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CONGREGATIONAL. Rev. J. D. Riley has resigned the pastorate of the church at Shepton Mallett. The total cost of the new chapel at Hucknall Torkard should have been stated at £ 1,600. The location of the new church in Cornwall, to which we made reference last week, is at Love, not Love. Rev. Henry Webb, of Appledore, North Devon, has accepted the pastorate of the church at Bowling, Bradford. A bazaar was held in the Town Hall, Chippen ham, on Wednesday and Thursday, May 26 and 27, in aid of the Tabernacle Renovation Fund, and realised a little over £ 60. The chapel was renovated in Novem ber last at a cost of about £ 100. Rev. H. Lewis, of Carmarthen College, has accepted the pastorate of the church at Buckley, Flintshire. Mr. J. Owen Jones, Memorial College, Brecon, has accepted the pastorate of Mount Zion English Church, Troedyrhiw. An organ, which has been introduced into Edgware Church (Rev. H. W. Mercer, pastor), was opened on the 23rd alt. Mr. Edmondson, of Hackney College, has accepted an invitation to the pastorate of Forest hill Church, Queen’s road. Rev. Joseph Hall, late of Mayers Green, West Bromwich, has accepted a call to the pastorate of Zion Chapel, Kendal. The Merchants’ Lecture during the month of June will be delivered by the Rev. Newman Hall at the King’s Weigh House every Tuesday at noon. The Rev. J. F. Stevenson, LL.B., of Montreal, late of Reading, has had the degree of D.D. conferred upon him by the University of Boston, Canada. Rev. W. M. Westerby, pastor of Salem Church, Burnley, has announced his intention to resign his office in that church at the end of September next. Rev. J. Robinson, after six and a half years’ ministry, has resigned the pastorate of Park Church, Ramsbottom, and has accepted an invitation to the pastorate of Elswick Memorial Chapel. Rev. W. J. Woods (of Spence street Church, Leamington), being under the necessity of taking rest for three months, the deacons have undertaken to obtain supplies for the pulpit during his absence. A service of sacred song, entitled ‘‘Moses,’’ was given on the 26th alt., in the church at Harwich, Rev. R. Wyatt, pastor, giving the connective readings. The proceeds of the collection were given to the Sun day-school library fund. Mr. John Pither was ordained on the 28th alt, as pastor of the church at Chesham. Rev. Dr. Newth delivered the charge to the pastor. Revs. G. Bain ton, D. Griffiths, A. Cave and other ministers took part in the services. Rev. E. Bradbury has presented to the Congre gational Society of New Boston, Massachusetts, his residence in that place, to be used by them as a par sonage. In memory of his wife, lately deceased, it is to be known as the ‘Mary J. Bradbury Memorial Parsonage.” Anniversary services were held in connection with the Sunday school of the church at Knutsford, Cheshire, on Sunday last. Sermons were preached by the Rev. W. J. Meek, pastor, and collections, amounting to £ 1853. 11d., were made on behalf of the school fund. A recognition service in connection with the settlement of the Rev. W. R. Waugh, at Portland, was held on Wednesday, May 26th, when the Revs. W. Lewis, E. Bolton, T. Neave, and 8. Padgham (Wes leyan), delivered addresses. Revs. J.S. Butcher and T. Garland conducted the devotional exercises. The most successful anniversary of the Sunday school in connection with Littlemoor Chapel, Glos sop (pastor, Rev. Geo. Sadler), that has ever been held took place last Sunday, May 30. The services were conducted by the Revs. W. Hubbard and Dr. Alexander Thomson. The collections realised up wards of £ 92. Rev. B. Williams, of Cannan Chapel, Swansea, was presented, on the 27th inst., with an address and a purse of gold, in recognition of his services to the denomination for the last 25 years. W. Harris, Esq., presided, and addresses were delivered by Revs. Dr. T. Rees, D. B. James, D. Jones, and other ministers of the town and neighbourhood. The ninth anniversary of the pastor’s settlement at Mile-end-road Chapel was held on May 30th and June 1st. On Sunday sermons were preached by the Rev. D. M. Jenkins (pastor) and George Martin, of Lewisham, the chapel being beautifully decorated with