Among The Churches

New York, 1895

Doings of the Various Religious Bodies Throughout the Island.

The Rev. John M. Davis of Brooklyn has accepted a call to the pastorate of the Baptist church at Greenport.

The Rev. I. T. Stafford will continue in charge of the M. E. Church at Sea Cliff during the remainder of the conference year.

The Salvation army and the Methodist Episcopal church at Sea Cliff have joined forces, and a revival is being conducted at the chapel.

The Rev. Mr. McVay will take charge of the M. E. Church, Cold Spring Harbor, until conference, the Rev. Mr. Bennett having resigned.

The Rev. Henry Aston, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church of Glen Cove, received a unanimous invitation to return for the third year.

The Rev. Mr. Braithwaite of the Bethany Congregational church at East Rockaway has accepted a call to the Pennsylvania avenue Congregational church of Brooklyn.

Another religious society has sprung into existence at Oceanside as an outcome of the revival meetings which have been conducted there for several weeks. It will be known as the Beulah Mission society, and undenominational.

The Rev. Samuel W. King, pastor of the Congregational church at Bay Shore, preached his farewell sermon as pastor Sunday evening. The Rev. Mr. Granger, of Brooklyn, will fill the vacancy at Bay Shore until a permanent pastor is called by the congregation.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, Feb. 8, 1895, p. 12.