The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-06

SOmefVilte,
unanimous call to the Rev. B. Milford OF sewickly,
Pa.
Tho Rev. John Humpstone. OF Philadelphia, has
accepted the call time since rendered him ny
Calvary Baptist Church, Albany
Tho Central Baptist Church, Paipleld, N. J., have
accepted the munincent offer OF Mr. James +. MARITIME
donate 10 the Church Tor church edidce the hue
elgby located lots near the Park House, on the cor
OF Park avenue, Prospect avenue and Ninth
street. condition that suitable church edace DO
erected thereon within Eve years
The largest Baptist Sunday school In this State Is
that connected with the Marcy Avenue Church, OF
Brooklyn which reports $50 members, with an aver
age attendancc Of about s75 children youth The
superintendcS is Mr.. Theodore N. Banla
KPIscoPALIAN.
The Reformed Episcopal congregation at Louisville.
KY. are endcavoring 10 purchase the nne Prespyte-
ran church on Fourth and Chestnut Streets having
offered $4,000 Tor IL The Rev Mr. Kegnin, recently
called has entered upon hrs dulles as pastor.
Rev. Samuel Cutler has opened Reformed Episcopal
service Boston. Rev. William Gill oil Denver,
have withdrswn from the Protestant Episcopal
Church. with The Intention oil entering the ministry
Episcopal congregation has been organized in Mon
trcal and church will DO bull, 10 Washington, ID. y.
These are Indications OF progress and OF NE.
DR.. Seymour, Dean OF the Theological Seminary OF
this city having been unanimously elected Bishop oil
tho new diocese OF springfield H., has sent very
cautious reply, In which no says that owing TO tho
uuanimity with which he chosen he can NOT de-
cnc and yet ne Is not able 10 accept SO soon On tho
whoc he thinks he will wait until the voice oil tue en-
tire Church heard before he gives hts hnal answer
He may thon DO spared any answer
ST. Paui's Church. Springfield, H., to enable tho
grcgaon to change It's character from parochia 10
a cathe dra church, where tue new Bishop may mako
The parishoners OF ST. James Church. Chicago.
have pressed tneir rector Dr. Harris, not 10 leave
them the tishoprIc OF Quincy, Ill, TO which he had
been elected but declined. Tho Standing Committee
have requested the Bisnop vi Ilhnois--under whose
urisdict the diocese Vi Quincy has been piacedo
give canonicaI notice Tor special convention 10 DO
held the cathedral OF Quincy, Oh Tuesday February
eIeo,us Sishcp ior tho See OF Quincy. Tho conven-
ton will thus convene tho week before Ash Wedncs
day. With about sixty days To allow Tor the tcsti-
monias 10 be sent out oi the thon bishop ecc 10 tae
different standing committees Of The Church at large,
II may DO possible for the new Diocese TO have IT'S
bishop cousccrated before Easter. II tho diocese
waited tili its rst annual convention IN May IL would
make 1t impossible for the diocese to have Its own
bishop before midsummer
METHODIST
DR.. D. D. Whelon, odtor OF tho Methodist Quarterly
Rer,esc lett New York Tuesday last to spend The
rho Rev. L. Latimer, Central New York Conference,
s visiting IN tho West. Though nearly eighty he
breaches with vig0r and SUCCESS.
The death OF DR. Albert Taylor Bledsoc adds an
other conspicuous TO the list Of Tho recent dead
Of the Southern Methodist Church. Myers, Duncan,
Marvin, BIcdsoe nave all gone within little more than
rne Methodist Episcopal Church has erected
teen churches IN Baltimore IN the past seventeen
years. the Southern Methodists eight and tho lpde
penden. Methodsts six
REV. William Wilson, returned Methodist Mission.
ary from the Fiji Islands gave at u London mission
ary meeting held recently, graphic account OF the
marvellous moral cnangs wrought in tho last forty
two years He described revival during his own
residence IN Fly, In which 10000 conversions took
place IN tho course OF twerty months
The Wesleyan Foreign Missionary Society OF Great
Britain is 500 900 IN debt and very naturally greatly
concerned about IL.
A house Of worship for tho Broadway Church, SOM
ervic Mass has been purchased :or SIS 500; 81 800
OF this sum was for rent due on the property. 10
raise the whole amount MIR. d. L. Poland gave
S., 500 His previous gifts TO Methodtsm have been
numerous.
