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The old Second Church" in Boston
celebrated its 25oth anniversary re-
Gently.
The oldest Presbyterian congregation
In America is locate at Snow Hill.
Maryland
The New Epiphany Chapel (Episco-
paD in New York has adopted the
never close" policy.
At Mount Olivet Baptist Church.
New York, seventy-six converts were
baptized at one time recently.
The Rev. John G. Patton, the oldest
missionary TO the New Hebrides. is
lecturing in the Eastern States to the
churches.
A large Mormon temple will be built
at Louisville, KY, at q central point
from which missionaries will be sent
throughout the South.
Leading UNCONVENTIONAL publications
express the belief that Professor Nc
Giffert's case must surely be tried be-
fore the next Presbyterian General
Assembly.
The new plant Of the Union Settle
ment, for philanthropic work, which
has just been opened in Harlem, is
one of the finest In New York, and
cost over $4,000
New York Methodist ministers may
decide to hold their Monday meetings
behind closed doors. because OF undue
publicity given to matters personal to
the church.
The tenor of the letters in British re-
ligious journals from Presbyterian.
Methodist. and Congregational clergy
men in South Africa is decidedly ad-
verse to the Beers.
Sixty delegates, representing mis-
sions at ports all the way from Mon
treal to New Orleans. met in Boston re-
Gently in the first convention ever held
to discuss work among seamen.
An English authority has estimated
that If all the Inhabitants of the Brit
ish Isles should decide to attend church
on a given Sunday 25,000.000 would be
crowded out for lack of seating room
in the churches.
The synod of Missouri has nominat-
ed the Rev. John H. Miller for the po-
sition of permanent clerk of the Pres
byterian General Assembly, a post
made vacant by the death of the Rev.
DIR. w. E. Moore.
The Rev. DR.. Samuel H. Virgin, for
nearly thirty years pastor of Pilgrim
Congregational Church, Brooklyn, has
resigned because he thinks younger
man could subserve better the interests
of the church.
For the Bishopric OF Liverpool, to be
vacant next year, the Dean of Nor
witch is leading candidate. with the
Bishop of Sodor and Man, Archdeacon
Sinclair, and the Rev. G. F. Head fol-
lowing closely in popularity
The Rev. James Gibson Johnson, a
former pastor of New England Congre-
gational Church, Chicago, has been in
stalled as pastor of the Congregational
Church at Pennington, Mass, one Of
the historic churches of New England.
According to the Baptist Standard
there is not a State in the West where
the additions to Baptist churches dur
ing the last year have been in any
degree adequate to the resources en-
ployed. or even the average normal rate
of increase.
The Rev. Macy MCGEE Waters. form
erly of Evanston, ILL.,, at the examina-
ton incident to his installation at the
First Congregational Church, Bing-
hamton, N. Y. read a statement of his
religious faith written mainly in poetic
form.
New York has a new evening theo-
logical school, undenominational, to At
young men and women for more eff
cient work in their respective churches.
to prepare students for the ministry.
to make more proficient Sunday school
teachers, to train deaconesses, to give
instruction about missions, and to cul-
tivate Christian spirit among the de-
nominations.
The Western Christian Advocate
takes strong ground against full
dress Methodist social unions. 1t says:
"Methodism has comparatively few
dress coats and evening costumes.
Her ranks are recruited largely from
the middle class and the common peo-
pie, with here and there a represen-
tative of Caesars household. Her
members are one family in the Lord.
and the church, as such, cannot af-
ford to patronize an entertainment
from which any member is virtually
excluded 4"