The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-03-01
FROM THE NORTHERN STATES.

The Presbyterian Banner says: La all parts of
the State OF Pennsylvania encouraging revivals are
reported, and large additions have been made to
the churches
Reformed Church Theological Seminary THE Cat.
alogue of the Officers and Students of the Theo.
| logical Seminary of the Reformed Church in Amer
lea, at New Brunswick, N. j., shows that the
Faculty consists of four professors and that there
are forty-four students during the present term
| Three members of the Senior Glass ere from our
Church-two from the Presbytery Of East Ala
bama, and one from the Presbytery of Arkansas.
Two-thirds OF the students are graduates Of Rut.
gers College, which is also at New Brunswick.
Items from california.-After the resignation of
DR.. Cunningham as pastor OF the Central (Taber-
nacle) church, of San Francisco a considerable
number of the church members withdrew, and at
their request, and with the consent OF the Central
church. the organization of new one has been
directed. 1t is generally believed that, with the
increase of population in the city. and the great
financial strength left in the Tabernacle both
churches will prosper, and the new one is timely
The Rev. DR.. w. FL Van Doren, of Chicago, H.,
author of the Suggestive Commentary, is sup
plying the Central church. and the audiences show
marked increase.
The daily meetings at the Hippodrome are now
in their third week. with increasing attendance and
interest. Every seat aud all available aisle-room
are uniformly occupied at Mr.. Moody's evening
preaching services in the main hall, and the same
has been true at most of the meetings for woman
and men separately at other times. Sunday OF last
week was a very marked day. The morning eight
o clock service for Christian workers was largely
attended, and very earnest and practical in spirit
the afternoon meeting, exclusively for ladies' quite
throDged, while the evening meetings exclusively
for men, were beyond all precedent in attendance
and solemnity. Mr. Moody preached in the main
ball. and the large overt meeting was addressed
by DR.. Booth. AS heretofore the pastors of the
city are rendering constant and efficient help, and
the laborious committee men and other helpers are
not lacking in effort The irquiry rooms are in
constant requisition, and many persons ordinarily
beyond the reach of our churches, have been met
there. Many are praying that the work may per.
wade the whole city and there is much to encour.
age their faith.-M Y Evangelist.
Continuance Of Revival Services. Philadelphia
correspondent of the Presbyterian Weekly says:
with view of perpetuating the revival irfu,
ences brought into existence by the late efforts of
Messrs. Moody and Ssnkey, there have been a
number of services instituted, of special charac-
ter, at different points in the city. The Tenth
Presbyterian church has been open each Sabbath
evening for such services, the assistant of Dr.
Boardman, the Rev. Mr.. Sharp, being the chief
conductor Of them. For half-hour preceding the
regular service there are musical exercises in which
those great favorites, the Moody and Sankey
hymns are used. The MONDAY Prayer Meeting
has been transferred TO Concert Hall, and now at
tracts large attendance. the exercises continuing
for an hour, being presided over By clergymen and
laymen alternately. Here also the same hymns
are used, and the music, led by former members of
the Depot choir. is especially delightful. night
ly service specially for young men, and lasting an
hour, is held in the Chambers Presbyterian church.
There have beer large accessions to a number of
the churches among them the following Presby-
terian The Oivet, the Tabernacle the Alexan-
der, and the First Reformed DR.. w j. Wylie,
pastor.
Secret Societies Ia opening the second term of
Princeton College, President McCosh delivered an
address, in which he said that the secret society
disquiet has been chi fig among the society men Of
New York and elsewhere not in the College lie
was, he said anxiously awaiting to see what other
colleges were going to do. AS for Princeton he
considered the question settled
THE grand work of the Centennial year in
which we are entered, he added, should he the
utter destruction of those Rings, which are at pre-
sent the disgrace and threaten to be the ruin OF the
country. | believe that these have been greatly
fostered by the habits of concealment acquired in
secret societies.
II have had confessions made to me within the
past few months which show that secret societies
are formed often for bad purposes, in some of our
best schools, and this utterly unknown to the
,eacher.
The training is carried on more Systematically
q some of our leading colleges, and some of our
brightest youths are thus prepared to join in the
prevalent deceit and corruption. God forbid that
We should thus educate men 10 Princeton College.
ave have had battle of Princeton ninety nine
ears ago, and have sometimes thought that the
,attle we have fought lately may find place in
he history of our colleges and of our country
Conservation Of Reformed Episcopal Bishop
February 24-kev. William r.
Nicholson, d. D., was this evening consecrated
Bishop of the Reformed Episcopal church in the
resence of a large congregation. Among those
resent and officiating were prominent dIvines Of
be Methodist and Presbyterian Churches.