The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-02

the annual sermon before the benevolent societies on
the Monday evening following. Corresponding or
iraternai delegates win be received FRIDAY even
Ing Tho Rev. C. Van der yecr, OF Michigan. WIN, by
appointments OF tho last synod, preach sermon on
domestic missions.
There are two Reformed Dutch Churches in the
country, with very little difference doctrine and
less In name, which ought 10 be united to mako one
reasonably strong body. The calls itself ''The
Reformed Church the United States" II Is far
more Dutch than Reformed. It's General Synod met
In Lancaster, Pa, couple OF weeks ago This body
Is inclined toward high churchsm, and in its calendar
follows the "Church year"-AaveDt Whitsuntide, AS
cension, &c Its chief strength lies IN Pennsylvania
and contiguous parts OF New York, Ono Maryland
and West Virginia. 1t has little strength
at oil beyond those points, save in the North
west where tho Germans are concentrated in GER
tain sections OF Minnesota ana Wisconsin, and
IN few towns In Kansas and Nebraska, Indiana ana
Illinois 1t numbers SIX district or Particular Synods
aud iortyiour Glasses Two OF which later are IN this
Stale. Most Of tue Glasses outside OF Pennsylvania
aud the Northwest small ana the churches 10 Bile.
Nine Of the Glasses viii hole their meetings during The
present month. Its late Synod numbered eighty-one
ministers sixty eIers The body which meets
IN utica N. r., next Wednesday represent, .he SIRE
formed Church in America, and embraces tour dis
tinct or particular synoas and thir,y-threc CLASSES.
When the General synod net In this city ago
ninetyone clerical ana Glty-four lay delegates were
present AT The ensuing meeting lO9 ministers and
iorty-iour ELDERS will ait provided Ill VINO have
been elected attend. Nearly many more alernaIes
OF both orders have been elected also. From this
CITY Drs Chambers, Ormiston, Hutton aud Geysr ana
Mes=rs. G. A. sage, 5. b. Scniofliiu William Bogarius
aud Dr. James Anderson nave been com missioned.
From Broo9yn and vicinity Keys V, ). Myers, OF
Flatbulh; d. s. sutphen, OF New Utrecht, ana A. D.
f,l,. IN Snufh Iyn. ~ Epfrc A
roweli c. J. Shepard aud George d Hulst tho latter
Of Brooklyn, L d.. The others from tho interior OF
Long Island, together with Elders Mason, Bergen,
Bcnuei, Beales, dc Bevose, Suydam and A. s. .Sacp-
have been chose. Dr. Carroll OF Newburg
formerly OF Brookyn); Dr. Eimendort, Of Pouan-
Keepse; Or. NJ. >. Hutton, OF Woslchcster; Dr. J. II.
suydan, OF Jersey CITY; Drss Zaoriskie of Passac,
N. j.. and krueger, OF Newark, n. j., ana others
known IL THIS vicinity havt been ciecsed delegates
The synod year received raleTnaI delegates from
the Presbyterian Church OF the Uni,d States and tho
Uuitcd Presbyterian Cnurcn VI North America, the
Reformed Episcopal Lnufcn ana tho Reformed Dutch
Church Tue Cape oi Good Hope. IL viii receive
deist ates or correspondence from the game bodies
DUTCH CHURCH STATISTICS sissioSs
The staslstcs O. the Reioi med Dutch Church are
folows:-Ihurche 506the same 40 las, ear; mnis-
ters, 549--ac same as last year: families 43 $50. tc-
ce.ved on confession, ABOUT 4.5o0; rscevea Oh cer
Il axe, 2, 900; comnu picabts SU,Uy0; catcchumens,
20 oil; sunday schools 614--tne same as last year,
sunday school scholars, II $500. The beuevoent ana
"
Tor lS77-$20o, 700 Tor the former ana $500 0cO
the LATER The Denevoience OF tue Church hnds out
les IN foreign ANA uomesnc MISSIONS, caurch exlcn
sou, ,beooscAi and collegiate educal on, publication
OF church literature Tor disabled
the w.aows and orphans OF deceased ,stcfs OF
the Church. Its missions are not numerous nor
very large ~ hhs stations In lnuia CLina
japan. DR.. Jared scuidcr, brother 10 Or. Il. 81.
