerly
occupied family resi- lences fun Of boarders
II this venerable church, win i honorable record Of
hundred years shall be suffered to fall INTO decay u
| Will be a reproach TO the Christianity Of BROOKLYN.
| Brother Bolts case continues to fur
nish Interesting material for the Bapusu OF phsdeI-
phia to consider lie says that the investigating com
mittee OF his church have right TO lnveegate hid
conduct, most 1t them not communicates OF tha
church He refuses TO administer the communion "a
any Of his mock who have mad the presumpton 10
fy against the shepherd Anmoslty RACES 40 hereby
thai some Of the nock follow their shepherd when Id
goes after dark. In order to be certain where w
goes. and what company he keeps The other nghI
believing he was gong 10 visit lady several brehren
followed HIN, saw INN enter house, and waited fog
HIM unit he came out. 1heI they pounced npoD him.
saying, Now we've caught you 20 The house FROM the
door OF which be mad emerged proved 30 he that Of s
mother The committee Of followers not only had
their trouble for their pains but msde deendants
In suit for assault aud battery, In which Pastor bott