The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-09-30
DAILY LEADER.
SATURDAY, sEPTEMBBR 90, is65,
RELIGIOUS.

n S-S4 ~ 4oAeEtbee from tn
3 fres soyterian General Assembly of n
B United States New SCHOOL, have Istal,
arrived in East Tennessee. Thar nissin;;
D is wholly one Of good will. and is ranidI,
gaming favor with cur citizens. The Rev
Mr.. Barbour, of New York, preached YER,
secePtably last Sabbath iu the Presbvtar
IAN Oh1reh IN this place, and Rev. DE-
Knox, of the same State. preaebsd 'ant
addressed the people on the subject of fhe
DELEGATION on Tuesday and "wednesday
evenings. The latteI. Gentleman returns e
Sullivan county, where, In compsnv with
Rev. Mr.. Wells, he was engaged In active
labor last week, Il is encouraging 10
know that while the above county hiss been
one Of the most intense strongholds of
secession, DIR. Knox has SO fsvorsbIv i'm
pressed his audiences that the disloyslists
have joined the UnioDists in requesting his
return to hold other meetings. There can
be but one opinion of the good effect
which the services of these eentlerper
There are three in al) are likely tu BRO.
d1ce in East Tennessee.
The Central Committee on the Centenary
| OF American Msthodism, has published
an address TO the denomination in relation
to the objects for which contributions are
He
prominence to the cause of education and
naming two millions of dollars as the low.
est mark to be aimed at and hoping for
much more. The Centenary is to be eele.
brated in October, 1866, by all the churches
and people of the denomination. One
great object is to promote the spirit of
Methodism and to bind anew in cords of
love and devotion 10 the common cause,
fhn Hae ha ho a.
South, thus rebuking secession, whether in
Church OF State. 4als -.
The HHouse of the Good Shepherd" a |
charitable institution under the manage.
ment of the Catholic Church in New Or |
lesns--used as home for unfortunate and |
abandoned women, has been found quite |
too small for the purpose, and new one
Is to be erected. There are some sixty Wo-
men now in the institution, ali OF whom
are considered perfectly reclaimed. Others
are applying for admittsnce, and as the
house was found too small to hold more, |
the Bishop has determined to build another
ia some good locality. A lot Of ground has
been already purchased for the sum of
$25, 600, and contributions are now solicited
to erect q suitable building. Collections
were made in all the churches two Sundays
ago. The amount Of unostsntatious good
done by this institution can never be known
on earth. s5a5 "a -
There are now two hundred missionaries
and ministers in Jamaica, ninety Church
of England, tWenty-eight Wesleyan Bsp.
lists, twenty eight Methodists, nine Lon
don Missionary Society, eight MorAvian,
fourteen United Presbyterian, { twentyAmer
csn Missionaries. Out of population
of AL, 24S, only l27,9Ts attend worship.
We have no particulars of the progress of
religion, except among the MoraVians, who
report an accession of four thousand mem-
Ders, double the number at the period of
An account is gwen in the PreSbyter of
! revival in the Presbyterian Church at
Sidney, Ohio. TWenty-one were added
% the Church at = late communion. The
work extended to Harden, in the bounds of
he congr egstion, where forty persons we're
converted, and these, with twenty members
rom the church in Sidney, were formed
nto anew church, which has new edi6ce
lesrly completed, and has secured the ser
Tices OF s pastor.
A great work among the lower castles in i
he City of Delhi, is reported in letter to
he London Baptist Missionary Herald '
rom Rev. james Smith. He says the I
'rsyer meetings held every evening are /
roWded with eager attendants, and the I
trong holds of superstition are shAksn as I
hey never have been.
The Secretary of the New School Pres. !
Iyterisn Committee of Missions, in an !
BILE review of the domestic missionary
eld, speaks strongly of the deplorable
carcity Of ministers and the destitute con-
Iition of numerous churches. OF 1,479
hurches named in the ministry of the
Assembly, 800 are vacant
The thirteenth annual meeting of the
Ieneral Association of Missouri Bsptists, :
eld st Boonville, attended by about fifty ,
members, resolved to decline taking the :
ath required of ministers and teachers by
be new Constitution. Their reasons are I
iven in long document.
The Pittsburgh Conference of the Meth. !
dist Protestant Church has spoken on the s
ubject of the negro. It unanimously I
sssed resolution in favor of restoring I
be government of our country on just {
to All parties, colored ami white, I
living suffrage TO all"
The Episcopal Convention of Virginia
net at Richmond, Va, 2lst INST. Bishop
Tohns earnestly recommended reuHion
With the Northern Churches A warm
iebate ensued on motion to that efsct.
What Is called an "0pen Church Asso-
.iation" has been organized in England,
md has its headquarters st Liverpool. Its
,bject is to render the pews of churches
pen to all comers, instead of having $
hem spprc priated by individuals
The four colored Baptist churches Of
in union with the churches of
Hilton Head, St. Helena and Beaufort,
,a7s recently formed the "Zion Baptist
ssocIat,sS,," This is something new
.monQ the colorod churches Of the South.
In the seventy-second Highlander regi-
nent in India there are no less than seven