, 1879-04-20
PERSONAL.

to general culture.
PERSONAL.
The Rev. ]. G. Hubbard, Protestant Episcopal,
of Clarcmont, n. H., the Oldest Episcopal min
lister in the diocese died the other day Of hcart-
disease, aged 10.
The Rev. Egbert Cleaves, formerly an EDisco-
palian minister, has been received into the
Catholic Church by Very Rev. Father Gala
gher Y. G., Of Columbus, 0.
The Fifth Presbyterian Church, late the Rev.
Dr. c. L. Thompson's, have called to the vacant
pastorate the Rev. William A. McAtee, Of Dam
vile, Penn. He has accepted the call.
Bishop Jaggar intends making st. Johns
Church, Cincinnati, q free church, supported by
voluntary offerings, to which poor people eau
come with their families and enjoy hearty
welcome.
Mr. Spurgcon has been present in MS London
Tabernacle but one Sunday for four months,
and ret his people are regular in attendance
upon the service, strangers only being missed
from the congregation.
The Rev. Jacob Ides has Just severed his con-
ncction with the Congregational Church at West
Afedway, Mass, over which he was ordained IN
1914. He is 81 years old, and resigned tho active
pastorate thirteen years ago.
nephew Of the late William II. Seward, has re-
signed the pastoratc OF the First Presbyterian
Church Of aliddletown, n. Y, after q service OF
twenty years. The resignation will take effect
on Oct. l.
The Marquis ot Ripou, who was here for some
months as chief OF the English Commissioners
on tile Alabama Claims, and who subsequently
BECAME Roman Catholic states that he IL in-
debted for his conversion to the writings Of DR..
(noH CardinaD Newman.
The Rev. Bishop Falkner, for more than twelve
years pastor of the CONGREGATIONAL Church Ut
the Mediator, at Rochester avenue ind Hcrkl-
mer street, Brooklyn, has resigned from the
pastorare, and proposes entering the ministry or
the Protestant Episcopal Church
Tie Methodist Conference at New Haven has
been investigating charges against the Rev. J..
II. Bcaie, Of Waliingford, Conn.,, of kissing
female members Of the congregation, and the
Committee reported the charges sufficiently
substantiated to warrant suspension for one
year.
The Rev. E. P. Terhrne, D. D., who has just
returned from long residence in Europe, has
accepted a cordial and unanimous cali to the
First Congregational Church at Springfield,
Mass. The church was founded in 1886. and
has had but seven pastors. The wife Of Dr.
eTerhune is one Of the most popular OF Amcrr
eau writer's, and well known rs Marian Aar-
land"
LIE lCfs CLcfCls al AS1t WIZ A1Ao bS~A AVA
fifteen years the. Rector OF Christ Church, Eliz-
abeth, n. j., one Of the most 1ourisaiDg free
churches in the country. has resigned, to the
great distress OF his congregation. Mr.. Parker
was collegcmate and intimate personal Trend
OF DR.. De Koven, and he intends to devote him
self to ralsing an endowment fund for Racine
College as memorial of the late Warden
An anecdotc is told OF the Rev, L. 7. Cham
perlaip, of Norwich, Conn, in connection with
the recent temperance agitation. a meeting
was held OF those who were opposed to license,
aud when Mr.. Chamberlain vas called upon his
for license or against license" Loud hisses fol-
lowed from the eager temperance men. lie re-
pcated, distinctly: 81 do not propose to vote
for license or against liceuse." Kisses again,
do not propose to vote for license or against
1iccnse-for am not legal voter"
Frederick Eckert, of Baltimore, announced
his belief that there ought to be seven Books OF
Moses, instead OF i've, ind it is probable that,
If glib-tongucd and persuasive, ne might have
nude converts under the enlarged Bible that he
proposed to issue. But he rashly tested his
Claim to divine insniration by attempting to
perform q miTucle He eYhumed tllc body OF
his dead wife, and commanded her to live again.
His failure ended bis career as religlous leader
before it had more than begun. His mistake
lay in acquiring fath in himself instead OF mere
1y inspiring it in others.
II any u jouI Es:1ueis, "t4kEs - teuo' S'eA
attended Gorha1p, Me, Academy. they will re-
member the Rev. Caleb Bradlee, OF Scarborough,
-tarson Bradlee, as we boys used to call him.
He would make us q visit two or three times a
term and taik to us in old "South Hail." We
always expected something funny, ami VIC al-
ways got it. Once he told us. curing q certain
Democratic Presidency, that IT we were good
boys, we should make GOOD men. '.Some Of
you,'' said the Parsou, "maY make Washing
ton or jefferson, and the Lord knows most
any OF YOU might make q Polk.n But the story
concerned the beginning OF a prayer made onc
Sunday, during the winter attendance at the
Academy, at tile Gorham Orthodox Church: 20
Lord, Thou art like the squirrel in the wall
Thou ea,tst zee us but ice can't see ee'-bosfo'4
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