The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-03-10


benevolence. During the pastoral services Of
Mr.. Burrell, which began in October, 1876 one
hundred and eighty three members have been
| added. The total membership of the church.
one of the most important in the North west il
about four hundred.
BY the 1st of April the Presbyterian church
at Bradford, Pa, will have completed its au-
dlence room, which will seat six hundred and
hfty, and the only fears now are that it will be
too small. One hundred have been added te
the church membership since last April, and the
Sunday School has increased three fold
There have been forty one acoessions 70
the Presbyterian church, Vevay Ind, as part
of the fruits of revival. Rev A. D. Goldsmith
has been the pastor slice May, 1879.
Twenty nine new members have been added
to the Presbyterian church. Huntington, Ind,
and seventeen to the Indiana Presbyterian
church, near Vincennes, Ind.
There is in New Market, Tenn. a col
ored Presbyterian church, which, under the ef
fcient ministry of Rev. j. C. Davis (co!oredl
has grown from a membership of four to seventy
five or eighty.
On the 10th of January Rev. J. L. Nc
Nair commenced a series of meetings at Grand
View, Ill. which resulted in the addition Of
thirty-four to the church, of which Rev. s. C
Head is the pastor
In the Presbyterian church at Avon, n. Y.
there has been a revival of religion, and more
than thirty converts have been already mum
bered
Revival at Princeton College.-A cor
1a,,t - D.
journal
Besides this general meeting, every night al
nine o'clock there are separate prayer meetings
held on each floor of the College buildings by the
students rooming on that floor And the results
are most cheering. On one evening as many as
seven of the young men have expressed their
concern about their souls salvation Fifteen at
one time have connected themselves with the
religious association which has long existed
among the pious students. Many are deeply
anxious many have been hopefully converted
Probably more than half the students of the
College are feeling the gracions influence in
either the revival of professors of religion or
the desire of others to find Christ Very wisely.
there is not much display made of the work Il
Is quiet, deep, scriptura full of that sweet unc-
ton of the Spirit which those who know His
power love so well. The meetings are conducted
chiefly by the students and Professors themselves,
though occasionally brethren from the neigh
boring cities and elsewhere go to participate "a
the JOY and aid in the work"
German Presbyterian Churches in
Philadelphia.-For some years the Central
Presbytery of Philadelphia, have been in dis
Pondency and despair in respect to their Ger
man work. The difficulty there or everywhere
has been to obtain reliable ministers Some
two years since, the Rev. John Richezen.
graduate of our German Theological School of
Newark, n. j., became pastor of their new
church on Corinthian Avenue. His work has
been so successful, that the Presbytery now con
template another German church in the eastern
part of the -Pliladelphia Presbytcrian.
Other Churches.
1t was at Roman Catholic fair in Spring
field, H.. where the following prizes were voted
for at - per vote;-" For the most popular
saloon keeper, silver pitcher Most POI ular
hq~or-deaIer, set Of polished copper measures
Most popular brcwrng comPany" So SAYS the
Springfield Journal
Rev. Samuel Colcord, in his Chicker;ng
Hall services in New York, now in the middle
OF their fourth year, maintains his former crowd
ed congregations, and the enterprise is now con
sidered firmly established Numerous CONVEX
sions and additions to the membership ofchurches
of various evangelical denominations are some
of the fruits of these popular Sunday afternoon
services.
Chicago has eight Reformed Episcopal
churches and ten clergymen of that demon
ination. Christ Church and st. Pauls the two
principal parishes, each own property worth
from f75,OoOto 100000 and is free from debt.
A correspondent of the Sg,joqfcld R.ov5
hcan, writing from Hartford Conn., says that the
enforced resignation Of DR.. T. s Chds from the
Theological Institute in that city is interprets6
as an abandonment Of the theological views
which the Seminary was established to main
tain and adds that the students which last
year numbered nearly forty have fallen Oh THE
| year to little over twenty, and that as the
writer happens to know, three or four important
wills that had been drawn in favor Of the semi
nary have been revoked
Carlisle, Pa.-On Sunday. February .r
st. Johns church lEpscopaD Carlisle. Pa. tirs
rector, Rev. W. c Leverett, baptized thirty four
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