The New York herald., 1878-11-03

cal party In Parliament and q party OF the press
backed by the bishops demand the ascendancy OF ths
former, that that country is likely to fall into ns
with Germany, Switzerland Italy in opposition
the Church and IFS pretsnsons
mission WILL open to-day NJ 81. Agnes Roman
Catholic Church. corner oil Hoyt and Degraw streets,
Brooklyn, under direction OF Rev. Father CognIin
ST. Agnes Church, Rev. J. 5. DuIy, and Rev. N.
Dennison. assistant pastor will assist tna
fathers in their minstralons which will be continued
two weeks
Bishop Harris has transferred Rev Davis W. Clark,
Of the lato Bishop Clark, from Cincinnau Con-
ference to Ohio Conference, aud stationed him al
Broad street Cnurcn, Columbus
Two Thousand young men applying fer ad mission TO
the ministry tho Metnodst Episcopal Church, and
shat Church has place for them, though more than
halt inc population OF tho globe live in gross heathen'
ism aud half OF the otner half very little bet
ter morally This - the latest picture presented oy
the Church's organs. Is the mission OF Aesnodism
endedf
Three Methodist churches on Staten Island on
Sunday before last subscribed S6io toward the endow
has undertaken TO endow chair. and raised 81 ooe
therefor at private meeting
Rev. S. s. Penepacker, OF Wyoming Seminary hN
been appointed 20 Trinity Church, Danvile, Pa
CONGREGATIONAL
Rev DR. Budington, OF Clinton Avenue Cougregs
tionai Churoh, brooklyn, has returned from Europe
Rev. |. u. SAmmons, late OF Wattsburg Pa, ha
Just been ordained and installed pastor OF the Congre
gatonai Church OF RicsviIle, Pa.
Springfield Mass. First Church has Committee d
Ton 10 look alter new pastor, and they are In
stvuctsd 10 report favor OF any one unless tney
can DO 50 unanimously. This they did for Rev. K A.
Slimson OF Minneapolis. rhe congregation however.
were not unanimous, l29 voting IN MS favor ana 81
The American Board spent s45o.ooo during the
year just closed in us 10 missions and 60S preaching
places, and its 24S churcnes and ,549 missionaries
II also paid of $4S, 900 OF Indebtedness, and nov
calls for $5oO.oo Tor tho current m missionary year
Tho Rev. James H. Means D. d.. pastor for tnirsy
years OF the Second Church In Dorchester. Mass.,
has rendered mis- resignation on account Of decline
OF physical strength ,
Dr. John Halls church, IN TINS city, gave last year
for home missions $500 more than was given by ths
100 600 Presoy erans OF the tour States OF Ohio In
diana, illinois and Iowa The amount was $29, 200
Ths sensc OF Rev. A. g. Rogers, late pastor OF tho
Union Presbyterian Church on Lexington avenue Neu
York, has been revoked by the Presbytcry Of West
chester. OF which he was member. Mr Rogers made
. sudden lump from Presby tcranism 10 Univsrsaltsm
and, without Notifying his churcn presbytery, 40
ceptsd the pastorate oil the Univorsaiist Church u
Harlem. An exchange THINKS ne is to be com msndsd
ior not ndicsing the whole Presbyterian Church fo
not conforming 70 hts changed opinions
The Prssbytery Of Chicago mas nsgatived the A.
ssmblys overture on rspresen taton. Twenty -sevsa
prosby teries have voted the overture. Fifteen
copied II tive unanimously and twelve rejected IL
presbyt 6ls minslera TAT pastoral charges and
l25, 600 comm munican.a There II, 900 baptisms
aggregated 81, aooo 900.
MISCELLANEOUS
R., MocU,ss pasSr ., .ms ~ Ss
Oriental Church Magazine, quarterly periodical Of
loo pages, printed ID clear type ana on good paper.
The purpose the editor he tells s TO .promote
the unity Of the body Of Christ, HIS visible Church,
and 10 answer the last prayer OF His mortal iie."
This, Mr. Bjerring thinks, better be plsacd
"bv showing wherein we agree rather than wherein
We differ" Hence he devotes thiriy-sevsn pagos 10
description aud prayer used in The Oriental
Chorcn on the eve preceaing the Sabbath. Nearly
IWenty-four pages gwen 10 sharp review oi
view Of Schuyer's translation Of 'Ths Cossacks by
Count Tolstry. Dr. Lndemann, OF Bremen, furnishes
an interesting article on Western Siberia, and Ar.
BolAssi, the Greek Consul General at THIS port,
other on odern Greece As the design OF the maga.
zns is 10 make Americans better acquainted with
Russia the editor has made good beginning But hs
promises better things IN tho iulure.
Tho attendance or tho Protestant churchss Of Ch$s
cago amounts 20 sc, 900. and that OF the Catholic
churches 10 40 000
Ths Lutheraus in Illinois have $50 churches and
30 O0V com mmunicants.