The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-06-25

1nere nave Deen tnlrty-tW0 addltlon5 10 tne uetH-
oershin OF the First Presbyterian church at Louis
vile. KY. REV. E. o. Guerrant, pastor,) since
The Spring communion, March I'd and the whole
number received since lst of January is l45.
The pastoral relation between DR.. &. P. Hum
Dhrey and the College Street Presbyterian church,
Louisville, KY, has been dissolved.
Fifteen persons were added to the Presbyterian
,hurch at Oohees, N. York, on Sunday, June lst
During forty-seven consecutive communion seasons
this church has been similarly blessed the average
being ten at each communion.
The Northern Presbyterian Church lost last year
by death ninety-four out of nearly five thousand
ministers, and the Southern Presbyterian Church
nearly forty out of one thousand ministers.
Rev. Charles B. Hemphill has been chosen Pro.
lessor of Ancient Languages in the South Western
University, (Presbyterian,) at GAINESVILLE, Tenn.
In 1870 the "Presbyterian Home" was estab.
shed in St. Louis, mainly by the Walnut Street
Presbyterian church, to furnish cheap and COM
Portable board and lodging to deserving women
and girls who are without shelter. For this pur-
pose $37, 1886 have been collected sos persons
have been inmates of the Home, while more than
60 900 meals have been given to the hungry and
lodgings to the homeless, amounting in cost to
more than $4,000
The Southern Presbyterian General Assembly may
be briefly characterized by saying that it was like
the Assembly of the Northern Church, faithful
missionary body. At its late session the name of
the Sustentation Committee was changed to Com
mittee on Home Missions" The salaries of the
Secretaries of Home and Foreign Missions were
slightly reduced, at their suggestion and Presby-
teries were urged to group churches under fewer
pastors The old Publication difficulty came up
again, but confidence in the management was ex-
pressed. Fourteen ministers were appointed to
attend the next meeting of the Presbyterian ALI
ance at Philadelphia and some dissatisfaction is
expressed because half of them are from the Synod
of Virginia. A minute on dancing was adopted
bv the same body, which probably will not be very
effective. as it pleases both parties in the Block
case.-N. Y Herald.
Remarkable Religious Manifestations.- revival
is in progress at the Emanuel African Methodist
Episcopal church in Calhoun street. at which large
crowds of colored people are 10 attendance nightly.
When the congregation is dismissed it is regular
thing for two, three and sometimes more women
to be carried home through the streets in state
of real or apparent insensibility. The nvariabe
response to the inquiries of the curious is that the
subject has been converted" To all appear.
ances the converts are dead as they lie rigid ard
perfectly passive in the arms of their friends Il
is probable that they either really do faint from
intense excitement and the heat in the crowded
church, or hold the reapsing into state of help.
essness to be special sign OF grace Every night,
at about eleven o'clock, several Of these seeming
corpses are borne down Meeting street, Charles.
ton Is. C) Neaos.
The first Of series Of meetings of white and col.
ored Baptist ministers In pursuance of the resolu.
ton adopted by the State Baptist Association at
Charlottesville will be held next Thursday at the
white Baptist church here. 1t will be followed
by meetings held until and Including tho following
Sabbath. This meeting 10 held in response to &C.
ton Of the churches OF the Augusta Baptist Assoc
citation taken as long ago as tho 2Sth of March last
in conference at Goshen. A circular letter, signed
by Rev. DR.. Charles Manly, of Stsunton, and Rev.
j. NJ Pitcher. OF Covington, was addressed to all
the ordained Baptist ministers in Allegheny, Bath,
Rockbridge. Augusta, and Rockingham counties,
both white and coored, inviting them to meet at
Staunton, June 26th, the object being to pro
mote mutual acquaintance anti interest among our
churches resulting in more active enterprise in all
our work." This circular was tavorably received,
aud now programme has been issued signed by
Rev. Messrs. Manly and Pitcher. of the white
churches, and Rev. Messrs. w. Simpson and R
Fl. Porter, of the oolored churches assigning SUBJ
ects for discussion by both white and coored min.
listers at the meetings beginning Thursday.
Staunton Correspondent of Dispatch.
Reformed Episcopal On Sunday, 221 inst. at
Philadelphia in the Second Reformed Episcopal
church, Chestnut near 22d street. three new Bish-
ops will be consecrated for this denomination
Rev. Alfred s. Richardson, of Great Malvern,
England. Secretary of the Synod of the Reformed
Episcopal Church, was nominated for the episco.
pate by the Synod of England, and elected by the
recent General Council in Chicago, to which he
was delegate. Mr.. Richardson had declined an
election as Bishop Of the Free Church Of Eogland.
and has been most prominently engaged in the es.
Enlistment of the Reformed Episcopal Church in
England.
Rev. James A. Lstaue of Virginia, recently
elected Bishop of the Southern Jurisdiction, has
been twice elected previously, but declined the ap
pointment. DR.. Lstape was one of the most in
fuentisl and respected of the old Evangelical cer-
gy Of Virginia.
So signal has been the blessing attending the Ia
bors of the evangelists, Messrs Penteoost and
Of the city have unanimously invited them to re-
turn in November and begin another series of
meetings.
Rev. F. L. Patton, D. D., has resigned his position
as Professor of Didactic and Poemic Theology in
J06 D6uludTy VI IuG INUTUuW6HU, AG OllCagO, OUG
his resignation is not to take effect until April ID
$780, after which he will enter upon his duties in
The Presbyterian Theological Seminary in London,
England. to which he was recently elected. The
action of the General Assembly asking him to re.
main In this country was unanimous and hearty,
Ind only an imperative sense of duty could have
mpelled DR.. Patton to decline to accede to the re.
quest
That Francis Mckenzie established the first Pres
,yterian church in this country is still circulating
through the secular papers. But it has been es-
ablished beyond the power of successful refuatiou
hat there were Presbyterian preachers and church
in the colonies at least sixteen years before 1882
vhen Mckenzie began his work on the eastern
hore of Maryland. And there is strong reason to
,elieve that there were Presbyterian churches in
Connecticut at even much earlier date.
What is known as the "Old Swedes" Church,
D Philadelphia, celebrated on Sunday, 9Th inst,
he two hundred and second anniversary of its or
auizstion as a parish. Steps were taken to GRE.
tie an endowment fund of S25, 900. The financial
ondtion of the church is good, and this extra
rovsion will be made to meet future emergencies
'hich might demand the rebuilding Of the church |
Office or its removal The present edifice in 1900
Till be exactly two centuries old.
The will of Sylvauus W. Godon, Rear. Admiral
J the United States Navy, who died 10 Blois |
rance, May 18th, 1879 directs his wife's jewels |
, be sold, and he leaves half of the proceeds to |
ne Young Mems Christian Association and the
Their half to the Sheltering Arms. He leaves
900 to the Episcopal Church in Paris. He also
aves $4,000 to the Seamen's Friend Society,
1000 to the Home for Sailors $4,000 for the
lone for Incurables, So 900 to the Hospital for
le Ruptured and Crippled. $4,000 to st. John
md, and the remainder of his property to the
ennsylvsnia Hospital in Philadelphia
most unique trial of skill is to take place in
Philadelphia this month. a worthy Episcopalian
IS given 5000, which is to be spent in prizes to
given to the young students of divinity who can
, the best reading either of the services of the
hurch or the Scriptures Students from Eve of
10 seminaries will compete for the prizes. Nine
,ntlemen are to sit as an examining board and
th this select congregation before them the young
stors are to exhibit their gifts and gracea, II