The New York herald., 1878-10-20
ECCLESIASTICAL CONFERENCES.

ECCLESIASTICAL CONFERENCES.
MINISTERIAL, sUNDAY-scHooL
wEEK-MIssIoNARY CONFERENCES.
October Is becoming rs important May for 70.
l,gious ecclesiastical gatherings During the past
week the Baptis.s, Presbyterians and Refor
Churchmen OF New York, Brooklyn, Jersey City ana
psints held their annual or semi-annual
conventions and conferences The Episcopalians held
their church congress In Cincinnati and tho Cougre.
gattonalists Of New York convened In Oswcgo.
The proceeding week also was occupied with
gatherings OF Moravians In indiana, OF New
Church people In Ohio and tho Episcoralians
held missionary conference In this CITY ana IN Brook
lyn. At the beginning Of the month the American
Board OF Commissioners for Foreign Missions neld
It's sixty ninth an nual session in Milwaukee This ia
the great missionary society Of the Congregational
Church, OF the oldest In the United States
II susains 16 missions Ia 70 and 500
tions in which 248 churches and 13. 1877 church
members, and among whom 1,549 American and
tive missionaries labor. Tho Board sustains Is train
ing and theological schools, 20 boarding schools tor
girls and 6l2 common schools, all containing ag-
gregate OF &C. 10 pups, ana total cost Of this
work for the last ecclesiastical year $4S2 00O IL
calls for $500, 600 TINS year.
During the present week and tho next q onferance
OF Christians 0l dinerent denom nations Is 10 be held
In Toronto, Canada t2lst 70 25tnl Dr. j. H. BroOkes,
oil ST. LOUIS is 10 preside, and lhe object Of tho con-
ference, as set Iortn In the call, 10 40 advance the
Kingdom OF LORD and Saviour Jesus Christ by In
slllng to the hearts ana min0s OF Coos children
= deeper interest III the study OF His word ana the
necessity oil more thorough and unresorved cOnse-
Grafton TO the work and person OF the Lord, with
greater longings Tor hia rcturn.' The programme
For instance. tue Rev. w. s. Rainiord, VINO
p~~~ T. k>.o ln
istic work, reads two papces on "rns Truth wnicn
Saves and How 10 Present IL" and 'rhs Relation
man, OF chicago. reads four papers on "rhs truth
Building Up, Ed,fy'ng and s!rsng'nening,' "rns
Once Of ,ne Moly spirit" u "rn. wisnsss Of .ne
The Rev. Dr. Jonn Potts viii discuss ..rhe Holy
spirit, Power Tor servics;' tho Rev ). Donovan
Rev. H. NJ Parsous Of Buffalo, viii present papers on
'.Chris. a Personal Saviour" and .'ihe wora OF Cod
discusses ..rne Priesthood OF Chrst:" Dr.
Brookes s'Incentives 10 Holy Living and Chris
!lan Activity" ana Rev - :. sn :. Au,na "Wt. WI,
each evening OF the conference special svangesc
services are TO be held In Shattssbary Hall con-
fersnce very smilar this In It's composition
jscts be held In the Church Of the Holy Triniy,
New York, the close OF the present mouth and be-
the Second Advent Of Christ rapidly passing out Of
the keeping OF the psrativey small dock wno have
been the special custodians Of u Toe moro than halt
ptury, and by tnoir many false prophecies
scale OF smcs and seasons Indicated the
Biblical prophecies have brought tho doctrine into
Yid.cule Anosnsr and larger class OF Christians
taking II up and disseminating more widely through
out the En- speaking world Conferences this
subject have been held IN Eagiand and In some ct
LOCAL AND STATE CONVENTIONS.
The London SUNDAY school Union has suggested to
Sunday schools throughout Tho world 10 observe To-
day ana tomorrow MS special days for prayer and
preaching this subject, and thoogh This suggestion
VIII generally Carried out as IL might many
churches and sunday schools in otnsr oates
Will take notice OF IL. On Tuesday next convcn
Bedford Avenue Reformed Church, Brooklyn. E. D..
three sessions during tho day, and 10 81 Johns
Methodist Episcopal Church and probably also IN
Ross Street Church, bOtn Dy, the
evening OF that day The topics TO be discussed,
either verbally or BY written essays. include mssbods
OF teaching ana government OF schools, rewards and
promotions of scholars tho worth or wohIcssness OF
lesson leaves aud other nelps the desirabsness ot
prayer meetings IN Sunday scnoos and for them aad
teachers meetings ana normal class studies OF the
Bibc. Each Sunday school 10 10 sond three or nve
delegates to the Convention so that about SIX hun.
dred nfty such representatives will DO present
The Gresnpoint Sunday schools had similar bot
smaller gathering days ago.
