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Religious Intelligence.

has accepted the unanimous invitation of the
Baptist church in Ilinesburgh, to become its
pastor.
Rev A. Royce was dismissed from the pas
toral charge Of the Congregational church in
Barre, Vt, on the 18th ult.
We learn from the Boston Traveller that
at the urgent solicitation OF the American
and Foreign Christian Union and many other
friends of the movement, the Rev. DR.. Kirk
of that city has accepted the task Of gather
ing together and organizing an American
Protestant Church, and to some extent.
experimenting the purchase Of piece Of
land and the erection Of suitable edfce for
public worship, in Paris 1t is said upwards
Of two hundred young men, natives Of our
country are now permanent residents Of Paris.
Mr.. Kinks stay in Paris will not exceed
six months. lie will leave Boston in about a
fortnight Ample means have been provided
to carry out the enterprise in view Profess
sors Phelps, Shedd and Park of Andoyer Col.
lege are expected to supply Mr. Kirk pulpit
in his absence.
AMERICAN Tract SocErr--At the stated
meeting of the executive committee, Dec.
Is, it appeared that the receipts for eight
months had been, in donations $S5 ,23l and
for publications sl2S,l75, making S2l34 407,
exceeding by few dollars the corresponding
months Of the previous year. The number of
colportcurs had somewhat increased and with
other outlays, the total expenses had exceed
ed the receipts by $1,000. Applications
and claims before the committee show that
from SIS 900 to 800 900 will also be needed
for foreign lands before April |. very
urgent application for immediate aid was
received from the Paris Tract Society France,
and $500 was appropriated to be early remit
ted. 1t was stated that a friend Of the
Society had recently sent in his check for
/ 1000 donation
Rev. Henry y. Hudson, is about to engage
in the publication Of a new monthly magazine
to be entitled the American church MonthiV
and devoted to the interest Of the Episcopal
| Church. 1t is to be published in New York.
The religious and charitable bequests Of
the late deceased daughters of John Jay,
Miss Ann Jay and Mrs. Maria Banyer,
amout toS22 500 and Sill 100. These amounts
are distributed among the Bible, Tract, MIS-
sonary and other societies and various chari
table institutions.--At a meeting in Phia-
delphia last week, 800 were collected for
Madame Fellers mission in Canada.
DEATH OF DR.. PrsEY-Thc steamer City Of
Baltimore brought the intelligence of the
! /. Al, .oJ ba
famous theological writer, and the originator
of the Anglican or Puseyito party in the
Church of England.
y meeting of delegates representing the
Methodist church at the West, at Springfield
Ohio, took measures for a general convention
next November, to consider the question Of
new organization embracing only annual con
ferences opposed to American slavery.
Since the dismissal of Rev Mr.. Conway by
the Unitarian society at Washington, for
preaching against slavery and rufianism,
the society appears to be falling to pieces
There is prospect that the strong minority
| Of the Untarians who agree with Mr.. Con-
way will unite with small orthodox Congre-
! StNlVui4 tllhlNl', NhO bNNull HpusN puIlb
and owned by Gerritt Smith, and call Mr..
Conway to the joint pastorate. Mr.. Conway
has declined call at Cincinnati with the
expectation of returning to Washington
There are also some ST 900 subscribed at
Washington towards building new church
for him.
Rev Mr., Anthon, rector of St, Marks,
New York, has introduced novel weekly
service that excitcs much interest. lie
circulates a series of questions weekly on
some scriptural topic, and on Friday evenings
his congregation meet in the church to give
their opinions in reply and to listen to his
explanations and suggestions. The exercises
are like those of Bible class on a large
scale, and cannot fail to be stimulatve Of
thought and therefore valuable
\ correspondent of the Canadian lndepen-
dent from St. Johns Newfoundland, writes
" During the last eighteen months, chiefly
in consequence of political power having
passed into the hands of the Roman Catho~
lies SO many Protestant families have left
this city, as seriously to affect the Presby-
terian Churches.
The German Catholics Of Boston have
abandoned their church in process of cree
ton after'expending 500, 900 on account of
the emigration of large portion of their
number to the West. The Catholic bishop
of New Jersey has ordered the abolition of
wakes, but leaves it to the priests to fix the
time for their discontinuance in theirparishes'
The laity thereare in great ferment
about the loss of this singular recreation.
The congregation Of the Cumberland Pres
byterian Church, IN Louisville were consi-
derably startled a few. evenings ago by the
Rev Mr.. Newman, the pastor Of the church,
descending from the pulpit, after closing his
discourse, and selecting a young lady who
had consented to become his help-meet, to
whom he was Immediately Joined in the holy
bands of wcdlock,
The lntero,eanc Telegraph will soon put
belt around the globe, and the question will
then arise, what will be done about Sunday
In some parts of the world there will be two
in week, and Sundays generally will become
confused If the telegraph Offices in all parts
of the world close on Sunday, news arrange
ments will be constantly interrupted and
delayed
| Ar TorEkA.-The Kansas Free State Legis-
lature will meet at Topeka in the first week
of January The Bogus Ruhan one will
meet at Lecompton about the same time 1t