Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-03-22
Religious Itens.

from the last number Of the Wss,erH
Christian Advocate: 3iss.s ].
The Wesleyan Missionary Notices. foF
February, gives an account Of remarkable
movementin Sierra Leone, where numbers
Of idols have been given up or cas-. ,away {
by those who had hitherto been addicsed
and enslaved to their worship. I he kpns
don Walchman. states, that al FreeIowf
such number Of idols were given up as q
one suspected the place to have c6nlaibtI
The people paFoded he streets 81 crowds.
carrying The healhen deiies in procession.
10 deliver them up 10 the magistrates and
missionaries 5a Ha baes AssAx
In England The first Methodist society. !,
was organized in 1889, less Than century,
aud quarter ago.. In this country the
first regular conference was held in lT74---
four months less Than eighty years sincl.
Ten preachers and one thousand, one hun.
dted and sixty members made up The sum
total of American Melhodism. Il, r,g.
The membership of the Church South
numbers about 100000 Nine weekly s
papers are published. TO all Of which there
are but 10000 subscribers, making on aver.
age TO each Of about 1000. The Melhod-
isl Expostor, the Methodist Monthly. and
the Southern Methodist Pulpit, each, after u
brief career, went 10 be numbered with tho
things Of the past. .. s.,a. r
The New York Agents make the follow.
ing announcement 10 The annual confer
ences OF The Church, in the Advocate and
Journal Of February 24lh: "In view of the
large ouIlays in The purchase Of presses
and other fixtures, the extraordinary ex.
penses growing out Of The action Of the
thai will be necessary to expend during the
present year upon The buildings fol their
preservation and convenience, and by the
advice of The Book Committee, the Agents
have, after maurs deiberalion, coma To- the
conclusion that il is not practicable forihem
10 make any dividend the present year." b
Advertisements 10 The extent of Two or
three columns weekly, are hereafter to be
admitted in the columns of The Chris,isn
Advocate and journal, The low price Of
ST IS per year not being sulficien, TO meet
the expenses Of publishing The paper. "a
Rev. Stephen Kay. D. D., for many
years a Wesleyan missionary in South AT.
rca, and author of Travels in Caffruria, has
recently been travelling . nd preaching in
various paris Of The United Siaes. We
heard him in Delaware, o., last sumner,
deliver most eloquent and powerful dis
course. A, a recent meeting of the Pres
byery Of Memphis, he made application
for reception as a member OF Pfesbyiery;
and after full examination on theology,
Church government, and ecclesiastical his.
tory and after having fully acknowledged The
: standards Of the Presbyterian Church. was
admitted as foreign minister under pro.
baton. tta ',-. .., .,..s.
Edwin Forrest, the ragedian, read the
play of Hamlet, on Monday evening last
woek, al Yonkers, N. Y, for the benefi. OF
the Baptist Church in that place. 1t isa
grea, pity, indeed, lha, ihea.er. actors must
! come 10 The help of theology in this style,
$ and ihal such means must be resorled TO to
/ pay Church debts. at '.7
In the Sabbath schools connected with
the Baptist Churches in the city and county
Of Philadelphia, there are about 800 leach-
ers and 5000 scholars. aR
: The Baplisls have 82i Churches and
| $4,000 Church members in Georgia.
n while the McIhodisls have 1856 Churches
d and $685. 900 members. The Baplsls are
r more numerous in Georgia, New York,
1 and Kentucky than in any olher of the
, safes oil The Union. se s.- .v ar.f
Elder Knapp is now holding a series Of
meetings in GAINESVILLE. On Sabbath week
forly-lhree persons were immersed and ad.
mnled into The Baptist Church, and the
work is still progressing. One Of our city
= papers says thai MIR. Knapp is expected in
! Cincinnati soon, i@'' t.'
Rev. DR.. Scudder, The veteran mission
ary, writes that his sight is fast failing.
!. He is thankful it is moi his voice, or both
sight and voice. If he cannot see, he can
snl preach the Gospel. He may YET be
known in the annals Of The Church as The
= "Blind Missionary"
% The Christian Herald gives the follow.
j; ing hints 10 its correspondents: "Watch
II and fCrlily yourselves against The Iempta-
% ZION Of sending any poetry 10 the editor,
l. The world is already full Of poetry, and
IF will not, in reality, need any new creations
l. of this sorI for al least len years 10 come
3, Least Of all will il require such creations as
lie many Gondly call poetry. We receive
many pieces called by their authors poeii.
cal, bul do not publish more, than one oul
e Of fifty Of them, aad do moi expec. TO-"
;. The English Churchman, OF late date
q contains The following announcement, re-
4, speCling sermonizing in England: "a cler
10 gyman Of experience and moderate views
,. who Distinguished himself during his Uni
n versily course in divinity and English com
,. Iposiion, will furnish original sermons III
s,ricl accordance with the Church OF Eng,
land, in a legble hand, al IS, 3d. each
Only one copy will be given in any dio
70 cese. A specimen will be sent II WISHED
> for. Sermons made TO order on any re
q plquired subject, on reasonable terms. Fo
!, !, further particulars apply" &c. Gat 3s
ID The Mansfield Herald in this state, il
ls noticing a disgraceIul attempt 10 rioi Ii
that place week before last, says: I'll is
remarkable fact, that on every spbbaii
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