News of the Churches

New York, 1895

Diocesan Convention of the Episcopal Church — A New Pastor at Southold.

The Patchogue Methodist church has called the Rev. Arthur W. Byrt of Morris Park to succeed the Rev. W. P. Ferguson. Mr. Byrt will go to Patchogue with the record of successes at Morris Park and Ozone Park. He is now serving his fifth year at Morris Park. He will assume his new charge on July 1.

The Rev. Joseph Speers, of the Brentwood Presbyterian church has been appointed chaplain to the New York City insane asylum at Central Islip. He will remain as pastor of the Brentwood and Comac Presbyterian churches.

The woman's home and foreign missionary society of the presbytery of Long Island will hold its annual meeting at Bridgehampton, Wednesday and Thursday, June 5 and 6.

The Rev. C. H. Wilson, of Sag Harbor, preached his one thousandth sermon in the Presbyterian church Sunday evening.

At an adjourned meeting of the ecclesiastical society of Bethany Congregational church of East Rockaway, Friday night, it was decided to withdraw as a mission and to stand in the future upon its own footing as a church.

The semi-annual convention of the Christian Endeavor union will be held at the Presbyterian church, Hempstead, on May 28, afternoon and evening.

The Presbyterians at Southold have recently completed the remodeling and enlarging of their historic edifice at a cost of $12,000.

The diocesan convention of the Episcopal church will be held in the cathedral at Garden City on Tuesday.

The Methodist Episcopal society of Hempstead will spend $15,000 in improving their church building.

The Rev. James B. Freeman was installed pastor of the Presbyterian church at Southold last evening.

The new Episcopal church at Queens is about completed.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 1.