The New York herald., 1878-09-29

secretary the Board OF Foreign Missions of the Re-
The present year tho 250t6 OF the set
tsment OF the first pastor OF Reformed Dutch
| Church In this country The Rev. Jonas h'chaelius
assumed tho pastorale OF the Dutch Churcn In Now
Amsterdam, In April, 1928 lie found htty members
present at the rst com niou service. From that
small oeginning this branch OF the Reformed church
has become body consisting OF nearly seveny.nine
thousand communieants belonging TO more than
Rev. A. A. ZabrisKis, formerly OF Keyport, has sc'
cep'ed cal TO tie new Reformed church ut Frankhn
Rev. John H. Manning. D. D.. who has been seri'
ousiy III Tor some months past, 10 now steadily ns-
proving. He is able to leave his room.
Rev N vanaeryesr % ats o, chicago, n cs"n was IN
Brook!y y, last Monday evening
ROMAN CATHOLIC.
Rev. L. j. O'Toole, oi the Boston Cathedral, has
gone 10 Europe on u vacation trip.
| Archbishop HuRhes' rem, ANS are TO De removed TO
the crypt o: the new Cathedral New York.
The superior General OF the rrappist monastery at
SeptIonds has purchaseda large quantity OF land iu
ana VIII sno erect thereon 60 . @onsssry
Tho Rev Jonn Ganney, OF Frederick Guy, Nd, Is
visiting his early home at East Dednam, Mass.
Rev. Father Stetcncr Is making arrangements to
build new brick CHURCH in Arlington, M'nn
French missionaries are making glorious harvest
In the sandwich Islands Tney were not The nrst 10
open m issiops among the natiyes lor Proteslants
were there before them out they are leaving all COM
Rev. Jonn J. Fedigan. O. s. A., has been appointed
President viianovA College in place Of the Rev. T.
tholics resident IN northern part OF Cohoes
known as Harmony Hill. are about 10 erect church
which Is uncomiort ably crowded AZ every SABBATH
service. Tney nave purchased commanding site on
Johnston avenue.
some Franciscan iathers from westphalia havo re-
solved 10 Greet monastery at 81. Bernhard, Neb
a lot Of leo acres Tor ,ne new iounda.on.
A schoolhouse, TWO stories nigh. Is IN pro-
erection. 81. Bernhard promises TO become,
course OF tme one Oi the most nourishing German
settlements IN tue Far West
rhs Grand Ligne Mission among the French Roman
Catholics Montreal be. un some orty.three years
ago by Nine. Feer, is now 10 De more iuily worked
tnan ever. The CaInohcs are beng surrod up IN re-
garu by tue Rev. CHARLES Carroll, MISSIONARY
VINO Is visiting the maritime provinces aud preIont-
ing the claims ol the mission
! Ihe authorizes OF the Roman Catholic College at
Manhatanviic have purchased the riucely mansion
erected lor Bon Halliday aud ABOUT ior.y acres OF tho
Ophr iaTm aud contomp plate Tho removal oil the COT
| lege to that place he property is situated III the
town ol Horrison, Westchester county about thIee
mIes from White Plans ana four from the village OF
| Rye.
| PRESBYTERIAN.
Rev. J. W. Hilimau, pastor OF the Presbyterian
Church, Morris Plans, has resigned and removed 10
| Rev /. r. Sampson has Just sai.cd tor Athens,
| Greece, as u IN ,ssionary OF the Southern Church.
Rev IL. Lawrence, late ol Lawrence, has removed 10
cnung ON komulu, N. Y, 10 swan Lake, Turner
| county, ID. 4. Tne Rev. W. X. Eday, OF Scranton,
| Pa, - soon to sail as missionary 10 syria.
| Rev. Ben Helm who ueen iab0rng faithfully rs
missionary vi Tue southern Presbyterian Churcn IN
Cnna Tor ts years. Is now on vIsitto his nome as
The Rev ". Y. Brown has been four years pastor
| OF inc DaryDorou4n Presbyterian Lhurch, Philade
| ninety -one members, s,xty-nius OF whom were on
profession iaith. The sabbath school and congre.
| porous.
Although several OF the Presby churches IN
New YORK aru without osbL. yet the Aemoriai and
Allen street churches are The only ones which, wniie
Tree OF aeO,, retain the ownership Of ,hsr pe~s
The Piesbyterians OF Rivorton, j., are building
comiortpbls 81 900 house 0i worship.
Ceour Greek IVA PresOy terian Church dates back
msa ana Is Que o. 'ne @ H,a0S W M W. IN
gnia It's third mouse Of worship s now In preosssof
erection
DR.. Robert Patterson, late OF ssn Franoisco. has
accepted the pas torate Of tue Fourth Street Prssby
teran Church, Cincianat ana begun ms .oers thsc1
the Board OF ksiiet for disao'ed ministers OF the
Church was never In greater straits than
tbs now. IL needs the sun OF SIS 700 at once ana
Will then require $20O00 more before January, 1879.
