Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-12-09

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EVANSVILLE. IND
DECEMBER 9.
~ RELIGIOUS
Methodist Items.
Dr. Wiley, Of the Ladies' Repository,
sToiaF has for many years taught a large Bible
1LassE1A4 Glass Friday evenings in Morris chapel
The class desiring to manifest their ap-
% probation of his services, recently
deputed committee to take possession
of him, and to march him to one OF the
best I" tailor shops"in town, where ne
- was duly measured for new suit-ves',l
dress.coat, pantaloons, and overcoat
The same committee subsequently wait
ed an Mrs. Dr. Wiley, extending TO. her !
missiye with 500 cash inclosed
s4J3A@ RevJ Warthman writes the Western |
a-A Christian Allocate that he has just |
closed meeting at Carter station,
GreenvilIe circuit Tennessee. 1t lasted |
ten days The church was greatly re-
yived, and los joined on probatiOn and
s~ o goodly number Of the converts are
M brave Tennessee boys, who went forth
e. so nobly to the defense of their country.
They have now inflated under the banner
14&le- of the Cross
II. james p Dew writes from Richview,
.at Illinois, that he has just closed pro-
+. tracted meeting, which has been in pro-
4sa gress thirty six days During that time
200 have united with the Church, and
ITO havs protested faith in Christ"
An interesting revival of religion was
Ta in progress in the NJ. E. Church at
Jonesboro, Tennessee, on the Ed utmo.
s About sixty had then made profession,
and the Church continued to be crowded
.Eora nightly.
correspondent of the Advocate and
Journal mentions revival in several
Churches in Philadelphia and vicinity.
~ At Emory Church, 80 conversions and
accessons; at Green Street, 25; at Port
eg Richmond Church, "several scores;"
Somerton Church, 16 Cornwell, Read
ing district, 40 Twelfth Street. Phia-
q delphia, 55; at other points, Columbia
.- Station, St. Georges Church. ETC., an ex-
~ cellent revival spirit prevails. @eS
3D. About seven meeting houses of the
colored people attached to the Methodist
Episcopal ohurcs have been burned
ETn within the last six months in Maryland,
mEo by incendaries, for other reason than,
that negro schools taught there .dus
ring the week. a -
Thirty-nine persons have joined the
Church at Alexandria, North Indiana
Conference and there have been large
number of conversions.
faefr A meeting was commenced in Mt
Pleasant, two miles northwest of Rich
@,-- mond, Indiana, on the 4th ult, and con-
tnued eighteen days. Sixty four Joined
i4.a the Church--aIl adults but two, and
seventeen of them sodiers-and about
sixty of them were converted. C
4t The Washington Weekly Telegraph
says that the revival in that place, con-
Quoted by Rev. s. Bowers, has resulted
c in thirty accessions, and that the
interest is increasing.
A minister writes to the Advocate,
November Oath, from Mt. Olivet, Ken
lucky "Our missionary work goes on
goriously and successfully We have
taken out of the Southern Church, up
TO this time, one hundred and twenty
an members. There is bright prospect
for as many more in the bounds of the
Mt Oivet circuit Rev. J. C. Thomp
son, who appointed by Bishop Kavas
naught to the Shannon and Sardis circuit
withdrew from the Southern Church, and
sixty-fve members of his charge
The forty-sevenh anniversary OF the
Parent Missionary Society of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church, will be held in
the city of Baltimore Sunday and Mon
day, January 18th and 18th, 1866.
Average per Member.
The present membership of the Wes-
leyan Methodist Church of Great Britain
is 330,827., The sum contributed by
these members to tee Wesleyan Mis-
sonary Society the past year was 275,-
TIA lbs. l0d, making the average for
each member, As, 64d., something
over ST. gold standard, at least 81 so
american currency. II the Methodist
Episcopal Church Of the United States
contributes into the missionary treasury
p this year 81 10000 it will still fall be-
low the average ~ our British brethren.
The highest sfuge in the FORK
district, where Is. lid was paid per
member; the lowest in South Wales,
where only Is 24d. contributed.
Indiana Conference Minutes.
We are indebted to Rev.. John J.
Hight, Secretary, for q. copy. Total
s4ts Z members, 81 ,9S6-an increase of II;
probationefs 2,760-an increase of 773
aEa Total increase of members and proba
rfioners 100; churches, 1885, valued al
S446,l85; parsonages, TO- valued al
$68, DOS raised for conference claimants,
81 ,229-an increase of 1929 over last
sG2Sl year. missionary money lO,5S2--an
increase of $3.50; claims of the preach
ers, exclusive of chapains and others
not in the regular work, $67,734 paid
on the same $65 l20-making the def
cheney - 6l4; average amount received,