flowers. At the tea-meeting on June Ist ad dresses were delivered by the Revs. G. D. Macgregor, J. Hirst Hollowell, and the pastor. The anniversary services in connection with the Sunday school at Harrison road, Halifax, were held on Sunday last. Sermons were preached morning and evening by the Rev. W. Roberts, Holloway, London, and an address to the young was delivered in the afternoon by the Rev. G. S. Smith (the pastor). The congregations were large, and the collections amounted to £ 84 16s, 6d., an advance upon last year. Rev. Horrocks Cocks delivered a lecture on the 26th alt., on ‘Recent Explorations in the Holy Land” in the lecture-hall of the church at Egham. The lecture was illustrated by the 26 maps just published. The lecturer stated his intention to arrange the maps into 12 groups, and to give, at intervals, a lecture upon each group, so as to bring under review most of the prominent places, persons, and events connected with Bible story. The eleventh anniversary of the Rev. J. W. Atkinson’s settlement at Latimer Chapel, East Lon don, has just been celebrated. At the public meet ing the church secretary announced that during the past eleven years about 700 friends had been received into the fellowship of the church. Addresses were delivered also by Revs. T. C. Udall, J. Paterson, and J. L. Pearse, and Messrs. C. Hester, Kanaar, Witney, and others. Mr. J. A. Beard, of New College, was publicly ordained to the work of the Christian ministry at Melksham, on the 19th alt. Rev. Dr. Newth de livered the charge to the minister, and Rev. H. Tar rant preached to the people, Revs. T. Mann, W. H. Jellie, J. Brown (Baptist), F. W. Clarke, H. Smith (Wesleyan), W. Jones, and R. Rew, took part in the services. In the afternoon tea was provided in the Wesleyan schoolroom, kindly lent for the occasion. A new church, the memorial stone of which was laid last November, by Mr. Thomas Barnes, J.P. (Chairman of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway), was opened at Corwen, on Monday. The building, which is situated in the main road, is of a very neat description, has a schoolroom in the rear, and is the only English Nonconforming church in the town. Sermons were preached by the Revs. 8. Pearson and D. B. Hooke, to large congregations, and liberal col lections were made in aid of the building land. Rev. W. H. Jackson received a public recogni tion on Thursday as pastor of Dawlish road Church, Teignmouth. Professor Anthony presided, and Revs. C. Wilson, C. Chapman, C. B. Symes, BR. D. Max well, G.B. Johnson, S. Wesley, G. Trusler, C. Crad dock, and J. E. Corke took part in the proceedings. Mr. Wilson, in urging the congregation to under take the work of building a new edifice, mentioned that there are now only three Congregational churches in the whole of South Devon, which, during the last twenty years, have not been either rebuilt or com pletely renovated. During the past season Mr. J. L. Cherry, F.G.S., editor of the Staffordshire Advertiser, delivered to the members of the Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Society connected with the church at Stafford, a series of addresses on local geology. At the close, a fair proportion of the members submitted themselves to a competitive examination, and at a tea-meeting on the 27th alt., ‘‘ Tennyson’s Poems,” and “ Milton’s Poems’’ were presented respectively to the writers of the best and second best papers. Mr. W. F.Woolley, J.P., the president, Rev. 8. B. Handley, and Mr. Cherry, delivered addresses on the occasion. A tea and public meeting was held on May 28th in the chapel at Horncastle, for the purpose of pre senting the pastor, the Rev. W. T. Poole, who is leav ing the town, with a silver tea and coffee service, and a purse of sovereigns. The presentation was made by the chairman, Rev. Enos Metcalf, Secretary of the Lincolnshire Union, who was supported on the plat form by Revs. G. Butcher and J. Clements (Wes leyans), D. Jones and J. Nichol (Baptists), W. Shaw, and G. W. Hancock (Primitives), F. Samuels (Free Methodist), and W. T. Poole. The subscription list included members of all the churches in the town. Rev. W. Crosbie, who is shortly leaving Derby for Brighton, was presented on the 