The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-10-19
CHURCH CONFEnENUEs.
Sessions Of Various Religious Denotni'
4. ,uRtIonS Yesterday.

,PHlLApHLrnlA, October ls.-The Uni
veraalist General Convention assembled in
tho Church 81 The Messiah. 7 About one
thousand churches Of the United States and
and Canada arc represented. There was
mn introductory conference led by ]. II.
Swami, OF Chicago. The convention wus
called 10 order by ]. D. W. John, of Bos.
ton, president, who was reelected. The
occasional sermon was preached by Rev. Z.
l.. Roxford, DID, OF Michigan. =. =
.pfrrsBuR1it, Pa, October iS.--The Evan.
gelical Lutheran Synod OF Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Virginia, West lNiryinia, Maryland,
Indiana, Illinois, NHchiganS Wisconsin and
New Jersey met in Allegheny city to.dhy.
Ono hundred and ten delegates were pres.
ent and more are expected tomorrow. rroi.
NJ. 10y. Of Columbus. Ohio, President OF
the Synod, opened tho session with lilur.
gical services aud afterwards submitted his
annual report The Synod then elected the
Observation-Disclosures Q to serysn The ensuing
term: President, NJ. LoyaVice President,
pfof: Q. II. L. Schultz; Secretary, Rev. G.
lulbuersl Routine business occupied the
rest o. the session., riE.s 4. mil 2.
LEXINGTON, KY, October ls.-,The
Women's Board Of Missions,' Of the
Christian Church, closed It's session today,
raisng S452, for the Jamaica mission and
re-electing the old officers. Few changcs
were made IN the State Vico Presidents
and Secretaries. The Board OF Foreign
Missions met with 1saac Errett, OF Cincin.
nati, in the chair. An eloquent speech
Wpp mad a 1,y n &.n,v,p A E,.u1,n,I
keverkian, lately arrived 10 attend the
Kentucky university. Short speeches by
President Of the Convention, President
Loos and Prof. McGarvey, Of the Kentucky
university and others were made. The
Executive Committees report showed u
progresSofthe missions in England, France,
Denmark and Turkey, and Il good begin.
ming, whittier eight missionaries were sent.
Wm. Bracken spoke Of his work for the
Church. in Chattanooga. At the evening
session Robert 7. Matthews, Of Cincinnati,
delivered IN address. on the memory oil
Alexander Campbell, par.icsilarizing his
missionary spirit. Contributions tot the
Society's fund was healed by $l,O0O.l,3
Louisville, October lS.-The Synod oi
the Northwest Of the German Reform
Church, assembled-inrthi city to-day IA,
Zion Church. ThesSynod embraces in It's
territory Indiana, Kentucky Illinois, Wis.
consin, Minnesota and several other North.
western States. About sixty delegates are
in attendance. The Synod will remain in
session the rest of the week. y
SARAroGA, October lS.-,At Al meeting oil
the State Congregational. Association to, day
Rev:L II. Cobb, secretary Of The Ameri
Gun Congregational Union, presented the
claims and interests Of that society, whose
object is TO mid in building churches in the
West. ! In tho thirty:years ofthe existence
Of that society it has; discussed SS0OOOO
assisting lin building 1905 churches.
Means were needed 10 erect zoo churches
and sixty parsonages. In few months o
the present year $4,000 had been received
as against S5l,32e, the; total receipts for the
year previous. 1 Rev. Wm. SKincaid,, o.
Oberlin, represented theclaims ofthe Ameri
cnn. Board of Foreign Missions; gHe gave
q most encouraging account of the work
during the last year.