The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1892-08-10
FOREIGN CHURCH NEWS.

The Reunion Conferences at
Grindelwald will extend through August
and September. Distinguished members
of all Protestant denominations heartily
co operate Among the chairmen of the
conferences are the Bishops of Ripon and
Worcester, Arch eacon Farrar, DR. Cliff
ford (Baptist), the Rev. Hugh Price Hughes
and DR.. Stephenson, president of the Wes-
leyan Conference. The list OF speakers
comprises a number of the most distin-
guished preachers in the Church of Eng
land, and DR. Dalhnger, f. r. $, Rev r. F.
Horton, Principal Cave, MIR. W. T. Stead,
Rev. j. Guinness Rogers and DR.. Parker.
At recent meeting the Rev. Lewis Hughes,
of the church of England, claimed that the
liberal spirit manifested in the proposal
made by the Lambeth Conference reduced
to a minimum the question of doctrines il
Church Government With a view to in
ducing all Nonconformists to Join the
Church Of England community, ne would
overcome the difficulty of the historic
EpiscOpate by the recognition of all pre-
sent Noncomformist ministers as priests.
but 2ll future ministers should he required
TO reeve the Episcopal CiD matte Tho
general effect Of his speech was disappoint
ing, and served TO show how impossible
reunion is upon the line suggested.
Mr.. Meyer, the Baptist success
sor of DR.. Newman Hall, expects to meet
difficulties in the matter of administering
baptism in this way "All applications for
baptism must be made to me personally
Where l am pursuaded that the require
ment is based on conscientious conviction
and not on a superstitious notion OF the
validity of mere rite, l shall arrange that
children shall be christened by my assist
ant, who will probably be a member of the
Countess of Huntingdon's connection.
The rite will be administered, as it has
been in the past apart from the public ser
vice of the church. In the same way I
propose to administer believers baptism
apart from the regular service. In each Of
these cases, as in the case of marriage,
special service will be arranged as required
and open to the public
Il m m mense congregations tooF
an atfectionaIe farewell of Rev Newman
Hail. at Christchurch London. In his morn
ing sermon he submitted the whole of MS
fifty years ministry TO review. He was or
dained to church in Hull, and succeeded
the Rev. James Sherman at Surrey Chapel
in S45 Never during that time had he
introduced politics into the pulpit, and
none of his congregation knew to which
side he belonged There was another larpe
congregation in the evening, when Dr.
Hall preached from the text, "God so loved
the world" &c, which he said was The
first text he ever learned, the text he mrs,
preached FROM and now should be HE last
text as their pastor.
The Rev. Thomas Spurgeon.
"sOn Tom," as his father used TO call h
is filling the pulpit at the Metropolis
Tabernacle for three months Mr.
geOn went cut 60 New Zealand lu 1879
a few years later the Auok land Bapti
hrTi m af Of n
and largest chapel in the colony. BCa
gifted with no mean share of ability, 8u
possessing a good deal of his fathers stvfs
and eloquence, he has made for himself
good colonial reputation as a preacher
and has been greatly I'm demand for m.s
sion work. 1t would not be surprising n
he should remain as pastor or assistan.
pastor at the scene of his fathers labors
Two groups of churches, which
had separated from the State church of Hol-
land, the "Christian Reformed Churcf {"
and the Dutch Reformed Church" ha ye
united, the new church being entitled ~ tc
RgorDed Churches 0fHc Netherlauds" The
leader is eifecting the union was the Rev
Dr Kuyper, the strong and faithful repre-
sentative of the CalvinistiC faith in ffni
tand. The new church is thoroughly pe
Vaded by an evauge.istic spirit.
What ministers and mice
societies have failed TO accomplish, r81
che erection Of new churches jpn Berlin
seems is now TO be brought about ttr1t
the influence Of the Queen, who has taken
most energetic steps in this work For
two years she has held the protectora.e
the Berlin Society for the erection of Ne
Churches, and it Is mainly through he
tuenCe that the means have been ss.rr. Cd
for half dozen new sanCtuaries
MIR, Surgeons orphanage hly
raised six thousand dollars during tf
cent Scottish tour.