Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-08-31
Religious Items.

AMERICAN SUNDAY School UNloN.-Ai
the las. stated meeting Of the Board Of Man.
ayers. held July 21sI. reports were received
from 81 Missionaries, laboring in fourteen
diferen, States. These reports OF a months
missionary labor shows The following results:
New schools organized, 1853
Schools visited, 3a6
Teachers in these schools, 5.458
Pupils. 35 500
Society's publications sold, &c 201 O8
-" given away, 1897 Al
Intelligence was received Of the sale ar.
rival at Panama Of Rev. A. II. Myers, the
Socie,y's Agent for the Pacific coos..
FRANKLIN CoLLEGE. IA.-Commencemen,
Angus, 10. Graduating c,ass 4. The eff.
fort commenced last year TO procure an en-.
dowmen, Of this COLLEGE from the Bap,isis
Of Indiana, seems 10 have been attended
with highly encouraging success, a subscrip.
ZION Of $4,000 having been already Sc
cured, with hopeful prospects of The whole
amour, of $50 900 proposed. The Board
thereupon took measures for The repairs aud
improvement of the College property. and
unanimously elected Rev. Silas Baily, D
D.. of Ohio. 10 the Presidency.
The Wyoming Conference Of the Metho.
dis, Episcopal Church. closed its session in
the city oil CarbondaIe, Pennsylvania. The
only business Of interest, not common to the
Conference. was the case Of Rev. G. H
Harvey. author Of The work on 'SpiriiuaI
Manifestations" This case occupied con,
siderable lime. and excited much interest,"
The Conference condemned the work, ant
suspended The author from the ministry on,
year.
The American Home Missionary Society
has determined To pursue the same policy i
has dune since its organization. irrespective
of the action nf one oc the General Assem-
blies of the Presbyterian Church., which
looked 10 the Reputation Of all co.operaliv'
~benevolence.
Rev. E. Ely, late pastor Of the Baptis
Church in Wheeling. Va, has started with
Colony, embracing about one hundred an
thirty Bablis,s. for Minnesota Territory
Rev. II. Billings. formerly Of Ohio, is ais
destined for The anne field.
Rev. Mr.. Tindall, a licen,iate of III
Third PrcsbyHry Of New York, has bee
invited 10 the Second Presbyterian Churc
in Dayton, Ohio, ofwhich DIR. Hall was for
merly a pastor.
Professor Augustus w. Smuh. l.. l.. D
has been elected President Of the Wesleya
University, Conn. in place Of the lamente
DR.. DIN.
The overland mail brings inielligenc
from Ceylon, Of the death of Rev. Christian
David, a Missionary, whose name is tamil
lar 10 all readers of Christian misslonar
literature, as associated with those {
Schwartz and Heber;
The Western Recorder, Of the Method,
Protestant Church. notices the continue
prosperity Of that Church in the Muskingun
Pittsburgh, Ohio, and North Illinois hi:
,ricis.
Perry Davis, the pain. Killer man,
building a Church in Providence. Rhod
Island at an expense Of some $I2 900
$4,000.
The deb, Of the American Board Of Mis-
sions has recently been canceled by conIrt
buttons from various Churches, and the mel
fiscal year opens with a balance Of 1885,
The right side.
The Milleri,es yet maintain their existenc
as a sect, A few days since they held
camp meeting in South Weymouth, MassG
chuseus, which was very respectfully a
tended.
The Roman Catholics have in France 7
dioceses, ID of which are archbishoprics, 6
bishoprics, and 5 ~bishoprics to the colonies
Five Of the Archbishops are Cardinals.
Bishop Paine, Of the Methodist Episcop'
Church, South, makes a call for ten add
iional Missionaries for California.
The Missionary Magazine says there ar
100000 inhabitants in Liberia, only 1000
LOT whom are civilized, and 1000 member
Loo nrisdan churches,