Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-07
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| ship.
REV. G. F. PENTEcosr, who became vel
known by his work with Mr.. Moody both ii
this and the old country, has been called to thu
pastorate ot tie Claremont Presbyterian
| Church, Glasgow, at a salary of $1,000 con
trast to the work of his brother, +. o. Pente
| cost.
The Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeavor, connected with the Congregations
Church. Manhattan and Franklin streets, ALE
gheny, gave a very enjoyable literary and
musical entertainment on Monday evening
This is very active society of about SO mem
bers.
A MEETING of the Methodists of Pittsburg
district under the auspices of the Church
Union, will be held on the 17th inst. at 7;30 p.
M. This meeting is in the interest of Method
ism in this city. Several addresses will be de-
livered by prominent laymen of that denomi'
nation.
The Beaver Association of Baptist Churches
met at New Brighton on Thursday of last
week. The reports read from the various
churches were very encouraging. The visiting
pastors occupied the pulpits of the town last
SUNDAY. ine next meeting will be held with
the Providence Church.
The contract for the stone work of the new
Episcopal Church at Braddock has been let.
The architect is Mr.. Halsey Wood. .sof Newark,
n. j. This will be a handsome edifice when
completed 1t will seat over 500 The people
are anxious this should be completed, as they
have been so lnconvenienced meeting in halls.
THE Rev. @. A. Bragdon, diocesan mission
ary, has returned from Muskoka Lake. Can
ada, whittier he went in company with Rev. J..
d. Heron, of New Castle. They both feel
much invigorated by the change and rest. They
met many Plttsburgers there, Services were
held by them In the hotel parlors on Sundays.
THE Laymen's League of the Episcopal
Church met at the church rooms Thursday
evening, when they resolved to secure the SER
vices of a clergyman to act as chaplain to the
league, or city missionary They adjourned to
meet on the Goth inst. at the chapel of Trinity
Church, when ladies will be invited to their de-
hberations.
THE Baptists of Johnstown are doing all
they can to complete the repairs on their
church, but dampness in the walls has made a
temporary halt necessary. Negotiations for
GanceIlng Ihelr mortgage are encouraging.
Rev. C. A. Hare will preach there tomorrow.
The first prayer meeting of this people since
the flood was held on Wednesday evening.
THE Rev. w. R. Maokay. rector of st. Peters
Church, was in the city for a few hours on
Thursday, having come to perform the mar
riage ceremony. He returned to East Hampton,
Long Island. He has entirely recovered from
his encounter with the officers in New Jersey.
His people will be heartily glad to bid him
REV. R. II. HOLIDAY. pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, of Findlay, O., received
a postal card advertisement as to comforting a
degree on him. Not understanding this fully
he wrote for particulars to the "so-called" uni
versity. In reply he was informed that if he
would induce some other clergyman or teacher
to join the university he could have any degree
he chose for the sum OF sl0
THE Right Rev. Bishop Gilmour. of Cleve-
land, has been selected by Cardinal Gibbons to
preach the sermon on the occasion of the dedi-
cation of the new Catholic University at Wash
ington, D. G., on November 13. His subject
will be, The necessity of the fullness of divine
truth, represented by the Faculty of the Uni
versity, tor the real advancement of learning
and for the true progress Of our country"
THE Executive Committee of the Catholic
Total Abstinence Union of the diocese of Pitts
burg met on Wednesday evening and
completed arrangements for the conven-
ton to be held at Irwin, October g. At Cleve-
land resolution was passed condemning all
Catholic clubs furnishing liquor to their MEM
bers, and move is expected that will compel
all members of such clubs in this diocese to
either leave The union or the club.
OFFICIAL announcement has been made Of
the consolidation of the Catholic dioceses of
Pittsburg and Allegheny. They will hereafter
be known as the Pittsburg diocese On ac-
count OF the continued illness of Bishop Tuigg
the whole duties will now devolve on Bishop
Phelan. Being man of indomitable energy,
OF great devotion, and withal very popular
with his own people and with Protestants who
have acquaintance with him, the work will be
well cared for.
REV. DR.. JAMES BRowNLEE, Of the Re.
formed Church at Port Richmond, Staten
Island entered the fifty-fourth year of his
pastorate with that church on Sunday last. He
then preached his four thousand four hundred
and eighty-seventh sermon to that people. This
is about equal to the Drs. Peddie, of Glasgow,
who together-father and son-occupied the
one pulpit for nearly 120 years. Might not
some churches nearer home hear a voice say to
them, go thou and do likewise"