Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1901 — PULPIT AND PREACHER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PULPIT AND PREACHER

The Methodists of Wayne, Neb., dedicated a new $17,000 church. The; semi-centennial of the First Free Baptist Church, Minneapolis, has just been celebrated. The centennial celebration of the old Reformed Church, Brookdale, N. J., was begun on last Sunday. The Rev. E. M. Frank has entered upon the rectorship of Grace Episcopal Church, Sheboygan, W’is. Bishop Edsall of the Episcopal diocese of Minnesota has announced definitely that he will make Minneapolis his home. Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church, the largest church of that denomination in New York City, raised $70,000 on last Sunday to clear off the church mortgage. J. 8. Huyler contributed SIO,OOO of the amount. There are twelve vacant pulpits in the Ohio Synod of the Reformed Church, with no young ministers to supply them. The Rev. A. W. McGlathlan of St. Joseph, Mo., has accepted a caH to the pastorate of the Presbyterian Church at Savannah, Mo. The Rev. As Grabowski, formerly of Pinckneyville, has been installed as pastor of St. Paul’s German Evangelical Church, Quincy, 111. * Fifteen years ago there were but fifteen Baptist churches in the Northwest provinces of Canada; now there are 200; With 7(000 members. *