The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-12-11
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RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

The DIVISION or THE METHODIST CHuRcH.--
A writer in the Nashville Christian Advocate.
in a letter addressed TO Rev. DR.. Elliott of Gin
einnati, threatens, IL the General Conferencs Of
the Northern Methodist Church should refuse
to divide the property with the Charch South,
that a suit in chaneery may be the result. And
should the Court require the North to s-ttls
with the South on the plan Of separation, ne
says Il would oblige thsm to pay over to the
South nj least $50, 000, in annual instalmentsof
S25 900 each Should the Court disregard the
plan Of separation, and decide upon the princi-
pies Of general equity IL will require tia North
ern Book Room to pay over a sum equal to
s350OOc. more or less.
The Jxws.-In the last fifty years, the de-
scendaBis Of Abraham have materially changed
their habits. They conform more and mere
to the usages Of christian nations. In Ger
many. at KOenigsberg and Offsnbaeh. the Jevs
have transferred from Saturday 10 Sunday the
celebrations Of Their religious service: great in
nOxAiion for them. Never could the bittsrest
persecution induce them to take such q ssep.
But in tie desire which they sssl 70 live iike
their fen w citizens, they VII change probably
several Of their customs, and this viii BE q new
means Of bringing them by degrees to embrace
the christian faith.
THE CHRISTIAN CHUaca is patrOnizsd BY the
Government in Ceylon. The Scotch and Duteh
chaPlains paid in full, and the Missionaries
Of the Wesleyan Missionary Society, the
Church Missionary Society, the Propagation
Society, and the American Board, receive aRBu-
al grants from the Colonial Treasury. The
Baptists decline receiving anything. The funds
received from this source by American mission
ares, we presume, are all expended In the sup
port Of schools
RAHE CAsE-The Boston Traveller ssys
that Rev. Jonathan French, Of Northampton,
New Hampshire, has been the officiating pastor Of
the Congregational church in that town for forty
six years. He is nearly seventy wears Of sge,
has eleven children. and At least lwsnty-thres
/ grand children and hilhsrt0 no death has oc-
CURED in his family, or in the family Of any Of
his children He has occupied the parsonage
where he now lives, for more than forty years.
/ and no death has ever occurred in IL
The Rev W. A. REDL, Roman Catholic
priest, at BreslaH, VINO has filled some Of the
highest 0fhces in the Church, and was eelebra-
ted for MS learning and great attachments, has
fled from Vienna, and openly renowned the
ROmish faith and Joined the German Catholics
/ He has published interesting account Of his
/ life, and a criticism on " Monsehism" ana the
Benedieune order.
| GERMss CArHoucs.-The New York Journal
| Of Commerce Of the Path ult says: "fifty eight
German Catholics last Sabbath publicly d.
clared their continued attachment 10 the CathO-
lie Apostolic Church, but their secession from
the yoke OF Rome. They declared their adher-
encs to Christ and the Bible, but to no Sect, Of
any name"
Rev. s l.. Adams, a minister Of the Cum
berland Presbyterian Church, of Ohio, and
formerly Of Lebanon, united himself with the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at Souls
Chapel, Cincinnati. on Tuesday the l6Ih. he
will Immediately take charge Of circuit in
Boone county, Kentucky.
The WALDENsEs.-This poor and oppressed
people, small In number and afflicted with the
rest Of Europe, by scarcity Of bread. contribu-
ted l0O0l francs, the last year, to the French
Society Of Evangelical Missions
SOUTH SEA IsLANDs.-A company Of Mission
aries who have lately departed from London for
the Pacific, took with them 5000 copies Of the
Bible in the Tahitian language, and 100 copies
Of the Pilgrims Progress
A PRIxcrIE Acr.-The King Of Prussia has
caused TO be printed At his own expense, lI,OOO
copies Of the Bible, 10 be distributed in that
country. A glorious example for kings
The Methodists have opened TheologieI
School in Concord, y. II.