Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-12-30
RELIGIoUs INTELLIGENCE.


FOreleH- oas
The London NOstconfor1nist has an in
teresting statement of the comparativ
provision for public worship in that city
I.takihg the years 1851 and 1865. The in
crease of places of worship in that tim,
were Il9. of sittings 2ls, 346; of popula
tion 65S, ,25s. Number of persons unpro
vided in 1851. 669, 514; in 1865, s31, ,3S7
an increased deficiency of Accommodation
of lsI, ,s73. The Established Church ha!
added 50 houses, the voluntary church l34
in the period referred to. Reckoning by
sittings the voluntary churches have in.
creased in fourteen years at the rate Of
40 3 per cent and the establishment at the
rate of 269. Forty-three per cent. of the
whole provision for public worship is fur
nished by unendowed churches, striking
proof ofithe efficiency of the voluntary
system. 81 III l3a
MoRAvIAN.-The news from the mis-
sions on the Mosquito coast is very sad,
the late hurricanes having inflicted extern
slve devastations, destroying a number Of
sehool-houses, dwellings and church sta
tiOns. At Bluefeld, Rama Magdala,
Raitipura, Bethani, Corn Island and
Ephrata great damage was done
Domestic.
WEEK OF PRAYER.-By some inadver-
tance the time appointed by the Old
School Presbyterian General Assembly,
for prayer for the conversion of the world,
was made to commence on thefFst day of
January, instead of the first Sabbath. The
latter is the time specified by the British
Evangelical Alliance. The churches IN
this city, it is understood, Will begin at
this time.
ANOTHER MISSIONARY FALLEN.-Rev.
Henry Ballantine, for thirty years a mis-
sionary in India, died at sea on the 9th of
November, four days and half after leav-
ng Liverpool, GA his way home.
METHoDIsT.-The Pacific Conference of
the Methodist Church, South, reports as
follows:
The Conference embraces the Pacific |
States and Territories. Following are the |
statistics: Local preachers, AT; church |
members, 1870; probationers, 6l2; Con-
ference fund, $269 90; Sunday school col |
IectiOns, Sl,O9 20; churches, Al; value of |
church property, $50, 900; parsonages, "a;
probable value, $12, 100; conversions, 4I3."
DR.. Newman sends word from New
Orleans " l have this day, November 81, |
occurred to the colored Methodists all the
churches in Louisiana by the written re-
of Rev. J. G. Keener, repre-
enting the Church South" 3- g 49,
BAPTIsT.-The Baptist Home Mission
Board are about opening four schools in
ifferent parts of the South, for the educa-
ion of colored preachers. Rev J. G..
Kinney, d. D., is to have charge at Rich
nond or Washington; Rev. H. j. Ripley
t Savannah, and the Rev. ]. Chaplin at
Jew Orleans. -,-.s $500 49,
UNIvERsALIsF-It is stated that in
'ermont, with a population of 3l5,O9s,
here are 81 Universalist ministers or but
ne TO more than 10000 people. There
re 73 societies in the 234 towns of the
tate, l69 of which have no UniTersalist
ociety. Only ten societies maintain pub
c services all the time. Is - j
CoNGREGATIoNAL-A marked religious
lterest especially among the young men,
reported at Springfield, Mass. The 8
rayer-meetings are crowded every eve l
ing: -
Methodist Intelligence. =
The statistics in the NJ. Z. Church in the
nited States for the past year foot up as ]
flows: Itinerant ministers, 6,915; local p
inisters- 6s2. neniharS n nd ,es1.laa;>-
277., The benevolent contributions dur
g the year amount to S600,84l for mis- 7
0ns; $i9, ,2O7 for Sunday School Union,
i'd S22, 500 for Tract Society. The Sun
~ School interests foot up 1928 schools,
I9,5l7 officers and teachers, 86l, 464 schol- :
s, 2, 529,057 volumes in library, 1882 !
diversions, and 28S,2OO Standby School
drocates published A summary of the
work shows in foreign fields a
i mis- ionaries, and 1922 members, and
domestic fields 2e6 missionaries, and
,13s members. The sum total of Meth
lists in the world is computed at II, BOG
inisters, and 2, ,724,6 ,668 members.
The Virginia annual conference of the y y
lurch South, held its annual session at q
anvillc Il few days since. Several ecclesi- ,,
tical changes were recommended to the ei
sneral Conference to meet next Spring in
ew Orleans, as an extension of the pas al
raj term, and the introduction of the lay a
sment into the church councils. It
amed difficult for the Conference to know f.
nat provision should be made for the st
ants Of colored Methodists and it was o
able to lcgislate upon the question with at
t showing its very uhthristian spirit,
d talking about the "fanatical ideas Of
Torthern preachers" Virginia Metho- Of
sts need not trouble themselves much tr
out the colored Methodists of that State
ley will not be able to keep them in the .
lurch South The DanYille Conference y
d evidence of that. The colored church q
Port smouth sent the Conference word g.
at they had severed their connection
tn the Church South, and united with Il
e African Methodist Church. r'' Ct