The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-07-18
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.


ffOurc OF nave by the Earl OF
hope voted address TO the Queen praying her Males
~ TO reconsider the procsmation ordering the solemn
coinrnemoraon of the dclvcrancc Of James the mar
tyrioni Of Charles J. tho restoration of Charles III and
the landing of William Ill There was scarcely any op
position TO the proposal The archbishop Of Canterbury
with this bishops Of London and Oxford took the same
view Of the matter ~ tho peers temporal Only the
bishops of Bangor and st. Asaph's murmured objec-
ton There Is virtually" says London paper ia
unanimous desire expuge from the State liturgy the
prayers and hanksgivings which may one time have
represented really national and religious sentiment
bat which soon became nothing better than memorials
OF sectarian and political doinancy which now ms
passed away, leaving behind neither kind Of sgntf
canoe. - ,H-i tis+4ia Iah 't'N Z" AF'N hiYt T'R 4
EclesiaaeJ Uaion At Pittsburg recently two large
separated branches of the Presby srisn Church united
The Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church aud the
Reformed PIesby terrain Church now consolidated
under the maine OF the United Synod OF the Presbyts
i'lh Nhu'ri- aai i4d niiOl sarsYn ss8s o.i 9DtUd 4
1 Chimes Of as proposed for both THE College
Chapel in Cambridge and for the Episcopal Church there
The of 81 900 has already been subscribed for tho
latter, but 81 500 more is necessary. Nsael. ss9
Bi,AQp Payw, of the Methodist GeneraI Conference
thus used the power q the presiding officer
q NV ID Harris. move to raise Bishop paynes sol
The Chair decline II ,ls t,slsy - aaas'iess6
q. w D. Harris. beg the Bishop to bestill f'i,s
The Chair have declined salaries before Let me
alone, sir X 90 a''A ~ tt'8 ie'h |" 80
. @! ID. Harris. will the chair let US alone ~
The Chair. The brethren will please let alone.
G.. w. d. Harris. VIII you allow us to vote
The Chair will not
The eaoc influence of the revival has led To the forma
ton of union clerical association at Philadelphia
bracng all the evangelical ministers. AT the first meet
ing about one hundred present. and the term Evan
gelica defined to embrace all who would subscribe
to the Apostles creed. t
Ieariy Meeting Of Friends. THE yearly meeting OF
Friends in Now England has been lately in session at
Newport, H. l. The session began with public meeting
on Sunday Of the two great divisions of the society into
Orthodox and Hckstcs the New England Friends have
always been cassed with the former. Within few
years. however, there has been new division and
who followed John WILDER in his dissatisfaction with the
eminent English friend Joseph John Quincy at the time
OF the latter visit to this country have seeded from the
larger body who retain possession of the records and
property of the society. PlA Fa 4tf y ~ Y
Cnreysion 10 The Episcon Church i; E,u,cku Wa noted
tho fact few weeks aeo saws the Clrch journal tbata
leading minister of the Met6odst Enscona Cbnrc m
Rastonl had conforned ~ TIE cbnrcb and r. ! ondi
date for Holy Orders w. now cbronicIa anohar con-
version Mr. Robert w Trimble another Metbolist min
lister of several wears standing has been received into
the church and aIso ndrnitted no canata or 0rdars
Rnmor s,eaks Of others about ~ follow n Il ,ortb
of remark that ont Of s;x cap;latcs far ORDERS noy IN
the list of this Diocese four were Metbod;sts two of
whom had been ministers in that denomination and of
the thirty clergy of the Diocese h n beeved that onI
fiye were horn az Church ,,,rents 81. 81 M TTH ~
~ ~ fn,,. ,, ~ :. Loy.I B a. 10,
writing from, Louisiana ON business saws .sNr Iobr
p;cet1 haas inst y;ven 4 q O0O 10 tbo Ih,
Sociy of New Orleans for the n,,noae f atoc;no ,r
Rille House with bibles He Is a. vouno man and
member o The Presbyterian Church rbis Soc;tv baye
nina ncrsons wbn hayc Given AMI ,vbo hays nidrs5
Themselves to give ST. 600 each And what ID nass6t,
strange ono of the nine can neither read nor write e
cent to write his name mechancaIlv He ia not a mem
Ir ~ mn church nor docs he live within "a ,s az
one. nnlesa there NAV be one nearer bv orosn be M.
-slssippi river. f'TN m - w
R,r,o.p.s P,Il;,I,o The Nav yorl F,nnaast ova.
interesting statistics on his subject II savs Tbe an
,,al anonrt received Inv mo Old School N
behalf Of publication il between 81 10 00( and n 40 600
distributed IN mart through the agency Of norc than 200
colnorteurs. The Metbodist Book Concern North, re-
ports for the present wear total expenditure Of $3.50
400 for hooks and periodifnls the prits ,,non which
amount to s37 600 their total assets reach scan 000
The American Baptist NORTH issne some 626 different
works more than onebalf ~ which are bonnd volumes
The Ie;sconal Society for promotnv EvanoeJica Kno,y
cdoe receives annualiy betueen Sac 600 and $40 0O0
Ths CONGREGATIONAL Hoara az Rson 10 actively enged
n rennbis;np the standard works 81 tbe Nav Tnoand
dvines tbev already have q valuable Ist 20 volumes
and tracts The Sweenborgans and Unitarians are
tive in the department of labor and have issued
great number of works. The New.School Presbytera
General Assembly has expended besides s., l79 S. and
the Dutch Reform Church has also made large contribu
tons to the same object. Indeed the press was
before extensively welded for religious purposes and
It's influences were never greater.
2 PRoonrss IN THE WoRK.-A correspondent in Colun-
bia South Caroliua, writes 10 that twelve col
porters nave been commissioned 70 go out INTO the e'd
ana uis'ripu'e inc Puphcaiohs u inc American tract