The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-10-21

SOI4o1 pOAANj
Rev. J. A. Sronce has been trans
ferred from the St. Louis Conference
to the w. N. G. Conference.-RGte'gh
Advocate.
The lO3d anniversary of the Mora
Wan Foreign Mission Society was
celebrated in Bethlehem, Pa, about
ten days ago.
The Kings Mountain pledged six
hundred dollars, and the Green River
FIVE hundred dollars, for Foreign Mis-
sions.-B55licaL Recorder.
Rev. DR.. F. R. Beattie, Professor in
Columbia Seminary, has declined the
call to the First church, Birmingham,
A!a.-N. c. Presbyterian.
The Presbyterians of Wayne, Della
ware county, Pa have received from
Mr.. Geo. W. Childs, of Philadelphia,
$751; 0 to build a church.
Rev. DIR. N. B. Randall, pastor Of
East Avenue Baptist church, in Long
Island City, N. Y, resigns his pastor.
ate to become an evangelist.
Rev. J. W. Powell preached bis
farewell sermon as pastor of the Bap
fist church in Battleboro on Septem
Der 28th.-Bi6lGcal RecOr Ter.
The New York Herald announce:
that Rev. A. G. Dixon, ofsBaltimore
has received a call to the Hanson
Place Baptist church of the city Of
Brooklyn.
Rev. DR.. W. L. Pressly, pastor Of
the Associate Reformed church, Due
West, S. c., preached his farewell
sermon on Sunday, 5th inst. He had
served nineteen years.
Rev. A. G McManaway, of Char
lotte, returned from Andrews, a new
town in Western North Carolina,
where he aided in locating a Baptist
church Charlotte Chronicle.
All Saints Roman Catholic church
has obtained permission from court tc
borrow 500, 900 on mortgage. It is
proposed to pay up an existing mort
gage and to concel some other debts
In a private note from Rev. DR.
Jno. R Brooks, of the Shelby district
he says: "This district seems to be
on the upgrade spiritually and fnan
cially. "-StateSviIle Christian Advocate
The corner stone of the new Metho
dist Protestant church, Ruthsburg
Md, was laid on the 9th ult., in the
presence of 1 large congregation. 1t
will be a handsome e1ifce when com
pleted.
On the occasion of the iftieth ami
versary of DIR. j. A. Dale's pastorate
Of the Second United Presbyteriar
church Of Philadelphia, his people pre-
scented him with SIS, OO-$1OO pei
year of pastoral labor,
Grace Presbyterian church, Peoria
ILL.,. caught fire from a defective fue
during morning service, of the 28tt
ult., and was burned. No one was
seriously hurt. Loss $4,000. In
uranc less than $1,000.
The Methodist says "there is I'm
q~uestionably a widespread sentiment
in the Conference in favor of holding
our annual sessions of the Holsto1
Conference in the spring instead of in
the fall."-StatesviUe Advocate.
Rev. J. N. Cole writes the Stat,
Chronicle: "The most interesting re
vival meeting that has been held in
Warrenton since the war, is now being
held in the Methodist church here un
der the preaching of Rev. DR.. Nash
of your city.
Rev. S. H. Hilliard, who comes from
the Holston Conference to the West
ern N. {. Conference, takes charge
of the Central Methodist Church O.
Asheville in place of Rev. G. @. Ran
kin transferred to Missouri.-States
viUe Christian Advocate.
Rev. W. l.. Sheriff., of the Moores
vile Circuit, who was licensed tt
preach in last July, was, by last Quar-
terly Conference, recommended to the
Annual Conference for admission on
trial. He Is a most worthy young
man.-StateSVlUe Christian Advocate.
Before its adjournment Congress re
ceived from the Quaker societies oil
Indiana a petition asking that the
United States Government CO operate
with other nations in the suppression
of the slave traffic in Africa. 1t was
~favOrably reported from the Commit
tee on Foreign Affairs.
The Eastern Association at its ses
sion last week agreed to try to secure
one thousand dollars for the State
Mission, and six hundred dollars fo1
Foreign Missions on the next YEARS
work. This more than doubles their
contributions for these objects the
past year.-Bi6lGcal Recorder.
On the night of Wednesday of last
week the Hebrew Convalescent Home
on Eastern Avenue, Rockaway Park.
was completely destroyed by fire. Loss
$1,000. At the same time ST.
HaOrro TO+ka-o &c O. &c.