Tho health OF Rev. Lyman Wright, II. D., OF Bing-
hamtop, n. y, 10 such as to give little nope o. his
being able 10 resume his pastoral WORK. Rev. c. B.
Perkins, late Of Trenton N. j., successfully psrsrm-
ing the duties vi pastor oi tho church.
Forty-One years ago there was rot Baptist In
Berlin; now there Is membership Of 500. The
BcrIu Church has .sunered iamcntably from the
elect OF H. Pcarsa Smith's Pcrtec.ionst preaching"
| some sixty members have Withdrawn aud formed q
church by themselves. "fncy simply Anti.
nomians. The sixty. Notwithstanding their .perfec-
ton,' nave not been a0e to 1--we pesceaoiy tsgether
and divided into Two partics."
The outlook tor the Baptst denomination in Eng
land rs very hopeful one II Ia not long since II
was open 10 question whether BAptsls couid lay fu
claim to being desIguatcd u denomination. Since
1870 the average annual increase has been 52O Tor
Great Britain and Ireland, Tue membership now beng
200 $50. Ihe serious want ~ present Is OF nit
listers, the colleges IN high state oi efficiency
aud iusk.ng annually large contribution Of pre-
pared students tor Inc theoiog cal schools.
The Cranston Stteet Church, Of Providence l., was
organized IN 1870 ana now numbers about Tour nun
dred fifty. sevenlysix having been recently
adasd Under the leadership Ui Dt. n. II. Bixby tho
church has become we'll organized ior worK and It's
sfcisncy Tor I've iuturo IS very promising.
Or, Lorlmer, OF fremont Temple, Boston, has re.
turued from his retreat IN Germany wi,l renewed
hean and strength for his arduOus iaDors DR. Crane,
oi the Frat Cnurcn, 10 at nome aguic aiso Dr. Cor
dou OF CLARENDON street. At the broadway Cnurcb,
some eignt years " more, Rev. Henry hiackisy nas
Tesgned, commenced his pasioratc ~ the Sccoid
by the removal Rev. j. 5. Holmcsao Adrian, Micn.
ine First Lynn are not AS yet aole 10 unite ON
pastor. Rev J. H. Burrows has resigned the charge
OF the church in Marbiencsd, Mass. where no has
been scttied three yesrs. Dr. Neaie mas been quitc
unweiI oil late, and Is now with his irlends IN New
YORK, wncrc, under loving care, ~ Is nopeu lie viii
recruit again Tor iulure service DR.. Hague
call TO the pas,oraie OF Inc Woiiaston Hegnts
Church. " here Rev. Z. H. Rowe recently resigned to
go 10 cambridge IL Is thought accept
me call.
METHODIST
Rev W. G Wilson, an alunnus OF Dickinson Col
lose, o he class 1873, been appointed pastor OF
Cedar strest Methodist Episcopal Church, Brooklyn,
N. Y, IN place OF tue late DR.. line.
rhe wesie yam Melnodists Of sierra Leone, Airsa,
report that district 1904 mem Sers In church is'
owshp, WIN !, OOO scholars Ia The schools aud about
IL, 900 Cnurch attendants.
Dr. Alexander Clark, Of the Methodist Recorder
says ..Christiauity is able to all hard Ques
lionsr rne Chrisuan at Work wants 10 know "wneu
sponoens will ,earn wrue IegiOiy side
OIL sheet; when subscriDers VIII stop getting mad
and write Anonymous letters to the edilOr about
some little paragraph which ihey DO not approve;
when church gosrs will not DO late; wuen all the
viii go cnurcn 10 listen To the lister and
not see bonncts and dresses, abd when stingy
viii learn TO give hoersily. II Or. CiarKs Chris
uanlty can answer tnese hard questions We rhouid
IKE TO receive snswers, aud then We will PROFOUND
moro Inquiries oil The same sori."
Rev }. Z. Ley. OF the FLORIDA Conference OF the
Metnoast Episcopal Church, south, and pastor Of the
church OF mat denomination IN Key Wesi, Is visiting
the Norm, soiicithg ala Tor the complsLioa OF his
church
A Methodist Episcopal chapel has been erected in
Dolores street, san francisco, 22x36 feet In Size
The Southern Methodsf the ia,sst oil inc Methodist
family 70 make its appearances IL Is double quarto
sixteen pages anu Is issued IN ,usville, KY, IN
the OF the Mehoaist Episcopal Oh urcb south.
DR.. A. IA. Redford Is the euilor
1hc ThrtIetn street Methodist III scopal Churcn IN
This city has, during tho SUMNER undsrgono extoL-
: the nanusOmoBt
most convenicn ut pa COS OF worship New YORK.