The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-04-21
NEWS FROM THE CHURCHES
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unanimous
call to Rev. Edward M. Deems (son of Rev.
DR.. Deems, of the church of the Strangers) to
become its pastor.
Death of DR.. MoCluskey.-The Rev.
John McCluskey, d. D., the oldest member of
the Presbytery of Philadelphia Central, died
March 81 in the eighty. fifth year of his age.
DIR. McCluskey was pastor for many years at
West Alexander, Pa, in the Presbyterv of
Washington. After his pastorate closed h.
give himselfto the work of education, in which he
was faithful and successful. The closing portion
of his life was spent in West Philadelphia. and
Wooster, Ohio.
The church at Newark, N. Y, received
ninety seven persons into membership on Sun
day March 2S all but ten of them on comics.
sion of faith. Fifty two of the candidates were
baptized Two sons of the pastor, Rev. A.
Parke Burgess, and two converts from Roman
ism were among the number received.
Philadelphia, Pa: A New Church.
The Sixtythird street church, Philadelphia. Pa.
was organized April more than. sixty per-
sons united in the organization. Rev Clement
Z. Dlckey has been preaching there for about
eighteen months, and number of those unitinp
with the new church are fruits of the work
-Four hfths af the members are heads of families
and those joining by certificate represented
twenty different churches Sabbath School
OF between two and three hundred scholars has
been in successful operation for some time. The
church at present occupies hail. but sufficient
funds to buy lot have already been collected
and church is to be built so soon as the ar
rangements to do so without mourning debt can
be effected.
The Presbytery of New York met in
the Scotch church in 18th street on Monday
morning. Rev. j. ]. Lampe was elected Mode
rator The ordination and installation of Rev.
A. G. P. Atterbury as pastor of the Eighty
fourth street church, was appointed for the
evening of April 20: The Moderator to preside ;
the other services by Drs. Vincent Robinson
and W. W. Atterbury.
The report of the state of religion showed that
all OF the churches were in healthy condition
with few exceptions entirely free from debt
ana increasing In membership and usefulness
one OF the elders of DIR. John Halls church
stated that the congregation had been divided
into districts by the session of the church, and
elders had been appointed to visit the members
OF the church living in them. The elders had
done their work well, and had been very cor
daily received by the congregation
The Rev. Mancius s. Hutton. D D
died very suddenly on Sunday the 18th inst.
at his residence in New York He had been
slightly unwell for few days, but on Saturday
evening he attended ministerial association of
which he was amember On Sunday morning he
arose apparently in good health and went to his
study. few few minutes after he was heard
to fall and the family hurrying to his room, he
was found dead upqRsthe floor The cause of
death was believed to be an affection of the
heart.
The Third church, Chicago, Rev. DR..
hlttredge, pastor, received an accession of about
nifty to its membership on Sabbath, April 4tb.
twenty-seven on profession of faith in Christ
The membership is now almost, if not quite l :
600
In Rochester, N. 2, on Sabbath, April
1, nineteen persons were added to the Brick
Presbyterian church, Rev. DR.. Shaw's. Seven.
teen were admitted on confession of faith and
three of these were grandchildren of Dr. Shaw
Third Presbyterian church, cinoin-
natl o. (Rev. Dr. Kumler, pastor) at its com
munion on Sabbath April 4th. received forty.
four new members.
since its organization last October the
Presbyterian church at Spring Hill, Kansas has
doubled its membership. On February 20 four
ten new members were received
DR.. Cuylers Twentieth Anniversary
The twentieth anniversary of the settlement Of
Rev I. l.. Cuyler, D. D., as pastor of the La
iayette Avenue Presbyterian church, Brooklyn.
was celebrated on Sunday evening. The con-
gregations of the Fort Greene and Memorial
churches, offsprings of the Lafayette avenue
church, united with Dr. Cuyler's congregation.
The church and pulpit were abundantly de-
corated with plants and flowers. After singing
and prayer, in which Rev. DR.. Mcclellan the
blind pastor of the Fort Greene church led DIR
Cuyler, in discourse, reviewed the twenty
years OF his Brooklyn ministry. He preached
his first sermon before the old Park Avenue
fresbyterian church, April 8, 1860. There
were then l4O members. The church in La
fayette avenue was dedicated March 16 1862
The church and land cost $54, 900. and the last
dollar Of Indebtedness was wiped out in 1876.
The Sabbath School during Dr. Cuylers minis.
! try has had $500 children enrolled OF these.