Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-15

Tabernacle" He illustrated his lecture by .
| nne model Of his own workmanship.
REV. s. S. gibson was received into the
membership of the Pittsburg Presbytery on the
9TH inst He takes the place of associate editor
| of the Pittsburg PresbyteTtdn BdNneT.
ZION Reformed Church, East Liberty, will be
reopened tomorrow. when Rev. Charles Knip-
per. of Mansfield Valley, will preach. This
| church has been closed since last summer.
OK account of the continued sickness Of Rev,
! A. c. johnson, Bishop Foss has appointed
Rev. s. NJ Bell, of Greensburg, to take his
place as Presiding Elder Of the Blairsville dis
trict.
REV. A. c. GOOD, of the ogove river, West
| Africa, lectured in the East Liberty Presby-
terian Church on Friday, taking as his subject
The Manners and Customs OF the Native
| African"
ON Monday the Revs. T. ]. Leak, W. 81.
Pearce and ]. A. Ballantyne started for their
| tour in Bible lands They were each the recip-
tents of very kind tokens from their congrega-
tions before leaving.
REV. DR.. TALMAGE received a very warm
greeting from the people Of Brooklyn in gen.
eral on his return from his Eastern tour. A
reception was rendered him in the armory of
the Thirteenth Regiment.
In April 1880 Lafayette Avenue Church,
Brooklyn, had lao members; now it numbers
1850, with two missions, l,600 in the Sunday
schools, and pays the salary of three ministers
Well done, good DR.. Cuyler!
On Sunday the 2Srd inst, the first anniver-
sary of the Laymen's Missionary League will
be observed in Trinity Church at 1880 P. NJ,
when Archdeacon Mackay Smith, ofNew York
City, will preach the serm on.
THE Oxford Presbyterian Church has raised
the salary of its pastor, Rev. N. w. Jacobus,
from s., 700 to 81, 200 Here is good example
for many other churches to follow, only be sure
it is done decently and in order.
ST. STEPHENS Church, Williamsburg it will
now be, as they have made application to be
an independent parish, and have made arrange
ments with the Rev, w. c. Rodgers, Washing
ton, Pa, TO supply them till July /.
REV. W. F. NICHOLS, Philadelphia, has
been elected as assistant bishop Of California
He Is AZ years of age and at present rector of
St James Church. In 1888 he was elected to
the same office in Ohio but declined.
NEW YORK Presbytery has l65 ministers, so
of whom are pastors. 1t has 81 churches. A
iull meeting would call for 2l9 to be present
When the vote on revision was taken it was
carried by 93 less than half of the membership.
DELEGATES will meet in this city in March
in national convention to see what can be done
to bring the branches of the United tresby-
terian and the old and new schools of the Re-
formed Presbyterian churches into closer rela-
tionship.
MRS. ANNIE E KERR, widow of the late
Rev. DR.. David Kerr was only sick few days,
having gone to Florida with her son, who was
in feeble health. She was well-known, her
husband having been editor Of the PTeSbyteT-
tun Banner.
EPIscoPALIANs held Sunday school insti-
tute in Trinity Chapel on Thursday evening.
Bishop Whitehead presided Mr.. R. g. Corne-
Illus spoke on How to Build Up a Sunday
school," and Rev. ]. Wightman on the "Du-
ties Of the Sunday School Teacher"
RKDsToNE M. T. Church reports an addition
of 2U to its membership, Conemaugh 20 Benton,
o., L. Leetonia Is, Warrenton %, Winchester
q, Wellsville 80, Island Creek lS Salineville 27,
Warren 30, Marshall, w. Va, II, Tunnelton 10
SmithvilIe g. Trinity Church, Oil City. Pa, 40.
THE First Presbyterian Church. Pittsburg,
has recently elected as elders R C. Miller.
Thomas P. Day, c. E. Rumsey, Charles E.
Speer and John NJ. Brownson, and as deacons
John w. kreps, DR.. G. l. Simpson, S.
Brown, b. G. Westervelt, c. A. Painter and
Robert Bailey.
COOPERATION is rather new feature in
ministerial labors, but in Boston q Congre-
gationslist and Baptist church have been
holding union meetings, at which one minister
preached one-half of the sermon and the other
the latter part. Two souls with but a single
text, and that thoroughly mastered. The idea
is worth thinking about"
THE question, What Should Pastors Read?'
was answered by Rev. A. M. Campbell at the
meeting of the U, P. Ministerial Association on |
Monday last, by saying that pastors should |
study the pastoral eDistles, the lives and work |
of leading pastors in the Church, the footsteps |
Of God in the world, and human nature in its |
various manifestations Others added that they |
should read the church papers. the daily papers,
current literature and Public Opinion which |
gives condensation of the leading papers |
Sketahes - MiIIer,s "ersrine, Lannoss y
BaxIer's Reformed Pastor" and Buchanan's |
Holy Spirit" |