The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-05
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The Congregationalsts OF the state NJ
Connecticut are to meet annual convention n, NO.,
Haven on the 18th, 18Th. and 10 h OF November
Some of the religious papers are pub.
nshiug Centennial histories Of the churcnes a, IN.
rate OF two or three long columns to each church
sprlghtly reading isn'tu?
The Baltimore Baptists have raised
over tiO 900 for their Centennial fund They apply IL
to the payment OF church debs. This Il providing
things honest In the sight OF all men,"
No more Sunday trains in Canada. Tho
Dominion Government has issued orders that trains
shall run the sabbath day except In Of great
emergency and then only direct order Of the Coy
ernment.
The colored folks i'm and around Sa-
vannsh have Elk Congregational churches Five are in
the suburbs aud country, and 10 IN town. Tho
largest Of these. known the Liberty Church. has q
IN, mbership Of over 400.
Chicago calls for Talmage, to be pastor
Of Plymouth congregational Church. In place OF Will
liam ALVIN Bartlett. who has gone Indianapolis Bue
Iamage says he will stick to the Brooklyn Tabers
naclc through thick aud thin. and Chicago shall NOS
have him.
In the Sandwich Islands there are six
v'onc churches, with about 10000 members. Most OF
the churches are Congregational. There several
tonsrcga onal associations one Preebytery. Tho
Episcopalans Of England have established footing
there, but are not. as vet. numerous.
In fourteen years tho Church of the
Holy Trinity, OF which Tying Junior, 10 rector has
been built up from nothing to immense establish
meni, with membership Of s,e)o aud debt Of $500.
600 TINS looks ike pro. pcrity Tae debt Is only 500
to each member. and many OF the members are
wealthy.
The Fourth Presbyterian Church OF
Chicago Is the one to which the famous Dr. Swing
mnistcrtd IL has been without pas or since he left
IL. and calls Dr. s. j. Ncos of ST. Louie who was
moderator Of a recent General Assembly The doctor
declines. to the sincere gratncaton OF his people at
ST. Louis.
The clergymen Of Trenton, N. j., have
organ led themselves into the Trenton Ministerial
AssOclatiOn," for purposes Of mutual cdhcaton ana
good cheer The essocaon has NJ idea Of puttiug up
the rates Of marriage fees. or Of pew rents although
both Of these important aids to ministerial success arc
quoted at low figures at Trenton.
The American Missionary Association,
which has JUST held It's annual meeting fitchburg,
has received during the year t26i ZOO spent t28I
600 Nearly 100000 OF this money was spent In tho
South about 5000 IN China 1880 IN India and tho
rest 10 other foreign countries The Rev. Dr. whippe,
who recently died. mad been Secretary OF the Aseoca-
ton for about thirty years.
That enemy of all righteousness, 1.-THE
defective nue" In operation again for the winter
season, and earlier than usual We may expect ia
chr nlcle the destruction Of two Grst-cass
churches week, owing to the malevolent Influenced
OF his agency. The venerable and conmoilous edincd
W iht ~ Mtllent MASS, II nrtt
TO fall prey. Destruction. total Insurance ample.
The Baptists of this State have JUST
held their sixty. ninth annual convention They reporG
1o5 600 Baptss In the State. onchrd Of whom arc in
city churches. Three quarters OF all the money
triDuted from these city Baptists who far
more wealthy than the country brethren. About 500
VS. raised for feeble churches during the year. An
en will be made raise twice that for the
ing year.
Thu WaqfnalH DraahNtartan lln~0h
bother Is by no means ended. Brother McKeiveya
friends still rally his support and dcnouncc the
tion Of the General Assembly which commanded hun
to step down and out. The church 10 without q
pastor. and Mr. McKelvey who is an outsider ana
has a. good right any body to become lite pastor viii
probably receive the call. Ana then the nght viii
unue. Ne OF yore.
| Some OF our ministers have q slow
enough time In collecting their salaries. would
they Ike TO be Roman Catholic clergynen In spanp
The clergy there have had their salaries paid
1865 but they likely be paid. for the COW
eminent has a.nouneed its intention to spend about
| Lirty-nve millions Of dollars In this direction Tha
msunderstandlngs over the meaning OF the Relisous
federation act rage nereely they have for ,oms
| time past with little prospect OF abatement of thu
bitterness.
| -Spiritualism, rs n religion, does not APP
pear to flourish in the immediate vicinity Bow street
Police Court, London The medium slade has been
sentenced under the vagrant act three months im-
prl-onmen At hard LABOR When In this country slads
wasa heightened sort Of fellow charging much al
| e. for spiritual seance Now lie keep hlmsen
busy evokIng spirits from the J walls crack
In the moor. His little slate away from him.
and he spirits will have to make their mirks on
the plaster eel ing, the stone wall the oaScn oor-
| And yet there people who believe In sade, and
| think hun unjustly imprisoned
| The Rev. Mr.. Clark. n member Of thu
| Prosbytery OF Lackawanna, baptized man by immer-
sion The PresbI terry objected to H. censured Mrt
| Cars for ptzng IN that fashion Mr.. Cark took ths
! to the Synod The synod spout two days and o
night Ia ucbaling It. Some brethren sad that tapusn
| by immersion was the wrong way. Others that
It was tie right way. Others maintained that Il made
no due euce. others that whether ught wrong ac-
coldiue to scripture the rrcsOyt,rin Book OF Dsci-
| pnc neither recognized nor contemplated It. The
debate wa rs spicy as It was protracted Iha
judgment Of TIE Synoi was, "that tie administration
Of baptism the Rev. j. H. Clark m the case cNceptod
TO- within the Iossihle OF pcruis 10 c adj
ministraton Of the rite, and although without any
sanction u command or TACT sacred Scriptures, yeb
| dii not Involve moral wrong" Possible limits Of .
permissible administration Ia very nne indeed, ana
ought to satisfy all reasonable parties Of every shade VI
belief on the baVtI m question.
Brooklyn, instead oi being called " The.
city of Churches" IA rapidly earning the title 81 The
| Clty OF Church Debts" The churches are large and
numerous, but the church debts increasing that
they threaten to become larger nan the churches
selves There are hlfdy any OF the churches In Brook
| yn entirely free from debt. There not no y over
half dozen which receiving Income enough 1 pay
th'ir running expenses. Some have had 70 discharge
their expensive chors. and reduce the minis 4,
tets salary. number Of heavy.mortgascd churcni
properties are threatened with foreclosure account
OF being IN arrears with their interest money. somo
heavily mortgagcd that auction sale could uoe
by many thousands Of dollars reimburs, the mort
gagees Several OF the Older churches especially In
tho vicinity OF the Heights South Brooklyn arc
seriously considering the proprciy Of consoiditng.,
with such condition OF financial nnars, nobody need
be surprised at the Jack OF slOu5 harvest thesd
| yariOus fields Of spiritual labor
The pastor Of the Eighth Presbyterian
Church Ia Chicago, the Rev NJ. pufieh, recently M
bounced hat, owing TO the hard times. he would Noun-
tarlly aoate large part Of hi salary lie supposed
this generous action would materially improve hs
chances Of being able to collect the remainder In-
stead Of this he found that hs nock having discovered
that their shepherd could live a reduced salary,
were determined % Try the experiment OF hyus with-
out any. whether II was that they weary of hiin
or that they thought they could do better by letting
lin co. ana trying their chances Of improvement under
shepherd IA o putptt uo ~