The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-27

for Missionary scc,s sSi1 vs. for Bible Society ss.7 a
Sunday School Unsn, s22l OF the nnmoar % sunday
schools In l4l embracing 1855 Off sers and teachers
22,1l1 scholars and to ,466 volumes in library.
The Rev DR. Boes OF the Church of the Advent
~ this city strong and Terventiy urges his .nty
published vabanisory addressed 70 hI peoplo IN ,aeve
land, OhD, the nec-ssy privilege and duty Oh
syst Of free sras lie says that our ''eartby temples
should act a. the radiators aud Jefectors 0 Gspe
light, and not as barriTs and abs beb for, he urges
that a. it wouo bs unjust aDd "cruel for some s-dsh
monopoly " wall iD The light Of the ami then bargain
ana Sell ds dark@ned and Intercepted rays so or Oh
and UNJUST by 81 stem Of taxed and rented seats 70 vail
word.D
Jers msh h. Brown, who had agreed to support aty
Two yonrs an stndying Tor the BAPTIST ministry IN
H. waTd College, Alabama AZ annual of Si30 900 IN
the aggregate has recently endowed theological chair
n that college, by contribution Of s25oo in addition
bis former pledge.
Il h stated that the bishops OF he United States are
contemplating movement 10 raise funds in their
slectlve doc. 70 erect chapel or E
70 thc now - sys ,Ssr sa,s ~ @ p %
Be- RI Chapel which the Foreign UIaon has built for other
anuC&thVhc denoninauons
EPISCOPAL CHURCH STATISTICS.
yearly SUMMARY OF facts aud Information relating 70 the
Episcopal Church, from which We gather az folio SsTn,
Episcopal Church in the United contains SO d0oess
The prerept number of bishops, provisional bishops
and bishops ia 43; priests de- soons 2U3
parishes, lilo There ordsned during The IS
d. acons and s3 priests Nnnber Of candidates for holy
orders, PSI. Churches consecrated, 69 The baptisms
were as folows-Ipiants "a 4i5 adults 6l2l otstat
4S7; tnta-3O,t23 Number Of conhrmatons, "a 5@,
conmnnicans added, 14794; present number, 1876 1877
marriages. 0b9 burias IL Az Sunday schpo teachers,
4ryl scholars, llS069 Amount OF contrib itions for
missionary and charitable purposes, 81 627,' ,'s3 " Il
VIII be observed that the number of persons brought into
ii. church u baptism Us more Than double TN. nnoer
taken from ~ burias; that adhtion !
zenith OF tie wlSDc nimbw of comminicause has been
maze during tie past year, and that tho number Of
scholars ~ Me Sunday schools OF the church s
only about seventeen thousand less than uc number
Of communicable Out OF the 1000 clergy the diocesses
OF Connecticut, New York, Western New York AMI New
Jersey furnh 1ol, third Of the whole
Der; add 10 them the clergy OF Pennsylvania (9)
Mary land 53), and those six oiocesses furnish little
than haf Of the entire American clergy. The
four diocesses fret named presented fourth Of
all the candidates for baptism The sx docesses named
contain 744s communicates or more than half the
whole rumber. The five cocesses nrst namei have
9I3 Sunday school scholars upwards OF half the
me number. or the aggregate amount contributed tor
sioi and cha table purposes, the docess of New
York gave S433ls 81, or more than one fourth; the
docetses Of Connecticut, Western New York, New Jer
sey TeDnsy and Maryland contributes $685.,
0OO that upwards Of half Of the contributions
church purposes have been made by the six docesses
PANIED. We select these diocesses simply because they
lie adjacent, though might without Improperly add
that with slight exception one. there perhaps
diocesses in the American Church pervaded by
er Chui ch principles.