The Evening critic., 1882-06-10
Religious Notes.

Dr. Newman Smith will not lecture at
Andoyer next year.
Two gowns were recently stolen from the
vestry OF n Reformed Episcopal charch, Balti-
more.
The Baptists in Cape Palmas, Liberia,
West Africa, are building a church edince Of
stone.
The Rev. Curtis Grubb, late missionary
in Africa, is about TO take charge OF an Episco-
ral parish in Hanover County, Va.
The Rev. James Duey Moor, formerly a
pastor at Gorsuch Chapel, hns been very i'll
with pneumonia at Harpor's Ferry,hls present
charge.
The Rev. DIR. John p Newman's salary as
pastor OF the Madison-avenue Congregational
Church, New York city, has been lalsed to
$4,000.
James Wick, of Rochester, was charita-
BILE man, although he rarely let 1t be known
the amount OF HIS yearly liberality, which was
over $4,000
Presbyterian Church in Louisville,
KY, pledges Itself for $4,000 year for new
mission in China, to be called tho 'Stuart
Robinson Mission"
Another German Presbyterian Church
has been organized in Philadelphia and Will
be located at the corner OF Girard avenue and
Twenty-eighth street.
Bishop Jesse T. Peck met with fall in
Detroit lately, and was much hurt Being like
good old Ell in physical build, his arm was
badly crushed by the fall.
The evangelical ministers of Providence,
marry divorced persons unless they have been
divorced for scriptural cause.
A Methodist church belonging to coored
people at Brennan, Texas, was blown down by
n wind storm recently. The Church had only
| been occupied for two months.
Last week was commencement week at
New Windsor Presbyterian College, Maryland.
| The Rev. DR.. Thomas Guard, of Baltimore, de-
livered the address Of the occasion.
A Reformed Episcopal Church paper of
philadp1phia has been advertising for several
weeks for a minister TO take charge OF q parish
| up North. There is no response yet
A new and elegant Methodist Episcopal
| church, called strawbridge, was dedicated by
Bishop Simpson in Baltimore last Sunday. 1t
| is free of debt and cost over $4,000.
An interesting service was held at
Christ Episcopal Church, Louisville on st.
| Marks day, April % at which Sister Belle
| was admitted to the "Diaconal Community OF
| st. Martha"
| The bishop of London's fund has re-
ceived $3,25O,O0O. Ono hundred and twenty
| nine new churches in London and thirteen In
| Surrey had been consecrated, which had been
| aided thereby.
Mr.. Edward Kimball has lately secured
pledges amounting to $4,000 for reducing
The debt of the First Congregational Church
| in San Francisco, and $4,000 for the Third
| Presbyterian Church.
Over sec, 900 were raised by the ladies of
the NJ. e. Church South In the last four years.
| besides an increase during tho quadrennium
of more than S11O,O 700 for foreign missions by
| the regular collections.
Rev. DR.. j. B. Van Meter, formerly pas
tor of Ryland Chapel, is now editor of tho Bal
timore Nethodist an able weekly, and also pas
tor OF one Of the city churches. He is no
longer chaplain Of the U. S. Navy.
The chaplain of the Ninth New Hamp-
shire Regiment has Just returned to the orig
inal owner, DR.. W. f. Johnston, of Frederlcks-
burg, Va, an Episcopal prayer-book which
fell Into his hands when Fredericksburg was
| occupied in 1862.
u. q xuy.t
mington Conference and late principal of the
Female Seminary at Wilmington, has been
transferred to the Maine Conference and ap-
pointed by Bishop Andrews to the pastorate
of Pinestreet Church, Portland.
Canon Wilberforce, grandson of Eng
lands great philanthropist, VIM. Wilberforce
and son of the late Bishop wilberforce, of Ok
ford, has been appointed the first bishop OF
Newcastle. Two years ago Canon j. G. Isyle
was appointed first bishop Of Liverpool.
Bishop Pinkney showed rare unsefsh-
ness at the late convention held in this city
when the case of raising his salary was con
sidered. He did not desire It, was satisfied
| with what he was getting and doubted If get
ting more would advance his usefulness.
The fine Westminster Presbyterian
church OF Baltimore, that was Injured by fire
some time ago, will be reopened tomorrow
after being handsomely improved. Dr.. James
McCosh, OF Princeton, N. j.. will preach the
Belfast, Ireland.
Mr.. B. F. Bennett of Baltimore, is build
ing church as memorial to his son, wht
died over a year ago. 1t Will cost about "a, 900
Mr.. Bennett is a builder and member of tn,
Methodist Church. The corner stone was lait
last Monday, when Bishop Simpson delivered
suitable address. During the same day h
took run to this city TO see some friends.
The United Presbyterian General Assem-
bly,, by its late action at Monmouth, ILL.,, di'
not adopt or approve of instrumental music ii
the worship of God. Two resolutions wer
adopted first, declaring the reason in the oil,
rule not satisfactory, and the rulo repealed
I second, that this Is mot to be understood o
authorizing instrumental music" The actiol
, may seem contradictory, but the matter stand
, now Just where 1t did for hundreds of year
before the adoption Of the late rule In 1856
mo rule in the book and no organ In tn
| church.