New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-03-29
INTELLIGENCE.

The Board of tho American AMI 30

-- The Board of tho American and r'or-
egn Christian Union have appointed He,. H. H.
Fsirchud, ~ d., 10 tho oihce oil Finan 'iai anI
Home Secretary, rendered vacant by the dcaIhO i
Rev Herman Norton Dr.. y ard wIll coatinue to
De Corresponding Secretary, and coniuct the
Asgszine issued BY she Society
An effort is being made for the estao-
lishmeut Of a new Congregational Church Ia
South Brooklyn. The edlice 20 be occupied oy
the Society, Il on the corner Of Court and Pre't
dent SITS.
The American Bible Union" have
appointed the first Thursday OF April as day OF
humtli alton and prayer for aid and guidance Ia
the important enterprise Of securing correct YER
siops OF the Sacred Scriptures for all lands. Tue
frat Friday in April has been designated FOR q
simisr purpose by the Baptist State Convention
Of Mississippi.
"A religious revival is ia progress at
Williams College. The present term has been
characterized by remarkable good order and
diligence In study
The Unitarians in Boston have made
liberaLdonstions in aid Of their Institutions. Inc
sum of $40, OO0 has been subscribed there with,
in the last few weeks for the Theological school
in MeRdville, Pa.
The Christian Inquirer narrates the
following incident OF courtesy between Churches
AftsF the burning If 81. Thomsg Church, (Epis'
copaID the Trustees of the Church OF the Meg'
siab Unitarian rendered them toe use OF their
house OF worship, at such time Sundays and
week DAYS when it was not to be occupied by its
own congregation. Tue reply OF Rev Dr.. White
house ard the Wardens Of Sc. Thomas IS very
kindly and fraternal. An unoccupied church
near by has been secured for that congregation,
but the letter states that the Nestry OF st. Tho
mas feel satisfaction ID knowing that IN case Of
need they may still rely upon the courtesy OF the
people of the Church Of the Messiah.
Rev. William Richmond mas been ap-
pointed by the Domestic Committee of the Board
Of Missions of the Protestant Episcopal Church
in the United States as a Missionary 20 Oregon,
and on tie 2sth Of this month he VII take bis de-
parturs for that most interesting and important
field of labor.
The CongregdtiOndliSt has the follow
ing paragraph regarding a veteran Missionary:
Rev. Cyrus Kingsbury mas spent exactly one half
OF his life on Missionary ground, aud. with the sin
gle exception OF visiting bis son In Iowa last De
cembsr, be has not been absent from mis- field OF
labor smoDg the Choctaws for a single day, on a
visit to his friends, for thirty two years
james Junkin, Md, and wife have
been appointed assistant Missionaries in the
Creek Mission by the Presbyterian Board, and
have reached their station at Tallahassee.
The Nelc- Orleans Crescent learns that
number OF gentlemen, officers of the Southwest.
successfully engaged in raising the sums neceS-
sary for the purchase OF lot and the erection Of
building suitable for a Depository, In which it is
intended, at all times, 10 keep stock OF Bibles
and Testaments on hand for sale, or distribution,
sufficient for the supply OF the citizens Of New
Orleans and Of the whole Southwestern country
The gentlemen engaged in the work are aided
by the Rev. DR.. STILES, special Secretary Tor she
South, of the American Bible Society.
-Anold copy of the pilgrims Progress
in Norwegian has been procured by Rev. Paul
Anderson of Chicago. he has compared IL With
the original with view to ascertain toe faithful
ness OF the trans alton, and is about 70 furnish It
to the American Tract Society for publication, It
having been long out of print He has also acopy
of Doddricge's Rise and Progress" which Is 70
undergo the same process Two OF Baxter
works have already found their way into NorWe-
gian among the TRACT Societys publications.
Thus the Norwegian people will soon be furnished
with literature Of tie greatest value and IN the
surest and cheapest manner. There are now Two
coporteurs among them in Wisconsin, and one
Bible agent IN Illinois, and FIVE or six young men
are in a course OF study, with view 90 the min
istry with these people.
From the Report of the Vermont
Baptist Convention, it appears that the whole
number Of members in the Baptist churches IN
Vermont is 1904 number OF churches, lO4 mum
Der Of pastors, II number baptized the past
year, $40. The contributions TO benevolent OBJ
jects were as follows: To the American and For
eign Bible Society, S437 l3i TO the Free Mission
Society, $s5; 70 the American Baptist Mission
airy Union 1926 49, 20 the American Baptist
Home Mission Society, S265 % 20 the Vermont
Convention for Missions within the State,
$685. co. Total, s2,l9l o..
Rev. Charles NJ. Taggart, late of AL
bany, has been preaching az Nashville, Tenn
since the ct of February, aud has hopes OF estsb
lisbing permanent Unitarian Society in that city,
The following table shows the number
Of Churches, Minister'S etc 10 Iowa: