New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-31
IN CHURCH.CIRCLEs.
coNrEMpLATED CHANGE on PAsToR s ;,

CONTEMPLATED ChANpE VI A,
Tbs conference year for the pastors u 'i's
Methodist Episcopal churches ENDS to-nas,
tKev will await reassignment by the oisnop
fore resumfng work either in the same puppy -.
in other ones The forty-frSt session Oh UNI
York East Conference, to which al inc 49,
chnrcbes Of the Methodist denomination De1ons
an Min "wednesday. at Bridgeport, Conn. wv
49,, q Tho fact that the centennial Of Methodlsm IN
No.. GLAND Is celebrated this year, the con-
$500 h held IN Connecticut. One Of BROOK
Ivu,s pastors. DIR. George lansing Taylor, oil tno
Fo1r,b Avenue Church, is TO preach the ecu
..nr,aI eernon I'm the First Church in brldge-
on-+ rext Saturday. One Of the special matters
- anne before the Conference at It's opening SeS-
ZION will be the choice of secretary oince
lava until he was elected Bishop at the Cen
r,al Conference last year, DR.. Daniel A. 0oodSeii
held the Office, and discharges %
dptes with signal ability. lie hao
"a his assistants for the clerical duties OF tne
oface the Rev. Messrs Ferris, SANFORD and Buck
INIT II is not likely that any one Of these VIII DC
promoted to succeed him. They are among the
,,ouno men OF the conference, and IT is usual 70
have one Of the more experienced and represents
t;ve ministers for the Office. One OF Bishop rood
s.Il,s predecessors was Dr. John NJ Reid, long
missionary secretary The minister most talked
Of for the Office is DR.. George p horris, OF the
New-York Avenue Church, in Brooklyn lie Is
about forty.ave years old, Is graduate OF Yves
Ieyan University, and has been in the ministry
for twenty years, Besides his pastorates IN
number of leading churches, he has been pre-
siding elder and financial agent Of the seney Hos
pital Among the other possible candidates Tor
the position Of Secretary are DIR. Joseph Pullman
and L. r. StreeteF.
A number OF new appointments are expected IN
this city as a result Of the conference session.
Among the expected changes are the retirement OF
the Rev. W. L. Phillips from the summeraeld
Church. to 90 either to Wilkesbarre, Penn, or TO
Trinity Church. New-Haven His successor viii
be the Rev T. p Frost, of ST. Johnsbury, VT DIR.
r. IT, Burch, Of the Tabernacle Church, win 90 to
New-York, 10 Trinity Church, and the Rev. Abram
s. Kavauagh will probably succeed him. DR..
Merritt HuIburd OF New York, is expected TO take
the place Of the Rev. Morris w Prince. in the
Nostrand Avenue Church From the DeKalb Ave
nue. Church. the Rev. Crandail J. North win go
to South Norwalls minister from the central
part Of the State IS expected TO follow hIp. Or.
Q. NJ Citizen, Of oovington, KY is expeetei 70 bs-
come pastor of Grace Church, from which DR.. q.
W. Miller went 70 Kansas City early In the winter
The Rev H. c.. Mcbride win 20 from the North
Fifth Street Church to Jamaica. The Rev. 5. Il
Street Church, and the Rev. w. d. Thompson 20
the First Place Church, each for the fourth year
under the extension OF the limit Of the pastoral
term from three 10 five years, made by the General
Conference last year, but 10 Is uncertain whether
they will be sent back
Dr. John Humpstone Of the Emanuel Baptist
Church, has been elected president Of BuckDell
University, at Lewisturg, Penn; from which he
whether TO accept the Office. Dr. Humpstone
is one Of the most popular OF the younger Baptist
pastors Of the city. He came 20 Brooklyn about
six years ago, and has one Of the finest churches
In the city which was completed about three years
ago at q cost Of over S2o0, 900.
A Congregational Council will he held IN the
new Congregational church 1T Roclnway Beach
on Wednesday, 10 install the Rev. J. Il. Fray. DR..
K r. Meredith is 10 preach the install alton sermon
Al tho April meeting OF Plymouth League on
"Wednesday evening e1sCongresSman 3. Y; White
some interesting business experiences.
The Presbytery Of Brooklyn will hold It's spring
meeting in the South Third Street Presbyterian
The Manhattan Congregational Association win
meet in tho Pilgrim Church, New-YOrS on
Wednesday, April 10, and viii examine candidates
Much valuable work has been done in the last
year by the Brooklyn Baptist Church Extension
Society. The churches were asked 20 contribute
$50, 900. and gave $4,000, and four sites were
purchased and three chapels built To meet the
demands created by the 10000 population added
70 the CITY, the sum Of So 600 Y asked Tor the
OF the society.
DR. John Hall will deliver o discourse this even
ing In the ClassOn Avenue Presbyterian Church
upon The Structure of the New Testament or
Gospels, Act, Epistes and Revelation In Relation
to Each Other"
The iaSt of the series of Sunday afternoon adj.
dresses 10 young men in Association Hall will
be given this afternoon by Charles james Wills,
president OF the st. andrews Brotherhood
Francis Fischer Powers viii sing
The silver wedding anniversary OF the Puritan
Congregational Church was made an occasion Of
enjoyment by Che members on Thursday evening.
record Of the past showed that the church was
formally organized as the East Brooklyn Con-
regational Church on July Ia, 1854, the pre-,
lininary steps having been taken on March %
preceding. There we re twenty eight members and
Sunday-schOol Of geyenty-five.
The destruction Of tho old Sands Street
Methodist Church, opposite the Bridge entrance,
has begun, and in few days the walls which
have stood half a century will he razed TO the
ground. For nearly century the spot has been
religious landmark, four successive ediAces hav-
Ing been built on the same site. Yesterday q
Wh Which, y nscred e Fst MeboSs
Church. Built in 1874. Rebuilt in 1911, Rebuilt
In 1s4S, Burned in 1s4s and Rebuilt The
Church ct Henry and Clark sts., for which plans
Or. Edward B: Coe will preach for his father
ihn;law. DR.. r. S. Storrs, in the Church Of the
on temperance in the Lafayette Avenue Presby-
teflan Church this evening. DR.. Talmage is on
lecture tour in the West, and DR. j. NJ WoFrall
OF New York. win preach for him to-day. DR.
L. II. Cobb will preach this evening in the Clinton
Avenue Congregational Church. At the Central
Congregational Church, DR.. Alexander Mckenzie,
The forty-hrst anniversary OF the advent OF
modern spiritualiSm will be observed IN Con-
seryaiory Hall, ut Futon-st. and Bedford-aye.,
ms evening; The new chapel Of the Prospect
Heights Presbyterian Church, nt Eighth-aye and
ienth-st, Will be opened for services next Sun
day. The first sermon will bc preached in the
| morning Dy the pastor DR.. William IT, HRlll-
n the afternoon, and in the evening tho Rev
Sharles Cnthbert Hall will preach Bishop
Llttielonn VIII confirm communicates and make
deener In Pacifc-st. -
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