The New York herald., 1879-09-07


Of Bishop Corrigan.
The Catholic Church in Asbury Park, N j.. is pro-
crossing finely. The truss rafters were placed in
position and sheathing put last week.
The New York agency of the Association of the
Holy Childhood. the headquarters of which are in
Paris has just published its annual report. from
which 1t appears that after paying Sl60 81 expenses
1t had S6.62O 30 to send over the water.
Over l.64O protests. containing nearly $1,000 sigma
lures. have been presented to the Italian Senate
against the passage of the proposed marriage law
giving the civil precedence the religious rite in
all The bill has been laid until November
and meantime the Catholic hierarchy bringing in
huences to bear to have it thrown out altogether
IL presented to be SO in greatly modified form.
On August IL the departments of Agriculture and
Commerce and Of Grace and Justice took possession
OF the monastery of San Giuseppe capo le Case be-
longing to the Spanish the order of ST. The
resa In Rome The osensibe reason for this seizure
is said to be its conversion into an artistic industrial
museum.
Bishop Corrigan has ordered the annual collection
for ecclesiastical students to be taken III all the
churches of the diocese Of Newark, n. j., on tue
FIRST sunday in October He suggests hook subscrip-
tions and increased liberaty on all sides.
The average contribution of each Baptist church
member to the cause of foreign missions during the
past year foiows-In Massachusetts, TIC;
Rhode Island. G4c.; Connecticut 5lc. New York.
4lc.; New Jersey. 3Sc; Vermont. 35c.; New Hamp-
sh re. s4c; Delaware. &c.; Pennsylvania 26c.. and
The Baptist Missionary Union has made appro-
priatons for the coming year to the amount of
100. which includes upward OF $4,000 on ac-
count OF last years debt. The Union says this is
the smallest amount it can get along with. and it
would seem that the Baptist churches ought to raise
1t easily.
The members of the First Baptist Church o: Troy
n. Y. have honored Themselves and their pastor
thirty fifth year among them. by raising $4,000
needed to free the church from debt
The new Rocksfellef Hall connected with Roch-
ester en- " Theological Seminary Is TO be l38 feet
long and so feet Deep The centre, main building,
will be two stories high and will contain six large
rooms, to be used recitation lecture rooms.
Two these will be located in the lower and
upper stories in front and four on the lower and
upper stories in the Between them. the
ground noor will be a large corridor running east
and west ut each end of which will be two
The Rev. George Guirey. late pastor of the Cen
tra Baptist Church. Oakland. CAL, las formed
third Baptist church, and called it Trinity" over
which he now presides. Aud so the churches mul-
tply, at least in number. Since the departure of
Rev B. s. McLafferty for the East his work in Oak
hnd stands.
The Baptist Church Of Jamaica, which is in very
feeble condition. will go through the process Of
organizing its Sabbath school this afternoon. and
to attract and keep the attention of the young it will
competent teachers during the winter to give
lessons weekly in the rudlments of music. Good
singing will probably do what poor preaching has
not done.
church has been organized among tAe colored
people under the auspices OF the First Presbyterian
Church Of New Orleans.
The Second Presby torian Church of St. Louis, Mo-.
DR.. Nicos. pastor. has been rendered and accepted
Evangelical Alliance next October.
The Knox Presbyterian Church (colored) of Louis
vile IS fortunate in having wealthy member who
has just purchased the Second German Methodist
Church building and donated it to his own society.
Mr.. Andrew Ferguson is MS name and the sum paid
slave in Kentucky, but was literally educated by his
master. He was in business for some years in Ii
IBERIA and there acquired good share of his wealth
He occupies at present the humble position OF tani
tor In Louisville.
DIR. Gray OF The Interior has been studying fools,
O
Presbyterian beats all fools, and we have some Of
them male aud female. Not SO many as the Metho-
dists have; but ours are OF larger and more lncor
rigible Variety
TAe Methodist takes offence tho 'odious compari-
son. but will probably not be 'incorrigible' when
DR.. Gray explains that he evidently meant that the
Methodists nave more fools because there are more
The Presbyterans of the Pacific coast. operating
from Portland, Oregon, have recently organized the
first American church in the Territory Of Alaska at
Wrsngel. DIR. Kendall. the of the Mission
Board of this city, and DIR. Lindsey, Of Portland,
Oregon. had the honor Of this work.
The Rev. Samuel s. Gibson. late of Uniontown, Pa,
sailed on saturday. intending to be abroad about
year. He purposes 10 visit London. Cork, Edin-
special interest in Great Britain and the Conti
nent. He goes abroad for his health's sake.
The Rev. William Lloyd reached home on Wedlnes-
day from Europe. During his absence his church
madison Avenue Presbyterian) has been completely
renovated. Tho front is now enclosed by q hand
stained glass have been placed throughout. and ad.
ditional means of ventilation adopted Mr.. Lloyd
Will reopen to-day Tor his rail- campaign.
METHODIST.
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, Baltimore,
have invited the Rev. Thomas Guard. of the Cali
fornia Conference. TO become the pastor of their
church in March prox. DR.. Guard formerly
pastor OF Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal
Church in that city, and he has a wide reputation
for ability, eloquence and magnetism rs pulpit and
platform orator.
A Georgia Methodist has given s25Oo to build q
church in Shanghai, China.
After good deal OF litigation in the courts of ver-
mont the Methodist Missionary Society of New York
has received $1,000, the first instament of bequest
of the late Mr.. Ira McAllister of Enosburg VT, to
the Methodist mission at Bombay. India.
The Centennial school Lucknow, boarding school
for Christian boys. established in 1877. is steadily
growing. In 1877 it attended by twentysix boys,
had three teachers and no home. 1t now has good.
building, six teachers and sevent y-ive scholars.
Rev. Isaac Fieldbrave, native pastor OF the Hin
doostani Church at Lucknow. is doing the Metho-
dist Church in North India good service by trans
lating the best hymns of Songs and Solos,"
sung by Mr.. Sankey, the late Mr. Bliss and others.
Brother Feldbrave has gift for this work and rem
ders the hymns in faithful. sngabe translation.
He has already translated about fifty OF these, and
the boys and girls in the mission schools commit
them very rapidly. and children and adults soon
learn to sing them. And correspondent says that
all who have heard 1t know that there is music
The Methodists OF Montciair. N. j.. arc building
$4,000 church in of the most eligible sites in
the town.
Another example of the folly of political church
building is given by the METROPOLITAN Methodist
Episcopal Church of Washington. whose trustees.
ex-President Grant among them. have been sued for
$4,000. The work OF building was begun years ago
by Dr. De Hass, afterward United States Consul ut
Jerusalem. Drs. Newman and Tiffany. now oil this
city, labored hard TO liquidate the debt in the
church. but failed. When the church was opened
there $4,000 debt 1t: now there is $751; ,O00
suit for part q suit for the whole. Politics has
endangered IL not ruined the church.
EPrsCoPALIAN.
Rev. O. NJ. Selleck il announced rs the successor of
the late Rev. Dr. Meal in the rectorshp OF ST. Pauls
Church. Norwich, Conn.
A misstatement having found it's way into many
Journals, religious and secular that Bishop Riley
Of the Church of Jesus in Mexico had come into
possession OF a very large fortune and had given
100000 of IL to that church. Mr.. Abbott Brown,
general secre.ary of the Mexican League OF the
American Protestant Episcopal Church, writes to
correct the and to that during tho past ten
years Bishop Riley has advanced to tho Church in
Mexico large sums from his own private fortune to
Keep the work going. So that now there are nifty
congregations scattered throughout the country.
orphanages and schools in which more than five
hundred children educated. and seminary for