New-York daily tribune., 1845-05-02
Religious Intelligence.
caraad 6rom he gel9ion Journals for The Tribune.

A.,,gy,ays OF TURKEY.--Rev. Mr.. Goodell,
rng f.om Ccnsartinope, January 81 says, There is
~ y.ry Interesting Of things among the AIneni-
n At the Capital. and there many new instances OF
wsk.ning is probably not evening in the week
ou which here is not prayer meeting held by native
brethren place In ConsaRtinoje proper AT our
oc services The Sabbath, the congregation Is large
and the Word preached with power And although all
s Ingenuity and wisdom and influence of the very mig ht
rat among both Armenans and Turks actively employ
cd 10 arrest the work. yet It is carried forward by hand
unseen and by q power not to be resisted.
Mission 70 BURMAH a very interesting cere-
roony recety took place in Halifax. the occasion OF
Pev Mr. ruEKz being designated Missionary 10 carry
The tidngs salvation TO the Hea,hen Rev Dr. Becher
expressed Joy that The venerable pastor who had COM
reucef his labor In that Province 80 yers ago, when No
va scotia itself was missionary ground should have lived
10 day when Ils5.onary WAS 70 De sent from nc!
shores 20 Far distant Burmah
MApRAs-In letter, dated December u, Rev.
Mi wnsiow writes the Amer Board " We have just
finished the complete and uniform edition OF the whole
Tap Bible volume. with the headings and cirOIo-
Iosy according the English authorized VERSION and with
references" The edition Is six thousand copies
CEyIoN MissIov-There is growing desire on
the pArt Of students, correspondent In the missionary
HeraId for May. 10 obtain more thorough educution-
Tho demand Is of higher attachments. Hence the
desire TO remain the Seminary whereas ten years ago
was deemed necessary offer premium 10 those who
should continue through the prescribed and years
ago additional premium was given TO induce few to cn-
Ter select cass Candidates. for admission 10 the Seminary
arc making sacrifices fit themselves for its Instructions,
which , recautly did expect. In proof
of this ve will mention the fact that OF the thity-hvc
boarding schools belonging the preparatory class large
majority pay for their board IN ready money and in
part also ior their books
Christian education is steadily advancing In the province
The displscng OF heather schoo-masters by educated
,o,np men, whose religious views and preferences are on
The side Of Christianity Is an important sef and has al
roudy produced sa!utHry results.
CRrxA-There are now, says recent letter, five
or six congregations gathered in Hong Kong among the
Chlaese every Sabbath and instruction Is communicated
for The part. in integble manner II is great
attainment TO able 20 expound Christian truth TO the
Chnc.e rs 10 he sure that what say Is understood.
The field here immense, and the doors OF access TO II
are rapidly multiplying. Some of the obstacles 10 the
spread OF Christianity which arc found elsewhere either
have no here, or act with greatly diminished
power o! resistance
S.BpArlI TEMprRANCE MOVEMENT The Bishop
Of Norwich lately presented to the House OF Lords fourteen
pc,ons ON the subject OF Temperance. In concluding his
remark. upon them the Bishop said: THAT tho prayer
of the petitions was. that might be taken pro-
mole Temperance. especially OH the Sabbath day BY the
census lsi II appeared that the proportion of the beer
lhors was 81 families, and most Of these beer shops
open Sundays. The consequence WAS that the
Increase drunkenness quite remarkable AS proved
BY the fact that the drunken cases In York on Mondays
33 cent ON tho average number oil the wnoe cases
Of Offences. Ho trusted the Government would not con-
slider this subject beneath their notice.
Or,KrR's RErRooF F-Sometime since, a sailor
on of the whsrves was swearing most boiserousy'
when one of Society OF Frends passing along accos
ed him very pleasantly. and said, " swear friend,
swear away til thee gets all that bad stuff GU: OF thee for
thse can never go heaven with that stuff IN thy heart
The sailor with look OF aStonsbment and shame bowed
10 the honest Quaker, and retired
S,RRATu KEEPING Lieut. Wilkes, Commander
Of the late Exploring Expedition from the T. = who has
borne very honorable testimony to American Missionaries,
wherever has them In his Narrative just published
saws Ia reference 10 tho Sabbath Of the Sandwich
Islands -
Sunday ushercd in with adecoram and quic;ness that
would satisfy the scrupulous Puritan have oie'
had obcason speak Of the strict observance OF the sab
bath among the POyncan Islands and this strccss
no less remarkable here. Such is the force OF example
that even the least orderly OF the foreigners are prevented
nom indulging In any excesses
TrvprpAycE IN NEW ORIEANs-From letter
f Hon John H. Cooke Of Virginia, who has lately visited
the States appears that the cause OF Te
p.rauce is rapidly advancing in that region In New-Or-
leans where the temperance reform had scarcely
when he visited that city seven years since lis
various societies now number about ten thousand.
WANING TO LIQUOR DEALERS "A gentleman
of Cincinnati is in possession OF the names Of all the liquor
dealers In two that city for the last fifteen years
There were sixty In ALL OF whom are Dead
and forty six of them died drunk