, 1877-06-03
ttnucs 70 labor for the reformation Of tntcnpcr.
ate men. The Rev. Joseph Cook hns still
audiences numbering from 2, ,WD TO 3 0o0 perso,,s.

ate men. The Rev. Joseph Cook Gns stIl]
Audiences numbering from UU0 10 3. 900 persot,s
The church Of the Rev. H.. II. Northrop, at
s senencetaly, wa a sort Of outsider ainong
CHURCHES, having been organized as m undo.
nontnatlonai affair under the name of the
Free Evangelical Church. It tns now been rec
hea IN hee ~ o. Cgnsrcgnt!ona church Mr North.
lat!ons during hls ministry.
The second suntlay In June fl uChs1dren,a
DAY" Throughout the Methodist EpIscopal
aIurch. collections arc taken on thnt day IA
inesease ne TIC chi1drens Fund, which il In charge
mctorious Sunday -scl,ool scholars in oltainIt,v
moro advanced e,lueat!on.''
Quehcc Seminary has In IT, possession the
Shssub.e , p! I'M nd st1e q his holiness Plus TX,
the private chapel oT the Vatican. Tie certtti.
cate accompanying 1t states that It was used by
hls Holiness during tho thirty yenrs Of his mn
tinsatc. It will be ~orn ~ lls 1race tho Arch
t[fcatc TT Plus TX.
Tho friends Of Drew. Theological Seminary
affairs safely thruueh. The deficit oi last % year
tr,,,fas. s1eus ~. g @ ,teh as been paid by tho
SG'ooW needed for permanent endowment,
about e1l3,un has been subscribed. Drew Il
fortunate IN having trustees who nse wealthy.
liberal. and cntcrprislug.
A. the annual Council OF the Protestant
Ep!scopal Diocese Of Virginia, Tie Hishup re-
ported that he had confirmed doc persons sncc
May. 1870. On the question of erecting West
Virginia Into separate diocese tho vote stootl !:
Glsfgy7ooAyss, ~; noes, 4; 1.aity-Ayes, N;
! noes, lu, On the question OF erecting tic coun-
Tea On tho south sIde ut the James River, to
VI; noes, III.
II the Last nifty years nifty ministers have
w1shafnwn ,a from Tie Lutheran Church TO Join
to the frotestant-Eplscopal Church, twenty
ninc 70 the PEesbyterlan, three to tic Metho!
Mist, I'VE 70 t1c Congregational. and four 10 the
sa1nn neroI ha. ro.c,.eI e. Inutcn ~ ing
from tthcr dcnomnatfou, ~ to,,, nnlsscrs
two caine from The Ssti"i,t = Eni~1,na, f,r51,
:. The union Of tho two principal nuu-E Episcopal
| Mcthodlst bodies by the acilon Of tliu repre.
sehtatayes oi ootl li tho City of' Daltlmore, is
churches, and vii! unqncstIonably add efeatly
20 thcff future efficiency. The end WINS rrachc1
ny compromise Ut sutosdlnato' tencte and
.lat nateTs anqd o. s'pilns; % tha5 making tS Meto
estsnt Church the Union Metlodlst CLurei, hT Of
America.
The mission conducted bv TIM ncv ro,hcr
Hajl at tho Churci, nj Tia H.censf,.. ,t ru.'es
North Lasaltc and Elm streets, was iuauy1lratctl
ny the icvs. 1T. Locke. Smith, anil other clcr.,
| Ey@en; also full choral service, and sermon
~ fs.aer ..t, nal explanatory of missions. their
Enn,a sa ""rSt ~ sonaueteu ~ the Church OF
n,ns,!tntt Inc mission Wlli cunttnla daily,
l@ensnR, @ ns moo' aad evening" Tor twelve days.
a.. a'e '"'teo'
The New England Methodist Conference na.a-
introduction Of laymen into tho annual Con- on
ferences: In 1879 taymen werc admitted to The
General Conference, but the annual CouEcrcncex
arc stll composed exclusively u ministers. n The
Southern Methodist ChurrI gaye tic Inv ele.
nent representation not only In It's fienrral
Conference. but also In its Nnkltiat Cuufcrrncea
soms tlno tciorc the 1ay delegation tnuyc,nont
in Tho Northern body becatnu euccessfui.
Thu nev, rtorn. ,,,,,,,a ,,n
Trinity CofIcoc Tsm1,int ,vh, h., W. ,. ~. y. y;
1ii.i,nn ~ ~ fr.nn* fuam* Eao las oeen elected
treat H.,tsi" t1Si'eo - ns E'p1ssopa Chuteh Tor
chnre., cl..1v ~ III Hno ,,,,. ~ aao !GsinR Low
many ycara Vtcnr of Fast fioeia,r 0'nna, 'a, doe
iam vhirh 1tv;ne. hn i" ,,e. H. uaI9orc, hrIn|hg-
onrr5ttsaI a,,l o s lus. les9.nel; is ey'
crcuias,on % fnr anv raats ,hra aase M CT large
Tr.e, Ronat. nr. a - snrough w hcltEioua
.taIt oUItSttt au0 hts ehsoy or U7atstatltslt-