The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-11
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The southern conference OF he Pli,sNarg
synod Of the Lutheran church viii oonyeas
"a EmmanueVs Lutheran church, FfeepOrt,
Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, on
Tuesday evening, the 18Th OF February.
The Manchester Memorial church, at Tor
resdale, near Philadelphia, was Dedicated
last week. Rev. J. 5. Macintosh, ID. D,
pastor ofthe Second church. Of gbi,adOl.
phia, OF which the late Charles Manchester,
for whom tins new church is named, was an
elder, preached the sermon.
The Rev. John $ Hays. d, D, professor
Of Biblical and ecclesiastical history IA Dau.
vile theological seminary, who has been
preaching for several Sabbaths in the First
Presbyterian church, Quincy, Illinois, has
received y call to take charge o. that church.
and has it under consideration,
The Rev. Daniel Fox sanford, incumbent
OF 81. johns and canon OF St Mary Cathe-
dral, Eiinhurgh, has been elected 10 the
hiShOpuc of Tasmania as successor to
Bishop Bromby. Mr.. Sanford was admit.
ted TO the diaconste in 1855, by the bishop
OF Argyll and the isles, and advanced to the
priesthood in 1855 by the bishop of Edin.
hursh. Dufiug two years he was rurate of
LOchgiiphead, in 1855 he entered upon the
curaCy OF st. Johns, Edinburgh, and in
1873 vas presented to the incumbency OF
the parish.
Order Of the forty hours devotion In the
Roman Catholic churches and ohapels OF
the archdiocese OF Philadelphia; February
I. Quinquagesirla Sundsy--St. Peters,
Phuadelphia Our Lady of Mt. Carmel,
MInersyltle February II. First Sunday in
Lent-rhe Gesu, Philadelphia st. Am
brose'S, SchuylSin Haven; February ls
| Second Sunday in Lent-St, Paul's, Phila.
delphia House OF the Good Shepherd,
West Philadelphia; February y. Third
Sunday in Lent-St. Patrick's, Philadel-
phia; Immaculate Conception OF the h. V.
NJ, Mauch Chunk.
The "Baxters OF Dundee" are we'll.
known family in Scotland. They know
how to devise liberal things, and now TO
execute them. Some time ago Miss Baxter,
one OF the family, and her nephew, Or
Baxter, now dead, gave Jointly $4,000 90
/ found u college in Dundee, Buildings
have been erected, professors appointed,
and the work OF the college viii soon be he.
/ Guu. Very recently Miss Baxter gave an
other $4,000 additional to provide alauora-
tory, and the trustees of the late Or. BaI.
4 ter also $4,000 TO found chair OF law,
Mr.. Oscar T. Brown, Wall street banke!
since in Fliv-secOud street, near Tenth
avenue, New York, calling il Zion chapel
! lie devoted a great deal Of his
time to personally conducting the
work, IN which he was very successful, au0
now has 90 communicates and $50 scholar,
in the Sunday.school, lie became 80 inter
ested in the work that he prepared himself
Tor the ministry, deciding to devote the rest
of his life 70 that cause. On Sunday last ht
was ordained minister IN the First Re
formed Episcopal church. of which he wa,
formerly Bishop Nicholson, Of
Philadelphia, conducting the services. Mr.
Brown proposes to build house OF worship
soon, TO accommodate the numbers tina
attend his services regularly.
In the case Of the First Presbyterian
church. of Buffalo which petiuoned tht
supreme court last April for leave to sell it,
real estate, the referee appointed by the
court has reported in favor OF granting the
petition. The church is owned by thu
oldest Presbyterian society in Buffalo, and
stands at the junction OF Niagara and
Main streets. When first built, many
years sgo. the church was surrounded by
residences. Now it is in noisy business
quarter. Many members of the society
hays long desired to move uptown, aud d
movement wag started for that purpose five
or six years ago aud on its failure the then
pastor, the Rev. David H. Fraser, resigned
and went TO Brooklyn. Last April, at {
meeting of the trustees, it was decided tC
sell the property, and build further NJ
town. Two OF the trustees strenuously oh
jected to the move, andlthe opponents con
tested the legality Of the step in court
Referee Nelson IL. Hopkins decision grant
ing the petition takes the ground that the
majority in the church, rs well AS in othe
societies, must rule. In case the court ai
firms the referees decision, the propGt,
must be sold, but not forless than $l50,0