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Show (IPs? Mm ,MliHIII I H W Tho spring meeting of the Montana Presbytery shows that the church is eujoying a steady, healthy growth in that groat state. l!cv. C. H. Compton, the retiring moderator, preached the opening sermon. Tho new moderator is He v. J. W. Sanderson, I). J)., of liozenmii and Kev. T. J. .May of Helena temporary clerk. l'cv. A. It Crawford Craw-ford of li.lion was made chairman of the committee on hoard of church erection. erec-tion. Hev. John Ueid of Grrnt Falls was made chairman of the committee onsviileinatic hmicticinnce. Kev, K. M. Kills of Stnvcnsville was elected commissioner com-missioner lo tho general ashcmhly. Tim name of the. Second church of Helena was changed to Central church. On the deaconess overture the Presbytery Presby-tery voted no on tho tirit section arid yea on the second. On thn amendment overture tho vote was in tho atlinnativp. K committer" was appointed to install liev. John Heid over tho church at (iicat Kails. The committee, on Sabbath Sab-bath schools reported that the total membership is 1D4 1 ; average attend ance, 1141. There are 1 70 1 volumes in the Sunday school libraries of the Presbytery. Pres-bytery. Tho sohools contributed $wri for self-support and boards of the church. The home missionary committee com-mittee reported twenty -three organized churches and sixteen ministers. Coatrlbnliniis to llellglnua i'auaea. The latest issue of the Advocate contains con-tains a list of the contributions to religious re-ligious causes as made by prominent Americans. Some of those malting largo contributions were the following: I.olaml Stanford, l.'D.OOO.OiiO; Johns Hopkins, :l,H,(HM): Asa Packer, ooo.ooo. Cornelius Vanuerbilt, t.0O'J.-000; t.0O'J.-000; Willinm Vanderhilt, o00.o m-, Stephen Ste-phen (iirard, IM.OCO.OOO; JohnC. (ireen, $1,500,000; Ezra Cornoil, l. 000,000; Isasc Kich, l, 000,000; Amasa Stone, IMI0.000; lieiijsiiiin Knsser, $j0O,U(H); Whitnior l'he'nix, tG40,0IMl; Matthew Vasser, JsoO.OiM); .1. U. Crozer family, $:W0,0U0; Jonas S. Clark. $1,000,000. t Keeelvad Call. I'ev. M. W. Jacobus, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Oxford, Pa., has received a call from the Presbyterian Pres-byterian congregation of Colorado Springs, Col. He will visit the Springs next month to look over tho liold. While west Mr. Jacobus may come to Sail Lake. He is the son of the late Kev. M. W. Jacobus, I). I)., of tho Allegheny Alle-gheny seminnry. The son is one of the ablest soul-winners of the ago. The New Paatnr. The Rev. O. H. limner, who has been pastor of the M. K. churoh at Aspen for uearly three years, has resigned his charge. His health compels him to seek a lower altitude, nud ho consequently conse-quently goes soon to nssunio a charge at Kldorado, Kan. His ministry iu Aspen has been a fruitful one, and great regret is expressed ot his departure. depart-ure. The Kev. O. K. Carmine is tho new pastor. Clinrch Clilmen, The Rook; Springs Y. M. C. A. is four months old and has enrolled iiO members mem-bers since its opening. President Huntington of the Southern Pacific has subscribed fc!00 per year for V. M. C. A. work at Sacramento. Cal. "Following at a Distance" is the subject sub-ject of the Y. M. C. A. meeting tomorrow tomor-row afternoon. Hev. S. O. Adams leader. Kev. Dr. MeXiece of the First Presbyterian Pres-byterian church of Salt Lake expects to attend the general assembly at Detroit next month. General Superintendent W. II. Han-croft Han-croft is iioled as saying the Y. M. C. A. of Ogden is to have good rooms littcd up in lirst class shape. Estimates announce that about 1.1,000 delegates will attend tho national convention con-vention of tho Christian Endeavor societies so-cieties at Minneapolis, July SI to 12. John L. Spearesof Sioux City has accepted ac-cepted a call to the secretaryship of the Young Men's Christian Association in Sacramento and is expected to take charge about the 1st of July. 'The Presbyterians of Portland, Or., have by resolution invited the general 1 assembly of that denomination to hold its next annual meeting in that citv, and have pledgod the sum of $10,000 for expenses. The work on the Woman's Temperance Temper-ance temple, Chicago, has reached the second story. The contract calls for its completion by May, 180'.', when it will be the permanent headquarters of the World's W. C. T. U. President-elect Harper "of tho Chica-jto Chica-jto university, told the Nw York l!i)-tist l!i)-tist social union lst week the plans nf the institution. He expects that it will open in October, 1811'J, with au endowment endow-ment of $10,000,000. Tho proposed Presbyterian college at Denver is to be pushed. At tho last meeting of those interested it. was decided de-cided to immediately start a subscrip-! subscrip-! tion list for $S(),000, "which is to make a j lirst payment on the land, if the list I is not completed within fifteen days the subscriptions sigued for will be void. |