The Chrisiian Advocate ascrbes ministerial non-
success 70 lack OF braius ucapaclty for study, ndo
perncious habits, and prcfaces these severe counts
with Inc remark that .rhe bishops are required 70
lind places Tor. II may be- 900 throughout Che
whole Church VINO lacking In quits grace or use
tulncss. Tho people are required 10 support them |;
while 600 persons, probably, are discouraged from
the attempt TO prepare Tor the ministry 900
iucompetonts arc IN the way"
PREsBYrERIAx
Tho Presbytcry Of Winchester having previously re
fused to dissolve The pastoral relation between tho
Rev H. c. Brown and the churches at Falling Water
anu Tuscarora, w. W.. have now consented upon
second request mado Mr.. Brown goes 70 Liberty, Va
The Rev. " OTIS has resigned tho pastorate OF
the First Presbyterian Church at Saltwater, Mimi,
and The Rev. T. s. Mcleod has also resigned at Bala-
VIA, N. Y, and gone to the HUDSON Reformed Dutcn
The pastoral rotation existing between Rev. ). W.
Mcclure and the church OF Coolsprng, Pa. has been
dissolved by tho Prcsbytery OF Erie. TINS relation
existing between Rev. DR.. Mays and the Church of
CORY, Pa, dissolved ut the same meeting. Rev.
Is. ~ Kerr has been called TO the Church II Cory.
|. Al the late meeting OF tho SYNOD OF Virginia In
Alexandria new PrcsDytery was SGT oil, 10 DO called
the presbytery OF Maryland Is consists pts.SS,er o. nosO
OF the boundary limo between Virginia aud Maryland
and the District oil Columbia.
The Synod OF Virginia mad tho case OF Rev. K. I.
Baird, ID. d. before u the other day, and instead OF
acduiIting HIM OF evil intent ~ Incorporating
moneys belonging TO the Publication Society OF tho
Presbyterian Uhurcn, south, OF winch no was
tary, that body rcerrco him back again to tho East
Hanover Prespytery for prosecution This body,
resolving that the Presbytc tory thought IL wso
there good to institute process against The
Doctor was oslopped from going further by no'taca-
ton OF appeal 10 tho General Assembly, which meets
al Knoxville Tenn, next May. He appealed first
from his Prcshy terry 10 his Synod, and now from Nat
to the Assembly ana an 20 prove u n;ea.
advanced step In Christian civilization. There Is
hope yet for the South
Rev. :. H. Chester, OF Wilmington, n. e., has &C.
cepted call to tho Second Presbyterian Church OF
Stauhton, W. Rev. Allen r. Blsse Is about 10 take
charge OF the Presbyterian church IN DELHI, ONO.
For hfty-two years tho Prcsby terrain church on
Edso Island enjoyed tho pastoral laUors OF tho late
Rev William States Lee. Since they iost him. nvo
wears ago. they have had the OF the Rev. John
X Dow, who Is now al Aiken. James +. Fogartio was
recently ordained aud Installed their pastor
vile, N Y, owing o i'll health, and sailed week ago
for Europe. The Rev. J. VIC. Nellis OF Gowanda,
n Y, has succeeded him at Gilbertsvile, where be
nnds church with go members
MISCELLANEOUS.
The annual mary vi British contributions to the
sxty-n,ne societies IN Great Britain and Ireland which
collect funds for promoting missionary work IN Tor.
cgu anus shows that 10 the financial year 1901 the
contributions amounted 70 fl04S,472 Tho general
summary Is as iouOwS:-CnurCu Ol Eugluud socetlcu
received a425, 1876; "omuibus." or JOINT societies.
fi56 y48; Nonconiornist societies Ia England aud
Wales. x3Oo,77l; scotch anu Irish Presbyterian soci-
cites l58 lS and Roman Catholic societies, 60 479
The Rev. +. T. Bailey, Of Canandaigua, N. Y, has
accepted Gull to Detroit Mich.
The East Cong regational Church, Brooklyn, N y.
Is about erect church ediuce atTompkins avenue
and Kosciusko street. 1t Is hoped the work will bc
done no that the Sheriff won't be called In to auction
of what Is supposed to belong 10 the Lord.
Tne American Congregational Union mas resolved to
change It's namc ana will hereafter be known as the
shtrc I'm lnn
has not very prosperous career and Tor several
years past The contributions to 1t have fallen of
greatly.
known by his fruits Judged by ;his test, tho Rev.
Dr. Messler. pastor OF the Reformed (Dutch) Church
Raran, ". j., mas not teen unsuccessful laUorer.
He preached his forty-hitb anniversary sermon re.
Gently. During ms Passionate there have been added
TO tho church 9S2 members, an average oil about
twenty-five year. DR.. Messler Is known Ia his &c.
nomination u man OF rarc attainincns and OF high
CHRISTIAN character. Few meu labor So long and So