The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-03-24

new field, provided they are willing to live as do
the people,. B. CHANEY in T.ras P,cs5y-
terdn
Northern Presbyterian
Wakarusa, Kansas.-This young church
REV. J. P Wright PASTOR has been cheered by
the addition of ten on profession, seven of whom
were baptized In two years this church has
doubled its membership, and built and paid for
good house of worship.
This is also true of the Spring Hill church.
The Sabbath School, organized last October, has
doubled its numbers. Old debts have been paid
off, funds raised for a church and Sabbath
School library, pastors salary paid promptly.
and the parsonage constantly supplied On
February 29th, fourteen new members were
added
Mcpherson, Kansas.-Rev. W. H. Hon
nell, the pastor has received during the past
few months thirty four new members, ten on
profession, into the two churches under his
charge. The town of Mcpherson has increased
threefold in six months
Petaluma California-Thirty persons
have professed conversion and twenty. four have
united with the church.
On Sabbath March 14th, fifteen persons
were added to the Presbyterian church at
Remove, Pa. on profession of faith and one by
certificate. This church. under the pastoral ser
vices of Rev. J. Cook, has been enjoying gra-
cous revival. Most of those added are persons
of families, the others We're young men
The salary of the Rev DR. John Hall, of the
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church New York.
has been increased from $4,000 to $4,000
I nr TTa1 I IL Il.
refused at first to entertain the proposition, but
finally yielded.
There is a class of about twenty-five
Chinese in Rev. w. A. Bartlett's Sabbath
School of the Second Presbyterian church in In
dianapolis. -Four of them were admitted to the
church the last Sabbath in January
We are glad to report gracious outpour-
ing of the Holy Spirit upon the Aisquith Street
Presbyterian church of Baltimore of which Rev
G. D, Buchanan became pastor few months
ago. The church has been greatly revived and
twenty nine added to its membership during the
last three months, many of whom are heads Of
! families.
At a late communion season in the Metro
politan Presbyterian church of Washington D.
| c., among those who united on profession were
two gentlemen, one of eighty.tour the other ovcr
serenity years of age. Each had been for years
the subject of the fervent prayers of pious rela-
tives Let those who have been long wrestling
with God in prayer for friends remember to
pray and not to faint"
wolcott, New York.-The first Sabbath
in this month was day of great JOY to the First
church Forty-two persons were received
forty on profession, one restored, and one by let
ter. This is the first ingathering since the
special religious interest which has been pre-
vailing IN the society since the Week of Prayer.
Buffalo, New York.-A call comes from
Knox church, Toronto, to Rev II. NJ. Parsons
which he accepts. His withdrawal will make
the third of important churches LETT vacant since
the first of the year.
Utica, New York.-Hon. T. 8. Savre
member of the West church very generously
proposes to erect new house of worship for
this congregation, at his sole expense, as me
mortal to his father. 1t is to be according TO a
plan which shall be approved by the trustees.
The only condition is that the society shall fur
nish the lot. a satisfactory one can be OBJ
tanned for $4,000 to secure which subscrpt.en
is now in circulation.
The Walnut-street church Philadel-
phia, (Rev. S. W. Dana PASTOR recently received
thirty-two members, ten of these on confession
Of their faith One hundred and three persons
have been added during the past year. The
average attendance at the Sunday school has
been over eight hundred for several months.
and on one Sabbath recently eight hundred and
seventy were present A large adult Bible class
of over one hundred and fifty members is taught
by Rev. II. Clay Trumbull, editor of the SoJoy
School Times
Paris.-The Three Springs church. Penn.yI
vania (Rev. W. L. Brugh, D. D D., pastor has been
enjoying gracious outpourng Of the Spiri. of
God At recent communion twenty five ws-s
received on profession
Summit Hill, Penn Since Januav
forty have united with this church REV ] n.
Doremus, PASTOR, twenty -four being received
February 22d. These ingatherings are the re-
suits Of a revival which began the latter part Of
October The family altar has been erected n
many families where it never before existed. and
restored where it had gone out
Elkland and osoeola, Penn-Tbrts.7
persons united with the Elkland and Oscao'a