, 1877-09-16

] uG AacQ.
If the Northern and Southern Presbyteria1
Churches were united the sum total Of mem
be1s would be 67o.124, In 1861, when they
parted, the total number OF members. in the
united body was 300,e1
4 beq9est OF S., 900 has been left by Y: L.
j. kederlen to the Protestant Episcopal Hos
pftal Of Philadelphia for the benefit Ut sick aud
destitute natives Of the Kingdom Of Wurtcm-
berg, and, next to them, other natives Of Ger,
many.
The Presbytcrians in Texas have been hold
ing their first camp-mceting at Hog Island, in
Falls County. The Kew. DR.. B. N. Palmer, OF
The meeting continued through several days,
aud as many as 5000 were present at the Sab
bath services
The eighteenth annual report Of the Executive
Board Of the United Hebrew Relief Association
has been received. It gives in detail the history
| OF the Society's charitable work for the year.
The total receipts were Sc, 16i.75. The organic
alton is in flourishing condition, and every year
adds to its capacity for doing good.
At the late session Of the British Wesleyan
| Conference three young ministers resigned for
the reason that they no longer believed In the
doctrine OF eternal punishment, Us taught i'll
Mr- Weslcy's sermons A plea IN their behalf
that they might De permitted to hold their
places IN the Conference was made, but not Gu
! tcrtainel.
! The Pacific Coast Mctho1sts make consider
! able complaint because no one of the Bishops
| will reside among them, as ordered BY the Gen.
| eral Conference None Of the present Bishops
willing to make the sacrifice, but at the next
| General Conference Pacific coast man might
be chosen as Bishop, aud the difficulty obViatcd
] in this way.
The annual camp-ncct1ng OF the Seventh
Day Adyentists Of Michigan is to be held at
Lansing this year, commencing Sept. Is, and
| H.x+
Sox1e0 feet, and capable Of accommodating
/ 5,0O0 persons, will be on the ground and over
1o0 family tents. 1t will probably be the largest
gathering Of this people ever held.
! The Baptists In the North Division are invited
to attend a meeting to be held today at Mar
tinc's Hall on Chicago avenue, near Clark street,
! at 80 p. nj. The facts connected with the
proposition to consolidate Baptist interests in
that part Of the city and tho final decision con-
| corning the same will then be given The meet
ing will be addressed by several Of the prolni-
! nent city pastors. All friends OF the movement
| are invited
In Ohio, lis Congregational churches out OF
| 160, which have minister ut all, have changed
ministers since 1873; moreover, only ten Of the
| 100 hare the same minister that they had ten
years ago. Three OF these ten arc served BY
| Que man,-a home missionary down In WASH
year. Next to Merriam, Of Randolph, who has
! been there since 1924, the senior pastorate is
that OF blind Horace Bushncll, Of Cincinnati.
who has ministered to the Storrs church for
fortY-slx years.
The Fourth Annual Convention Of the
Woman's National Christian Temperance Union
will be held in Chicago, Oct. "a, q, 2G, q, Dele
gates are expected from more than thirty States,
The Chairman OF the Committee Of Arrange
| ments for the Convention is Mrs. 4. P. Kelley,
11G Calument avenue, Chicago to whom dele
gates should write, giving their names and adj
r,f. {Ea1Y r
bearing tue name and address Of ladies who will
entertain them through the Convention. Mrs.
Kelley wall reply to any question which dele
gates Or others interested in the Convention
may desire to ask.
GERMAN pEAcoNEssEs.
A correspondent for London paper writes
concerning the celebrated kaiscrswerth Insti-
tute of German Dcaconcsscs, near Dusseldorf,
In Rhenish Prussia: ttOn Marcl, Of the pres
ent year there we're belonging to the Institute
430 Dcaconesses, lis probationary sisters, or
noviees. and twelve pupils on preliminary trial
Three Deaconcsscs, who are still in tho active
discharge Of their dutics celebrated their twen-
ty-ffth year Of membership at Whitsuntide,
of the Institute $40 persons have been admitted
to the full rank and privilege Of Deacon
csses Only uinctY-two have died in the mem-
bership of the Institute, while 41S hare quit
ted it on various grounds Ofthcsc latter, seventy
left III order to take care Of their parents, who
had becoule incapacitaied for maintaining thenl-
selves; 129 lett to be married; and when the
other centrul establishment OF Bethany was be-
in. founded at Berlin, seven sisters migrated
from kaiserswcrth to assist in the organization
Of the new house Of the 43o Dcaconesscs at
present belonging to the KafscrsWert}l colnmnn-
ity, 1871 hare been members for less than five
years, 123 between five aud ten years, eighty-dvc
between ton aud fifteen, thfrty-four between If.
teen aud twenty, thirty:tl1rce between twenty
and twenty-five, ten between twenty-five and
thirty, and nine hare been members for more
than thirty years. It is clear that the aFoca-
tions of the sistcrhood arc not incompatible
that thcy do not involve any clustered
withdrawal from the course Of ordinary life, nor
remuneration Of all interest IN its affairs; on the
contrary, the sisters keep themselves in close
contact with the daily pursuits and cares OF the
people among whom they live The sfsterhood
give their services in IS hospitals for the sick, Il
ofntanges and refugees for the poor, 10 cQtn-
muncs,-i. c., rs parochial visitors Of the sick
and poo.,--1S schools and training establish
n.euts, * infant schools, servants training ill-
stitutions, asylnms, 20 Suuday~schools. and
schools for needlcwork and similar handiwork,
i lodging-houses for single workwomen. The
number OF persons directly benefited BY the
services Of the sisters is set down at 4o,ooO."
lSRAEL1TISH CHRONOLOGY.
The jewish papers Of last week devote much
OF their space to review OF tho events Of jew
ish interest which have happened during the
past year. These include the death OF Baron
HlfScn Ut. " NurZuuTrcIs Ialollcas AE AotA-
scllild, Rabbi Vivanti, Solomon Moscnthal,
Rabbi Dansow, johann Jacuhy, Albert kohn,
Simon Deutsch, Edward Cohen. and the Rev. ].
J. Lyons They include also the conservation
of a dozen new synagecncs and temples; the |
destruction by fire Ut scyentytwo houses in the |
Jewish quarter OF Horodcnka, Galicia, and Of ]
the cltirc Town Of Kupcscoch. Poland, inhabit- |
ed exclusively by Jews; the admission OF Jews |
as members of the Faculty of the University |
Of Bavaria, and the election Of the Rev: Prof:
Marks as Dean Of the University College OF I
London; the gift by the heirs Of Baron 4. Koth-
schd OF Isl, 900 Iorins to the poor OF Vienna;
the appointment Of Counselor Elstettcr as
Minister OF Finance Of the Duehy OF Baden; the |
opening Of the first Jewish synagogue in Bra
iii; the unvciting OF Ezekiel's statue OF Relig-
ious Liberty at Philadelphia: the appointment |
OF Leopold kompcrt as Minister OF Education
at Vienna; the decoration OF Aucrbact., Rabbi |
Bloch, Franki, and Lazarus with German orders I
OF nobility; tho appointment OF Julius Blum rs
Egyptian Minister OF Finance; the election OF /
Dr.. Rosenthal as Burgomastcr Of Cologne. anu
the election Of Mr. Abrams as Mayor Of Taun-
ton Mass. The establishment Of the Society for
Ethical Culture may also be included, together /
with the Hilton-Sclgman tro& aS a,4png the
leading events OF Jewish interest.
PERSON AIS.
The Rev. DR.. Dandy, Of Elgin, has returned