The New York herald., 1876-12-24

Potter officially denies tho report that Grace church
has become q rce church taken any steps looking
10 that cad. bishops Bede aud Jagear have issued
joint pastoral TO The dioceses OF OHIO asking the
churches IN their Jurisdictions 10 take up collections Tor
the relief OF widows and children OF deceased ciergy-
men Christmas Day ana hereafter that festival
Bishops Howe Carkson and Hare have issued their APP
peal ON behalf OF the Centennial relief fund, asking for
extra contribution 10 place the foreign, comes
tic and indian mission committees OF the Church out
OF debt before the new year opens DR.. A. LTwins OF
this cy the secretary and general agent OF The Do
mestc Mission Committee, tells the Church IN letter
that his Mission Board IS in debt nearly the amount
named above, and that OF the 2 500 parishes the
Church only 1875 contributed anything during the
year 10 the domestic missionary work He calculates
that II the $50 900 ana an equal number
OF noncommunicants would contribute only ten cents
week to this cause tho grand sum OF 81, 9l2 900
would be raised in the year, and that an average OF
been given by the whole Church for the general work
OF domestic missions during the last five years.
,rSuted through mite CHESTS within seven yeors
past the noble OF $ll5 600 Grace church, Broog-
lyn, has guild, which during tho year Just ended,
dsbursed $2.1jS 80, together with ll,927 ratoDs,
twenty-five loads OF wood, medicines and medical al
tendance, clothing and other necessares TO worthy
poor OF the parish and neghoorhood Its receipts
we're S301 less than disbursement They ought 10
have been more. IL worthy organization, dong
noble work.
The Cougregationalists have had little trouble in
their camp at Greenwich, Conn. Nearly year ago
they excluded member against whom charges had
tion which met at Stamford recently, ana this body,
composed Of representatives from different churches
reversed The judgment oil the Greenwich church and
gave tho excluded brother letter OF recommendation
the Presbyterian church or Stamford. The Green
wich church Immediately protested against this as
sumption OF power not delegated TO the Consociaon,
and by vote Of "a TO 20 resolved to withdraw from
the Fairfield West Consolation, and dissolved
their connection with II. The Second Valley Con-
grcgationaI church of West Orange, n. j., acting
tho advice OF council gwen year ago, resolved 10
change tho location OF their house OF worshp but ar
other council recently held found that the Presbyter
ians gathering society IN the new location, and
they advised their brethren disband II the Pres
byteran church shall be found able 10 care tor the
tire field. This advice is given IN the interest OF
Christian union.
In Baptist circles Il is feared that further appeal to
tho courts in the Madison avenue church case viii be
taken by the ousted society. Had not Mr.. Kennards
church taken possession Of tho Fitythrd street
house the Madison avenue people might have gone
there Or. j. Stanford Holmes church Qrrlnity) has
ma 10 oycrtures 10 them. There some talk that
they would buy tho elegant Reformed (Dutch church
Madison avenue, recently minstered TO by DR..
Gansc now Of ST. Louis, but as the society worship
ping there have engaged the Rev. William Lloyd to
supply them for they not likely TO disband
10 dispose Of their house before the expiration Of
that period. And they may be then in such
condition that they shall not want to do either.
The successful liiigant in tho Madison avenue
church case Is oil than he before he
gained mis- suit He has practically ceased to be
Baptist, aud worshps with DR.. Hairs Prosby-
terian church, and no Baptist congregation wants
the church cd1ce 1t has been closed for the present
Mr.. Milbank sad to be securing the United States
and Great Britain for popular TO and build
up society Tor his empty house The Baptsts OF
Chicago have neat way OF raising money ior their
out 200 or 800 OF the wealthcst and most
liberal mon the CITY TO discuss choice dinner and
OF their institutions ut the same time
OF the city hotels. In this way they have already
dowed their seminary TO the extent OF ll2 000 and
Thursday last (2lst| they mad another reunion Of
similar kind at which several thousand dollars more
pledged. There are rumors and suggestions that
the Berean and Macdougal street Baptist churches
Hk ely TO unite aud iorln one body They are both in
the Ninth ward are weak IN numbers and are pretty
heavily in debt. These hard times press upon
them and they can hardly pay current expenses The
Baptist City Mission VIII be called upon 10 hcip them
out OF their present straits. The weathier members
have moved further up town, and the field OF their
labOrs is occupied manly by the N dde class
ssUncc john Vassar, OF the Tract House, has been
laboring evangelist with them for a couple OF
weeks past and several conversions are reported and
a large number OF Mons hurchgocrs reached by per.
sonal vsitations and appeals. Peter Dwyer, tho
evangelist, 1t Is SAID, will labor with the Bcrean
church Tor few wocks. The Pilgrim and South Bap-
tist churches Will not nnitc As IL was thought they
would lew weeks ago, when Rev. Mr.. kenuard lett
the former. They now propose each to hoe It's own
row. Or. II. W. Knapp is likely to succeed Mr.. Ken
nard-hc preached or the Pilgrims last sabbath-and
DR. Osborne will continue TO serve the South church,
he has done successfully IN the past The Baptist
church at Pttsion, Pa, celebrated Its one hundredh
anniversary last Thursday, 2ist The foreign sields
have lately received large accession OF Christian
workers Tho Baptist Missionary ULon has sent out
eleven for Burmah and South Africa. tho Presbyterian
Board six Tor India, CHINA and Japan and the Metho
dist Society five FOR india