The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-08-17

preached on an averaged two sermons a day
every Sabbath, making four public services a
week, and in all 5000 public services During
DIR. Phraner's ministry the congregation has
built one of the finest church edifices along the
Hu ison.-N. Y. Observer.
The work In the First Presbyterian
church. Seattle. Wyoming Territory Rev.
George r. Bird pastor, is progressing favorably.
During the first year of the present pastorate
twenty two accessions to the membership have
been made. The building debt of 81 roo.
which has long been great hindrance to pro-
sress, has been collected and paid. The fine
property of this church is now unencumbered.
Other Churches.
Bishop e. o. Haven of the Methodist
Church. died on the Sd inst, at Salem, Oregon, in
his 6lst year. Born at Boston, he graduated at
the Wesleyan University in 1912. He had held
various professorships at Michigan University,
] of which he was for six years the president, and
was for considerable period connected with
| ecclesiastical journals. A prominent member
of FIVE general conferences, he was once sent as
representative of the American Methodists to
the English and Irish Wesleyans He was
highly esteemed as a preacher and was the au
thor of several educational works, two of which.
his Rhetoric and Moral Philosophy, have been
widely used in Methodist institutions. His
genial manners made him welcome everywhere
and added much to his influence.
The Board Of Foreign Missions of the Re.
formed Church has resolved to hold Jubilee
General Missionary Conference in the North Re-
formed Dutch church of Albany, N. Y, on Octo-
Der 18th and 18th, to inaugurate the fftieth year
of its life and of the work of the Church. in for.
eign missions. The Conference is to be held on
the very spot and the anniversary of the very day
on which the Board was created and the Cburcb
undertook to begin Mission of its own among
the heather. The Rev. R. W. Clark, D. D.,
will deliver the address of welcome Rev. DIR.
Chambers will read a paper on the part these
Missions have had in making versions of the
Holy Scriptures, and the Secretary will present
"a history of the Missions. Addresses are ex-
pected from Rev. Drs. Thomas E. Vermilye
Oscar ID. Gregory. George S. Bishop and others
The occasion will be one of great interest, and
will, no boubt, mark an advanced step by the
Reformed Church in the grand work of preach.
ing the Gospel in foreign fields.
The journal of the thirteenth annual con-
vention of the Episcopal diocese of ALBANY. N
Y, gives among others the following diocesan
statistics: clergy; including the bishop, 11S
churches consecrated, l corner stones laid. g:
missions organized, 2; baptisms, l, 55s, of which
$50 were adult; combinations, $3.50; communi.
cants, 1915; Sunday School scholars lO.315 J..
total offerings, $257, S42SO.
The journal of the sixty fifth annual con-
yentlon of the Episcopal diocese of North Caro-
lima gives the following statistics: clergy. e5 ::
churches consecrated. 4 combinations, 354 ;
communicates. 5,796; Sunday School scholars
S.sO7; value of church property, 1872 225; con-
t:ibutions. $4,000.
A four weeks series of revival meetings in
the Cumberland Presbyterian church at La
Plata, Missouri. recently closed, with ninety
conversions and eighty FIVE others making pro
fession of religion.
MIS- Garfield was the recipient on Tuesday.
9th INST. OF letter of sympathy and coincidence
from the Christian churches of Southport and
Liverpool, England. together with a draft for
$5OO, as contribution to the building fund of
the Church of the Disciples in Washington, with
which the President is connected The draft is
sent by the adherents of the same religious faith
In England as token of thankfulness for the
preservation of the Presidents life.
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