Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-26

| cantS OF WnOm II, 4S4 were duueu ldsb ycaIs
| THERE is wide divergence of feeling toward
the Rev. F. A Boyd, pastor of the Poland, O..
| Presbyterian Church, 50 members asking that
| he be removed, the rest of the church urging
| his continuance. To go or not to 60 that IS the
| question.
PUNCH touched deep truth in its answer tc
| the man who complained that ragged people dc
| not go to church: THAT is because when peo
| pie 60 to church they soon cease to be ragged u
DR.. R. j. Breckinridge used to give utterance
| TO a saving of kindred import: THE best thing
you can do to lift man out OF stare of beg
| gary is to convert him."
IT is altogether probable that Choir Festi
val, the first in the diocese of Pittsburg, will
| furnish fitting prelude to the next Diocesan
| Convention, which meets in st. Peters Church,
| on the first Wednesday in June, next. The
choirs participating will be those of ST. Peter S,
| st. Marks Grace and st. Johns, PIttsburg
Emmanuel, Allegheny, and St. Stephens. Nc
Keesport. Organist, Mr.. Dermitt, of st. Pc
ter's Church; Director, MIR. Aborn, of 1mman-
uel Church. The festival is expected to take
place on Tuesday evening, before the conven-
tion.
THE International Missionary Union will
hold its seventh annual meeting at Clifton
Springs, N. Y. June ii to Is inclusive. Free
entertainment will be provided tor all foreign
missionaries or persons who have been foreign
missionaries of whatever evangelical society,
or board, or field. Membership in the union is
open to all such persons and includes no others.
Candidates under actual appointment to the
foreign field of any evangelical organization
are earnestly invited to attend, and will also be
freely entertained, as far as provisions can be
made.
WASHINGTON and Jefferson College will
hold quarter century celebration of the union
of the colleges at the coming commencement,
June % Is. DR.. David Gregg, of Boston.
will oot,+ +1,oo tot tlan NJ nm
Sabbath night. On Alumni day-Tuesday-a
history of the united college will be read by
President Motfat, followed in the afternoon by
banquet. to be presided over by Governor
Beaver. At the evening meeting addresses will
be made by DR.. G. A. Dickey, of Philadelphia,
and DR.. M. B. Riddle, of Allegheny. Hon.
James G. Blaine will be invited to preside at
the evening meeting.
SPEAKING of what shall we do with old
ministers" Rev. Jay Benson Hamilton. of the
New York M. E Conference, said: with lit
tie or no savings. burdened with the infirmity
of years, which make him unacceptable as a
minister, he is turned adrift to support him
self. His scanty earnings are augmented by
gift SO beggarly as to insult his manhood. 1t is
doled out to him as charity wi tn such offensive
parade that none but those who are reduced to
absolute poverty are willing to accept 1t. If
the secrets of the committee which apportions
the support of the conference claimants could
be published it would be humiliation as
shameful as deserved"
THE American Sunday School Union has
about 900 missionaries employed in Sunday
school work. During the past year they or
ganized ,6S5 new schools and gathered in &C. 1000
neglected children. Aid was also given to
$500 other schools containing $4,000 scholars.
The following gentlemen that live in Pittsburg
and vicinity are Vice Presidents of this society:
Hon. Felix R. Brunot, Charles ]. Clarke. w.
n. Frew, Thomas Wightman, John G. Holmes,
Thomas H. Lane, Andrew Howard, John B.
Jackson. The work in the South was remark
ably prosperous More than 1,S00 conversions
were reported last year as the result OF the
work of the society among the destitute. Rev.
J. H. Mccullough. Superintendent of that
district is now making his annual visit to
Pittsburg in the interest of this important
work.
AT a meeting of the friends of Rev. DR..
Cuyler on Thursday evening, which was at
tended by many noted men, purse containing
$4,000 was presented to the retiring pastor.
who said: Il have great lump in my throat
that makes articulation difficult, and the hour
is late. 1 have had a long and supremely happy
pastorate in this glorious church. This princely
offering accept, beloved, not merely as a tes-
timony of your affection. but gift that may
relieve the last years OF my life from the cor
rosions of care. l thank you for this sweet act
OF kindness. Who am that should be loaded
down with vanity? When l think how mis-
sionaries wear their lives out without an echo
of popular applause, no provision for old age,
when l think of Him who had not where to
lay His head, am ready to sink into the dust.
"a 1 do not propose to cease preaching.
This isn't farewell. not bit of it."
THE Christian Adu ocdte, in its current issue,
says: .sThe sentiment in favor of the revision
of the creed is stronger in the Presbyterian
Church than had generally been supposed.
Even some Pennsylvania Presbyteries have
giving special attention to the subject, and
taking pains to keep its readers informed as to
the progress of the vote. We gather the fol-
lowing facts from its last issue: There are in
that church, including its mission flelis, 212
Presbyteries. Of these 122 have voted on the
question, and four have either failed or refused
to act OF these 81 favor revision. The Pres
byteries reported represent 3.742 ministers out
of total of 1886. and 5l5, ,49l communicates
out of a total of 1853 749. They therefore repre-
sent majority of the ministers and members
of the church. From these figures 1t would
seem certain that the demand for revision will
carry by ma ajority of almost If not quite,
two to one. There will devolve upon the Gen.
eral Assembly the duty of making the revision
asked for That it will be made in a conserva-
tive manner no one donbts."
THE statistics of Monongahela Presbytery,
U. P, for the church year just closed are inter-
esting. There are 80 congregations, % minis
ters of whom are without charge, 134 elders.
and 5545 communicates. The increase has been.
by profession, Al; by certificate, 434; decrease.
465. There have been 265 infant and 43 adult
baptisms. The contributions have been: For
eign missions Sc, 723; home. S4256; freedmen,
81, 367; church extension, 81, ,235 education S2S4;
publication, 81; assembly's fund, sll4: minis
terial relief S564 general, S. 1874; salaries, $685.
S55; congregational expenses. s39. $780, total.
SlO0774. The average of contributions per
member was SIS II. There are "a Sab
bath schools, with 5.64l pupils, 623 officers
nd taac
s5,6O3 Forty-seven ladies' missionary societies
are reported. Congregations with over 800
membership-Seventh, 4S0; Sixth. Alb; Third,
average contributions per member, s5S 81.
Mansfield Valley; SAG 2S, Thirteenth. Pittsburg;
S35 81, Robinson Run; S34 So. Ingram; s2S 70.
SIS S8, Homestead; s22 So, First, Pittsburg.'
Others range from this average down to 50 IS.
Every congregation had accessions by profess
sion-Verona, Sc; Fourth and Ninth; PittsbuTg.
each A; CHARTERS, %; Mansfield Valley, %;
Seventh, Pittsburg. 2l Williamsburg, %, and
others from II down to 2 The largest number
of adult Daptisms was at Verona, IL.
A DEVASTATED cough cruelty tries the
lungs and wastes the general strength. A
prudent resort for the afflicted is to DR.. D.
Jayne's Expectorant, remedy for all
troubled with asthma, bronchitis, or any
pulmonary affection.
Hutton Picnic Grounds.
The Allegheny Valley Railroad has made
quite number of Improvements on their
picnic grounds at Hutton, and 1t is now one
of the most desirable grounds in the vicinity
of Pittsburg. Among the new attractions
are flying horses, baseball field, etc. For
further information, vacant dates, etc., ap-
ply to Jas. P. Anderson, General Ticket
Agent, cor. Eleventh and Pike sts., Pitts
burg, Pa.
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