Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12

BISHOP PHELAN issued circular which
was read last Sunday in the churches of the
Diocese of Pittsburg, asking for contributions
for the Johnstown churches.
The State Association of Congregati onal
| Churches is in session at Cory. Rev. A. NJ
| Hills pastor of the First Congregational Church,
Allegheny, is in attendance.
RI. Rev. BISHOP PHELAN will administo
the sacrament of confirmation at St.Mary's and
| st. Joseph's Churches tomorrow, the former
at 10 A. NJ, the latter at 8 p M.
REV GEORGE HODGES, of Calvary Church,
| will deliver an address at st. Marks Guild
| House. South Eighteenth street. on Thursday
| evening next, on 1.-The Crusaders"
THE constitution of the Society of Christian
| Endeavor has been translated into German,
| French, Tamil, Chinese Japanese, Zulu Turk
ish and various dialects of Southern India.
| SYNOD of Pittsburg will hold its twenty
eighth annual meeting at Indiana, Pa, next
Tuesday, at 2 P. NJ. The opening sermon will
be preached by Rev. A. R. Anderson, D. d.
THE First Cooperative District of the Dis
ciples Church raised So 600 last year, and 81 new
members were admitted. Their convention was
held In the First Church, Allegheny, this week.
REV. ]. W. HARsHA, in his paper on "Fu-
neral Reforms" before the Ministerial Asso-
| citation, advocates short and simple religious
services private interments and much less
display.
AT the womau's Home Missionary Society
of Washington Presbytery, it was reported
that 81 l22 81 had been donated the past year.
The society pledged 500 toward building a
school in Alaska.
GOSPEL temperance meeting will be held in
the W. c. 7. q. rooms, IN Wilson's building,
Frankstown avenue, East End, tomorrow at
2:30. A minister of the NJ. E. Conference will
deliver the address.
AT congregational meeting of the Elmer
Street Presbyterian Church, held Monday
evening last, unanimous call was extended to
the Rev. Seth H. Gordon, of Parnassus, Pa, to
become their pastor.
MRS FLORENCE WIsCHNEwETsKY has
given herself up to the amelioration of the
condition of the working women. She is the
daughter of Judge w. ID. Kelley, better known
as Pig Iron Kelley"
THE Centennial Roman Catholic Congress
will meet in Baltimore November II, and will
be called to order by the Hon. John Lee Car
roll, grandson of Charles Carroll, signer of the
Declaration of Independence.
REV. DR.. SEIss. of Philadelphia, preached
the opening sermon on Thursday morning at
the General Council of the Evangelical Lu-
theran Church of North America 1t is q years
since this body met in Fittsburg.
THE Fifth Avenue Presbyterian :Church,
New York, of which Rev. John Hall, D. D., is
pastor, has 2, Al members. and contributed
$3.50, 742 last year. all of which went for mission
and charitable work except SS5, 6Sl.
REV. 7. W. JONES, of Philadelphia, and Rev.
W. Puddyfoot. 1.-THE John B. Cough of Mis-
sions," will deliver addresses at the First Con-
gregatonal Church, corner Franklin and Man.
haitian streets, on Sunday evening.
In 1873 the Reformed Episcopalians separated
from the Protestant Episcopalians. Now they
have LOG churches, bishops, 10000 communi-
cants church property worth s. 0O0 00O and
theological school in Philadelphia.
AT New Castle this week has been held the
annual meeting of the Y. NJ. C. A. Rev, DR..
Purves, of this city delivered the principal ad-
dress. Mr. Ira D. Sankey presented to the as
sociation the new $50, 600 building and library.
THE Methodist Episcopal Church of Miamis-
burg has Just gone over its record for several
years and paid up all their deficiencies in pas
tors and presiding elders salaries. Many other
churches might learn a useful lesson from this
action.
THR Ministerial Association, on Monday
next, will discuss the question. 'Can Pure
Gospel Literature, Without Fictitious Embel-
lishments, be Made Attractive to Children If
so, HowT' Rev. R II. Hood will open the dis
cussion.
THE audience room of the Seventh U. P.
Church will be reopened tomorrow morning.
Rev. s. R. Frazier, of Youngstown, O., will
preach. The church has been frescoed, painted,
carpeted and cushioned. Rev. ]. ID. Sands is
the pastor.
REV. DIR. TOWNSEND, pastor of the Unitarian
congregation which meets in McCance Block,
widely known as the founder of the New The
ology movement, was for Is years Methodist
minister. His last work with them was the
Asbury Church, Buffalo.
THE Rev. E. E Fife will preach in the Sec
ond U. P. Church, Allegheny. at 1880 A. M, TO-
morrow. Mr.. Fife and his wife will sail on
Wednesday for India to engage in mission
work. He will be supported entirely by this
church for period of ten years.
REV. J. H. AUGHET has resigned the pastor
ate of Mountain Top Presbyterian Church
He does this because the railroad companies
have removed their engines from the mountain.
He was presented with beautiful reclining
chair and Mrs. Aughey with handsome al
bum.
PITTsBURG and Allegheny districts of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society met at
North Avenue NJ E. Church on Friday last.
The report showed that 81 $50 had been received.
$500 more than last year. Mr.. Charles M. Miller
spoke on India, exhibiting idols and other curl
osities.
MRS. REV. DILLON PRossER gives the use
Of her elegant residence on Madison avenue,
Cleveland, for five years to the Methodist Epis-
codal Churches to establish a deaconesses'
home, The rooms will be furnished by the
churches, and the deaconesses will look after
the infirm, the sick and the dying.
CARDINAL GIBBONS in pastoral letter says:
There is population of 9,0O0, 600 Roman Cath
olics in the United States, with 13 archbishops.
n bishops, 5000 priests, 10,500 churches and
chapels, "a semInaries for candidates for the
ministry, 65U colleges, 8 100 parish schools and
90 hospitals and orphan asylums.
THE salient points of discussion in the
Protestant Episcopal Convention the past week
have been as to the constitution of her courts
shall each diocese have a court of its own, or
shall there be a national court7 Many earnest
words were spoken in favor of a court of ap-
peal The abridged service was ordered incor-
porated in the Book of Common Prayer.
REV. I. DEWITT TALMAGE, D. D., has been
given two months leave of absence by his
church, during which time he will visit the
Holy Land. especially to get information for
the Life of Christ" on which he is engaged
He starts ON the S0th inst, and will be accom-
panied by Mrs. Talmage and their daughter
May They Will take with them a stenographer
and an artist.
In the United States there are 10l, ,SA Sab
bath schools S,3i5 431 scholars, 100 1O4 teach
ers. Pennsylvania is the banner State in num-
Der of Schools having S729, though New York
has more scholars. Pennsylvania has 964, ,599.
New York 979, 4l5. Louisiana is at the foot
with so schools and 30 6l7 scholars Philadel- |
phia leads all the cities, with GIG schools and |
l7S, ,S65 scholars New York has 600 schools and |
liz 900 scholars. Brooklyn, 26S schools and 81
U33 scholars.
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