The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1889-02-27

slve sermon. The whole dedication service was
very impressive. DIR. Miles Saunders has been
the pastor at Springfield for nearly twenty mine
years; has devoted his whole ministerial life to
the work in Washington county. Presbyterian
ism has much more than doubled in the county
during his pastorste-Ib
Cleburne, Tex Rev. NJ. Cochran, Of
Greenville, Texas has accepted call from the
church in Cleburne. Tex. There has been much
religious interest during the last month, and
many are joining the different churches Mr..
Cochran has been preaching a great deal during
the past few weeks.-S. LOUIS Presbyterian.
Northern Presbyterian.
Rev. William Pratt Breed D. D., pas-
tor emeritus of the West Spruce Street church,
Philadelphia, died early in the morning of Feb
ruary IA.
The Second Presbyterian church in Ches-
ter Pa, which is ministered to by Rev Joseph
Vance D. D., received lately forty two mem
bers, and of these thirty-seven made confession
of faith in Christ
The Presbyterian church of Cortland, N. Y,
as result of services since the Week of Prayer,
received on Sunday, February Sd, forty new
members; thirty on confession.
The cornerstone of new Presbyterian
church in Santa Monica, CAL. was laid on Satur.
day, February 2.
A new church has been organized by Rev.
II. F. Sewell at Walsen Coal Mines. Col. start.
ing out with 6fty-two members.
The Rev. George C. Gerlach, pastor OF
the Lost Creek church, Ohio, on February 8, re-
ceived fttytwo members on profession of faith
as the result of his labors since the Week of
Prayer.
Rev. Geo. T. Purves, D. D., pastor Of the
First Presbyterian church of Pittsburgh. has
again declined Overtures from Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary to accept the Chair of Church
History in that institution.
| The Presbyterian ohusoh of Thompson.
vile, Conn.,. to which the Rev. W Hart Dexter
now ministers, has been wonderfully quickened
In the last few months. Three months ago. at
the first communion celebrated by the present
pastor, twenty-five were added to the church,
and on Sunday february 81 forty six more,
forty two of this large company coming on pro-
fessIon of their faith
A note from Rev. John Gillespie, D.
D.. of the Board of Foreign Missions, saws
ION February 1st we were 1851 .6l5 behind the
receipts for the same period last year. On the
l4th we were 1892 473, showing an increase Of
$4,000. The churches have gained $4,000
miscellaneous nearly $1,000, and the Women's
Boards "a 600. There is still deficit, as CON-
pared with last year, of-churches $22. 1865;
Sabbath Schools, $8,431; legacies, $1O7, O56. II
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must act promptly and literally. We cannot
afford in the present state Of the world to per-
NIT this Board to restrict its work or to be
Observation-Disclosures Banner.
a correspondent of the Lutheran Oh
server has been observing the work of the Pres
byterlans in California, and says: II rang for
Abundance into Bastile-looking house perched
atop lofty hill of Sacramento street, San Fran
cisco. 1t was The Mission Home for Chinese
girls under the charge Of the Occidental Board
OF the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.
Here is the home for the outcast, oppressed, de-.
graded Chinese girls. The faith, the
magnificent energy, the courage and persistence
OF the women comprising the Occidental Board
have wrought wonders In the fourteen years Of
Its existence and extracts from its annual re-
ports would fave all the sensation elements
and pure pathos-with here and there CLEAN
of sunny merriment-equal to that Of the latest
popular novel. The parlors of the Mission
Home were eminently honey and suggestive.
We were cordially received by Miss NJ. GILBERT
son, the house mother, and Miss A. M. House
worth, the teacher of day school in the Home
Presently other elect women entered, and soon
the parlors were filled, as this-the fret Mon
day In the month-was the regular Board meet
ing. After an earnest prayer and praise service
and the business of the executive having been
disposed of, the thirty-fve girls, now daily in
mates Of the Home, came in to sing and recite
for US. Clad in their native costume their
faces beaming with cheerfuness and awakened
intelligence, they were alike a marvel and a
prophecy of what can be done for the heather
Cbinee'"
The Newberry chapel, connected with
the Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church
Detroit has just been opened for public service.
| The building is about 1OOx1OO feet square. three
stories in height and constructed Of brownstone
and brick. The northwest corner ls Ornamental
With a tower containing chime of bells and
the trussed roof is covered with tile The build
ing is the gift to the church Of Mrs. John S.
| Newberry and her children, and has cost in the
neighborhood Of $500 Bradford L Gilbert
Of New York is the architect, and M. r. Con
kiln, Of the Fulton Iron Works has superiD-
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