The Universaiists Of The United states VIII hold
thor General Convention IN Providence, r. l., ON
Wednesday next, prsccdsd ~ tnsir women's Csn-
tenary Association, whose annua. meeting WIN %
held Tuesday. Every State Convention emitted
10 send us officers and one clerical and Two lay dee-
gates BESIDES and Tor every nifty parishes and minis
additional delegation OF minister and two
laymen. States and Tsrritoriss whicn have NOS or
ganizsd associati0ns, anu The District oil Columbia
also, send one delegate each. Tho Convention has
oebt OF S. 600 Tor It's general missionary
work, toward winch the Church Of the Messiah, Pniu-
delpnis, mas contributed 81 ol2 The pr.ncpai topics
that with command the attention of the Convention
are tho proprety OF aiding theological Students aud
the extont OF such aid u gwen and the missionary
suffering In It's missionary interests through lack OF
systemsse labor In the different States and Terri.
upon 70 perfect system ~ once harmonious and
SIMPLE 10 It's working In every STATE Convention IL
10 suggested that every sucn state Convention should
have one or more missionaries approved ny the Con-
eral Convention, c0nstantiy at w0rk, VINO shJbd
organize Sunday schools aad supply weak charges
ANA promote the interests OF tno denomisstion
In other ways The questions OF temper
ancs, prison reform. The use OF to-
bscco by ministers aud Kindred topics VIII also re-
csivs sumo attention. The New YORK State Couvon.
on OF Univcrssists will meet IN syracuse also this
week. The UDwersaiist cause IN tns state has lana
guished Tor some time, that correspondent OF Tho
Ledder nnds by careful scrsttny Of history and sta
stics hat there are over places where Uni
now IL has no aclivs s,rensin No. lar IRON niiy
urchss unoccupIed ana The mnsteriai fVrce OF
the State could DO juaousiy doubled II the churenes
that are s.rong anu growing would only respond 10
the missionary needs OF Inc Convention.
MISSIONARY coSvxREscgs AT noxE AND ABROAD.
The Bap,ists oi tins State Will hoid n missionary
convention In SDghamton tssvenly.hrst annual on
Wedn esday and thursday next The hrst dxy Will 10
devoted 10 discussion OF Ins annual report IN the
10 Each 0ther IN Hard Times" IN tho afternoon, and
the educational interests OF New York Baptists In
the evening. On Thursday the discussions VIII em-
brace tho duty OF Baptsts In view OF tne growing
license in interpreting ihe Bible, and the sunday
gcnO0l cause. Ino stare fastcfai OohteFenc0 Will
convene IN Binghamton on tuesday and discuss tho
practical relations oil Bsptsts 10 Other denominations
me conso'sory WORK o. .hs 70 m,nlsiy n, ne relation
New Testament Interpretation; the Will In Theology
or holiness OF God and the Feasibility OF minis
terai bureau. The Rev Emory J. Haynes, OF Brook
lyu 10 to preach the anusl sermon before this
feroncc, anu Drs jeffrey, OF brooklyn, T. d. Andor-
aud j. ID. Herr, OF TINS city, are TO take
discussions. Tho Bsptsts vi New Jersey will hold
their State Convention tne forty-nlntb) At Mount
Hony ON tho 2Sth aud 2vth inst Tho "Christian'
In hsld Conv In
Cincinnati on Thursday and following days; the
Womnn's Foreign Missionary Society OF the Presby-
terian Church will convene 10 harrisburg, Pa, on
Wednesday, and the General Synod OF the Reformed
Church In the United States Ia Easton, Pa, NJ the
same time. The Hudson County, New Jersey, sun.
day school Convention Will meet in the Reformed
Church at Bayonnc on Thursday next Revs J. NJ.
King ana A. n. Scnaufer. OF this city, viii deliver
All the evangelical sunday schools IN the
county will send delegates Tho iocsi preachers Of