The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-07-06
Other Churches.
The New York Baptist citv Mission

The New York Baptist City Mission
has been IN existence now ten years 1t now
aids nine pastors and seven missionaries Four
teen churches of the Association are recipients
of Its help. 1t works among the Swedes, Ger
mans, French and Jews, and. looks after
mariners and freedmen. $3l, 1923. SO have been
contributed since last October to support labor
ers and pay for church property. Tent services
are held through the summer on Second avenue
and Twentieth street, to be conducted by Rev.
s. ii. Pratt. This lind Of work was attended
with good results during three of the hot months
of last year.
The Long Island Baptist Association
contains forty churches, of which TWENTY
four are in the City of Brooklyn and the re-
naming twenty-three in other parts of Long
Island. All four OF these twenty three are as
sisted by the Mission Board. The entire mem
bership of the churches in the Association is
1850, with forty-three pastors. The total
contributions last year aggregated $2l1 ,5l5.O9
The four largest churches in order are the Strong
Place Marcy Avenue First (Pierrepont street,
and the Hanson Place. all In Brooklyn Each
has over 600 members.
Reformed.-The following statistics, cleaned
from the annual report on the State of Religion.
Will be of interest to our readers: There were
IN May last SOY churches, 553 ministers, 43, ,97S
families, SO,572 communicates, 80, ,499 baptized
n-communicants; 26,1 140 catechumens $50
Sabbath Schools, and S2,13S scholars. There
were received during the past year on confess
sion, 2,73O; on certificate. 1867. The number
OF baptisms was infants, 1896; adults, 592.
The total amount of funds contributed was 81
O90,S57, of which $l66, ,43O 94 were for benevo-
lent and religious purposes, and 1924, ,426 80 for
congregational purposes. Most of the items
show an increase over those Of last year. Dur
ing the past fifty years the church has more
than doubled. Its invested funds for educa-
tional purposes now amount to six hundred and
fifty thousand dollars
The African Methodists have thirty FIVE
Conferences and claim 100000 members. The
nine Bishops serve as many Episcopal districts,
to which they are appointed for four years at
time. The first district includes the New Eng
land States, New York, New Jersey, Delaware,
and Eastern Pennsylvania Bishop John M.
Brown, D. D., has supervision He is 9n intel
ligent mulatto, and more than sixty years old.
The Trustees of the General Theological
Seminary of the Episcopal Church in New York
city, have passed resolution that no young
man hereafter ordained deacon or priest,
shall continue his connection with that institu-
ton as student. The object is to prevent the
student from dividing his time between study
and preaching believing that while in the Sem
mary his whole attention should be given to its
duties. 1t is very difficult to make student
realize that the time which he takes in prepar-
ing sermons to preach outside the Seminary
during term time, is loss which can never be
repaired. He sees it only when he comes into
the active ministry. He then recalls the op-
portunities for information which the Seminary
furnished which will never fall to his lot again
Young men, stick to your studies when in the
Seminary, and if you preach at all preach during
vacation-EUangelist