The New York herald., 1879-11-30

pcnses mp. This ia tho church that vas rcorganizsf
oIt Of the old Seventh Avenue Church. which Icv
L. j. Haynes left in 1874 with debt OF $52OOo. Iti
membership has also largely increased and now
numbers 2oo Tho Rev. ]. s. breckenridge is pastor
The MetEodists of Perth Amboy. n. j.. have had
jubilation over the introduction of Nethodisni
into that place l0s years ago by Francis Asbury one
of the first bishops OF this Church in America.
Nearly ive hundred converts have been added to
Wharton Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Phila-
delphia during revival in progress the last few
weeks. The Rev. Mr. Stevens is the pastor.
The thanksgiving fund of the British wesleyans
already amounts TO f190000 and before the confer
c'ce year closes is expected to reach 125OOOO Dur
ING the last conference year the Weslcyans erected
153 churches, Is parsonages and l6 school houses.
besides making various alterations and improve
ments on old property of the aggregate value Of
nearly two millions OF dollars, and this, too. in
year of great commercial depression IA England.
Tho Methodist Episcopal Church at Canaan Four
Corners. N Y long known as Queecny Church. the
home of Rev. Billy Hibbard and one of the oldest
Methodist churches Columbia county, is now
being repaired and receiving coat Of paint. Semi
centennial services will be hela Sunday, December
ON the htieth anniversary Of the dedication of the
church.
ROMAN CATHOLIC.
Tho town OF Kempen, i'll Bavaria Is making
raDgements for great festival in celebration of the
hyo hundredth anniversary Of the birth Of Thomas
u kenpis.
correspondent of the Frceman's Journal of this
city, writes from Para, Brazil, giving account OF
the troubles which have existed that diocese be-
tween tho Frccmasons and the bishop since 1s77
From this communication it appears the contro-
versy has become more vlrulent, government otf-
GERS siding with the Masons and in the case Of the
cure of the Church of Our Lady OF Nazareth, the
keys OF his church werc wrested from him under
the writ Of a Judge do Capolas because tho priest
would not allow tho Masons to use the building tor
one OF their festivals. The Bishop was attcrward
Obliged TO get tho use OF hs.i or chapel from the
the Nazareth parishioners might worship Tho cor
respondent fears that tho Bishop of Para may havo
to follow the Bishop of Oiinda 10 prison or to exo
through this trouble
Rev. Bishop Corrigan will lay tho corner stone Of
tho new CHURCH Of st. John the Evangelist at Dun
ellen, n j.. mex. sunday. This will be mission OF
Plainfeid. and Under the charge OF Rev. ]. P Nor
RIG.
cred in the Hartford diocese. The ground has al
ready been purchased.
announced not long ago. has been appointed by
Mgr. Dufal. Conductor Bishop of Galveston. to the
pastoral charge OF the churches OF Liberty aud
Terry and dependent missions. scattered over ex-
tent of 105 miles. Father Quinon will make his
at Orange. where he proposes to build
. church.
The Right Rev. F. X Leray. Bishop of Natchi.
toches has officially received from Rome the apos-
tolical letter appointing him cosdjutor Of Arch
bishop N j. Perche, jure successfons with the
title Of Bishop of Janopolis. drtibus feiiun,,
and apostolic administrator OF the temporal affairs
or the Diocese or New Orleans He Is also ted
administrator apostolic Of the Diocese OF Natchi.
toches until his shall have been nomi-
mated. He was to arrive in New Orleans toward the
end of this month.
The Chicago Standard has q list Of thirty churches
in Iowa NEARLY every one in place Of importance)
that pastorlcss. And yet there plenty Of
ministers without churches.
The recognition Of the Rev. ]. L. Lodge. D. D., late
Of Jersey City, pastor Of the North Church, New.
ark, took place Friday evening. DR.. Rambaut
preached an admirable sermon and other pastors of
casion. DR.. Lodges pastorate opens most aus.
piciously.
The Examiner. which aims at accuracy in the
statement of tells its readers how the Ameri
can and Foreign Bible Society spends on itself
fortyfour cents of every dollar it distributes. while
the American Baptist Missionary Union distributes
its funds at the cost OF only thirteen cents the
dollar. But the Examiner fails to tell its that
the work of those two societies is not quite alike
their fields of labor the same. They both Bap-
tist organizations. however.
The South Church congregation Of this city. Rev.
street. about USc1R cSrsmas The Se%ns
now nearly finished is very substantial and neat in
appearance II Is arranged with especial regard to
acoustics, ventilation and Sunday school purposes
There isn't Baptist Church throuRhou,A the
length and breadth or Montana Territory. and wall
the pains and hills because OF 1t that the
East may plant one In Helena.
Tho kev. DR.. Frost, of San jose. CAL. had resou
tions adopted by his association lately indorsinl
the Rev. Dr. Kallock. Mayor of San Francisco. A
small knot Of opponents of the clerical Mayor have
made it so hot for DR.. Frost he has resigned. and
S3Cr1mentO
EPIscoPALrAN
The Womans Missionary Association Of Brooklyn
with twenty-nine contributing parishes. has ex-
pended on foreign and domestic missions during the
year just closed $5.764 a. and has q balance OF
$473 % to begin the new year with. Each year
something new Is entered upon. and the work is
larged. The means to help on new object always
comes, yet the old are not neglected. and the par
ishes which contribute are not impoverished, but
enjoy an increasing prosperity.
st. Mary's Church, Brooklyn. is evidently an &C
tive organization It has six societies composed Of
its members, who visit the scE, make and dispense
garments to the poor and do other good things
which are needed In large parish.
st. Andrews Church. Wilmington. Del. has just
commemcrated tho iftieth year OF its existence.
The present Bishop Of Delaware rector Of this
church in 1S42. and he gave sketch Of its growth
amounted to S75,OOO The church has been free
from debt since 1888, and the next year the building
was enlarged. and Ave years later chapel was
The Reformed Episcopal Church now has 97 min.
listers, including bishops. who all have pastoral
states, IA in Canada and 10 in England. where the
Church ia increasing more rapidly at present than
1t is in the United States.
The Church OF England is to have Q new church
The Episcopalisns Of Louisa Court House. Va.
have purchased lot and are building neat church.
spring.
PRESBYTERIAN.
year ago the Metropolitan Church in East WASH
ington, d. c., adopted the free pew system and
solved to depend upon voluntary contributions for
support. Their faith has been Justned by WORKS.
for ut their annual meeting n few days ago tho
treasurers report showed that the receipts amounted
to $500. winch was $500 more than had been paid
under the rental system of the year before.
Columbia Is. C.) Theological Seminary. belonging
TO the Prcsby Church South. is not likely to
lose the $4,000 which 1t had deposit with James
Adgcr x Co.. of Charleston, when they failed re-
Gently. Mr.. Adgcr's own family. who are creditors
to the OF $500 00 have withdrawn their claims
until all other creditors paid and especially those
for whom the firm held funds In trust, amounting to
$3oO.Ooo so that tho seminary will probably receive
all ot it's money.
This is explicit enough for those who quote with
out dit:-"The nainc cf this newspaper is not
Exchange nor One of our Exchanges but tho
'.Nec lork Observer
Ten thousand Ave hundred and seventy seven per-
actually enrolled members of churches under tho
care of tho Northern Presbyterian Church. They
are divided among lag churches but they have only
ityscven min isters, who make five presbytcrcs aud
ono synod.
In four OF the higher schools Of the Presbyterian