The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-21
MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS.

Ten days mare Of tle fiscal year Of the Inorcn re-
main and that time Tho Foreign Misal3n bord
want So, 900 10 enaoIc them to remove outstanding
Obligations and close tho year without debt. Last
year the receipts for AprN amounted 10 Sl4Voo. Wiz
Il or can IL be trebied this month";
The Cousistory OF The COLLEGIATE Reformed Church
In this city have discontinued the rotation pan by
which their ministers occupied special pupits IN the
morning SERVICE but were changed around 70 different
pulp,is tho evening Apart IRON any question OF
pulpit ability there Is doubt that tho prevailing IN
gertrude has tended to produce tho great dimnuton
OF The evening Congregations which arc always moro
or ess com posed OF nose who attend Tor tho purpose
OF hearing some iavorite preacher The restoration
to tho old status would 70 DO o wise move. No
ono has yc, been named Tor tho vacant pulpit OF
Forty eighth street Church lato Rev. Dr. Ludiowsl
Ebenezer Church, Holland, Mich, has called Rev.
J. S D.speaer, OF Macon, Mich, TO It's passionate.
Tho Reformed Church at High Prairie, H., mas called
Rev N A. Stctcus OF Silver Crock ILL., TO its pastor
ate. Tho Holland Church " Cleveland. Ohio, has
called Rev. MIR. Flcs, Presbyterian minister Of
Holland, We, 10 DO IFS pastor.
ROMAN CATHOLIC.
Archbishop PercLc, vi New Orleans, has consoii-
dated the debts Of h.s and issued bonds
curou by mortgage onc-baf The church property,
beariDg i've por interest, As ~ reiease the
o,h.r hall OF tho property which Is mortgagcd at
NJ ucu nlg ecclesiastical property ot The
diocese valued Ut S200O,O0u, the hall 81 which 10
mortgagea0c
do cs not know moro The decline OF Christianity
tnun about English r1is III Ireland his opinion
II Is scarcely Valuable cnouYh 70 DC teie9Tapuea
across the Atlantic.
several Pas.l onlst Fathers Of this country have
conc or are gong 10 Europe TO attend the General
Cuupter their Cong resu.on, wnicu meets VI Koino
on May
Bishop Merrill with The New Hampshire Confer
which sat al Lancaster last week Bisnop llaven
also went TO Rome, r., 10 meet The Northern New
York Conferences which closed last week.
About nve hundred persons wcrc Huueu 70 Hanson
Place Methodist Episcopal Church. Brooklyn, during
The three years ministry Vi Rev. George b. Reed just
closed, lou also joined AS probationers.
rhe missionary receipts at tnc treasury IN this city
from March ~ 10 April IL amount 10 Sl2. 600
$4,000 members close OF The war ANA tho
separation oi lii. coI.r,d work. AT
OF the Conle the brethren resolved to
encourage tho coioed people Ia the creation Of schools
and churches.
Rev. LOUIS HAried. atc vi THIS city, has bcen unani-
mousy elected minister and lecturer oi inc jewish
conrrcgatiun Beth ABRAHAM. OF Boston, Mass.
Tho congregation Buai Jcshurun are debating tho
propr'ey ana advsab'iity Of joining the "Union Of
American Hebrew Congregations" and Tor that pur-
pose will bold pubic meeting in the synagogue.
Tuirty-iourth street, inns aitcfnoon.
Tho jewish congregations aud individuals OF tho
land contributed Tor Their suffering brethren III
HE East about $4,000 Only Two CITY congregations
have yct sent their contributions 10 the committee
rho SUN oI 81, 557 Ivalized for the Jews Homo
uy Inc recent Pur.n reception
tho jewish population VI New York Is about SO 600.
The synagogue membership rs set Gown by DR.. II. s.
Jacoos as only 1900 Of this total Other authori
ties however insist that the membership must DO be-
tween 0.Uoo And uoo
PREsBYrERiAN.
