The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-06-23

TactIoH OF Lne meeting, doubtless as
many more at least would have fol
e lowed the example. Among these
o that Joined were three aged servants
OF Christ, aged from eighty to eighty.
i've years. The second class was
: formed, numbering some thirteen, in
: a different direction. And still an.
! other interesting feature in the com.
munitles is the great desire to have
Sabbath schools established in the
e different neighbOrhoods, showing that
? the Spirit of God is at work.
f New YoRK SABBATH School Con-
yENTIoN.-The New York State Sab
bath School Convention met at Roch-
ester Tuesday, June 18th, continuing
In session three days. The attend
ance OF delegates was over six hun
dred. Bishop James was chosen.
Chairman, and DR.. Wise, G. G. North.
and seven others Vice-P Presidents.
4 The number of Methodist Sabbath
Schools in the State of New York is
| Z,2ll of officers and teachers 23,O57;
and of scholars 156,502, being an In
crease OF 298 schools and of 81. $50
scholars in eleven years The in
crease OF the population of the State
| in theee eleven years mas been twenty
three per cent, and of the Methodist
Sabbath School attendance So per
cent. The singing of the Convention
was under the conduct of Philip Phil
| lips, and the Institute exercises under
that of Mr. Vincent.
The New NAME.--The editor of
the Wesleyan, argues against the new
name the Methodist Church, as adopt
ed by the late Convention of non
Episcopal Methodists. We quote a
few sentences: -.-.--.-.a...- aeoI n /
l. 1t1ooks egotistical. Methodism +
has existed in this country one hun
dred years. 1t is now most joyfully
and most admirably celebrating its
first Centenary. A new body Metho-
distic is in seeking Of formation and
it calls itself THE Methodist
Church," We would not thus in i
vlte the point of satire. q 1t is IN
scomcer'tent AS sensibly argued by
brother Knight: if Intercepted as to
the church in which he is. a minister.
and he answers: The Methodist I
Church, " whether asked or unasked,
to prevent misapprehension, he would
Ind 1T necessary to explain, not the
Methodist Episcopal Church, but a !,
religious body calling itself 1.-THE |
Methodist Church. This for the ,
obvious reason that, owing to its age
and magnitude, the Methodist Epis- !
copal Church is popularity known as :
The Methodist Church" 3. It is
not in accordance with the qssus looue,,- =
Ii, and will not be accepted by the i
public as sufficiently defnitive. The .
Jenertc is never adopted as indicative +
If dlferenttG. We never say-the first L
S gold, the second a steel, the third +.
quill pen, and the fourth tie pen-I q
Tor the first is brick, the second y
tone, the third a frame house, and n
he fourth the house-nor vet, this is q q
N oak, that pine, the other palm ~
rec, and this other the tree. The ., a.
anne willcertainly be modified by the. :,
ublics This would have been other y
rise had it been the first Church 4 ],
Iethodistic. 4. It possesses nothing 81 81
commemorative. The prefix Unions -
r " United, ,, would have been both q;
efnitive and commemorative, and at Of
ne same time would have possessed ",
charm for many hearts, And in ad ~
ltlon to all this, it is a cast off m
anne. The Methodist Episcopal r
hurch South put it on, wore it T,
hort time, and then cart it off. We he
Mould dislike "old clothes from
ich a quarter for our darling.
UNITED, PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD OF Sp
STATISTICS UNION ~
-Fhe Synod of the United a
Church net at Edin- %
lrgh on the 18th ult. The Rev. DIR. Ga
acfarlane, minister at Clapham, was Fir
losen Moderator. The report on the
atistics of the denomination showed da,
at the number of congregations at K
ched to the Synod was 592, an in nj,
ease of rs since 1856; that the mem H nh
rship had, within that period. risen co
om 152, 662 to 172, 752; that, exclud- mn
extra congregational givings, the ella
ntributlons per member amounted me
29s. 3D., or including legacies and of
rsonal donations, 30s. 3D.; the con- A
buttons for missionary objects had we,
en- in seven years from 940.OO0 to the
i 900. There were 285 stipends Mo
1ging from EGO to ESQ, while the WOO
ler 300 ran from ESQ to 960O. The the
al number of ministers was $40: ten
lers, 1855; preachers, 1O5; students ate
divinity, 1874; Sunday school teach Re,
), 8,977; scholars, 1851. The de- and
ne in the number of students since PEI
81, when there were POP, occasioned yea
me discussion. Some members at Coz
buted the falling off to the compe- last
ion ofssecular pursuits and the com 7
rative poverty of the ministry; an abb
ler theory was that. the number of attr
ldents reached its eliminating point of
the period of the revival movement. the
d had since declined with the abate- VIII,
mt of religious zeal. After long toll