The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-01-26
VOL. 16---NO. 26


Tabernacle he had large congregation and
good collection. Dr. Robinson was indisposed
DIR. Guerrant preached for him in the morning
and Father Gavazzi at night At the First
church, DIR. Hoyte, of Nashville, preached, The
proeracted services at this church were continued
this week. There have been we believe, up
ward of dozen additions to the church thus far
during the meeting. Last Sunday night there
was much interest. DR.. Hoyte's preaching is
very plain and forcible.- Christian Observer.
Holly Spring Church, Mississippi
Protracted services were recently held in this
church, conducted first for more than week by
the pastor, and then for a similar period by Rev
DR.. j. w. Hoyte. AS result eleven persons
were received into the communion of the church
within the past month-during and since the
close of the servces.-Ib
DR.. Robinson's Lecture.-The Polvtech
mic Society of this city has acquired, through
Professor A. H. Ward, of New York, a fac
StriLe of the Rosetta Stone" the keystone or
ancient history. 1t records in sacred hero.
glyphics the doings of the Egyptians and their
King Ptolemy and Queen Cleopatra Having
upon it a translation in Greek, it has afforded
characters of the Egyptian records and thrown
flood of light on Egyptian history 1t verifes
the sacred historians in every detail At the
special desire of the Polytechnic Society, Dr.
Stuart Robinson has consented to give lecture
on this wonderful stone Friday night Jan
uary 2lst.-Courier Journal.
Rev. c.. M. Howard has gone for the pre-
sent to Georgia. His address now is Elbertou
Ga.
Northern Presbyterian
Encouraging Signs.-In good many OF
the churches in different parts of the country the
Week of Prayer has been followed by daily ser
mons, which are listened to by audiences in
creasing in size and interest The sermon is
generally preceded or followed by meeting for
special prayer. This is according to the method
observed In former times. Prayer and the ser
mon have gone together in times of great awak
ening from the days of the apostles until now
Recently there has been disposition to thrnst
the sermon into the background but this is to
atten pit to set asi3e an ordinance of God, and
must in the end come to naught. Give the peo-
pie plenty of preaching-S -Scriptural fresh and
pointed, and they will come to hear Christians
will be quckened and sinners will be converted.
God will not permit his word to return to him
void; he will prosper it in that to which it
has been sent.
Another encouraging sign is seen in the fact
that the Church is beginning to see the folly of
merely human methods in accomplishing its
work. These have been tried again and again
and have always failed yet such is our dispo-
sition to depart from God that every now and
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Presbyterian Banner.
The Presbytery of New York has ar
ranged for the systematic visitations of all the
Presbyterian churches of New York city by des-
ignated pastors and elders. They are to be made
on the evenings from Tuesday to Friday of each
week from January Sth to February 10th, three
ministers In rotation, each with an elder of his
choice, visiting each church
Other Churches.
The Bcumenical Methodist Confer
enoe, to be held in City Road Chapel, London,
during the first week in September next is to be
composed of four hundred members, one half Of
whom are to be ministers, and the other halg
aymen. Two hundred have been assigned te,
the churches in the United States and Canada
and their foreign work, and the other two hun
dred to British and Continental Methodism and
their afiliating branches. The following are tbs.
different branches of the Methodist Church that
will be represented and the number Of delegatee
allotted to each: In United States-Methodjss
Episcopal Church, 80 Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, 38; African Methodist EpiscopaE
Church, IL; African Methodist Episcopal dion
Church, 10 Colored Methodist Episcopal Church.
6; Evangelical Association, 6; Union American.
Methodist Episcopal Church, 2; Union Amert-
can Protestant Church. q; Methodist Protestant
Church, g. American Wesleyan Church, 4 FREQ
Methodist Church, 2; Independent Methodist
Church, q Congregational Methodist Church,
To be assigned hereafter g. In Dominion Of
Canada-Methodst Church Of Canada, IL
Methodist Episcopal Church in Canada,
Primitive Methodist Church, Canada and United
States, 2 Bible Christian Church in Canada, 2
British Methodist Episcopal Church in Canada
2. In British and Continental Methodist
| GtUches-Weseyan Methodists S8 Primitive
Methodists, 36 Free Church Methodists, %
New Connection Methodists, IL; Bible Chris
| tians, 10; Wesleyan Reform Union, 4 Irish
Wesleyans, 10; French Wesleyans, 2; Austria
liam Weseyans 16.