The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-16

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| chufchc' are without ptstorf
Tho Centennial Blptlst Church in
! hro1kl'n, Of whirh Or. Fulton 1. paatny has nae.
bought the ptopc ~ which formerly bo.ongci to ITO
Clinton Avenue Baptit Gnu CO.
AS one of the results of the recent re-
vival Ia Gia'gow, II 10 reported that about dozen
newly converted Young men have volunteered t. 10 TO
Aus'rAllA 10 engage In eyangolisuc sork
The Simpson Methodist Episconal
urth In BROOKLYN now to have the pastoral SERVED,
OF the Rev. G. y Suns. ID. D. late OF Newark WHO , %,
Of the most eloquent men In the Methodist Cnurcn
Tile work Of foreign missions il sun.
po,cd to be highly esteemed by most Of the chur,h,,
yet the money comes very slowly for u support Tn,
Reformed Dutch Board closes Ia nscal yeartg7 oooi
deot while the debt OF the Presbyterian Board
| 100000
A great revival Is In progress at Read.
ing. Pa, where the REV. g. A. Taggart has teen evans
RcIizng 10 the Y NJ. G. A. interest over -four huadr,s
meetings have been held, especially young men, and
about one thousand persons have attended inqur,
meetin =.
A railroad branch of the Columbus,
Ohio, Young Men. Cntistian Association has teen On
gauz'd under the CHI rye Of np sh ar the rulroAt
evangelist The railroad employees have suoscrtos
1900 toward the expenses. New aud elegant ROOM
are to be secured.
After the close Of the Moody and San.
key meetings. which will he thu 10 H. Moody viii "a
South ana Join his family who 80 king health aud
rest In Florida Sukcy WI 20 TO lis home IN New,
cattle, Pa, and take few weeks Of rcst No orange
cnts are yet announced for mCetngs to be hcu by tue
eyangelsts.
-Evangelists Hall and Cree report q
barren condition OF religious life San An'oniu Text
Though the population ia 10000 only 80 profess
Ing Christians were discovered. Yet the meetings u
these evangclsts were attended with gOoi results.
Some conversions are reported aud tho Whole CONNIE
nifty was sail to be stirred.
The religious revival which began sew.
eral weeks ago IN Williams College, WIN ,mstown.
Mass continues vigorously. It began the prnyti
meet ngs at the collie e CHAP ' nut has spresd 10
the town. and the extra mcetngs condu ted by tho Rev
A. scwall IN the Congregational church attended By
both students and town people.
Some OF the wealthy Mclhodi-is arc
excriug themselves strcnuou ly In behalf OF lie br0s
aud Wesleyan Seminar os, and they evidently 40 noi
mean that Uncle Danic's failure shalt jcopafllc ina
n-iu,iOns There ia gool re son to bfli We mat
sufficient sum will be raised for ndsomr rnl,v.
mcnt Tor 10th OF them. One wealthy banker has gyon
10000 to each Of them.
-Rcvivalist Hammond il now holding
his meetings In Washington In the open air. Immense
crowds attend, nut, somehow other. the icadn
ticans are not yet among tho converts whtt %
tue matter with these men Mr.. Hammond has yet tive
weeks Of labor before HIM In wasnnp ton and 1t Il De.
voutly to be hoped that during the closing meetings tn.
number Of conversions among politicians will b. hand
some.
II " q
1873, when the Evangelical Alliance met l. doing us
| sonary work among his countrymen In lnuia lie
has two companies OF native engaged III evan
gclisc labor. one Of the most recent converts iea
young religious mcndicirt who formerly wondered
from shrine 70 shrine, all the way from the GHnge-
| Ccylon. This Young man Ia now studjing tie kngu,A
tnd Guiarhu languages with view to becoming reg.
uar missionary.
Many Methodists are asking about tho
real value Of Bishops ana Presiding Elders In some
quarters there Is disposition to get rd 81 tn Bishops
while In others II i thought that the Pre'idng Ed"re
n expensive and needless luxury. Some would ts
satisfied II the power OF appoint ng Pre-idnf kilets
were asei out Of the hands Of tn Bis cp, and tho
| ONCE made elective. general impress 81. v.us
tai ther- is now altogether too much machinery a1d
| too sch exltnse involved IA the running OF a.