25th alt. with an address from the workmen employed in the Loco motive Department of the Midland Railway Works, between 2,000 and 3,000 in number. After an acknowledgment of Mr. Crosbie’s “gratuitous ser vices and labours of love” on their behalf, and an ex pression of gratitude for ‘“‘ many,seasons of grace and blessing that we have enjoyed together,”’ the address proceeded—‘‘ Ever since your settlement in the town you have stood forward as the staunch and true hearted friend and advocate of progress and educa tion, off civil and religious liberty, and of all noble and philanthropic movements; and we feel that we can ill afford to lose the benefit of your wise counsels and eloquent pleadings on their behalf.’’ Mr. Crosbie, in returning thanks, said he should ever cherish the memory of the manly sympathy and sincere friend ship of those who had taken part in the address, which he should hand down as one of his most precious heirlooms. The recognition services, in connection with the church at Whitstable-on-Sea, of the Rev. C. N. Bar tram, late of Robert-street Chapel, London, were held on Thursday last. The sermon was preached by the Rev. J. Hirst Hollowell. The public meeting was largely attended. It was presided over by the Rev. Valentine Ward, of Hythe. Mr. G. Reeves, one of the senior deacons, stated the reasons which had led the church to give Mr. Bartram a cordial and unanimous invitation to the pastorate, which was replied to at some length by the pastor-elect.. Norwood Erle, Esq., chairman, and the Rev. J. Hirst Hollowell, secretary of the north-western district of the Congregational Union, London, attended, and spoke highly of the character and abilities of Mr. Bartram, and the Revs. A. Turner (Ashford), W. H. Hill (Faversham), T. Blandford (Herne Bay), W Le Pla (Canterbury), E. Goodison (Canterbury), J. James (Margate), A. J. Palmer (Folkestone), J. L. Brookes (Deal), ministers of the district, gave interesting addresses and a cordial welcome to Mr. Bartram in their midst. The annual meetings of the Bedfordshire Union of Independent and Baptist churches were held in Bedford on Wednesday, May 26. The Rev. Joshua Harrison, of Camden town, preached in the morning at Howard Chapel, and the Rev. T. G. Tarn, of Cam bridge, in the evening at Bunyan Meeting. The after noon meeting was held in the Bunyan Rooms, when addresses were given by the Revs. J. Brown, B.A., W. Parker Irving, B.Sc., R. Hoskin, T. Voysey, J. H. Tuckwell, T. Cardwell, W. Blackwell, A. Walker, and Mr. G. Carruthers. In the course of the meeting a resolution was passed expressing confidence in the new Liberal Government. The foundation-stone of a new edifice, to be named the Centenary Sunday-school, was laid on the 22nd alt., at Holmfield, near Halifax, by Mr. Council lor James Booth. “A report read by Mr. F. Hartley showed that the school was commenced in 1843 by the late Mr. Henry Ambler. Up to 1866 the teachers and scholars attended Illingworth Church. The mills passed into the hands of the Ovenden Worsted Company, who continued to allow the use of the room as a school; but the Church authorities, on Mr. Ambler’s death, declined further to find the usual seats for scholars. For eighteen months, therefore, the school had to be carried on under the disadvan tage of not being connected with any denomination. The scholars began to fall away, until at length there were only about 92. Part of the teachers belonged to Providence Congregational Chapel, Ovenden, and part to Illingworth Church. Ultimately, on the question coming forward as to whether the school should ally its fortunes with the Church or with the Congregationalists, it was decided by a majority of the teachers to join Provi dence School. The school is still carried on at the mills, but alterations in contemplation being likely to render the room unavailable. Mr. E. Crossley had since consented to furnish land for a site of a new school, the cost of which was estimated at £ 700. There are now in the school 27 teachers, and 114 scholars; over £ 170 had been subscribed towards the building fund. Revs. B. Dale, G. 8. Smith, and C. T. Trigg delivered addresses on the occasion.
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