The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-04-26
VOL. 17---NO. 80.


The church at Raymore, Missouri has
received an accession of 81 members, 25 of them
on profession.
Fifteen persons were added on late Sab
bath to the First Presbyterian church, Scranton,
Pa of which DR.. Logan is pastor
The First Presbyterian church. EnqIe-
wood, Ill, has received forty nine members
during the past year. and general prosperity
prevails.
thirty-hVe new members on profession
OF faith were received into communion Easter
Sabbath in the Ainslie Street Presbyterian
church, Brooklyn, N. Y. This church. under
the lead OF its energetic pastor, Joseph G. VII
hanson, Jr.,) is looking ahead to bright fa-
ture.
at the April communion of the Sixty.
third Street Presbyterian church. West PhTa-
delphia the Rev. c. G. Dickey, pastor, thirty
one persons were added, eleven by certificate
and twenty one upon profession of faith. The
membership has been increased nearly fftv per
cent during the year, about othirds of this
increase being upon profession of faith.
The Holland Memorial Presbyterian
church, Philadelphia, at the first communion
since its organization, April 1e, received TWEEN
ty-elght new members, twenty. three upon con-
fession. One Of these was an old lady eighty
four years Of age, and another her daughter,
over sixty. number of young men were also
received.
At the State Street Presbyterian
church in Albany, N. Y, fifteen persons were
lately received into membership, making total
OF twenty seven received to the communion
since January lst. The membership of this
church Is said to be larger than that of anv
other Protestant church in Albany.
Messrs. Nathaniel Scale and Lionel C.
JoeI' graduates of the theological department
of Howard University, were licensed on April
9TH, to preach the gospel by the Presbyterv of
washington City. Both of these Young men
purpose to go as missionaries to Africa sbonld
the way be open.
The Central Presbyterian church IN
Denver, COL DR.. G. P. Hays, pastor, at the last
communion service welcomed forty two persons
into fellowship. Of these seven Joined on pro
fesslen OF faith and thirty FIVE by letter Two
or hle seven were Cinnamon. seven cl.i..,.,,
have united during this year, and one hundred
and one members have been added at the com
munions since last August.
The new Presbyterian church in East
Stroudsburg, Pa, has enjoyed a work of grace.
The Rev. R. S. Feagles, of New Yolk. supplied
The church and began protracted meeting on
January 18th A deep interest prevailed from
the beginning and on March 9th, at the first
communion after the organization, nineteen per
sons were added, sixteen by profession. Ten
were heads of families.
The Presbyterian church in Berwick
Pa, the Rev. L. M. Kumer, pastor has Just
enjoyed season of revival. After ten nights
OF services as preparation, the second quar-
terly communion was observed on the I'd inst
twenty new members, all but one on confession,
were added to the church. Among these were
heads of families Zone almost sixty wears of age
and others members of the Sunday School.
The Presbyterian church in Elkhart
Ind, has recently welcomed seventy new mem
bers' OF whom sixty eight joined by profession
These were some of the fruits of union services
held for FIVE weeks preceding There have
been nearly four hundred additions to the
churches of the city as the result of this work
DR.. T. L. Cuyler declined an appointment
/ w '-0 N'0Holdl Assembly InlS year on the
| ground of growing difficulty in hearing the
deliberations of such an immense body. We are
sincerely sorry that our honored and beloved
brother should suffer any inconvenience from
this cause. But we comfort ourselves with the
thought that it is not what DR.. Cuyler hears.
but what he says with his eloquent lips and
writes with his vivid and incisive pen, with
which the world is mainly concerned. And
while these retain their strength and cunning,
we shall be sel6shly content to let General As
Sembhes do the best they can without him
Christian Ietclligercer.
A Rare Case-There are exceptions even
to the sadly general rule, that prophet Is
likely to receive honor everywhere sooner than
in his own country and in his fathers house.
Such marked exception is in the recent selec-
ton by the Claverack church, Of one of its own
sons to be its next pastor,-one who was
brought up as boy among them, and whose
ministry Of seven years has been passed under
their eye. But that was just the reason why
the wise old church chose him Christian In.
teHgencer.
A correspondent writes TO the PrcsJzlte.
rion from Cincinnati We are also glad to
note pleasing things in the spiritual field The
Cincinnati Presbytery has probably never
known an era Of greater harmony ard prosperity