CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1874

Abstracts 768 - 774

CHURCHES & SECTS Presbyterian (Cont'd)

768 L July 3:8/2 Rev. H. R. Hoisington delivered an address yesterday on "Hindooism" at the First Presbyterian church. The lecture as a whole gave a very fair idea of India and her various institutions.

769 L July 4:7/3 - The Euclid ave. mission Sunday schoo! presented a gold chain and seal to N. B. Sherwin, late superintendent of the school. He is to be succeeded by T. Dwight Eells, who founded the school, but for sometime past has been connected with the Second church. Mr. Sherwin is to be assistant superintendent.

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(2) 770 L July 20:8/2,3 The church of which the late Rev. William H. Goodrich was pastor set yesterday aside in remembrance of his name.

The associate pastor, Rev. H. C. Haydn, opened the service with a prayer. He concluded his sermon by saying, "And now, dear people, let us not forget to thank God that he gave him to this church so long, and that he and the history of this church are inseparable."

Evening services were well attended and Mr. Ely and Reverend Dr. Behrends were asked to speak.

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771 L Sept. 8:7/1 The semi-annual meeting of the presbytery of Cleveland will be held in Chester, Geauga county, Sept. 8 at seven p.m.

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772 L Oct. 7:5/3 Rev. H. H. Wells, evangelist of the Cleveland presbytery, has just concluded a series of revival services in Northfield.

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773 L Oct. 17:5/2,3 The synod of Cleveland yesterday began its annual session in the Euclid ave. Presbyterian church. Rev. H. C. Foulke preached the opening sermon, taking as his text Matt. 15:22-28. The roll call and the election of officers followed.

Rev. Thomas H. McCurgy of Steubenville was elected moderator; Rev. James Shaw, D.D., Wyndham, stated clerk; Rev. T. C. Stewart, Niles, permanent clerk; Rev. J. H. Skinner of Cleveland and Rev. William J. Park of Canton, temporary clerks.

After the report of the committee of arrangements, the synod was adjourned, and the synodical institute was convened. Professor Jeffers of Wooster university spoke on "The Relation of Modern Science to Preaching and Preachers."

The pulpits of the city churches will be filled by the visiting ministers tomorrow.

A union foreign missionary meeting of all the Presbyterian churches of the city will be held on Oct. 18 in the First Presbyterian church. (27)

774 L Oct. 19:7/2-4 The second day of the Presbyterian synod of Cleveland was opened Oct. 17 with prayer by the moderator, The report and resolutions of the standing committee and the resolutions of the committee of the board of education were presented by the chairmen, and adopted.

A discussion of "A revival of religion within the synod, and the best means of promoting it," followed.

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CHURCHES & SECTS Presbyterian (Cont'd)

The afternoon session was confined to devotional exercises; the report of the committee on the board of publication; the report of the committee of the general assembly; and the report of the committee on church erection.

The next meeting of the synod will be held in Youngstown.

775 L Oct. 22:8/1 Trustees of the Woodland ave. Presbyterian church at the corner of Woodland ave. and Kennard st. have planned a series of lectures for the season for those residents who find it difficult to attend the downtown courses. The admission price will be reasonable.

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776 - L Nov. 6:8/3 It is but seldom that so much amateur talent is contributed to the enjoyment of a musical entertainment as at the concert given last evening at the Euclid ave. Presbyterian church under the auspices of the Young Peoples' society of that church. In the just expectation of a rich musical treat, a large and brilliant audience thronged the edifice and testified by their spontaneous and long continued applause to the fact that that expectation was realized. (6)

777 L Nov. 21:8/1 The Woodland ave. Presbyterian church expects to have another sociable Nov. 23, which is to be turned into a spelling school. The admission will be ten cents. There will be no charge for reserved seats.

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L Dec. 2:8/3 - Santa Claus will make his first appearance in Cleveland at the Stone church tomorrow evening when the young ladies will open an extensive and attractive bazaar for the sale of all sorts of Christmas things.

779 L Dec. 8:7/1 The regular meeting of the Cleveland presbytery will be held at the First Presbyterian church in Newburgh at 11 a.m. today, and will continue through tomorrow.

780 - L Dec. 10:8/2,3 - The presbytery was called to order at nine a.m. yesterday with Rev. J. A. Seymour, moderator, in the chair. Business was taken care of, and W. D. Jones was examined for a license to preach. The tax levy of ten cents a member remained the same. The next annual meeting was voted to be held in Ashtabula, 0. Devotional exercises and committee reports occupied the remainder of the morning session.

The afternoon session began at 2:30 and committee reports were resumed. Resolutions were adopted for the erection of a mission house to be built in San Francisco. New books to be used for the coming year were introduced.

The evening session began at 6:30.

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781 L Dec. 17:7/1 The ladies of the Memorial Presbyterian church will give an oyster supper and festival in the chapel on Case ave., this evening; supper being served from six to eight.

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CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1874

Abstracts 782 - 790

CHURCHES & SECTS (Cont'd)

Taxation

782 L Jan. 31; ed: 4/1 The property of the Roman Catholic church in New York, which pays no taxes, is now receiving extra attention from a police detail to prevent communists from setting fire to it. People are gradually learning that churches require the same protection as property that pays its way.

Unitarian

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783 L Sept. 5:7/1 - Rev. T. B. Forbush will speak on "Value of Religion" at Case hall, tomorrow. (1) 784 L Sept. 14:7/4 Rev. T. B. Forbush delivered a sermon in Case hall yesterday on the subject "Reform and Reformers." (12)

785 - L Nov. 9:8/4 Rev. T. B. Forbush spoke last night at Case hall on "True and False Christianity." (6)

786 L Nov. 16:8/3 - Rev. T. B. Forbush preached last evening at Case hall taking his text from Isaiah 21. He spoke of "Signs in the Religious Sky," and believed that generally they were most propitious.

