The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-11-13
NUMBER 22.
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE


EPISCOPAL Missions IN Ivpu..-The R;sho, Al
Madras, In an address, lately delivered b~fsr.
|, me Church Missionary Society, in winches,er
Cathedral, says.-
81 heartily wish that the friends and The e,.
ponents Of the Missionary cause could witness.
rs have witnessed, what has been done, what
every DAY y bringing forth Then would n
h,ends Of the missionary canse thank God, and
take courage, whilst they of the contrary part
Of il. ~ y
The Society s missionaries are worthy of th.,v
| ONCE, and missi0nsries. inceeJ.
| Bat, brethren, India wants many more sucb
| Missionaries. The Society is seeking for her
the church prays for them, the great Hesc Of
Inc Chnrch demands them During the tim
| mat have Presic.d over the diocese of Mnd,ss.
| me number Of missionaries has indeed b,en
mere ,hsn doubled; and my isst public se,.
previously 10 my departure. was TO ordain Eve
SECTIONAL dcsSons, three sf them natives. ard
| 10 admit another native, with an Enpiishmsr.
TO the order Of pries:hssS- pSN NE S5tiefv
fnreds MANY more sor India, alone In my owa
diocese We have fifty missionaries sppoint,d
| here by our two Church Societies for The con.
version Of The heather, and ejisen millions Of
Hindoos and Mohammedsns: one, therefore, TO
every three hundred ihousand.''
"ohaL bskANkss-At recent meeting az
the Protestant Episcopal Church, in New York.
bishop Johns, Of Baltimore. made some az
tonishing statements respecting The ignorance
ana cestiiution Of The Bible In Virginia. AZ
| reported in the New York Express, he ssid =
AT recent meeting oil the Bible Society for
Virginia, II was reported that there ore sIx,.,u
thousand families without the Word Of COO.
tie knew Of more than one county where there
was no ediiice for the worsLip Of God, sId no
lr,f, IF a
depth OF their ignorance was snlsziBg. MIN
| ister summoned TO attend the couch Of a
dying man, and, on examining him ss 10 his re-.
iigious faith, found that he hsd never even heard
the name of Jesus Christ, but as en- oath. Nor
was this solitary case. Two females were
called to testify in Court, ON iint ortspt bull.
ness; on Questioning them, previous 10 swesr.
ing them, It was asceriained, TO the ss,onish-
ment Of both judge and jury. N al tIey had never
heard Of either the Bible or Of Cod"
PaosPEcTs IN PRrssia-Rev Mr. Herscheu.
the converted German Jew, who has vi.iie this
country, but Is now a Missionary to his breth-
rem in Europe, says: "The state Of the church
in Prussia is very remarkable Just now. There
are three distinct parties. LIST. the Orthodox,
who hold by psstire ChTistissi'y; I'd, there 10
| moderate or middle party, who have a strong
desire for religious indePencency;-sssfe Sup
port, but no state interference, is their cry,
| Their religious views rather lean towards the
Orthodox, but their hatred Of Popery and de-
sire for spiritual freedom make them lean to-
warts the Rafionalisis mere strongly. Sd, TIE
RaiionsIists. These are strong ana verv nu-
merous, and VITA them the great eoafict be-
gins; for the King must take measures TO turn
| them out Of the Established Church, and this
will bring the whole Prussian system into state
of revolution
| WAXING ur At THE SoUTH-The Southern
Observer says:-"Quite spirited discussion Ia
still going o in the Charleston Is. CT papers
about the propristy Of having separate houses
| Of worship for the slaves, and of giving them
| religions instruction. A writer in the Eve
niGg News, after commenting upon the article
of his opponent remarks, in closing, that the
| time is near at hsad when no institution can
/ long endure IA the Civilized world. which Is in
consistent with the spread Of knowledge and
religion. TIE true policy, the best security Of
| the South, he save, Is TO maintain hat slavery
is consistent with everything that is good, and
that We not afraid TO give the slave the word
! of God. lie saws, the moment the South admits
that We dare not, our COON is sealed. To De-
tray fear, Is to encourage the abolitionist,-"
/ TIE TWO BIsHOPs OSoERDoSk.--The New
York Journal Of Commerce, says:
As we understand il, there Is not now the
/ slighie-t chance for the restoration of Bishop
I OlGerdDuk.
swer from the Board Of Bishops 10 the letter hs
addressed them, complaining of injustice, which
| will exhibit their Union ola this Poiat- We are
happy to learn that the Discipline which has been
exercised towards the late Bishop ODcerGonk. Of
/ ofPennsylvania, has had the effect Of working
4 thorough reformation in him to the practices
| which caused him to be dePosed.
1 ErrIcExr CmRcHks.-It is stated that 81.
| Peters Church, Charleston, 5. C., has. during
4 the past year. paid into the treasury Of The EPis
copal Board Of Missions $1,000, towards the sup
port of Bishop Boone, at Shanghai China; ard
ST. Johns Church, Providence, $500 for the sup
port Of Rev. Mr.. Syle, Of the same mission, be-
sides supporting female assistant missionary
I In Western Africa
TExrERaxcx.-A total abstinence. society.
connected with one of the Roman Catholic
:. Churches in New York, SAYS the n. Y. Evan
gclist, has not only relieved the Gestiiate in
their society the past year, but has Deposited SIX
hundred collars In a bank for future use. This
speaks well, SAYS the same paper, for the promo
. ton Of temperance in that church, and might
be favorably followed in other places.
SAILING OF MIsssoxAams-Rev. Samuel B.
! Marsh, late from the Theological Seminary st
New Haven, and Rev. David Rood, from the
E East Windsor Seminary, with their wives.
embarked for South Africa in the ship WILL
liam II. Smaller, Capt. Holmes. Of this port.
Public services were held on board yesterday
, morning.
EPISCOPAL EoaRD OF MIssIoSs--The next an
nual meeting Of the Episcopal Board Of Mis'
sions will be held in Providence, r. i.
The Rev. Mr.. Cook has been appointed BY Ire
Board Missionary for New York, with speeis
10 reference TO the Jews
!. San Francisco California; has been recog
l.. vxs. ~. ~ N
rrprrSraxr rFroRrs IN Eraopr.-u appear
/, from the last annual report Of the Protesssn
~ Society of Geneva, Switzerland, that 10, ~
IA Bibles, and l5,2l5 New Testaments have Be,
oi distributed through France and Switzerland
:, the past year About eighty colpor,eurs hsA'
been employed by the Society during the san
period
- The Commute Of the Foreign Aid Society
Z, also state, that within the last three or fou
ia wears, twenty thousand persons In France hav
er abandoned the supcrstitions Of Rome, and ess
~ gathered into Protestant congregations
-, ANOTHER BArrIsr MISSIONARY FALLSs.-Th
Rev. Samuel C. Clopton, Missionary from ID
ey Foreign Board Of the Southern Baptist Chsrei
ss died at Canton, on the 7th Of Jusy Of fever. Al
e. ter On Illness Of ten days
FL VsIrAsIx RIIxFoRcxNrSr.-Prof.L LOOMS, n
Gently Principal Of the large s.d nourisn'a
zee Methodist Seminary at Lima, western Ne
York, is on his way to join the mission at Csl
ton, China
"s A Baptist church was recently dedicated
: Galveston, Texas. The dedication service VI
AN performed by Presbyterian. Episcopal, Meth
dist and Baptist ciergymen.
on on The ST. Louis Republican says that Rev. WI
wv G.. Eliot, Jr., has declined the SecretaryxhiP
: the American Unitarian Association, To Viii
aer he was recently elected.