The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-11-25

The Lutheran church in Pennsyl
vania nas 2lO,O00 members.
Emperor William has given $500
for mission work in CAMERON, West
Africa.
The new church building at Bloom,
ingdaIe was dedicated the goth ult.
The old church was destroyed by fire.
The Congregational Conference Of
Cleveland, Ohio, decided to give Miss
Juan1ta Breckenridge appreciation to
preach"
The property of the United Presby-
terian church of New York City is
worth $50, 600 not including an
organ worth $lO,0 900
Mgr. Lafeche Roman Bishop of
Three Rivers in the province of Que,
bee, Canada, has decreed that hay
must be tithed; heretofore it has been
exempt.
A dispute which has agitated the
church of Knockbain West, Scotland,
for twenty-three years has been settled
by the induction of Rev. Findlay
Mackay.
On Sunday 18th ult., and Monday
the South Reformed (Dutch) church
of Brooklyn celebrated its 5Oth ami
versary with appropriate and interest.
ing services.
A new Episcopal theological school,
known as Hoffman Hall has been
opened in Nashville, Tenn, for ecu
eating candidates for the Episcopal
ministry from among the colored
people.
Ebenezer Methodist church, Phila
delphia, has just celebrated its one
hundredth anniversary. 1t is next to
St. Georges the Oldest Methodist in
the city and has All exceedingly in
terestiDg history.
The Sultan has given due notice
that the Christians within his domin
ions shall be protested. At Erzeroum
the Moslems were summoned to the
mosque and exhortations on the sub
ject read to them.
Prince Oscar, of Sweden, is a promi
nent member of the Carlskrona,
Sweden, Y. NJ @. A. During his re
cent visit to England he attended the
Plymouth Association and manifested
great interest in it.
Rev. G.. P. Bridewell was installed
at Melvern, Ark, by a commission of
Ouachita Presbytery, October 18Th.
Rev. J s. VanMeter presided, and
preached. Rev. J. G. Williams
charged the pastor, and Ruling Elder
L J.. Weber charged the congrega
ton Christian Observer.
The Old Catholic church in Rue
d'Arras Paris, (Pere Hyacinthe's) in
accordance with agreement at the
Cologne Congress has been turned
over to the Archbishop of Utrecht,
Ii Pere Hyacinthe so far succeeds in
his lecturing tour as to justify it he
will be made primate of the Gallican
Church.
The Rev. Thomas Craven, of the
Methodist Episcopal church, who has
been for nearly twenty years a devoted
missionary in India, has recently given
LOO Dakotan acres valued at about
81, 900, to Bishop Thoburn for use at
his discretion. Mr.. Craven, who has
been visiting America for his health,
returns to India this month.
A large meeting was held in the Y.
M. G. A. hall, Charlotte, on Sunday,
I'd inst, to enter protest as a com
munity against the opening of the
Columbian Exposition on Sunday.
The meeting was addressed by Mayor
Mcdowell, Revs. R. @. Reed and A.
G. McManaway, DR.. Cheshire, Mr.. G.
W, Tllett and by Rev. Mr.. Todd, of
the A, R. P, church.
Both churches in Columbia are
prospecting under their energetic pas
tors, DR.. Smith, of the First, and Mr..
Blackburn of the Second. During
the last decade Pr~esbyterianism has
in Columbia at a considerably more
rapid rate than the population. The
Seminary students carry on mission
work at several points about the city.
N. G. Presbyterian.
The French (Episcopal) church of
St. Sauveur in Philadelphia has re
ceived the gift of a handsome paint
ing representing Religion ct Patrie,
the work of NJ. A. Durin, a distin-
guished French artist. 1t represents
the Saviour replying to the question
of the Pharisee. is it lawful to give
tribute unto Caesar 2 In it there are
sixteen life-size figures.
The German papers are reporting
the discovery at Cairo of a Coptic
manuscript which promises to throw
new and important light on the history
of the third General Council, that OF
Ephesus in All. 1t consists of a series
of letters written by Civil to his agent
at the Court of Theodosius II and
also this agents reply, giving the re
suits of his negotiations.