, 1877-04-01
THE CHURCH IN GENERAL.

Bishop Fallows will hold confirmation services
at Englewood at ?. Ill.
4 Methodist Sunday -Schoo Congress will be
held at St. Louis April 9-10
Bishop Cheney will confirm several persons at
the Church of the Good Shepherd this evening.
The English revsers OF thu New Testament
have finished thei. revision ofthe Epistie to the
Hebrews.
At the confirmation services to be held IN
Christ Church to-day, Bishop Cheney will re-
ceive seventy communicants.
Bishop Fallows will receive, in St. Paul's
Church, between forty and 1fy COMMITMENTS
at tue confirmation services to be held this
evening.
In Quebec G,000 children receive gratuitons
instruction ID the Catholic religious establish
mcnts, aud 1000 INDECENT sick ire cared for dur
ing the year.
The anniversary Of Christ Church Sunday
School, Reformed Episcopal,-wtll. exercises
appropriate to Easter Sunday, will take place at
5 O'Clock this afternoon,
The First Methodist Episcopal Church in
Toxic Yedo). Japan, was detica:ed on Jan. -.
The Rev. Dr.. K. s. Maclay prechcd the opening
scrmun- Two hundred persons we're present.
The General Assembly OF the Presbyterian
Church in Victoria, Australia, reports 122 set
tied ministers, 400 elders. 15-D0 communicates,
265 Suuday-scllools, aud an income of $so0,UO.
The National Reform Association, which has
for its object the insertion OF religious amend
,nent to the Constitution Of the United States,
will hold Convention in Nrwell Hall, Chica-
60, April II.
Delegates to the General council Of the Re
formed Episcopal Church vii be elected at the
meetings to be held this ey9ing By the various
congregations il, this city. Vardens and vestry-
men for the year will also bcelected.
Mr. Moody's sermons haze been translated
into the Spanish. Swedish, n1 Armenian Ian
guages. j. Swede is reading them to his couil-
tryncn in Mr.. Moody's churh in Chicago. An
Armenian edition has been published in Con-
stantinople.
The Congregational Natbnal Council will
meet next autumn in Detroi. The exact time
will be late In October or arly in November.
This is representative bod, and consists OF
one delegate for every ten churches from each
local conference, one from eah State body, anu
one for each l0, 200 communicates,
UNIVERSITY OF TH WEST. ~
A meeting Of the Regents OF thu University
Of the West was held III the ,arlor OF the Ire.
mont House yesterday. Bishp Samuel Fallows
The Martin College OF Thology Of The Uni
yersitv was formally organizd bv the election
Of the following staf Of professors:
l. Chair OF Natural and Pastral Theology, and
Greek Language and Literature the Key. William.
II. Cooper. y. H., D. D., Rotor OF Emmanuel
:. 4i Chair Of Systematic Thctogy, the Rev. j.
Howard Smith, \; ", 2 D., Rector Of Emman-
ual Church, Newark. \. j:
). Chair of Ecclesiastical Hisozy and Poity. The
Rev. Mason Gallagher. \. H.; atcrson, y. j.:
L. Chair Of Evidences Of Christianity, the Rev,
Joseph y. Wilson, 4. H., Rector Of Christ
Church, Peoria. ILL.,
The Executive Committee yere authorized to
make such further additions the professional
stall as may seem best in theulisc.etion.
The College OF Theology Yill probably 60
INTO operation forthwith in temporary eatfce
under the care OF the senior PDfe5sor.
Proposals are being consideed Of donations
OF land towards the ercctiond the necessary
buildings on the site SO genenusly donated BY
Edward Martin, Esq, Of Red box. y. 7.
A great interest has been sTakcned among
the prope7ty-hotders in the vicinity OF the site
OF the University OF the Wcstand large doua-
tions Of land aud money fol the erection OF
buildings and the maintenaue OF the various
colleges Of the University vi! doubtless be
made ....-.,..
MISSION rSlo.
The SECOND monthly meetin,o Of the Chicago
branch Of the Women's Bapt1s Home Mission
Union. was held OH Thursda afternoon and
evening in the parlors Of te First Baptist
Church. The members OF the ociety assembled
in the afternoon and were calld to order by the
President, Mrs. Norman T. Gasette. Mrs. DR..
j, II. Grouse, President OF tie Northwestern
Union, gave an interesting outline OF the work
proposed, and after the tranaction OF some
further business the meeting adjourned, the