The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-29

their arms fer the season of toll before them And
right merry in goodly way, are they too.
The General Convention OF UniyersaIists in the
United States will meet inythe city of Providence
r. l., on the third Tuesday and following Wednes-
| day and Thursday in September next.
| Bishop Mcfarland, of Hartford visited Warren on
Sunday the I'D instant, for the first time and ad-
| five persons in the Catholic church.
In Australia the Methodsts have 67O churches and
co. other preaching stations. Communicates I'D
ward Of rs 900; attendants on the divine worship,
nearly T. 0000 The number of children in the week
dsv And "a. Sbath schools, 1869.
The Cncinn>S Ga:ette Of the oath Of August says
the large number o. devotional politicians who were
at the camp meeting on Sunday attracted general
notice. There were ne,rIy Dozen candidates for
every Office in the gift OF the people Of this county.
and though their operations weae conducted chiefly
outside the lines, it is reported that all appeared to
be on the ''anxious seats"
The official reports show that the number Of Or
thodox Congregations churches in Massachusetts, Is
4S2. Twenty six towns have no orthodox church
organization within their limits, although there h
evangelical" preaching in each OF them, and in
nearly or quite every active members OF churche
over the town line in some adjacent territory.
The Synod of Illinois holds its regular annual meet
ing at Redbud. Randolph county, Ill., on the I'd OF
September. The Synod Of Northern Illinois meets
at Mendoza on the 18th Of September and the Synod
Missouri on the I'd Of October.
A letter from Warsaw of the 4th of August says
religious reform has taken place in Russia. The
government has limited the powers Of the orthodox
Greek clergy in certain matters and has suppressed
some ridiculous ceremonies which had been intro
duced into public worship in order to strike the
imaginatons Of the ignorant and superstitous popu
lations. It has also resolved to reduce the number
Of the United Greek clergy, 90 as to have one pope
for every 900 souls instead of one for every 500
From Rome we hear that there is talk of consis-
tory to be held next month, at which the Pope will
"precognize" number of bishops, and probably
make two cardinals-MOnsignOr Bizarr, secretary Of
the congregation of regular Bishops and MOnsignor
Quaglia, secretary of the congregation of the COM
mittee. These at least are the two persons desig-
mated by the public voice. Certain newspapers have
spoken of Monsignor Berard but it appears that he
is not eligible for the dignity of cardinal for he has
been married and has children, and for centuries
past father of family has been considered disqua.
lifted for the cardinals hat.
THE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED SKATES.
The Lutheran church in the United States num-
bers about 175 900 communicates, 1000 congrega-
tions and !, 200 ministers. Its members are found
chiefly in the Middle and Western States, although
there are few congregations In New England and
quite considerable number In Maryland, Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. also
in Western Texas. The older congregations with
the exception of some parts of Pennsylvania) now
employ the English language in their church SER
vice. well in their social intercourse. The re-
counties Of Pennsylvania conduct their worship in
the German language. The Dutch, or language of
the Holanders, is extinct among the Lutherans of
America, except in few congregations in New
Jersey, where few old people still speak it, but
il is no longer preached.
The Lutheran ministers residing in Minnesota held
a Convention at Red Wing, Min, for the purpose of
considering the propriety Of forming synod for
that large but hesthful State There were present
eight ministers and six lay delegates the representa-
tives of fifteen congregations. The Rev. G. f.
Heyer, for many years missionary among the Zelu-
gus, of India but now at St. Paul Min, was chosen
President, and Rev. William Thompson, Secretary.
These eight ministers preached in English, German,
Swedish and Norwegian. Father Hayer is compe-
tent to preach alike in English German and Zeluga.
They propose to hold a synodical meeting, W., at
Wynonee on the first Friday in July, 1859.
RELIGION IN VIRGINIA.
The following is from the Richmond Enquirer,
and is part of an article upon the condition Of reli
gion North and South, in which Virginia Is said to
be proven to be far more orthodox than New York
the New England States:-"We would not boast of
Virginia, butt is due to ourselves to say that are
church going, religious people We do not boast Of
superior sanctty, nor do we claim that all our people
are personally pious, nor yet that there was not
among us many who do not acknowledge the claims
of the religion Of the Bible, and that there is not de-
| plorable amount Of wckedness prevalent yet we
do claim q universal and abiding orthodox religious
sentiment, exhibiting itself in better acoommoda
tion in the number of church buildings than in sa,
of the Northern OF Western States-better, perhaps
than In any other State in the Union-and th,
respect and reverence for all the ordinances and in
solutions of religion, and also in the personal piet,
NJ ,bousan, sS,."" ms. and seen negatively In the
absence of every form Of organ..-a hetfrodoxy and
| inidelity. Upon reference TO the census OF 1850
| we find our white population over five years of age
to be in round numbers 10000 and our church sit
tings to be $50 ,0eO. So that, IL every white man
/ woman and child, over five years of age was seated
| at the same hour of the same day. in churches
| we would have 100000 vacant seats But where
| are our backsg There are 442 900 over five years
of age; of these we seat, above, nearly one
fourth and as is the custom throughout our State
our churches, except few In larger cities. are
used by them (the blacks) one portion of the Sab
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