The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-06

now IN Congress- has won the prize.
The Central Congregational church. Brooklyn tDE
Scudder's keeps up its attendance with very little
diminution, especially at the morning service The
evening Is not SO well attended Tho Rev. M Barrett
OF Norwich, England, who succeeded Mr. Bradcn, Of
London, Is preaching twice every Sabbath DR.. Scud-
der is expected home the early par. of September.
The Bay State General Association OF Congregational
Churches at its last session In Lowell reported peace
and prosperity within It's borders few dissensions and
large accessions during the winter rcvivals
UNIvERsAIisT
The Rev. s. b. Rawson has re gned his pastora.o at
st. Johns, N. b., and come 10 Boston.
The Universaists Of Minneapolis recently dedicated
new and elegant church in that place.
The Rev H. C. Munson closed his abors with tho
Cniversast Society, at North Auburn, Me-, last Sun
day.
Mr.. N. l. Hewitt ordained a few weeks ago at
Boston, Eric county, n " and installed pastor the
Unversast society At that place
The Universalists OF Harlem about TO build
church. The architects are preparing plans and the
usual church committees TO supervise aud funds
The Rev A. U; Hutchius has resigned at Potsaam
and gone to Middlcport ~ Y.
The Cniversaists OF Gear Rapids, Mich build
ing church which they expect complete in few
months.
Tho State Convention OF Unversalsts will hold its
the Church OF the Reconciliation. of which Rev.
Charles +. Lee Is pastor.
Rev J. Hyatt Smith, pastor Of Lee avenue Baptist
church Brooklyn, who is enthusiastic admirer OF
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rannersvle HIS church. which has been undergoing
repairs IRON the fire, Will be reopened Sep
TENDER.
Rev. Lansing Burrows for several years pastor at
Bordcnown, n. j. is called to the North church,
Newark, and will commence his labors alter the sum-
ner vacation.
Rev A. N. Averiu, OF Emporia, Kansas. has &C
copied call TO the Passionate OF the Baptist church at
Fort Scott and is To commence his labors there to-day
The Bergen church, Jersey City Heights have
extended call to tho Rev. G. b. vosburg, OF Coopers-
town, N "
The Broad street church, Elizabeth have called the
Rev. George Pierce, OF Oneida, n. Y, anu his ac-
ceptancc Is anticipated
The Rev. A. G. Bronson, OF Wallingord, Conn,
cepts a cali TO Patterson, y. Y.
They are building Baptist meeting houses out the
praries with much hopeulness OF the future. Seven
have recently been dedicated IN Illinois, all free from
debt, and each will seat about $50 persons
The German Baptist church Chicago recently dcdi-
Gated MISSION church in South Chicago, the erection
Of which cost nothing except the price the material,
$780, The church members did the work Tor nothing.
The building will seat 200 persons and Is worth So 0O0
The regular Baptists number IN the United States
FL 55l churches, 1854 ministers and 16l, 40 mem
bers. With other Baptis, bodies the Baptist memb,r-
ship reached The first of last year Z, 1886, 1871.
PRESBYTERIAN.
The Presbyterians IN this land plumber s. 100 minis.
tiers and 535, 2l0 church members Their benevolent
contributions for the last church year amounted 10
$3.50 22a They have 555,347 pupils in their sunday
schools
Tho Frs, Presbyterian church of Galveston has,
alter tour years struggle. secured beautiful chapel
that has them $50, 0O0
In the city of Mexico the Presbyterans have organ
zed three churches, th,eo schools one night school,
theoo- ical class one orphanagc boys; while u
printing press is expected very soon Tor the pubca
ton OF scripture, tracts. hymns. &c All these
Hutchinson, while outside the city, in this valley OF
Mexico, and which Mr.. Hutchinson exercises a
sort OF bishops care, there are in Izipan
large church ind school; Cacuacan IA large church
and school; IN Lorenzo church, In Hapam worship
Is held In the prison, and Tacubaya congregation,
but worship just now suspended
The congregation Of Long Creek Presbyterian church
in CASTOR county North Carolina, Of the charges
OF Rev. j. j. Kennedy, have finished very sutoble
and comnodous house OF worship. 1t Will be dedi-
Gated on the 9TH OF August, prox.
