The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-04-21
The Second church, Portsmouth O.

The Second church, Portsmouth. O
added twenty three to its membership recently
seventeen of them on confession of faith
Other Churches.
fhe American Baptist Board appointed
during February twenty three missionaries and
at the March meeting fourteen more were an
appointed, mainly to Western fields
The Salvation Army did not find tho
held of operations in New York what thew ex.
pected, and at last accounts, detachment had
gone to the Bunker Hill city, where their fore
lathers once attempted to dislodge certain
rebels and failed most signally. This carry
ing the kingdom of heaven "by violence" does
not appear to be the wisest method at least
among the classes among whom these Jealous
knights of the Cross have thus far been brougbt
INTO contact. .
1t is estimated that ? 400 people have been
converted in st. Louis during the Moody and
Sankey meetings. Mr. Moody has spoken 1853
times and addressed over 1900 people. The
meetings have drawn to close. and Messrs
Moody and Sankey will make a tour through
Texas and New Mexico
a convention of the Reformed Episcopal
Church, composed of clergy and delegates. is to
be held in the city of Montreal on Nav 26tb
with the view of perfecting the arrangements
for establishing Canadian Synod At that
meeting will also be considered the question of
nominating Bishop for the Reformed Episcopal
church in Canada
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society of the Methodist Church, organized in
1862 has now $3.50 members, and an annual
income of $66,S43. 1t is supporting 14I dav
schools, four orphanages, three hospitals. FIVE
dlspensaries, nine boarding schools, and has one
hundred and fifty teachers. In the past ten
years it has raised for the work 1914. FOG The
General Executive Committee of the Society will
hold its annual meeting in Columbus, Ohio. on
the 9TH of May
Messrs Penteoost and Stebbins i'm
medlately after closing their evangelistic work
In Detroit on the 18th ult, entered upon another
series OF labors in Waterbury, Conn. Their work
In Detroit was continued seventy-Gve DAVIS. and
over 600 persons gave in their names as newly
coverted or restored Two, three, and often
four services were conducted daily, and the in
terest and power of the meetings kept on in
creasing to the last. As some of the results the
churches are more vigorous, the Bible is better
appreciated, pastors are more highly honored
and many obstacles to vital, practical Christian
ity In that city are broken.
Reformed Episoopal.-Rev Arthur Foster
of Baltimore, a clergyman of the M. E. church
has accepted the pastorate of the R. E. church of
the Redeemerr Washington, D. c.
The Anniversaries.-As previously an
nounced, the May Anniversaries in New York
CITY, are to be held, as last year. in the Broadway
Tabernacle, corner of Thirty fourth street. The
following are the arrangements for the principal
Societies
Sabbath, Nay 9.-American Home Mission
airy Society 7:3O P. NJ.
monday, May lO.-WOman's Union Mission
airy Society 8 P. M
American Seamen's Friend Society, 7:3o P. M.
Tuesday, Nay 11.-New York S. S. Teachers
Association, $50 P. NJ
American Sunday School Union, 7:3O P. NJ.
Wednesday,, Nay 12-American Tract So
ciety. Annual Meeting lin the chapeD, 10 A. M.
American Female Guardian Society, PM
American Tract Society, 7;3O P. M.
Thursday May 13.-N. Y. Institution for
Deaf and Dumb, $50 P. NJ.
N Y. City Mission and Tract Society, 7:3o
P. M.
Friday, Nay 14.-Woman's National Chris
tan Temperance Union, 1920 A. NJ.
Young Ladies Christian Temperance Union,
1:3OP. NJ.
n. Y Society for Suppression of Crime, 4 P. NJ
National Temperance Publication Society
7:30 p M.
Sabbath, May 16-American Board of Com.
missloners Foreign Missions, 7:3O P. NJ.
Robert Raikes Centennial Madison Sonoro
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