The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-03
RELIGIOUS JOTTINGS.
FOREIGN.

ENGLAND.-The AnglO.C Continental Society, at
its late annual meeting in London, Bishop of
Elgin in the chair, developed its policy towards
the Roman Catholic Church, which is TO create
party in that church strong enough to restrict
for the union OF the English and Roman Catholic
Churches. For this purpose they support the
AntiPapal movement in the State Churches of
France, Spain, Italy, and other countries.
GERMANY.-The Sunday School work of Mr..
Woodruff, from New York, progresses finely.
The missionaries of the American Methodists
have also met with remarkable success beyond
the Rhine. They employ twenty-three preachers
in the country OF Luther, and have 3465 COM
lubricants. They have theological school at
Bremen, and are busy collecting money to build
Chapels in Germany. Their work extends to
Sweden and Norway.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN SwITzERLAND.-The
Swiss Government has Just decided that through
out the whole Federation the free exercise of
their religion shall be granted to all Christian
bodies.
Cn1NA.-The Roman Catholics are gaining
strength in China Rev. Mr.. Martin, of Pekin,
writes that the corner stone of a Catholic Cathe-
dral was laid in that city in May last.
DIR, Hopper, missionary of the Old School
Presbyterian Board of Missions, has completed
q Translation of the Shorter Catechism into
Chinese.
The Baptist missionaries in China report
encouraging progress.
DOMESTIC.
BAPTIsT.-The growth of this denomination in
lar Baptist churches there are I2,702; 1867 or
dained ministers, 1,040, 900 members. There are
also Free-Will Baptists, with 1852 ministers
and 56, 1888 members; Campbelhtes with 1900
churches, 300, 600 members and 1000 ministers;
Anti-Mission Baptists, with 1000 churches, 700
ministers, and 10000 members. The Baptists
have % periodicals. the same number of col
leges, and ii theological schools. There is
Bible Society, Publication Board Foreign Mis-
sionary Union, and Home Mission Board, all
prosperous.
The Boston Advertiser says:-"The Baptist
Home Mission Society has organized thousand
churches in the West since it began its labors.
1t has lately appropriated S48, ,2I0 for the South
ern field OF which Sal, 735 has gone to the freed
/ men and $6475 to the whites"
Among the twenty five candidates baptized
in the Strong Place Church, Brooklyn, on Sun
day, the 11th of March, were five sons of Baptist
ministers.
PREsBYTER1AN.-A great revival is in pro-
gress in the Presby terian Churches of Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania.
Professor II. B. Smith, D. D.. of the Union
Theological Seminary, in tins city, has been ap-
pointed to prepare paper for the next meeting
of the Evangelical Alliance in Holland on the
present state of American Christianity.
An appeal is made by number of Prince
ton professors and neghboring clergy for funds
to enable students of theology to labor mis-
sionaries in the Pines and along the sea-coast of
New Jersey during the long summer vacation.
AT Leavenworth, Kansas, a great revival
has been progressing for several months.
HEATHEN AT HoME.-The Springfield Mass }
Republican says:-"Rev. Mr.. Denton, agent OF
\ the Bible Society, has lately explored six wards
of the city OF Worcester, and found that 1858
families out of 4096-nearly one-third-were des-
titute of the Bible, OF these families, 391 re-
W fused either to buy or accept the Bible as gift.
Mr.. Denton found 634 Protestant families in the
M six wards who do not attend public worship.
81 The Boston Recorder gives an account of a
N parish in Maine (name not mentioned) having
a,population of 1900, of whom 1900 do not attend
church."
RELIGION IN CoLLEGEs.-The reports from
Princeton, Yale, Dartmouth, Middleton, Am
herst, Williams, Rochester, Washington, and
Jefferson, and several other colleges and lite
rary institutions, show an extraordinary degree
OF religious interest among the students A
large number of young men profess an entire
change in their feelings and purposes for life.
CoNGREGATIoNAL.-Before the war there was
not a single Congregational Church in the
former slave States. Now Missouri alone has
fifteen churches, and among the cities in other
States which have organized societies are Mem
phs, Knoxville New Orleans Savannah Wash.
inuton and Richnoond Tba nroorass 'of tbis
movement will interest all the American
churches; for every new church IN connection
with the Congregational Church Board is sure to
L be another bond between North and South.
"A letter from Boston speaks OF the zeal with
which the Congregational Churches and pastors
are carrying out the advice OF the late Council
DIR. Kinks church is crowded daily to heal
preaching, and nearly ali the churches are filled
every evening.
GERMAN REFoRMED.-The number of important
churches destitute OF pastors is lamented by the
journals of the denomination. A list of such
churches is given, showing want of thirty
pastors in East Pennsylvania, twenty in Mary
land, and large number in Virginia and North
' Carolina.
The Synod Of the German Reformed Churcl
is to meet in this city April II.
EPIsCoPAL.-The Fifth Episcopal Church il
San Francisco called st. James, has been or
ganized on the tree-seat system, supported b.
voluntary contributions,
LUTHERAN.-Dr. Buffers congregation is abou
to erect splendid Metropolitan Church a
Washington city, in place OF their present con
tracted and overcrowded ediGce. A new Eng
lish congregation of the same denomination ha
| just been started in the same city.
The Lutheran papers complain that thei
young people are torsaking the Church of thei
fathers, because they do not wish to hear Germal
preaching. Hence the effort to multiply Eng
n 1sh churches.
METHoDIsT-As an illustration of the exten
" of the revival influence in this denomination
we nrte that for the last two weeks the Morn
I'll aceste1n Christian AdUOcGte reports over 500
tconversions within the bounds of its circult
tlon. The Plttsburg Advocate gives 2700, an
Christian AdUOoGte 1900 within its bounds; tn
Western AdUOcate over 1900, and Zions Herald 78i