Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-12-17
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Religious Intelligence.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Religious Intelligence.
The minutes of the Annual Conferences OF
he Methodist Episcopal Church North, which
have Just been published show an increase OF
during the past year OF 80, l32 Last
year there were ,6S2 members; this year
72l ,l4s. The largest number of members is in
The Baltimore Conference being TO- 37 the next
highest is the Ohio Conference, being 81 1886,
and the lowest in the Oregon and California
Conference. being 1,207. The numerical in
crease was in the Oneida Conference, and the
largest proportionate increase in Wisconsin.
Ohio has the largest number (294) of effective
preachers. The largest amount of
money was raised in Ohio, being
81 ,039; and the smallest in Missouri, being
Sill The New England Conference contribu-
ted at the rate of over 80 cents each member for
missionary purposes which was better than any
ether Conference. The whole amount raised
from all the Conferences was $l36,9S9, which
is an average of nearly twenty cents for each
member. The number of preachers who died
during the year was AS; located. 81; admitted
on trial, 40s. There are all 81 superannuated,
l40 supernumerary and !, 1895 effective travelling
preachers, making total of 4459. The num-
Der Of local preachers reposied is $500.
The Christian Advocate and Journal in allu-
ding to the report that the decision of Judge
Nelson in the case between the NJ E Church
North and the NJ E Church Sonth, would be
likely to have the happy effect of re uniting in
W. haiI12ny and paternity the w
srlRen<Refe shall appear TO be dispositsoh
on the part of the NJ L Church to waive their
objections to slavery in our episcopacy or On the
part of the NJ Church, South, to waive their
claim to have slaveholding bishops, then-and
not till then-wilI there be some reason for a
hope of the desired re union. In the mean time
We will be among the first to seek for peacea-
bic relation between the parties"
In the Old School Presbyteria Church, TWEEN
ty ministers have died since the meeting of the
General Assembly in May last
A memorial which was laid before the New
School Presbyterian Sy ned at Bloomfield refers
to the dearth of ministers caused by death and
other causes. 1t says: "From the statistics pre-
sented to the last General AssembIy,it appears
that while we have SIS churches, we have but
496 pastors, and 522 stated supplies, showing
that .Oe2 of our churches are without pastors,
and that 400 have neither pastors nor stated
supply"
Rev. Miller, of Albany, N Y, formerly
of Republic, Ohio, has left the ministry of the
Universalists, and joined himself to the Spirit
ualists Of the Davis School
Rev. w Tingley, who has been connected
with the Universaist society in Andover Maine,
has given up preaching and gone to practising
medicine.
Rev. Ashbel Bronson pastor of the o d School
Presbyterian Church, at Stanhope, N j, has
joined the Baptists and been re. baptised
A few weeks since, one hundred and twenty
five persons, who had been for six months on
probation, were received into the first Melho-
dist Church in New Haven, Conn, and it was
expected that about one hundred more would
be admitted soon.
1t is estimated that there are 1900 persons
in the city of New York alone, who do not at
tend any place of religious worship ON Sunday,
The splendid churches seem to attract but a
particular class, Street and field preaching is
therefore urged
In tile Baltic provinces of the Russ an Elm
pire 5,l75 copies of the Scriptures have been
distributed the past year by the agency of the
American Bible Society.
More than $4,000 copies Of Nelson's Cause and
Cure of Intidelty have been put in circulation
since first issued from the press.
Quite a revival of religion is in progress at
Lima, Y, the seat o. the Wesleyan Seminary
and Genessee College.
revival promising much fruit is progress
sing at Andover, II inois, under the labors of
the Presbyrians and Baptists,
-Four new congregations have cen organized
in Jersey City, for two of which, Reformed
Dutch and Epscopalian edifces will be com
pleied during the winter
The Catholic Telegraph of yesterday says:
Rev Mr.. Vandenbroech, o. p, who for some
time exercised the Holy Ministry near Somer.
set, in this diocese, lately died at Little Chute
near Green Bay, Wisconsin. He was struck
with apoPlexy at the altar, and survived for one
or twodays partially conscious. He was in his
sixty fifth year
NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC JouRNAL-We under
stand that in consequence of the imprudence.
often amounting to violence (and thus being in
furious to the cause it espouses,) Of The New
York Freeman's Journal, (Which is not under the
control of and has no connexion of an editorial
or other kind with, Archbishop Hughes a
new Roman Catholic Weekly newspaper is to
be started under the most suspicious circum
stances of capital and talent. 1t is to be con,
Quoted by clergymen of eminent ability, piety,
and renown.-N Y Irish American.
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