The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-05-17
NEWS FROM THE CHURCHES.
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The Presbytery of New York reports to
the General Assembly that last year there were
oddad on examination in all its churches S4S
members on confession OF faith, and 736 by let
ter The whole number enrolled is 1888, es-
timating New York" and Montreal" by last
years report Adults baptized, 100; infants
baptized, 526; Sunday school membership, 90
6SS. In the way of contributions to our great
causes, Home Missions acknowledges, $3S, 1888 !;
Foreign Missions, SOL, 100; Education, $l2, 1888 !;
Publication, 1875 Church Erection, S8,6SS !;
Ministerial Relief $11. SOP; Freedmen, So, 293 ;
Sustentation, 1914; Congregational, $345, $50 !;
Miscellaneous Sl43,Sl5.
City Mission.-The house ia Grand street,
heretofore occupied as a grog-shop, has been
renovated and cleansed and neatly fitted up as
a Mission Chapel and will be opened with APP
propriate religious services next Sabbath even
ing, under the auspices of the City Mission. This
Chapel is located in the midst of a population
Of 10000, and without single English-speak-
ing Protestant church. There is Mission Chap
ell in Elizabeth street. and a German Lutheran
church IN Broome street. But the English
speaking Protestant people, numbering perhaps
onethird of the whole population, have really
no church at hand. We understand that it is
the purpose of the City Mission, in time, to erect
somewhere in that field a commodious building,
worthy the name of church. similar to what has
been done in Rivington street In the COM
munion services lately held in the churches of
the City Mission Society there were received on
the confession of their faith, 76 persons, as fol-
lows into the Olivet Church (Rev. F. Schaufier
PASTOR, 20; the De Witt Memorial Church REV.
Joseph Marshall pastor), SO : and the Calvary
Church Grew. Gardiner Spring Plumley pastorl,
20.
Prin ceton Seminary.-The sessions of
Princeton Theological Seminary will hereafter
begin and end two weeks later than heretofore.
The next session will begin on the third Thurs
day of September Gnstead of the first Thursday
and will end on the second Wednesday of Nav
(nstead of the last Wednesday of April)
The Rev. ]. Nesbitt Wilson has been
pastor of Homework and Salineville churches
Ohio, but Salineville has grown so much as to
demand more than one-half of his time, having
added one hundred and fifteen to It's member
ship since last January, of which one hundred
and three were on confession of faith therefore
he removed to Salineville to devote all his time
to that church
The Work of the Church.-The wear of
the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions has
Just closed and the following are the receipts
Balance from last report SO 1875 so; donations
from churches, 1888, 246 81; individuals and
miscellaneous, $40, 800 II; legacies, Sl13.-
l52 %; interest on Waldensian Fund, 81 1926
Shanghai press earnings transferred to mission
account, $4,000; total receipts 1892 289 68;
total expenditures, 1891 $50 So; balance.
S649 so. OF the donations from churches the
Woman's Boards contributed $17S, $50 81
The total payment of the Board last year were
$581,515 49,
We understand that the exact sum received
by the Womans Foreign Missionary Society
during the year ending in April, 1882, was
3ll2,232 60, an advance of more than S13 OOO
over the receipts of last year. We have also
heard that the Board of Home Missions has re.
ceived from the work of the women of the
church in its behalf about SIS 900.
The General Assembly, which meets next
week, will receive very gratifying reports from
all its various agencies. If our information
Is correct, all the Boards and Committees of the
Assembly will report increased receipts during
the past year, and that all of them closed the
year without any Indebtedness to trammel the
efforts OF the year to come.-Pres5yterian
The Presbytery of New York at its re-.
cent meeting, in apportioning its expenses, i'm
posed yearly tax Of two dollars on all its min.
listers, except foreign missionaries