Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-07
Pastor and PeopIe.


THE Rev. Dr. R. s. Storrs feels Obliged to
decline the invitation to preach the sermon at
the international Congregational Council in
London in July, 1891.
DIR. A. H. NoRCRoss will preach the Bac-
calaureate sermon, class of 80. Pittsburg Fe-
male College, tomorrow morning at lO:45
Aiumn9 and friends of college cordially in
Vlted.
The Rev. Frank Prosser, of the Pittsburg
Conference, will sail, In company with his
wife, June IA, for Europe. After spending
short time in Ireland they expect to make an
extended trip through the Continent being alb
sent about two months.
THE Methodist Church of Morgantown since
it was remodeled presents a fine appearance.
Its audience room has been completely trans
formed. Pastor Fullerton is in the midst of a
successful year in an intelligent and loyal
church We shall be glad to make the visit
again.
TUE number of distinctively medical mis-
siJnaTies from Great Britain, and their dis
tribution, is given as follows: Total number,
l25-6elng in China 42 India 9S Africa Is,
Palestine 6; the remaining Is are scattered over
Europe, Asia Minor, New Hebrides and NADIA
gascar.
CHILDREN's Day will be appropriately OBJ
served at the Forty-third Street Presbyterian
church, under the leadership Of H. II. Stiles.
pastor Prof. j. Z. Sharpe, of Shadyside, will
address the young people In the morning. The
church is to he decorated, and the service OF
song made particularly attractive.
OUR fraternal delegates to the Southern
General Conference, DR.. F. NJ. Bristol, of
Chicago. and Ex-Governor Pattison, of Penn
sylvania were cordially received and did them
selves and their church great honor Their
speeches were able, manly and eloquent. Their
visit will bring the churches into still closer re-
lations.
THE last French service of the season will
ealra a.1a fr-r ar NJ in bQ
chapel of the North Presbyterian Church. cor
ner of Lincoln and Grant avenues, Allegheny.
All French speaking people are cordially in
vited to attend. It's expected that the services
will be resumed on the second Sabbath Of Sep
tember next.
HoMEwooD AVENUE NJ. E. CHURCH, E. S.
White pastor.-This congregation will soon
build new church. Sunday May 25 after a
sermon by the editor Of the advocate SUBJ
Bcription was taken for this purpose, which was
amounted to over 81 600. Both pastor and peo-
pie are in earnest, and good church will he
built.
In 1859 the male membership of Congrega-
tional Churches was 29.4 per cent of the total.
In 1898 it had increased to 3S5 per cent, the pro-
portion being highest in the West In Kansas
a in every 100 church members are men, and in
Maine only % in 100 The power of the gospel
is increasingly felt in business and political
life. and a growing proportion of leaders in
public aftairs are coming into church felloW-
ship
DIR. JOSEPH PARKER. in the British Weekly,
writes an open letter to Rev. Charles spurgeon,
telling him that he is surrounded by fiatterers
who laugh at his jokes and feed him with COM
pliments. DR.. Parker SAYS to him, Scatter
your ecclesiastical harem." Mr.. Spurgeon, in
+he StOord and Tf0tDet declares that ministers
who preach Broad Church doctrines In Calvin
istic pulpits are Villains" Both these eminent
divines seem to have forgotten, Tor the time,
that knowledge puffeth up. but love edj-
ieth."
MEDICAL mission work goes on in Persia.
The medical missionary of the Church Mission
ary Society writes: THE sick people come TO
us from zoo miles. In the last six months we
have treated fully 1000 people. who have paid
us over Il 900 visits. We have only been able TO
rake in 81 patients. but have performed large
number of operationA The clergyman can