Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1859-06-02
NUMBER 12.
Religious Intelligence.

thlnG but III Their postum III io6ttu w p
ry. Owing to this difference, in le4o the
Southern Baptists, by mutual consent formed
separate organizations for their benevolent
enterprises, ard by avoiding chickering's, both |
sections have reuped the full advantages oi
division of labor. BY the baptist almanac
for 1859, it appears that in 1857, they hsn
II 600 churches: T141 ministers; l,o25 IT,
ccntiates. and 923, 1913 church-membcrs; o
whom 63, SOC were added by baptism during
the year. Including those of the British !
Provinces and West Indies, the total mem .
bcrship wa5 g9s.64S. Besides these, there |
are ninc minor sects who agree with the Bap- |
fists in practising the immersion OF believers
but differ more or less Tn other points. IL
these be added, with the usual increase for
the last two years :hc total rises 20 more
than 1900 900, or million and n half. The !
total population attached to Baptist views Is
estimated at from six to seven millions. By
the United States censqs Of 1850, 1t appears
that they then had S,73l church edltice',
valued at 10,93l 1892, and contained nearly
onc-fourth of the church accommodations III
the United States. Since then, these have
been greatly multiplied and improved.-Bap-
list Family Mogazine
EYANGELIcAL LUTHERAN SYSoDAT PITTS
DuRG.-1hc General Synod of the Evangell-
cal Lutheran Church in the United States
assembled at Pittsburg on Thursday morn
ing Rev. w. S. Harkney, ID. D., OF the
Illinois State University atSpringheld ,prench-
ed the opening sermon from isaiah TX, u
"'rhe little one has become thousand -
| The discourse commenced with brief sketch
Of the history OF Lutheranism i'll the United
States. In October, 1920, eleven ministers
and few laymen met Mt lIagerstown, Md,
to organize the General Synod Thirty-ninc
wears have passed and now there are lG0 del
eGates, representing 25 synodical districts
At the first organization there were but 40
ministers, 5 synodical districts, and about
%, 900 communicates in the Union; now
there are about 800 ministers, $50, GOO COM
muncants ard 10 districts rot represented
in the General Synod.
The speaker then proceeded to show the
means by which this great progress might be
continued. The necessity Of clnging to the
augsburg confession, Of suffering it to re-
main in its integral purity, was earnestly en-
forced, and the claims Of the Scandinavians
in the West strongly advocated.
The sermon being closed, the names Of the
delegates were calcd-onc hundred and thir-
ity-two responding. A vote for ofiiae was
then taken, and Rev. G. W. Schaeffcr, d.
H.. of Germantown, ? elected President
Prof. NJ J.. Stoever, of Gettysburg, Secrc-
tary, and Hon. p. s. Mchlar, Of Philadel-
phia Treasurer.
The question of the admission Of the Me-
lancthon Synod coming up, long discus
sion cnsued, pending which the scsaioi3 ad
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Associotion of the New .Jcrusolom Church
,e,,.,1a,hor,,;a,, ,r,. ao,,,ono1 :, ,Lo To,,,
T'',"' wa ~,
Ple OH Norm oapitol street, washington on
Thursday:
Charles Rcrsc and Al,lpb Ahrcns Esos
Iof Baltimore. and Daniel Iammot. Jr Esq
of MARYLAND. were apnojntcI delegates to the
tGei,aI Conycutl,a 10 m.o, il, pLilalclphia,
i'll jane next.
The Association thcr proceeded to lallot
,pr oliicerS; "hcn Tue l"i'"lnS were clcCtcu
resident, hcV' Aoci nl'Ver wee PRESIDENT,
'r. Joh,n foiicraen secretary a. lhoihas
| lomith; lreasurer' AuoIph Ahrehs.
| The several standing committees were an
nounccl, as follows:
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i'"'"n ,".''' ", .,i,,, Az W.
,;," ~, pnn II IN, W,r.o.tnr ,,. ,'7,,, Rov ~
I}rickman. Rev. H. Dawes, Dr. John Foncr-
dan, a; Thomas smltI, W. II. tinhiry,
'o1'' Thn "o"v, v, ,,or.;,,, ...,. Geo, .l, l,, j.,
Baltimore in Xoycmber nryt
! At the evening session addresses were de-
llver"d by Dr. \. Z. I"wlc, OF aShnston;
T.. -; i,i"N'ey, r;S!, OF baltimore A. nos
,..vn' c.i' iI,I -, gun" ''''o NV -'"''
o"'e'' o' " '''i''''s'oh'
PHEsByTERIAS AssENBIi Es,--Thc General
Assemblies Of the two branches of the Pres
h, terian Church in the United States COM
ncnccd their annual sessions ON THURSDAY.
The old School Assembly met at IndianaI-
o,is; the or, ming rmon was delivered by
the Rev. DR.. Rice, Moderator Of the last As
seinblv. Three hundred and twelve dele
gates were present. The Rev, Dr Brccken-
ridge was elected Moderator foy the present
mccling, and the Rev. Mr.. Mann, Of New
York, was chosen temporary clerk The
New School body met at Wilmington. Dela-
ware and chose the Rev. nr. Patterson, OF
p''TnSo' "' H,%rI!', "' 1i'c u, .v'S; C''''I
i'vsn oI .'l'''o'S, aI"' ~. H. .,, a'no', ol
~" .'"' ~ u"!i"tIH 1'r'N'. ne ol,h-
~, amS ",'Io' EIS t!I"'nvH ~ W., h'E' Ut
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rH"' .. hs1 ANT EPISCOPAL ''oN'LN'!oS'-
Vt the virginia Protestant Convention in ses-
sion at N'fioik' on f'iday iaS'' the io''o"ine
gentlemen were elected delegates to the Gen