Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-22
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| Francisco in safety and would leave that da
| for Japan.
THE Verona Presbyterian Church, under tn
labors of Rev. ]. R. Stockton, is doing activ
work: % have recently been received into it
| membership.
HOPING to be benefited by the breezes tha
watt from the ocean. Rev. ]. NJ. Fulton, of tn
| Fourth U. T. Church, Allegheny, has gone to Oh
| Point Comfort.
IA TRIP Around the World in so Minutes
was given by Mr. Charles Young, of London
| in the Eighteenth Street M. P. Church OF
Thursday evening.
The newly chosen pastor of the Shadysid
Presbyterian Church, Rev. R. L. Holmes, vii
commence his pastorate with the people Apri
l3. Salary 81, COO. with a manse.
CENTRAL NJ. E. Conference of Pennsylvania
is holding its annual session at Carlisle, Pa
Property to the value of SIS 0O0 600 was destroyed
by floods in the Williamsport district.
THE designations of the pastors of the tw,
Congregational churches of Allentown were &C
cepted some weeks SINCE The pulpit of tht
First Church will be regularly supplied
RI. REV. BISHOP WHITEHEAD will admin
lister the rite of confirmation tomorrow at st
Stephens Church, Sewickley; Trinity Church
Rochester. and Christ Church, New Brighton
REV. NEWTON DONALDSON. of the Bellevue
Presbyterian Church. will commence to-mor
row series of Sabbath evening sermons to
young people. The subject for the first is BE
Strong"
THE Second Presbyterian Church, ALE.
gheny. received is into membership on Sunday
last. The new pipe organ is being put in and
will soon give forth its melody in the service of
song there.
The Methodists of McKeesport have petit
toned the Bishop either to allow Rev. DR..
Mansell to supply the pulpit till the fall meet
ing or to send some minister from outside the
bounds of this conference.
ONE of the most highly priced gifts at the
45th anniversary of Rev. DR.. Moses Hoge, was
the Old Market Mission, where he breaches
his third sermon every Sunday.
REV DR.. SUTHERLAND read very unique
dissertation on "Paul's Thorn in the Flesh''
before the Presbyterian Ministerial Association
Monday morning. Next Monday it should be
Unemployed Minister'S" by Rev. S. ]. L.
Moore.
THE First Congregational Church, Alleghe-
ny, held a very enjoyable and largely attended
social at the residence of Mr.. Harlow, $50 Lo-
Gust street, on Thursday evening. They will be
greatly missed, as they are about to move t6
Edgewood.
REV. g. w. REYNOLDS, with the hearty CO.
operation of his church in Gorham, Me-, has
furnished room for boys, i'll which he has
papers, magazines and books, with music and
games Is Maine too far off for PIttsburg to
learn from?
RECENT additions to the Methodist Church
include Is at the Redstone Church. Lower
Salem %, Bethel "a, Sparta 2S, Dennison SO,
Marlboro l6 Powhatan IA, SalineviIle 46, Madi-
son ia, Waterford 3S, Shippenville 81, Young's
Mills So Jollytown So, Shiloh 6.
REV GIDEON H. DAY of the Central Penn
sylvania NJ. E. Conference, gave up active du-
ties yesterday, having preached so years. dur
ing which time his salary has not been suffi-
cient TO enable him to lay up anything for old
age Not much encouragement for others to
enter the ministry.
HAMMOND MUKADDIN will address the But
ler Street NJ. E. Sunday School at las to-mor-
row afternoon. This gentleman is a Christian
convert from Mt. Lebanon, Syria. He was
official interpreter for the English army in
Egypt and was with the expedition sent to re.
eve General Gordon.
THE thirty-fifth anniversary of the Philadel-
phia Y. NJ. C. a. was celebrated last week. The
reports show that SIG, rs had been received and
Is 800 expended. There are nine bran ches in
Philadelphia. and 267, 1852 visits were m ade by
Young men last year to the rooms. The ex-
Denses were 81, 500.
REV. DIR. w. j. REID read paper on Mon
day before the Ministerial Association on THE
Present State of Moral Reforms in This Coun-
try" Next Monday Rev. J. S. Speer will speak
on 'The Use Made by Christ and His Apostles
If the Old Testament Scriptures and Their
Methods of Quotation"
REV. c. L. MANN says that 81 500, 600 will be
on the main building of the Univer-
ty of the Southland. 1t will be 800 by 800 feet
seven stories high, with an inner court 200 feet
quare. 1t will be controlled by the NJ. E.
Church South. Bluffton, Ala, gives $500 00O SO
hat it may he located there.
OUR Personal Equation" was the subject
If the fifth lecture in the Friday evening
Ienten services at St. Peters Episcopal Church
Rev. Dr.. Woodburn, of the Sandusky Street
Baptist Church, was the lecturer. Next Friday
4t. Rev. G. w. Peterkln, d. D., of West Vir-
,inia, will lecture on self Denial"
ALLEGHENY County Y. P. Y. G. E. held a
in the Fourth Avenue Baptist
Church on Tuesday evening. A letter from
Rev. H. Grove, former pastor of the church,
vas read IN reference to the State Conven ton,
@ be held here in next November. Rev. DR.. |
ourves delivered a very instructive lecture on |
THE official board of the First NJ. E. Church.
passed the following resolution, |
o express their sympathy with their pastor, |
hus proving themselves friends in the hour of i
reed, and therefore friends indeed: Resolved, |
hat this board tender a vote of sympathy for |
md confidence in our former pastor, Rev. r. /
Mansell, ID. d.
The first section of the graduating class of |
he Allegheny Theological Seminary will de- |
iver commencement addresses in the First U. |
J. Church, Pittsburg, on Tuesday evening" the |
econd section in the First Church, Allegheny. |
IN Wednesday evening. DIR. Alexander Young |
will also deliver an address. The Baccalaureate |
ermon will be preached in the First u. p. |
Ihurch tomorrow evening by Rev. DIR. Nc.
Saugher.
THE Laymen's Missionary League of the P. |
:. Church regularly cares for St. Georges Mis- /
ion, West Eud a mission at CHARTERS, one at |
Noods Run, another on the boundar line be-
ween Mt. Oliver and Knoxville. This league |
lso cares for ST. Cyprian's Mission, among the |
olored people, and supplies the evening SER
ices at st. Paul's Church. These are all /
nder the charge of the Rev. ]. r. Wightman,
be chaplain of the league.
WHATEVER else we do let us not contound |
he two Bishops by the name of Bowman. The
ne is the much-loved senior Bishop of the NJ.
}. Church who has passed the allotted time of
hreescore years and ten, honored and respected
y all who know him. The other is Bishop of
he Evangelical Church, which just now has
othing better for its ministers to do than to
ull down the Influence of their Bishops by
rylng them for offenses, which, to those out
lde their inner circles, seem to SAVIOR of jeal-
usy and un-Chrlstlike action.