Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-14

proceeds of the collections to be used towart
| the new edihce.
AT the Lawrenceville Presbyterian Churcl
on Sunday last 36 were received into member
ship The First Church, Allegheny, received
l6 the same day,
THE Presbyterian Ministerial Association
will listen to paper, by Rev. j. ]. Beacon, OIL
Monday next, Subject, "Where We Get til,
Material for Our Sermons"
AT the meeting of the Allegheny Presbyter,
at Bellevue, in the room where dinner wa,
prepared for the ministers, is a very appropri
ate sign, Feed my lambs"
AT the meeting Of the Presbyterian Minis
terial Association, last Monday, Rev. w. F
Brooks spoke on the causes that led to the de
feat of prohibition in June,
AFTER short illness there died on Sunday
last the Rev. Father Brennan. He had beer
priest of st. Luke's Church, Mansfield, for nine
years. He was 80 years of age.
THE Pittsburg Presbytery Of the U. p
Church decided to postpone action on the over
lures submitted to them, as to the use of to-
bacco, till their next meeting.
SELECT company from Curry Institute
will give an entertainment at st. Paul NJ E.
Church, Liberty avenue and Cedar street, on
Thursday evening next, the 10Th inst.
SPECIAL services will be held at the Third
Presbyterian Church, Sixth avenue, on
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday evenings of
next week preparatory to the communion.
REV. W. F. BROOKS, colored, who has been
pastor of Grace Memorial Church-Presby.
terian-has been elected as principal of the
Beaufort Normal Academy, North Carolina.
DR. II. T. MCCLELLAND, of the Western
Theological Seminary, has returned from five
months tour abroad. He spent most of the
time in Scotland visiting their colleges and
seminaries.
PROF. TRUEMAN, of Baltimore, Nd, has
been chosen to succeed Prof. J. H Miller in the
Allegheny College. He is 81 years of age and
well equipped for imparting instruction in
Latin and Greek.
REV. CHARLES II. PARKHURsT pastor of
Madison Square Church, New York, will de-
liver the annual address at the anniversary of
the Y. NJ. q. A. of this city on the second Sum
day in November.
THE very successful series of Sunday even.
ing services. conducted by Rev. C. v. Wilson,
pastor of the Emory Nd. E. Church, at Silver
Lake Grove, will be closed tomorrow evening
with farewell SERVICE"
YOUNG PEOPLES SOCIETY OF CHRISTIAN
ENDEAvoR, of the First Congregational
Church, Allegheny, Will hold a lawn fete on
the grounds of Job Albeit, Fulton street, on
Thursday evening next.
THERE has been placed a baptismal font of
white marble in the Church of the Ascension
(EDlscopal), East End. This was the gift of
little girls, the money for its purchase being
obtained by their own work.
TIE Pittsburg Conference of the Methodist
Protestant Church closed It's annual confer
ence at Springdale on Monday, Rev. D. d.
Jones, ID. D., pastor of the First NJ. P. Church.
PiJtsburg, was its president.
LAST Sunday evening in the Second q. P.
Church, Allegheny. Prof. D. A. McClenahan,
Allegheny Theological Seminary His theme
was PROPHECIES as Study"
The Ministerial Association of the U. P,
Church. on Monday morning, will listen to a
paper by Rev. q. w. Mcdonald on What
Methods are Needed for the Proper Training
of Converts from the World"
The cornerstone of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in Nayoga, Japan, was recently laid. 1t
Will be a complete building to cost S25,000
This is the first Christian house of worship
erected in this city of 200 900 population.
BEAVER VALLEY PREsBYTERY of the U.
P. Church, will meet in New Brighton on Tues
day next, at 8 A. NJ. The examination of Mr..
J. }. Ralston. the pastOr-eect of Mountville
and Portersville, will take place at this meet
ing.
Rev. A. L. BROWNLEE, who was well known
in the Allegheny seminary, married ON Tues
day last at Martins Ferry, o., Miss Kerr, of
that place. His many friends here Join in
wishing him bon voyage on the matrimonial
sea.
TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH has inaugu-
rated mission in Beltzhoover borough which
is proving very successful. Dr. Maxwell bap.
tlzed nine there few evenings since. The st,
Andrews brotherhood has taken charge of the
work.
AN organization called the League of the
Thimble," whose badge is pair of tiny scis-
sors, thimble and threaded needle, has been
started In England. Its object is to assist
needlewomen TO get employment at living
prices.
THE work at Haysville Presbyterian Church
being very dlscouraging, Allegheny Presbytery
ordered that the chapel there be sold to the
best advantage, the money obtained thereby to
be applied, II possible, to other work in the
Presbytery.
THE Pittsburg Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church will hold its next session in
Emory Church. October g. The pastor of the
church, Rev. e. V. Wilson, finds the homes of
the East End wide open for the entertainment
Of the Conference,
THERE will be service to-day at $50 P. M.
preparatory to the communion, in the North
Presbyterian Church, Allegheny, which will
be administered tomorrow at the morning
service. The pastor, Rev. John Fox, will Of
iciate and preach.
THE IL churches in the Presbytery of Char |
tiers held union picnic last week. Rev. ]. L. !
McCrory delivered the address of the day. Rev.
]. ii. Ilmmons. of Cross Roads, and Rev. w.
B. Smiley, OF Canonsburg, also spoke. All the
pastors in the Presbytery were present
THOSE interested in the organization of the
Gymnasium and Reading Room Association in
with st. Marks Clubhouse on the
are requested to be present at the
Guild Hall. South Eighteenth street. below
Carson, next Tuesday evening at o'clock.
AT jamestown, there is considerable feeling
being manifested, in the United Presbyterian
Church. The organ, ITO be or not to be, that
is the question" Some of the Sunday school
had one put in, but the pastor, not being in
clined that way, had it summarily removed.
AT the Bellevue Presbyterian Church, the
pastor, Rev. n. Donaldson. will preach at z:3O
this afternoon, preparatory to the communion.
After tomorrow he will be away till October
On his vacation. Rev. ]. S. Plumer, of Hazel
wood, preached to this congregation on Friday
evening.
THE Rev. Prof. Almer Comtois, ex-priest,
French Canadian, formerly of Montreal, will
ecture in the Eighth Street Reformed Presby-
,erian Church tomorrow evening on the ''Er-
.ors and Evils of Romanism." He will also
yive his reasons for leaving the Catholic
Church.
THE Introductory lecture of the Reformed
Pres sbyterian Seminary will be delivered in the
Central r. P. Church, Sandusky street. Alle-
,heny, Tuesday evening next. at 7:30, by Rev.
Thomas Sproull, d. D., LII. d. The subiect
will be The Witnessing Church, Her Duty and
THE United Presbyterian Church at Johns
own held their first communion since the flood
m Sunday. Five were received into member
hip Memorial services were held on the Fri
lay preceding. The pastor was assisted by the
levs. w. H. Milleh, A. S. Stewart, w. s. Nc
laster and r. A. Jamison.
NEW HARMONY U. P. Church was dedicated