The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-09-09
Religious Items.

ANDovER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY-Of the
whole graduating class, twenty-thrce in num-
Der, ten have appointments at the West, three
are going as missionaries to Armenia, China,
and the Cherokee country and nearly all the
remainder have made engagements to enter
upon pastoral duties.
DEsERvEp.-Rev. William Goodell, of Con-
stantnople, who was awarded the degree Of
d. D. b. Hamilton College, on the same day
received the same degree at Columbia College
A contemporary justly states that be has trans
lated the entire Bible into Arm no Turkish,
speaks the Italian language, the French the
Turkish, the Armenian, and the Greek.
lay- We understand says the Newark Ad-
vertiser, that the Roman Catholic denOmina.
ton have purchased large piece of property
with buildings upon it, in Morris county, near
Madison, which is to be occupied for college.
SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GosrEI
IN FOREIGN PAETs.-An effort is now in pro-
gress says the London Christian Times, to in
crease permanently the annual income of this
Society. Its fund last year amounted to $685.
AL and the lowest estimate that will meet
present demands is the addition of $4,000
more. A spirited meeting was recently held
in London, when very liberal subscriptions
were made, many Of them to become annual
contributions
| THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN New HAvEN-The
| following the statistics for the past year -
! Churches S, families 1870. baptisms III. COM
muncants 1899. Sabbath school scholars, Sol
contributions s6,749 81. So it appears that
more than One-eighth of the members of the
in New Haven, and more than ne-fourth of its
contributions are made there.
4 Coop ExAMPLE.-The New York Evangcl-
list has the following A few days gentleman
came into the rooms of the American Board in
this city and laying thousand-dollar bill on
the table, requested one-half to be paid over to
another Society, and the remaining half to be
received as u donation to the treasury of the
Board He was a stranger. and declining to
give his name. he stated that be had previously
given what he intended as his contribution to
foreign missions for the year but on seeing the
announcement of an apprehended deficiency in
the receipts. and considering the uncertainty
Of the times, he felt impcllcd to do something
more. We give this as one of many cheering
facts Of the times.
PROGRESS OF RELIGIOUS TOLEEATIoN.-Three
out of the four orders or houses of the Swedish
Diet have voted in favor of allowing Jews to
settle in every town of the kingdom. This is
step in the right direction. Another one will
be the repeating of the law forbidding any Pro-
testant subjects of Sweden to change their re-
ligion. under pain of perpetual Punishment
from the kingdom. There are at present two
Swedish ladies threatened with that penalty.
GROWTH OF THE WEsr.-The editor of the
Chicago Tribune. says:
We have resided in the Western States near
ly thirty-hve years. and of the three States of
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, there are very few
counties with which we are not well acquaint-
ed. The two former States we can recOllect
as almost wilderness a large part of them
not even laid off into counties. and one vast
forest with an occasional opening. and unn-
habited prairies. covering the whole of them
Heavy timbered lands, throughout central O.
hio and Indiana. which only fifteen years ago
were valued no higher than two to five dollars
per acre, are now cleared Off and under cult
walton. and readily command from forty to one
hundred dollars per acre. This change has
taken place by means of the rapid increase of
population. and through the instrumentality
of short railroads leading generally to the O.
hio river and a southern market.
MAINE.-The Wings of the fifth Congression-
al District, in Maine, at convention in Exc
ter, on the 18th of August, nominated Hon.
Israel Washburne Jr. for reelection by accla-
nation. Mr.. W. is a true man, and genuine
Wing. He has already been elected twice in
in a district in which the democrats have near.
ly 1000 majority. By third election the peo-
pie Of the fifth district will honor themselves
and the State no less than they honor him.
We consider his election sure. |