The New York herald., 1876-01-30

city to city East and West Fred Bell, ofBrooklyn,
announced TO his congregation in the Academy OF Mu-
sic last Sunday that he intended after the LIST OF March
20 start on evangelstic tour OF the United States
The Lord has been peculiarly fitting him, he thinks for
this work during the past year. few weeks ago.
however the Lord fitting him to build primitive
Methodist tabernacle In Brooklyn that should accom-
modate 8 600 or A. 900 people and should rival DR. TAT
mage's or Mr. Beecher's house OF worship. But since
LORD CHANGED MIND.
Mr. Bell has rendered his resignation TO his church
in Fark avenue and at the end OF February we shall
probably have another added TO the engthening list OF
evangests who are sprnging up In all the churches
around But may not this reaction against stated
ministry so increase as by ana by TO defeat its
purposes and impair II not destroy its usefulness and
drive us back again TO respective churches and
pasorsf IL is found that the majority of those who
attend evangeistic usually church mem
bers This was the case at Moodys meetings in Brook
lyn and Philadelphia and very likely Will be
rssu,s rns case mere @ also hence the statistical sar
gates or attendants at such meetings SO
that while S75 900 people attended Mr. Moody's meet
ngs in Philadelphia there not one out OF thousand
saved from sin in any thereby. But the work,
nevertheless goes on with OF less interest and
success and the dozens here the scores there and the
hundreds yonder will foot up respectable aggregate
for the different denominations the end OF the year
In this way the Baptiss gained over 81 600 iasyear
the Presbyterans So 900 and the Methodss about
as many as both combined. In ST PauPs Methodist
Episcopal church. in this city last Sunday fty persons
we're at the altar as pentents and half the number ex
perenced pardon OF sins In the Free Tabernacle
eighty new members have been added and
congregations doubled The revival which be-
gan in Embury Methodist Episcopal church,
Brooklyn, three months ago continues with
scarcely any signs OF abatement The church is in a
sparsey settled part of the city, where supposed
the little church would be large enough for many years
TO But IL is already too small tor the member
SHIP without outsiders, and the officials propose TO
there in April 1875 when Rev Charles E. Miller took
charge, have been multiplied more than three times
since that the church numbers now 1926 and fifty OF
the 225 converts have gone to other churches In that
section, and there still others cd probation.
An excellent band OF young men has been gath
cred in from the ncighborhood, who
the heyday OF their Christian experience working
pobIy for the conversion OF comrades and friends In
GREENWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH, BROOKLYN,
the Rev A. q. Lawson has baptized nearly 100, and
every week some added TO the saved. The work
goes quietly along The First Bapts. church on Staten
Island and the First Baptist church at Peekski n. "
arc also resting under revival influences. Reports
come TO OF revvals at Jamaica, l. l.. where the
Rev. A. N. Purdy, an evangelist from Rochester, N Y,
is laboring and also from Atanticville and Westhamp
ton L. L. where the Methodist churches are gathering
In converts by dozens In ST. Johns Methodist Epis
copa church, Newburg NJ Y, 400 have been converted
with the church-150 were baptized al ono
vice two weeks ago. The church affairs are
crowded nightly with seekers and the interest
increases There revvals in about forty OF the
sixty churches in the Poughkeepse district OF the New
York Conference, and in Poughquag Methodist Episco
pal church, n T., fortyfye have been converted; in
Gonn's Falls Baptist church twenty,four have been
added; in Petersburg (Baptisp, N. Y. twelve; In
Towlesville (Baptist Y, twenty; at'Wurtsborough
McDonough Charge, Phillipsport Circuit, New York
Conference City; in the Baptist church at Carlton
Centre, N. Y. sixty have been seeking and twelve
have been converted; in the Presbyterian church at
Almond N. Y, twenty have been converted and thirty
more are seeking and IN the First Presbyterian
church at Jefferson N. Y, twenty more have been
added and the meetings continue at Mt Sterling Meth
odst Episcopal church. Wyoming Conference 109 have
already united with the church probation the fruits
of revival still In progress In Hartford, Canaan
dagua aud Boonvlc n. Y, revivas in the Methodist
and Baptist churches reported. At Trinity Meth
K..ten ehrr-h Gtatnn nd Asuh hAy
professed conversion and hfty have united with the
church. In Prospect street Methodist Episcopal
church, Paterson, NJ j., thirty, and at Mount Upton
church forty five been converted.
MoRRsTows, n 81
unusual religious interest pervades the entire
munty The stores closed every evening TO allow
those engaged them opportunity attend church
The churches all holding special Services In the
Methodist Episcopal church 200 have profcssed con-
version. The Finn Baptist church of Newark, N j.,
are enjoying spiritual refreshing Twenty-four
have been baptized since the meetings commenced
Revivas going also in the First Baptist church.
Newark in the Roseville Baptist church and also in
the Baptist church al Orange, NJ ]. In the Gravely
Run Methodist Episcopal church New Jersey Confer
forty five have experienced pardon. revival is
in progress at West Burke Vt, and forty-hve have
been added TO the church The Methodist Episcopal
church Of Swanton w., enjoying season of revival
thirty persons having been added TO the
church revival is in progress in the Baptist church
al Waterbury, Conn. Nearly score are hoping in
Jesus and many others are awakened. At East VIM
throp (Me) Baptist church twenty conversions
ported and in Claremont, N. H. forty have been
added and all through New England similar results
noticed
CATHOLIC MISSIONARY MOVEMENTS.
The Annals Of the Propagation Of the Faith gives the
following movements of Catholic foreign missionaries
during the year 1875
On the oath OF April 1875 the Rev Father Meyer OF
the Congregation OF the Holy Ghost and OF the Sacred
Heart OF Mary, embarked at Bordeaux for HaytL The
Rev. Father Bourgade, Missioner of the Vicariate
Apostolic OF Arizona United States having returned
France last year. sailed from Havre the Gath Of
April last TO return 10 his mission. He brought with
him three young missoners OF the diocese OF Rem
nes-namey, the Rev. Fathers John Mary Lecerc,
Theodore Rouault and Joseph Menard On the 23d OF
May last the Rev. Father Wenger OF the Congregation
of the Holy Ghost and of the Sacred Heart OF Mary
sailed from Narseilles for the Mission OF Zanzibar
Thirteen Capuchins twelve Spaniards and
Anerican), students OF philosophy and the
ology, embarked al Bordeaux for the Republic
Of Ecuador Their names are follows:-
Monbuy, Melchoir de rivIsa Francis Xavier dArenys
de Mar 0gare de Barcelona, Cajetan dYgualada An
gel dAvnonet, Didier dc Maaro, Joachim dc Mataro
Raymond de Mataro, Joseph Calanzanz de Lexaueras,
Stanislaus de Reus and James de Guatemala Seven
Missioners OF the Congregation OF Foreign Missions,
Paris sailed from Marseilles the 4th OF July Tho
Rev. Fathers Victor Joseph Fleur Hnard OF the dio-
cese Of Coutances and John Baptist Riilard, of the
diocese OF Puy. for Mandchooria The Rev. Fathers
Peter Mary Lellement OF the diocese of Nantes John
Francis Mary Genibrcl OF the diocese OF Abb, and
George Ritter of the diocese Of Srasburg Western
Cochin China tAnnaml The Rev. Pascal Francis XAVIER
China The Rev. Charles Francis Patnier, of the do
rosa of Camhrav for Northern Cochn China