Ora Duryca and Luuow ana Elders Ogden and Jud-
con nave been elected COMMISSIONERS " the Brook
iyn Presbytcry the General Assembly, which
next month ~ fussDurs, Ia Drs. a. Crosby and J.
q. Butler and Elders Freeman and Lawrence were
chossn allCrnstea
me Roy. a. Mccullough, la;o N Gcrinanio Phiia-
dclpha, VIII DO insiiiod pastor oi the Ross street
Presbyterian Church, Bfookiyn, on Tho evening OF
Tuesday next Messrs Bie,d and Hathaway, Iinccn-
s,acs will DO ordained In Lafayette Avenue Church
ON Tho evening vi siay u.
f. D. added thrty-iOur 10 us membership curing tnc
ccc.esiastieai year Just closed, manes US iIesent
GERS IN us sunday school, ana ne aggregate cole
lions Tor benevoencc amounted TO $780, or an
age Of - VI por mcmoer.
xpsccpALiASa
Tho city Of Burlington. n. ) was settled 20 years
81 Mary,s Church. Tho parrish recently celebralcd
lnc l15in anniversary u It's ioundation
For upward vi twanly-hvc years II. AIMS Church,
IN tnis city, has been only winch has tascn
the pastoral o dcai muteA IL has brought many
:em 10 baptism, conir NATION aud the Holy Com
muniou. Ma1y chdrun OF deal nIutcs have boon
Iaplizod and trained up IN the church. Every SUI.
day tho church holas i've services rnoy have par
l. Il guild all their parochi work ~ la gvoa
ai,ion. Tncy have a small floating doUt OF $5OUJ,
accumulated uurin. The Last nvc years, and
wnIcn, WITH UuLsue aid, thcy nope 10 sct RIA o ~
Easter Their mortgage dco. has Dcen reduced IN
twenty years IRON s5U,UVO 10 s-oOUu, and thIs has
boon PROVIDED Tor ~ sglces no. o. available And
meantime the Interest On the mortgage must DO Pad
by the society, winch has done, and - stu doing
iof a class that without It's help would 10
neglected. Rev. DIR. GiliGnutt Is the rcctor.
ST. Anus Church, Brooklyn Heights, must rai=e
$g2, 00v their properly lion foreclosure s,o
III Juuc An enter taininent TOR this object Will 10
aiveu In tho AtIcneum this week
BAPTIST.
The Rev Charles b. Perkins resigns at Trenton and
removes 10 Bine harpton, n. \.
The Rev. :. Harlwell Pratt has removed from
Lowell, M.sa 10 brooklyn, y. Y.
Inc Rev. q. ". kciuioBton, VI Rich mondvnlc,
Scnonarie county, has handed Ia his Resignation as
pslstor oI the Daptst church.
The Rev. q. H. Peusecost has resigned the pastorato
Vi tue warren avenue Baptlst Church OF Boston.
lie viii give niiDscI to cvaBgeiIsv Iabors, IN winch
hc has shown peculiar adaptation aud achieved re-
markavie Auccrss ia Provocncc Hartford ana else
where ia carrying ON tho meetings al tho close oil
Mr.. Moody's lhbors.
The Rev. A. J. Wairath, OF Madiso, University, has
been called ~ tho astoraie OF the Bspst church ~
I.aIarxeville, Jefferson county, y. 4.
UNIvEHsALIsT
Tho Rev. James Goftvn las resigned bfs ssstoratc
Of the I'M versaist Cnurcu. Inc kev. Z. Parfnston
has closed three years oil successful pastoral labor
with the church at Fairlola Me. The Row. I. j. Carr
has resigned his charge al Lo-, Me.
Tho Rev. u. w. whitney mas exchanged his parish
"a North Weymouth, Mass, Tor another ut augusta,
Me. The Rev. .. u. Wins OF bridgeport, has ex-
changed ms parish thero for ono nj Racine, Wis.
TEMPLE AHAWATH CHESLD.