, 1880-03-21
PERSONALS.

Father Chni1uy IS preaching In Australia
The Rev. r. D. Kelsey, Of Andoycr, Mass, has
accepted a call TO New Gloucester, Ne.
The Rev. L. II. s. Haynes Of Norwich, Conn,
has been invited to become the pastor Of the
Fifth Baptist Church at Albany.
DR.. Schenck, the Corresponding Secretary Of
the Presbyterian Board Of PubIfca tion has taken
six months vacation for foreign travel He
hns becn in the service Of tho Board for twenty
five years.
The Rev. Henry Blanchard, Unitarian. of
Worcester, Mass, has decided to return to the
Unfycrsalst denomination. He is connected
with Tufts College, the principal Universalist
institution.
Bishop McNnmara, Of the Reformed Roman
Catholic Church, lecturcd in Boston last Sunday
evening and his denuncintfon3 of certain CAtho-
lie dlgaitarieS WAS so yirt1!ent Us to incite
riotous disposition Oh the part Of many OF his
hearers.
Tho Rev. D. c. Tomliuson, recently appointed
State Superintendent OF the mission work Of
the Universasts in this State. has issued cir
culur asking the fullest cooperation Of the
brethren III the organization Of missions, SUM-
day schools, and churches.
The Rev. David Spencer, OF Philadelphia, has
received an urgent invitation to Uecusne tho
pastor OF the West Chester Baptist Church. but
it is hoped that he will NOT leave his important
position as the District Secretary Of the Amcri-
can baptist Missionary Onion.
The Rev. james N. Bassett who for tho past
ten years has been In Persia labOriny mis-
sonary, is now i'll tho city with his fumily. lie
has lcuvc of absence, nnd returns to this cotlIl-
try to place his children in school. He will be
remembered by many its the first pastor Of tho
Presbyterian Church in EngleWood.
The Rev. James G. Hepburn, of Jupan, one Of
the Committee for truns1Ating and revising the
Bible, states that after five yenrs' labor they
have given the New TestameDt TO tho Japanese
In their own language. In this work they have
had tho assistance of Matsuya,na, u native help
or, q thorough master Of his own language, a
man Of Judgment aud scholarship, and also an
humble Christian.
The Vicar OF Folkestone recently applied to
his-diOcesan court for permission to put up Ger
tain decorations in his church. His application
WIS opposed by the peoples Warden, on the
ground that the proposed decoration was win
pow representing Il priest wearing Il chasuble rs
he administers tho communion, while the Vicar
contenied that the yestmcnt was necessary for
the correct representation Of Il fourteenth CEN
tury incident. Tho court refused to grant per-
mission unless the priest was represented wear
ing Surpllce.
The Rev. Henry II. Coleman, Of Louisville,
KY, set out for tho - Lund Of Sucrcd Wonders"
on tho 18th Of afurch, to continue and complete
the researches commenced In 1858 by DR.. Robert
Morris, Of La Grange, Ky. He will enjoy the
hospitality and assistance Of, experts In Egypt
Palestine, Syria, and Asia Minor. A prominent
tieuitles nnd specimens illustrating Svriptural
truth. OF these very large assortment will be
gathered and skipped home. Mr.: Coleman will
DC absent about six months. H. r. Goodrich, of
this city, is Treasurer OF the Holy Land Explo-
ration Association.