Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-06-30
Religious Intelligence.

| Rev. Wm. Young was installed Pastor Of
the Blanchard Presbyterian Church by the
Presbytery of Findlay, on the 18th inst, and
on the next day as Pastor Of the Church at
Pleasantyille His time will be equally divi-
ded between the two Churches
! Sixty-sx persons were received into the
German Reformed Church at Nimislla, Ohio,
under the pastoral care of Rev. j. w. Hamm,
few days since.
| Seventeen persons have been received into
the German Reformed Church at North
Georgetown, Rev G., Zeigler Pastor recently.
A correspondent of the NJ y Obserrer
makes an interesting presentation of the
state of religion in Algeria, Africa. There
are in that Territory $500, 1000 Mussel-
mans of mingled races--Arabs, Moors, Ka-
byles, negroes and others. The Christian pop
uation of the colony of Algeria is mainly
Catholic, and comprises about 10000 Euro
peans-French, Germans, Spaniards, Swiss,
Italians and Maltese 1t is difficult to esti-
mate with exactness the number of Protestants
in the country. They do not exceed 10000
The Societies of Evangelization in Germany
and England are making vigorous efforts to
increase the number of this class.
The METHODIST CHURCH on SLAvERY.-Dr
Haven sums up the action of the recent Meth
odist General Conference on the slavery ques-
ton, as follows:
| l. The whole of the report of the Commit
tee on Slavery was adopted, except the pro-
posed change of the General Rule, and this
received one hundred and fftyiour votes to
only fifty-seven opposed. The preamble which
was adopted claims that change in the Gen
eral Rule is necessary only because false in
terpretations have been put upon it, and that
it really, in its old form, in spirit opposes
slavehOdng.
2. The old Chapter of the Discipline is ex-
plunged, and new one adopted
The old one, by implication, allowed our
members to hold slaves, and the official mem
bers and ministers wherever emancipation is
forbidden by law, which is everywhere within
our reach, except in Delaware and the Dis
trict of Columbia. The new chapter CON
demns holding buying and selling human be-
| ings to be used ms chattles, whether by minis.
| tiers or members.
3. All othes references to slavery, except
the above, are stricken out of the Discipline
CHURCHES IN NEw YoRK-In the city of
New York there are 2il places of wor-
ship, as follows 33 Baptsts, 4 Congre-
gational, 22 Dutch Reformed, l6 Jew
sh Synagogues, 3 Friends, Lutheran, 33
Methodist Episcopal, African Methodist
Epifcopal, l Methodist Protestant New
Jerusalem, 43 Presbyterian, Associate Re-
formed do, 8 Reformed Presbyterian, 50 Pro
testant Episcopal 32 Roman Catholic, Uni
tarians, Universasts, Wesleyan Metho-
dists, United Presbyterians, and 30 miscel-
laneous
PREACHING IN CASToN.-Rev. 7. L. Tur-
ner, an English missionary in Canton,
writes thus Besides speaking well OF
my fellow-laborers, am happy to be able
to tell you that the facilities for propaga-
ting Christian truth here are almost as great
as could be desired, In the open places OF
this large city the preacher can proclaim the
glad tidings to listening crowds, and every
where ne mus pclouHH NhiihB W NphfNio oN
abont 'the new doctrine" We can erec'
chapels, and hearers will come 10 them; we
can collect children into school. Jour hospitals
are evidently popular, and our books eager
ly received The country round, thiekly dot
ted with towns and villages, is open to u.s. and
in his excursions the missionary generally
meets with civility and an attentive hearing
These are opportunities here which may easily
induce n young man to prefer laboring among
these teeming myriads, to adding one more tt
the thousands of Gospel ministers at home.
OF the 100000 which it is proposed t,
raise for the new Theological Seminary of the
United Presbyterian Church, (who seeded
from the New School Presbyterians two ol
three years sinee,) $4,000 to $4,000 is al
ready subscribed The institution is to be 10
Gated OF Charlottesville Virginia.