, 1879-03-23
PERSONAL.

PERSONAL.
DR.. Oxendeu, ex-Bishop Of Montreal, accepts
| the Vicarage Of Hackington, England, at sal
ary Of S2,750
The London correspondent OF a Liverpool
paper mentions q report that the Marquis Of
Butte has joiued the Greek Church.
The Rev. Thomas B. Fairchild, one OF the vet
Gran Episcopalian clereymen Of Ohio, died on
Saturday evening last, ut his nome in Cuyahoga
Falls
The Rev. s. ". Boardman, D. D., who was
pastor Of the Second Presbyterian Church ut
Auburn. n. T., goes to be Congregational pas
tor at Sterling, III.
Word has been received that the Rev. j. e.
Lorimer, D. D., has resigned the pastorate of
the fremont Temple, Boston, which is an indi-
cation that he will accept the call Of the First
Baptist Church OF Chicago.
The Hon. and Rev. Algernon Stanley, " A..
some time OF Cuddcsdon College, and Vicar Of
the Church Of the Holy Cross, ST. Pancras, Lon
don, Eng, has resigned his beneticc and been
received into the Church OF Rome.
31r. William Ashmore, of Rochester Seminary,
Is shortly to be ordained and sent out to China
as missionary By the Baptist Missionary Union
OF Boston. His father, DR.. Ashtnore, is already
The Rev. Dr.. Sarles, for thirty-oue years pas
tor Of the Central Baptist Church III Brooklyn,
being unable to agree with the Trustees vi his
church, has resigned. lie takrs charge OF u
small but venerable CHURCH in Steltou, N. j., on
the lst OF next MONTH
The Rev. Louis Mazawacan,yana,- Iron
TAunder,-once hostile savage. but now All
pastor OF q church at Buffalo Lake, Dak., coll
sisting Ut tifty~tiye members, all Ut them full
bloode1 Dakotah Indians.
The Rev. Joshua v. Hines, of Nebraska for
merry q wei1-Known s'Aliilcrite" preacher iu
New Hampshire, has joined the Episcopal
Church and is now a candidate for holy orders.
He is 73 years old, and has been III the ministry
fiftythree years, but is III the enjoyment Of wig
orou5 healtl.
The Rev. Dr.. D. R. Van Bnskirk, pastor OF
the Church of the Disciples OF Christ, at Twen-
ty-eighth street, near Broadway, New York, has
rendered his resignation, to TAKE effect April l.
DR.. Van Busl1rk returns to Indiana, from which
State he was called, beginning his labors in New
York Dec ., 1874.
The Rev. Robert Furness, formerly pastor Of
the church at White City, Kan, but vino has
been resting from pastoral work for ycar Or
two, has bceu employing his leisure hours in
preparing lecture entitled . The Morlecai o:
the Nineteenth Century," being d critical cx-
animation OF the career and character OF Bca-
coEsield.
Mr.. Hats-taro Tamra, who was Obliged to give
up his theological course at Oberlin last year aid
return to Japan, is now employed as one of the
teachers in th,: High School Ut Osaka He
breaches every Sunday to i good congregation,
aud carries on Sundnr-sehool AMI wcck-nigllt
meeting. The missionaries at Osaka write that
he is OF great help to them in their work.
Amongst the late arrivals in Rome are Mgr.
Mermil1od, who is Lenten preacher ut the
Church of St. Louis -ics-Francois, and Mgr.
Desprcz, Archbishop of Toulouse, who is about
to be raiscd to the Cardinafate. La Defense SAYS
that in short time France will have seven
Cardinals,-a very extraordinary number, testi-
flying the affection Of the Pontiff for the country.
The Rev. Dr.. Morgan Dix. Rector of Trinity
Church, said this AFTERNOON To reporter OF the
New York Ercuiny Post: - Dr. De Koven was
my dear friend. lie Was the highest man iu the
Church. You can scarcely name department
in which he was not eminent. lie was q great
orator, great theoloalan, great historian
His loss Is terrible. ."-lyeau York Evening Post,
-Narch 19.
The Rev. Howard Malcom, D. D., L. D., re-
Gently entered upon his 31st year. He has
withdrawn on account Of bodily inHrmittes from
all public ministerial duties. Ills valuable
edition Of ssButler's Analogy" has been adopted
US q textbook iii numerous colleges, and his
chronological 1ndex," containing 10000 refer
ences, engaged his earnest attention for fiftv
wears. in addition to his pressing parochial and
Presidential duties.
Bishop Seymour, his almost lifelong friend,
said Of DR.. De koven last evening: "As a
scholar and theologian he ranked among the
first m.u that the Church in this country has
produced. as an orator he achieved q success
that very few meu have caualed, and thut
scarcely auy one has cEcellc6. Hc won the af-
fcctlon of everybody by his frank and generous
nature. and his wonderful abilities, all OF which
were devoted to the cause oil Christ. His death
is calamity to the Church h-"-!Ieto York Horid.
The Rev. \. S. Dobbs, pastor Of the State
Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Of Mead
vtle Pa, has been suspended from the ministry
and ordered to appear before the Erie Confer
cuce He is charged with continued and brutal
treatment OF his Insane wife, tructty to his 19-
ycar-old son, and abuse Of ll1s wie's mother.
Mr. Dobbs lustitics himself on the ground that
his wife Is 4 monumanac OIL the subjcct Of his
character, aud has from the beginning, Of their
married life traduccd him and worked against
his interests in every possible way.
The Rev. Benjamin Eyer, formerly of Man
chester, Engl md, later OF Titusvitfc, Fa.. re-
Gently OF Charleston, s. c.. and now oT Toledo,
o., who calls himself 'tRcy. Dr. and claims to
be Jewish minister, has applied to the Conyre-
CATION B'nai Israel, Of Kalamazoo, Nich.. for
the position OF minister. Tile New York .eluish
Netor,eer warns the Congregation B'nai Israel
not to engage him under any circumstances, te-
cause he stands accused On guot authority OF
being an emoezzler Of charity fdnds, coEf-
dence man, and fugitive from justice.