Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-03-14
Religious items.

| FrRsr TEN Vans OF THE Ep1scop.L Cuuncu
IN oHIo.-our friend, the Rev. VIM. .. French,
Secretary Of the Episcopal Convention of Ohio, has
laid upon our tab!ea handsome volume eff 67 ma
ges. being aIepfint of the journals Of the first ten
annual conventions of the Protestant EPISCOPAL
Church III Ohio, from 1918 toll 1927, inclusive. To
those who yet survive and who sympathized with
The pioneers OF the church in those days, this vol
ume will lie found amost acceptable "Reminiscences;
and those whose interest has been awakened at a
later day, may learn from it hat small beginnings,
and by what perseyering effort, the church has at
press Mt condition of strength.
The mechanical execution of the volume is re-
markaLly neat; and is afforded, handsomely bound
ana lettered, at 20 cents per copy, application,
\ addressed TO Rev. w. @. French, Columbus o.
| o. s. Journal.
We learn from the American Baptist Almanac,
recently blished, that there ADJ regular Bap
list Associations in Moth America, in connection
with which are 1859 churches. $3.50 ordained
ministers, 1.tTl lcentiates, and 776,3I0 commu.
ncants; adding the irregular Baptists such as the
| Anti Mission, Freewlll, Day, etc., the
t ,ta number of Associations is 1877. of churches,
1929 OF ordained ministers 1l079, of licentiates
l 1851. and of communicates |, EOS, 765. Connec-
ted with the denomination % colleges and 10
theological seninuries. There are Al Baptist Pc
Eiodicals in the United States, 20 of when is
sued weekly.
six leading branches of Methodists in Great Brit
ain, comprising the Wesleyan MethodiSts, the
Methodist New Connection, the Primitive Metho-
dists, the Bible Christians or Bryanies, the WesS
Ileyan Methodist ReformerS, and the Methodist
Wesleyan Association, have combined total OF
1,94l ltinerant preachers, %, 169 oca; preachers
and ASS, S4S members. or grand total OF members
| aud ministers of 5l6,95S. ..a
Rev. G. P. GiJdings, Episcopal Minister at
Quincy, Ill. has become almost totally blind, and
in attending funeral lately vas led by the hand
Rev. MIR. Winthrop, Episcopal Minister .at NOT
walk, has been compelled by disease in the
throat TO abstain from oil labors in the pulpit and
has commenced a select school for young la
dies. r. fs"s-
Including Protestants, Roman Catholics, and
Chrstians oil the Oriental Church, there ars $780,
ooo. 900 million of nominal Christians in the world
or, Little more than third part OF the human
family: This estimate includes not only members
OF Churches, but all the inhabitants of Christian
countries. ..5see5 4 s..sss5,
There ME three hundred and fifty students pre-
pairing for the Ministry. in Watetville. Bowdun.
Dartmouth, Vermont Mlddlebury, Brown, Rut-
gers, Trinity Amherst, Madlso.: and Williams Col
leges; out of LADS stu''ents attending these in.
situations, 63S are professors ofreligion.
During the last nine months tho number of
missionaries commissioned and recommisioned by
the Presbyterian Board OF Domestic Missions, has
increased hfty-four, compared with the cores
pondlng period of last year, while The receipts
have fallen OF some Sl,700.
Abont one hundred prominent members of the
1SSoClatlou IIteL BOSTON recently,
devise measures 10 extend the principles OF their
denomination, and 10 more generally circulate the
writings oil eminent Unltnriuns. A resolution W as
adopted in favor OF roiSing permanent fund.
The First Presbyterian Church of New York
city recently gave $4,000 TO their retiring pastor
DR.. S. H. Cox, who goes to Osweso county, where
he has boughta farm with the money, and where
he will spend his old age.
The Episcopal Bishop at Jerusalem s,ys tn al
there are many Jews in that renowned place, 10
whom he cou gel no access whatever, aud that
! the raobiS, now, of old, entertain deep aver
sion to Christ aud Christianity.
The Evangelical Lutheran, for this week, noti-
ces large additions TO the Lutheran Church in
Mnersville and Potlsville. Pa; 'rarton, Ashland
Haysviue, and st. Paris, Ohio; and Liberty, Ia
Three hundred persons recently started from
Monmouthshire. England, for Salt Lake City, or
the representation from Mormon preacher thai
that city was .PaIadise.''
Joseph Barker, resident of north Ohio, and
known somewhat as fgurer in inflcl conven
tions, beginsa course of six lectures. March 10th
in Cincinnati, against the Blb.e and revealed re-
Iigiou.
Ed. Knapp. the celebrated revivalist, is now
preaching in indianapolis.
During the period between 1881 and 1851, abou
1000 new churches have been built in the British
Empire. During the first twenty years of the pres
ent century, the number OF churches built VA:
151.