SSuddeT Br0okty sailed last Saturday from this
port tor tue ReiOrm,o Churchs mssion ia ludin. he
mad been home on vacation, ana ~hiic here one or
his coluuorers IN the otciln Held Tested from
their t0ls, ratner than the IN aston should suffer
OF IAN ~ mas gone back lgain. An enort was made
duriu the year among ne churches 10 rals. 500 OOO
as u uonaion to the Board Of Missions o, The Re-
Tor m Oh church. How lar that ,rort has been
successful viii be known TO ne General synod
lne ann rece pts OF this Board SOS 900
10000. The receipts OF tbo Domestic Mss,on
Boa,u Tor ApriI the latest published am onntea 10
50 olv 80 OF which 90 churches gave 81 ,43 81, Is
suuaay Schools gave SAL W and IL inaIv duas
$40a co LIS annual receipts are aIoas $4,000 Tue
Cnurcn butiuing Funu received $685. - uurng ths
SANE period. IL IL coDJ0nsd with mestic missioLs
ana adm 'n,stcred by the same board. ino
Dutch CHURCH 10 great acquisition 10 tho inis-
forces OF the Church. Its rsceipis daring tue
year Just c,osed amounted 10 $lv,0s5 ana its ex-
pcndiiurss 70 s4.3so rne income VAS $4,000 ad.
vance oil the previous year. me Board mas a gris'
sshoo ~ as.s 70 car.n n ,so "as
~ Tor Rirs al IvNoaa, Ia winch Ilfiy seven pupiis
are taught, thirty tour OF tnom being 6oarocrs -Four
pupiis ana ooy employed around tuc place made
profession oil farm IN CHRIST ast month The japanese
ssacnss III sho scnoo also became Cnristian. This
BUura has gisls sch DOL also AZ Annoy CniEa, aud
girls seminary AT Cbitoor, lndih AT The latter forty
pupils receive Instruction and three OF them are
teachers. All the oidcr girls oil tins school
hers Of tho church. Al The Annoy school one g,rl
baptized on profession oi lain. II is well
understood that male missionaries cannot gain
access 10 the homes OF heather womun, ana
II these are 10 10 saved AZ Nil tho
Gospel must be brough, to them by their own sex.
Heuce tue grown vi womon's missonsFy secet
ali over this iand IN connection Win the several
churches during the last len or ni,esu Years. In
japan, where the missionaries Try 10 AVOID M ucD
pvssIb. Distinctions aud names for
their couveris, the reformed tnc American PresDy.
terrain and the Uuited Prssuytera Cuurcn OF scot
land work bouy aud gather Their converts
what tn,y have naineu "ihc Cnurcp vi Jesus christ
in Japan Thirteen churches ale thus uIiteJ IN
tlis plan Each cuurcn HIS lis own elders ana
dcacons. who with us pastor, II u pave one have the
manas, ment OF IT'S temporal and spiritual concerns.
as tho PresDyteran or Reformed churches
Ia America and England. me ChlukwaI tor
middlc assembly, I. C., between u consistory
ana syoodl IS composed oi one elder aua its
pas or IRON each church, aud nil the male members
vi the three alA lnissious ex olcio entitcd
TO a seat and vote IN the ChiuxwuL Tuis Dody there
fore IL not Presbyterian nor Reformed, though u 10
strictly presby teriat IN IT'S constitution. The name
uo,higr n tho substance IS re taiued To secure the
latter the crevd catccnsms vi the three divisions
OF tue Church III Cbristendom represented BY these
three missions, are the standards OF the japanese
CLurch A. iuo last meeting vi this middle assembly
la April thers were sixteen American ana Engi,h
missionaries aud sixteen natives present -Four
twelve we're eidSrs. Thirsecn young we're
examined ivr hccnsure 70 preach the Gospcl by
this body. Tho cxamna,ion occupied tue .rctter
part vi Two days. and was witnsssod Nv many
intcrcs ed natives. The Reformed Church ~ Yoke
hama, tho nrst CHRISTIAN churcn organized IN Japan,
mas tho largest number VI members, IsO, anu tle
cburcn at Nasasaki tue smallest, 10 me nnolo mum
Of members ~ The thirteen churches 81 the uIion
sU7 fbsy rascd DUNG the year Tor religious pur.
poses $780, During tue SIX monihs from October 10
Aprt l45 converts mad Decn baptized. There are
tweniy.one preaching places besides the churches
that manned w mo missionaries anu their native
hsipsrs About ioriy bsptisins have taken pace ia
the missions oil tho X oi med Churcn ur ng the hal
year. Tho native Christians have already begun
work 10 Corca, o, that Christianity IN japan
Is very practical thing
EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OF rlIE CHURCH
Tho k,ivrmcd Church has two educational institu.
tions. tue East, Ruigs,s College M New Bruns.
wick, N. J aua one IN the West 1T Holland, NJ el.,
Hope Csilegc. Tue former Is avcncrsbic instituuou
the latter 10 comparatively youu,. II VAS loubaea Wy
Dr. Van kate. WHO let ali his property 10 II
and nurscJ " ale lie iyed. Tho Reform, ID churcn
LOOK u ny altogether alter bis dean, but u - not well
patronz by the Hoaudert, lUr whose Uenent
chiefly II was founded. year ago thc Gen, raj synod
aDo ished the theoIogicai department connected wih
H. 10 beng cheaper, and the students pr.cfrlng 10