Rev. David Strang. VI the American Missiou Osioot,
Egypt has returned to this country alter absence OF
ten years Mr.. Strang has not only attended to his
ties in tue Osioot Training Collcge-thc ms rucou
being the Arabic ianguage-but has also preached
edited newspaper, opened medical school and deiv
cred clinical lectures He reports that Christian work
is reaching grand results IN Egypt and that, under
the influence of the native schools and the college
os,oot It Will DO advanced tar rapidly than In tho
past
The Rev. Dr. c. L. Thompson, editor OF the Chicago
Interior, after trip eastward, during which he has
acceptably Allied the pulpit OF the Brooklyn Tab
ernace visited the Centennial Exhibition; returns
this week to his Chicago pulpit home and newspaper
known throughout the country.
kPIscOPALIAN.
The Episcopalians OF the South have fallen In love
with certain worldly methods oil doubtful morality for
raising money for church purposes To stop this
the Southern Churchman raises the following dam: -
III Episcopal churches cannot DO built and supplied
when butt, except We have horse races, balls and
theatres then devouty hope that all such churches
will be swallowed up by earthquakes
Tho Rev. W. S. Ransord. who is now assisting DR..
s. H. Tying Jr, was forbidden 10 preach by ono OF the
English bishops because no had ofciaed in Dissenters
The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States
has 3. lao ministers and 273, oO2 members
Bishop lay Of Easton, Pa thinks the Cathedral sys.
Is necessary to the enectye development of the
episcopal office. II would not be II he developed
The Rev Fleming James, Of Calvary church, LOUIS.
vile, KY has been elected Professor OF Biblical Learn
ing and Exegess In the Theological Department OF
Kenyon College
xgrnopIsr.
DR.. II. B. Ridecway, OF the New York Conference Il
Is said. will succeed DR.. G. H. Payne In The pasorato Of
ST. Paul's church. Cincinnati
Another triumph for the Dissenters recorded In
England, and not among the dead but the living A
gaieksepcr compelled Wesley an clergy TO pay toll
when on his way to preach ON the ground that DIS
tenter was not a clergyman But SUIT at law resulted
IN the clergy mans favor, and the money
funded.
Or. John Atkinson, of Chicago Cla,c of Jersey city,
has been spending few weeks among his old irends
here, but has returned to the West
The Methodist Epscopal Church bad at the last Gen.
eral Conference, eighty annual conferences. to which
that body added SIX more Their total membership is
1,5s0559 net increase Tor the year OF 1888.
The African Methodist Episcopal Church was organ
lied separate body by Richard Alien. blacksmith
Of Philadelphia ind us first preacher and urst
bishop IN 1915 1t has had eleven bishops
during the years OF its existence SIX OF whom still live
Their first church. IN Philadelphia. dedicated by
Bishop Asbury 1896 During the sixty years OF
their separate existence they have gathered into their
fold nearly 400 members they own - 600 600
OF churc property. They have twenty seven
an nuai con aud ono university at Xcn,a Ohio
beside several smaller institutions of learning
There 10 PSI Methodist Episcopal Sunday sch oos
containing 207 Isl teachers and 40t GS scholars IN
the Uniied States.
ROMAN CATHOLIC.
There are 20J.0 600 Catholics In the United States
who natives OF this country. o. Catholics born In
Ireland there are !. 500 600
Bishop Bourgci OF Montreal, now eighty years old
Is in very ieebc health, though at present some hat
better than he has been
Bishop Landche, OF Three Rivers Canada has sailed
from this port Tor Europe 10 VISIT the Pope Rome
The Roman Catholics have 1918 priests ana claim
5000 900 baptized members in thus country though
they count many Who are really IN no church and
many IN Protestant churches
The episcopal church OF Docec, in parflIus tnEde-
ham, has been gwen TO Mgr. sanscur Nappi formerly
Bishop OF Nardo, auxiliary Of HIS Eminence Cardinal
Avanzo, Bishop %t Csvi and Teano The Cathedral
church OF Seasons to Mgr Odon rnibaudcr translated
from the tito OF sdona, in plrtibus imfdeiiaDa
The episcopal church OF Amorium. pdrf,Jus in
fdsiius, has been bestowed upon Mgr sauveur- Marie
Nisio formerly Bishop Arlmo, and the Cathedral