The New York herald., 1879-08-03
UNCONVENTIONAL NOTES.
REFORMED DUTCH.

unfriendly to them. but If public ofan un
dertakes to do 1t down in New York he can get time
nothing else and that his delivery is so change
able-frst slow and then rapid-that the stenogra-
piers not able to "take him. Possibly on his re-
turn he may be taught the way the reporters more
perfectly.
Several ministers of the Reformed Church will be
present at the approaching meeting ut Base Switzer-
land. Rev. Mr.. Zwener and DIR. Chambers are ap-
pointed to convey the salutations of the Synod to
the Christian Synod Of the Reformed Church anti
State) in Holland during the coming fall.
BY the arrest Of the burglars in their attempt upon
the Reformed Church at Queens, L. l.. the Reformed
Church at Flatlands has recovered all the articles
stolen from it few weeks ago.
The Rev. w. j. Il. Taylor ID. D.. pastor of the Clin
ton Avenue Reformed Church. Newark, N. j., has
been elected president of the Law and Order Assoca
ton q society similar to that in this city which
DR.. Howard Crosby presides.
The corner stone of the new church edifee to be
erected by the Second Church of Albany on thecor
ner of Madison avenue and Swan street. was laid
the 14th ult
The Rev. w. I. Enyard has resigned his pastorate
or the Reformed Church at Brighton Heights and
the Chassis of New York has approved of the act.
CONGREGATIONAL.
Rev. James Barnett, for the past two years pastor
of the Congregational Church at Grand Haven.
Mich has accepted call to the First Presbyterian
Church ut Grand Rapids. Mich.
The church at Great Falls. N. H.. Rev. s. W. Webb.
pastor has succeeded in raising the amount of its
debt Of upward of SS.O00 incurred in remodelling
the church edifce two years ago.
The First Church at Manchester, Conn.,, completed
100 years Of it's history July 20. but as the new
church edidce will be completed in November next
the public exercises have postponed
he Of dedication.
Phillips Church. at South Boston, Mass. Rev. Il.
II. Meredith. pastor. is undergoing enlargement and
repairs An extension is to be built in the and
other improvements are to be made, for which the
sum of $4,000 has been pledged.
Mr.. william X. Richards, recent graduate Of
Andover has accepted The call Of the Central Church.
Bath Me-
Rev George Lamb has accepted the call of the
Second Church, Denver. Ind. He has recently re-
signed Of the First Presbyterian Church
at Crawfordsville Ind
have voted the Rev. Mr. James u vacation for the
month Of August. He will leave home tomorrow in
company with Rev. Mr.. Still. of Springfield
(Methodist), and Messrs. Ryder. Hopkins and Allen
of Jamaica, an excursion up the Hudson River in
the yacht Jennie Marshall They have received an
invitation from the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher to
visit his home at Peekskill The party expect to be
absent two weeks.
sion in 1855 which atterward grew into the Cham
bers Street Congregational Church, of that city.
For twenty-one years this mission enterprise has
been sustained by the Old South, but the latter hav
ing given up its historic building and moved into
new and fashionable Quarters has discarded ais It's
banded. When the Old South stills and crutches
taken away. as the Congre9ationalst says, the
poor thing fell at once into the ditch OF death.
METHODIST
In fourteen years the Primitive Methodists of
England have built As churches, which are filled
every week with congregations aggregating over
5000 souls Their Sunday schools number 4,022.
with an attendance of 365.Oo4 scholars They have
four colleges and fifth building. Fifty young
offer themselves this year for the colleges AS
ministers.
Mr., Holland, missionary of the Primitive Method
lists OF England at Madrid, and the denomination
will bring the ma ter before the House OF Commons
Round Lake this year has been made q preaching
station by the Troy Conference. Rev. L. L. Arnold
has been appointed pastor.
to tho question sometimes raised in connection
with the adsptability of Methodism great cities
During the last thirteen years tie Wesleyans have
increased 80 per cent in London; the Baptists. 81
per cent the Presby yterians, IL per cent; Episco-
palians ID per cent; Roman Catholics. - per cent
while the Independents have increased only per
cent
Andrews, whose presence is felt there as 1t seems
from movement now progressing to raise $4,000
to purchase the Exposition Building there and nave
it converted into Methodist University for Iowa.
The cost of the building is S30.000, but the stock
holder offer $l2,O0O as their donation to the
enterprise, and the citizens OF the town propose to
raise the remainder and donate the building to the
Iowa Conference. which will then furnish 1t and
endow it as a first class educational institution.
Five thousand dollars more will be needed to fur
nish it.
PRESBYTERIAN
Rev. Joel s. Kelsey, of Belmont, n. Y, has been
unanimously called to the Presbyterian church at
Canisteo, N. Y.
Rogers Wilson and the Chestnut street church. Erie,
n Y, has been dissolved that Mr. Wilson may
cept Professorshp OF Greek In Parsons College.
Iowa.
The churches at Tuscarora and Union Corners N.
Y, have extended call to the Rev. David A. Quern,
lately pastor OF n church near Belfast. Ireland.
The Third Presby yterian church, Chicago, Rcv. DR..
Kittredge pastor numbers ], AGO members.
Rev. James r. Hamin, for thirty-three years pas
of the church at Afattituck L. L. has resigned
account ef feeble health.
In i777 the Presby yterans established themselves
in Allegheny county Pa, and In 1885 entered Pitts
In 1876 the presbyterians of different names re-
ported 40 organizations in Allegheny county the
Methodist Episcopal 75 and Baptsts 81. Of which
number many are very weak.
| Rev. +. NJ. Railey who has been supplying two
chapeis in Lynchburg has accepted call to Liberty.
The Board OF Trustees of Davidson College, Char
lotte n. c. resolved that hereafter the OF
| listers of all evangelical denominations be admitted
| free of tuition.
Rev. ". II. strickland. of South Carolina has been
granted six weeks vacation by his church and will
| visit the mountains OF Virginia
| Rev J. Dewitt Burkhead, formerly OF Huntsville
Ala has entered upon his field OF labor pas to-
| of the church at Paris. Texas.
by the will of the late A. +. o. Montrose the Spring
Garden Presbyterian Church. OF Philadelphia re-
| ceives q bequest OF $1,000.
| JEWISH
The Long Island Farmer reports that since the
Manhattan Beach edict this season the number OF
Jews visiting Rockaway has been very largely i'm
creased and adds that some of the hotel keepers
there claim that that place has been greatly jured
| by them They claim that the Israetes try to gel
discount from the regular prices at the hotels; thai
they monopolize the sidewalks and that they spend
very little money for wines cigars other uxuries
The Farmer says strong prejudice exists against
the race ut Rockaway, but hotel men are afraid to
express opinions lest their business should suffer
The Rev. s. Gerstman, formerly of st. Joseph. Mo.
has accepted call from the Hebrew Congregation o
| Sacramento, Cal.
Rev. Gustav Posynansky, of the congregation
Beth Elohim, OF Charleston, y. c.. was the hrst min
lister in the United States who advocated REFORM by
introducing organ into his synagogue abou
| thirty Ave years ago.
In the chief countries Of Europe the Jews number
| as follows :-Austro- Hungary, 1.375,OO0: Germany
5l2,UOO; Russia, 27OO,0DO; Great Britain, 10000
| France, 1lsUDO; Holland, 90 1000; be gum, 1000
| Norway and sweden, 1000 AMI Italy, 36.0OO II II
said that the new Jewish synagogue just opened II
Warsaw il one of the finest in Europe. having cos
| x2OO.0O0.
| Rev A. ]. Messipp of San Francisco recentl,