A tempest of the teapot order is just
raging In Tie Br Ioklyn Jung Men'- Chn.an As.
recitation. Some Of the younger brethren clamof Tor
clange OF onees. and that the present ncumocns
are old foses, exceedingly respectable, but mo- rcafu
sentative OF the membership Of the catOn, anu DO
not carry cut It's OBJECTS. They tlat poor
frers who seek god,y counsel and pccunlry help ara
not met with a warm welcome On the other hand tho
directors that they Ia mon who get the money
to carry on the concern and pay the bI Il, winch tho
younger men coul not do without their as Irian,O
an they Intimate that n the young mel want chance
Of running the ociaton and furnishing the money.
| they, the seniors VIM cheerfuliy step out.
While the Methodists reprlmand tho
brother who owns dog and gun. and goes hunting,
the PreshyterY ofBrooklyn hardly knows what TO d.
with Brother Lamberon. formerly spastor IN tn city
Of churche. aud church scand ais. Brother Lambc9n
writes from the western part Of this State That being
engaged IN the udy OF natural history ami greatly
devoted TO neld sports he wsbc, be drolpad from
the roll Of ministers. Tho Presbyterian Church proydes
no way Of getting out OF tho ministry except being
turned out, and as this brother has commit ed spc
en- offence. the Pre- bytery OF da ip me TIN 80
the rrcsbytefy Il Brooa Ign Rvc- BRO her tab rou
letter Of dismi.son to the Pr sbyt ry OF Roche ter
and writes an official letter inviting It to IL, di,ctu
ton about receiving BRO her Lambcrton, and to aooel
or REJECT Inn. as II links b IT,
Now that the Moody ana Sankoy moot
ings are drawing TO close, here general inqury
out the money matters toItlnual apDrals have been
m de TO the public for Tccuniary Assistance, thd
sacmcnt has been ma e that aOOut 10000 wouii 10
wanted. Many people have ho,ltitcd to contribute,
owing to the air Of mystery which ha, enyelopod this
"wanted." DiiRent inquiry has failed to addlco any
| authorized memorandum Of items. N body knowe hnv
much has been received, or from whom, or how mach
ssti lacking. Tho committee have advertised atScY
for money The prodigal expense niue, OF tue aL
vertsins and ticket d circular printing freely
cicised by many excellent people. II i.t, he hopoa
that IN view OF the outlay for the TING
SUBSTANTIAL results VIII follow than have .'y tine
o'cn visible in Brookyn since The neetiugs IN tna cI
closed
In the Methodist Conference which met
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II IA rs for the mns ny called, that the charsc
and standing of each brother might be reviewed by ma
conference, Alvey debate arose concerning The Rev
Mir. Hand VINO owns ID dog, and II iond IT go
luz On hunting expeditions IN the wlds OF Long Island
As a great many other clerSymon own gun, and 60
shooting in the summer time and as the possession Of
dog OF dogs Is a common thing among thousands %
families Of Methodists well as her Christians,
positive action could be taken IN the Of Broth,I
Hand, IN the Of actual discipline. Ana yet II
| hat a Ha inf ~ tna
Almomshed to attend moro to his pa-tora, duties aud
less T. his gun aud dog. The presiding Bt hop
far to counsel the brother to sell his gGn and gya
away his dog"
One Of the Mioronosian missionaries re-
ports as cheering sgu Of progress, the fact that "a
Las Induced the people to wear clothes. ALTHOUGH
Clothes ana tnrstlanlti DO, IN many 70
cloely together, yet there some instances In Wh,a
people well clothed without having any Christianity
TO speak or We would rather hear that these andcf
we're thoroughly Chrlstanl1ed and soundy conNtttck
than that they had learDed to attire themselves oll
latest fashions, even with all the beautiful nconvea
fence Of the stove-ppe hat, or WIN such Jaunly ut
new bonnets some Of our Cnrlstlan sisters Will Nel
to church to day II the day Ia sunshny. Dres mnku