The Morning herald., 1876-06-26
lock, Professor Francis Walker, and Pro-
lessor S0elYe l...

lock, Professor Francis Walker, and Pro-
lessor Seelye.
When Mr.. Moody went to Chicago the
other day and attracted mulsitudes the
local papers were forced to contrast them
with the comparatively small following
which he had before he went to England.
A long contest between the Catholics and
"Old Catholics of Geneva Switzerland, for
the possession Of the Cathedral Of Notre
Dame, has resulted in success to the cold
Catholics" The Government regarded it
as the property of the State and offered 1t to
the "Old Catholics" When Pere Hyacinth,
denounces it as an Infamous wrong, as the
banished Archbishop of Geneva collected the
funds to build, the church, from the French
people, and the Republic of Switzerland,
never contributed one cent towards its con-
structiOn.
The Rev. Newman Hall says the Churches
of Great Britain have lost $4,000 members
within three years by intemperance.
The applications from freedmen for pas
sage to Liberia are very numerous. Annual
collections for the Pennsylvania Colonial
tion Society, in July, are requested. One
hundred persons in single county in North
Carolina desire to 60 to Liberia.
Presbyterian.
The Rev. Jeremiah Wood, who died in
Mayfield, N. Y, June 6, had been in charge
of the Presbyterian church there about fifty
years.
The Southern Presbyterian papers that
originally opposed the representation of
their Church in the Council of all Presby-
terians, 10 be held in July, 1877, are ex-
pressing : desire to drop all controversy in
relation to the subject. The 7ransylvania
Presbyterian says: "We have considered
the scheme chimerical, and have thought it
unwise and unsafe for our Church to go into
It. The desire for harmony now dictates
that the measure adopted should have fair
trial."
The Rev. DR.. M. W. Jacobus, of the West
ern Theological Seminary, Allegheny,
who was elected by the Presbyterian Assem-
bly, Secretary of the Board of Education, is
likely to accept his new appointment.
There will be reunion of the Presbyte-
rians of Western Pennsylvania at Shirts
Grove, Washington, on August 81.
The United Presbyterian Board of Mis-
sions, reports missions in Syria, India, China
and Egypt, with 152 missionaries and help
ers, 9l5 communicates, and 2,756 pupils.
The General Assembly of the Presbyte-
rian Church of Canada, began its sessions
in Toronto, June s. The Rev. DR.. Topp
was chosen moderator. The Rev. Mr.. Som.
erville appeared as the delegate from the
Free Church of Scotland, and the Rev. Dr..
Mutchmore, of Philadelphia, as the dele
gate from the Presbyterian General Assem-
bly, Of the United States. Much time was
given to the consideration of the Macdon-
nell case.
The members of the Evangelical Ministe-
rial Association of Pittsburg and vicinity,
have recommended their churches to OBJ
serve the second Sabbath of July, 1876, as a
day of thanksgiving and prayer to God for
the blessings vouchsafed to our nation in all
it's past history, and they further resolve
that on that day especially they will implore
Gods blessing upon the future OF our ma
tion, and they recommend that special SER
mons be preached in their pulpits calling
attention to the prevailing evils and cor
ruptions. personal and political, Of our
times and the moral needs of our nation !;
and also request the ministry and churches
of the whole country to unite with them in
a like observance Of said day.
The O6se ..rer suggests that in every house,
in every hamlet, village, city and town of
our country, the voice of thanksgiving and
praise should 60 up to God on the Fourth OF
July, for the mercies of the first hundred
years of our national existence. In thou
sands of places there may be union meet
ings of all Christian people for prayer on
the morning of that great day. Let them
celebrate with powder and brass who prefer
such demonstrations of gladness, but the
people of God should not forget, on the
hundredth anniversary of independence, to
"enter his gates with thanksgiving and his
courts with praise.V