787 L Nov. 23:8/2 - Rev. T. B. Forbush, pastor of the Unitarian society of Cleveland, delivered an interesting discourse last night at Case hall on "Tyndall and His Critics."

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(13) 788 - L Dec. 28:8/3 The text of the sermon by Rev. T. B. Forbush at Case hall last evening was Isaiah 56:17. The sermon was chiefly a history of different races and different nations during the last two centuries.

Universalist

789 L Feb. 25:7/4 - In a letter to the editor, "S. W. C." says: The Sunday school connected with the Erie st. Universalist church gave a concert Feb. 22 which was a decided success. The house was filled to overflowing. The singing was directed by Charles Minick. All in all, this was by far the best concert ever held in our church and the best this writer ever attended anywhere.

790 L Apr. 9:4/5 Reverend Dr. Asher Moore was installed as pastor of the Erie st. Universalist church last evening. The invocation was delivered by Rev. R. A. Willson, of Kent, O. A scriptural selection was read by W. P. Burnell of this city. After the singing of a hymn, the Reverend Dr. Forrester of Chicago preached the installation sermon. The installation prayer was offered by Rev. S. H. McCollester of Buchtel college.

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CHURCHES & SECTS - Universalist (Cont'd)

791 L June 4:8/2 Rev. F. F. Weeks was ordained and installed as pastor of the Universalist Church of the Redeemer, which was recently organized in this city with 15 members. The services took place at Beck's hall. Rev. S. Laws offered an invocation. Rev. J. G. Adams of Cincinnati preached an interesting sermon from the text "I am the first and the last."

792 L June 5:7/2,3 The Ohio Universalist ministerial convention at the Erie st. Universalist church adjourned yesterday.

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The whole of yesterday's session was taken up in the discussion of questions pertaining to the church, financially. Last night Rev. S. Binus of Fulton county, Ohio, preached an able sermon from the text "But some one will say, how are the dead raised up, and with what body do they come?" Yesterday morning, Rev. J. G. Adams of Cincinnati preached an able discourse from the text "And hath committed unto us the work of reconciliation."

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L June 6:7/2,3 - The state Universalist convention reconvened yesterday for its second day's session. The minutes of the previous meeting were read in the morning and the usual business was transacted.

In the afternoon, Mrs. J. G. Adams, Mrs. D. C. Tomlinson, and Rev. Asher Moore were made a committee to see about securing Case hall for morning services.

R. H. Pullman, general secretary of the United States Universalist convention, addressed the convention. He said: "The great question of the church today is advancement. The central idea is unity the unity of all the universalism of this country, for building up of the Universalist church. This convention, thus constituted, is the voice of the parishes and of the Universalist church, and the convention preserves all that is truly American."

Mrs. C. A. Soule, president of the association, made a short address, explaining the reason for the organization of this body and what it has already done.

Mrs. J. G. Adams stated her surprise at the opposition from leading members of the Universalist denomination.

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794 L June 8:5/1,2 On June 6 the Universalist convention opened its day's work at the Erie st., Universalist church with a conference meeting, after which Rev. J. F. Rice of Coe Ridge delivered an interesting discourse. At the close of this, the Women's Centenary association held a short meeting.

The afternoon session consisted of annual reports read by the secretary on the indebtedness of Buchtel college, and a motion was carried ordering the executive committee to send $345 to the treasurer of the Murray fund.

On re-assembling at eight p.m., the convention listened to an able discourse by Rev. W. B. Woodbury of Granville. The text was, "What does the Lord require of thee but to do justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with thy God?"

George M. Hoard pledged $200 in behalf of the Cincinnati church, the

CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1874

Abstracts 795 - 799

CHURCHES & SECTS - Universalist (Cont'd)

Columbus church gave $150, while the Erie st. church in this city gave $40 to pay a debt due the United States convention.

Yesterday morning, Rev. F. L. Rexford preached an able discourse in Case hall from the text, "Giving thanks unto God, who hath translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son."

Mrs. Soule, president of the Women's Centenary association, delivered a lecture in the Erie st. Universalist church on the "Higher Education of Women," the object of which was to raise money to endow a ladies' professorship in Buchtel college.

The Hon. J. R. Buchtel agreed to give $20,000 for this purpose, when the ladies agreed to raise the same amount, thus making an endowment of $40,000.

Yesterday afternoon, President McCollister of Buchtel college preached an able sermon in the Erie st. church from the text, "So we are one body in Christ."

In the evening, an interesting conference meeting was held, thus closing the labors connected with the convention. (40)

795 L Dec. 23:7/1 The Sunday school concert given Dec. 21 at the Erie st. Universalist church was a very pleasant affair. The exercises consisted of music, recitations, and dialogues.

rail, the most powerful array of talent ever presented to the public. 50 First-Class performers. 4 Popular Clowns 4.

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The most artistic troupe of male and female riders in the world at the lot on Putnam and Garden sts. June 26 and 27. Admission 50 cents; children 25 cents.

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798 L June 29; adv: 8/4 - July 4, our nations' birthday, four full performances. Lot corner of Putnam and Garden sts. The great Eastern Menagerie, Museum, Aviary, Circus, Roman Hippodrome and Egyptian Caravan! Four great clowns and the novel new steam piano.

Admission 50 cents and 25 cents.

799 L July 6:7/1 The New York and New Orleans combination is to be located at the corner of Putnam and Garden sts. There will be an exhibit of rare and interesting animals. Among the attractions of the ring will be Elsie Keyes, greatest female rider in the world; Rosina Cooke, with her stud of menage and dancing horses; the English champion horseman, Harry Welby, and many more attractions.

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