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the sermon, and the Revs. J. C. Smith, G. s.
Baker, aud others assisted in the services.
The Rev. Clarence Eddy has rendered bis resig-
nation us pastor of tho Westminster Church,
Troy, n. T.
Prof r. a. Mather, Of Amherst College, Is
temporarily preaching in the Benefcent Church,
Providence.
The Rev. j. r. Herrtck, o. D., of Hartford. has
accepted the Presidency Of the Pacific Univer-
sity, in Oregon.
The Aev- Or. 1nslip, wife, and party Of
friends are going on Il missionary tour OF evan
gelizatlon around the world
The Rev: DR.. Rexford has'accepted the call
from the Untversalist Church Of Detroit, and
will begin his labors there Sept. l.
The Rev. ]. H. Ritchey declines the invitation
to continue as acting pastor Of the Church OF
Canton, ILL.,. in order to accept call to 1nde-
pendence, In.
The Rev. Harry ]. Van Dyke, Js. tson of Dr..
Van Dyke, Of BROOKLYN, has been very sick
with typhoid fever at Newport, Il. l., where he
Is pastor, but is now conva1escent-
bishop Coke, Of New York, believes that
and thinks the only safety lies in recognizing
Protestant Christianity in the Constitution.
Mrs. John c: Green has added to her other
splendid gifts 81 .uo ooo to the American Sunday
School Union, for the special purpose of FOSTER
Ing higher order of Sunday school literature.
The Rev. Herrick Johnson, pastor ot the
Fourth Presbyterian Church, has consented to
deliver course Of lectures on homiletics before
the students Of the Presbyterian Theological
Seminary of the Northwest. Mr.. Cyrus H. Nc
Cormick has kindly consented to defray the ex-
pcnses.
The Rev. Thomas S. Williamson. N. D., was
the first missionary appointed TO the Sioux In
dams, aud he continued in various and impor-
t1nt Indian iabors from 1879 until he entered
into rest. In June. 1878, in the :9th year ut his
age. His later years were chiefly spent in trans
hitting the Scriptures into the Dakota language.
Tho French orator, Futher Didon, who fell un-
der the dspleAsure Of the Vatican and was
called to Rome on account Ut his really evunyet-
lC.sl preaching. has been sent to Corsica. He il
condemned to an ipdef nit exile Ill the Convent
OF Corbara where his eloquent voice will ne ST.
lenced and his liberal ideas will have no in-
tue1ce-
The Rev. Sumner Latham was engaged at $500
pastor of the Baptist Church ut East Ware,
N H., but Il majority of the members were not
willing to pay him even that meagre salary. and
for the $500 at the ecd OF the yeur. and there
fore prcpnres, every week. TWO sermons, which
he catric5 to the church on Sunday to deliver,
but always finds tho door locked against him.
Francis Newman history up to certain point
is Identical with that Of his brother. Both when
young men at Oxford were earnest Christians,
| and looked to the Anglican Church as the best
development of Christianity. John Henry New
man divergcd toward Rome and finally entered
her gates. Fr:lncis moved Ia another direction
When it became necessary in order to obtain 4
masters degree to subscribe to the thirty nine
ARTICLES, he found himself unable to accept
theu. He adopted broader and less dogmatic
form Of Christianity. which gradually developed
into skepticisnl, and he now occupies In the
school Of free thought" position and an in
as that which his elder brother enjoys in the
Roman Catholic Church.