, 1880-08-01
PERSONALS.

The Rev. Il. Ilsley, Of Hopkins, Mo-, has
accepted call to Carlyle, III. 49,
: The Rev. Charles Hol1ner has accepted 8
call to Christ Church, Delayan, Wis.
Talmage has been making tour Of the
gaming and dance houses OF Leadyille.
Al-. James n. Hawkes., of Newton, Kas.,
has been ordained as a missionary to Persia.
The Rev. n. e. Dunhaln, D. D., has ac-
cepted the Presidency Of the Whitestown
(N. ~ Seminary.
Mr.. Paxton Hood, one of the ablest Of the
Congregational ministers in England, is
about to enter the Episcopal Church.
The Rev. DR.. Brunell, of Christ Church,
Guilf0rI, Conn.,, preached his farewell ser
mon, OIL the 1Stl, after forty years Rector
ship.
The Rev. Samuel Nichols. D. D., of Con
necticut, dicl Il few days ago at the age OF
81. He was the Oldest Presbyter III the
Church.
The Rev. Arthur Mitchell, of the First
Presbyterian Church, has received call
from Cleveland. He has taken 1t under con-
sleration.
Bishop Hurst has since his elevation to the
Bisnopric Of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
received from two institutions the degree OF
LID. They are Dickinson College and As
bury University.
It is reported that Bishop VIII Gross, OF
Georgia, has resigned, and will be appointed
CoatljutOr to Archbishop Gibbons, OF Balti-
more, and will reside III that city. It is also
said that the Rev. Mark Gross, now ar VIII
lnington, y. c., will be appointed successor
OF Bishop Gross.
The Rev. James Baird, D. D., recently Of
the Presbyterian Church, has been ordained
a Deacon in the Protestant Episcopal Churcl,
by Bishop Potter, OF New York. DE. Baird
is graduate Of Glasgow University and OF
New College, Edinburg, Of which theological
school DIR, Chalmers was President.
The Rev. Charles R. Hale, S. T. D., assist
ant at St. Plul's Church, Baltimore, has been
asked to prepare = paper. on n the kassian
Church Congress at its coming meeting III
England; Bishop Wordsworth has been
asked to prepare paper OIL the Eastern
Church This is the first Instance OF an
American being asked to prepare paper, on
a specific subject by the Church Congress-
DR.. Young J. Allen, Of Georgia, 4 mis-
South, now ut Shanghai, has been made E a a
Mandarin by the Chinese Government LIE
;s said to be the first foreigner who has re
ceived the honor. About two years ago
DR.. Allen visited the United States, anu DUR
ing lis stay delivered very instruct1ye leeE
"A"N.
fhe Chinese tongue that for 4 number Of
yenrs lie has edited a literary review in that
language.
4 little less than year ago ar. Geolge
C. Needhan became pastor Of Chicago
Avenue Church Never since IN INIT, Mr. Aq0qy dq ths
chnrch las there been such q oneness Of
spr accompanied M fS nsst sseh xra4 yEoFTphs Ths
|3astor nossesses in a remarkable degree the
clements Sf both s sa2a ny pysaSs9 esn sap e
1.io,nnntrl ail nv his wife, who as religious
Rtescher IS scarcely s second to her husband
The waning health Of their little boy +I1ass has
trs tirst came to Chicago: Mrs Seedham .!4 vas "a;
obliged early in the season to go win tne
ti fa1ully T IS now spending the summer vacation
at Manchester Mass TIE plysle1ians yaetinnsd p4Ea gin
nronriety m of the boys return. The pastor
has sent communication 70 be read to ntl15 ms
and it is feared lest it may suggest NE In
possibility Of his return to the pastorate-