The New York herald., 1879-08-24
UNCONVENTIONAL NOTES.
UNIvERsALIST.

Mr. II. s. Fiske will be ordained and installed to-
day as pastor of the Universast Church at West
Rumney. n. II.
The Rev. L. L. Healy. Of Derby Line. w. has or
ganized Universalist church at Island Pond. VT
The parish will unite wath East Charleston aud
Barton Landing aud form circuit and settle one
minister among them.
Dr. Miner, OF Boston, though a Unversalist and
eminent q preacher. ON two successive Sabbaths
in this month filled the pulpit of the Methodist
Church ut MARROW. n. H.. where he is taking vacs-
ton. and the Congregational Church at Lempter Cen
tire, his native town.
The Rev. I. 8. Guthrie having for few years
served the church in Lafayette Ind. returns to Ohio
and accepts u call to Springfield.
Rev. J. X. Street. late Methodist minister of
Waco, Texas, has. 1t is reported, embraced Uniyer
salism.
ROMAN CATHOLIC.
The Old Catholics are henceforth to be treated in
Germany as forming part OF the Catholic Church
that is presumably. to enjoy the advantages Of
being recognized by the State
The Very Rev. Father Denis. late rector of st. Jo
seph's dc la Reine Hortcnse. Paris. arrived this
city week ago. He is staying for the present at
the Passionist monastery, West Hoboken. lie is
now Consultor General OF the Passionist Fathers
He intends to visit California with view to found
The largest sum contributed last year to the work
for the propagation OF the faith by any diocese of
the United ates was given. as usual. by New York.
II amounted to 1871. Sc 1t was outdone by Africa
where the diocese of Algiers offered s.a53f. Doc.
Next TO New York came Albany with 4.526f. 4Oc.
Africa outstripped America second time the diocese
OF Oran giving 5.OOSf Osc Third i'll order OF merit
among our own dioceses came Boston. with
4 3G6f. i0c., and IL almost cquallcd by another
African see. Port St. Louis. which gave Asst t0c.
The diocese of Brooklyn gave the next largest sum,
s WAS ontdone by the Soeese Of Wellington in New
Zealand, which gave more than New York itscl.
e.656f. 5oc:, and nearly equalled by the Sandwich
Islands. which offered 3.O5Uf
REFoRMEp.
The membership OF the Reformed (Dutch) churches
OF Grand Rapids. Mich. has been nearly doubled dur
ing the last hve years. and IN the ratio In 1854
they will have =. 400 members and In 1ssy, 5000.
The Reformed Church in America is unfortunately
divided geographically into East and West. Tho
western portion thereof is nearly altogether
posed OF hollanders. We have three special centres
of population aud Church influence in the Western
Church--Holland. Pella Iowa and Grand Rapids.
The greatest of these is Grand Rapids. which ranks
first. Holland second. Pella third Tho former has
In her Reformed churches fully double the strength
OF Holland. in it's four churches contains a MEM
bershp OF l.2So out OF Holland population OF
1000. All these churches have houses OF worship and
parsonages and are nearly self-supporting, and all
have pastors settled with them. One OF them has q
debt of $4,000 and two others III, 200 each.
METHODIST.
Tho Methodist people at Macomb, Mich, have
nearly finished church 3ox4o feet in szo. II VIII
cost about $1,000.
The Rev j. T. CLARK pastor of the Methodist Church
ut West Waterville. Me- has left the denomination
because he cannot remain In false position be-
lieve in total depravty. eternal dannation or the
new birth as the Methodists believe in them.
Rov. T.. Hewitt and family, from Camden, n. j.,
are stopping at Ocean Grove. lie is taking a much
needed rest.
The Methodist says that there only three
churches OF its denomination In New York and
Brooklyn closed this and that the atoms
of ali the Methodist pastors In both cities will not
average three weeks each. And with the three
ceptions good preaching is provided every Sunday
in more than one hundred Methodist pulpits.
EpIscopALIAN.
The Rov. DIR. Coleman has resigned tho rectorshp
OF Trinity Church, Toledo, Ohio, account of Ill
health in his family. Bishop Niles. of New Hamp-
shire, has been compelled to go TO Europe for his
health y sake.
The Rev. I. A. Hyland. OF Astoria, Oregon has ac.
copied the rectorship Of the Church OF the Holy
Comforter, OF this city, made vacant by the death Of
the Rev. Dr. Lawrence.
The Rev. J. Leighton McKim. Of Milford. Dsl., has