Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-10-18
RELIGIOUS TgrELLIGEvcE

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The Animal Confsre,es otths ". = Church
~ Tsnn-ssae. il in session at Marfreeshorn'
RisAor E'rlv presiding bishop ssule is also
In attendance.
The Memnhis Methodist Conferences will
ronvrn. ~ Holly Springs. on Wednesday, 2ist
int. Bishop Paine presiding.
Tho Arkansas Conference will meet Wednss-
dsv. the 2lst inst. a. Jseksonport. Bishop
Kavanaugh il expected 10 attend It.
West Nashville Methodist Church will be
dedicated this S sabbath afternoon by Or. Green.
There has besna revival ~ considerable i'm
p~ortnnce 10 the Methodist Church in Columbia,
Tennessee
Rev DR.. Wilson. OF the Presbyterian church
at Stanton, Va, has accepted a call to Au-
gusta, Ga.
Anew Christian Church, called Sycamore,
near Mt. Sterliag, Kentucky, was dedicated on
Sunday. the 4ih.
Rev. Ed. Berklev, for nearly % years the
accepted a call to St. Georges Church, St.
Louis.
anew Methodist church was dedicated at
Shelbyville on Sunday, the 4th.
Bishop Andrews, of the Methodist Church
South, is in very precautions health.
The Ri. Rev. Bishop o'Rsgsn, of Chicago,
will shortly sail for Europe on business con-
nected with his extensive diocese.
In the Methodist Church South there are %
Conferences; 2,I7I travelling preachers 163
suoerannusted preachers; 1000 local preach
Era; 300 $50 white members, and 60.770 on
probttion; 5000 Indian members, and 296
on probation The total of ministers and mem
bers is 645 70S, which is an increase of 5,7l6.
Seven OF the Conferences exhibit a decrease,
sixteen an increase. The number OF mambeTs
and ministers in the Methodist Church North,
is 800 204, adding 10 this the number in the
Methodist Church South, and we have the to-
tai Of 1,451, go.
The late Wesleyan Conferences Of England
refuses to receive a preacher Of the N. Z
Church. S nth, while other conferences of the
United States are admitted to broJhsrly com
munion with the British Wesleyan Conference;
the entree to that body is denied to the clergy
Of the M. E. Church, South, because 1t is pro-
slavery.
In the Philadelphia Baptist Association on
Saturday, the 18th, a resolution e-OndennatcJy
Of slavery was tabled.
The Baptist Bible Union for the revision Of
the scriptures held their eighth anniversary in
New York last week. The expenditure during
the year was S47 ,962.
At a meeting Of the PresbyteTy Of Chicago,
held upon the Sd Of September, a call resented
by the North Church, and BY them forwarded
to the Presbytery Of St. Louis, for the services
Of DR.. Rice. He accepts this call aod enters
ia Octoher upon his pastoral duties, with a sal
AIRY Of s. 900 per snnum-s2s0O OF which is
paid by one wealthy individual.
There is likely to be a change 10 the name Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The
name, Wesleyan Methods Episcopal Church,
or American Methodist Episcopal Church.
will in all probability be assumed by the
Southern Mstho1ists at their General Confer
ence in May.
There is a split among the children Of Abrs-
ham. In New York, the progressive lsIaeiits'
have peWs, an organ. a choir, and ladIeb Ia the
$50 sgogua, alter the Christian fashion. while
the old fchonl chant as Of old with tn sir hate
o.. and keep The Wsmau-kiud isolated in the
gallery.
Toe Home MissioH Record says thers are
-hTiy Tegu.oT fO'msI German BaP let e~hnrrbes
"a fhe o. tied 5 ates, containing a member
ship Of abolt two thousand persons
In California, it is estimated, there are abort
two hundred Protestant oiergymen, only on'
TO each bOusand # the American population
Eff RS are sfoot among the Northern Msth.
Odists to get up a Convsn ion to give expires
son 70 Methods opinion on the subject OF ex-
clu4ing shareholders from the Church By an
after the next General Conferences.
The Mormons are nov left destitute Of q
mouth piece in the Eastern States. Two pa
pers devoted n the T faith still exist in the
country the StanaaTd, published A. San Fran
cisro, aud the D.seTet, issled at Great Salt
Lake CRY. under the direct superintendent Of
Brigham Young.
The churches Of Cincinnati umber fourteen
, Presbyterian, twentv-one Methodist, fourteen
, RomaL Catholic, (each with q school eonnec-
ted six Baptist. three Congressional. I'VE
/" Christian six German Evangelical Union,
2 six German Reformed and Lutheran, FIVE Epis-
eoPalian, two Hebrew SynagOgues,two Friends
congregations, two UuiversalIsts, two United
= Brethren, one SwedenbOrgian, one Unitarian,
TWO &" Miscellaneous Service is also held in
several public halls.
In eight New England and Middle States the
aggregate membership Of the Church is less
: by two thousand than it was ten years ago.
The German Reformed Church, in this eoun-
try, lie preparing a liturgy for the use Of theiI
churches, from the ancient liturgies Of the
ancient Christian Church.
: T1e brig Ocean Eagle sailed on Monday
d week for Liberia. she takes out eight mis-
sionaries, a portion to join the Protestant Epis,
eopsl mission under Bishop Payne, and a por-
tion to join ths Presbyterian mission. Sh'
also takes out framework for building for tn
Episcopal mission.
E Dr.. Lugenbeel, formerly physician 70 to-
Liberian colony, and late an active officer d
the Colonization Society At Washington, dieS
{ on the 22d ult, al Alexandra, Va.
. At the recent meeting of the America ]
? Board Of Foreign Mics ons, held a. Providence,
b il was stated that the debt OF SGT, 600, viii
which the Board commenced the year, had ~
a been liquidated with the exception Of Sons,
81 800 OF the sun contributed for this Pc r
: Pose. So 600 was given By a geaerous-hesrus'
gentleman Of Boston.
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