The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-04-06
Religious News.

Bishop Thomson contributes an ar
ticle to the last Western Christian Advo-
cate, in regard to the West Virginia Con
ference OF the NJ. E. Church.
Quite controversy is going on be-
tween the Presbyterian Witness and
the Union Presbyterian, both weeklies,
published under the auspices of the
United Presbyterian Church, in refer
ence to the doctrine of church commu-
nion, and the new journal contends for
more charity. The spirit of the discu s.
sion wakes warm, and we fear the tenn
pers of the good brethren may be a
little fault betimes.
AT meeting of the Palestine Ex-
ploration Society, held in OK ford, Eng
land, Sir Henry Rawlinson gave it his
opinion that the excavations going on
and contemplated at Jerusalem would
give knowledge of Jewish history,
from the time of Solomon down to the
destruction of the city, more full and
perfect than we have of any period of
Grecian or Roman history. eiIz za7
The Parkersburg Journal thus no.
tees the, arrival of Rev. DIR. Martin,
formerly of Wheeling, in that place:
Rev. DIR. Martin arrived in our city
on Wednesday last, and commenced
his ministry at the Monroe n. E.
Church on Sunday. We thank the con-
ference for the appointment of gem
ueman of his literary ability and elo-
quence.
in Minnesota there are seventy
Congregational Churches, one hundred
Baptist, and about as many Methodist.
Presbyterians and Episcopal Churches
are found at most important points. In
1850 the State had only s. 6,O0Oinhabitants,
now $4,000. At-t 10 leilI
Twenty Protestant missionaries
are laboring in the Argentine Republic.
The first half of the current finan-
cial year of the American Board of For
eign Missions shows receipts of SIT5, ,OOS
from contributions and legacies, the
lstter being S25, ,725, only S4,O76 in ad-
vance of last year for the same time.
The committees of conference ap-
pointed by the two Presbyterian Gem
eral Assemblies, to see if union of the
two bodies can be effected, will report
finally in May. But meanwhile, so
many difficulties arise, and SO many
conditions will be exacted, especially
on the part of the Old School body, that
reunion does not seem likely, at
present
As the fruit of the religious interest
in Charlottesville, Ind, during the
winter, 4T5 persons have already been
received In the different churches OF the
place, and of these, As were students
connected with Washington College.
The Pope is TO contribute 70 the
Paris Exhibition carefully prepared,
fulI-sized model. of section of the Cat
acombs, in which all the details will be
faithfully copied.
A native Sunday School is to be es-
tabIished in Valparaiso, Chilli.
The Missionary Herald estimates
that the war expenditure of our Gov
ernment during four years, would sup
port the operations of the American
Foreign Mission Board for six thousand
years, and would give i've millions a
year, instead of half million, for six
hundred years.
"A letter says: The "Cherokee ma
ttou now numbers Il, GOO to %, 600 peo-
pie. The war drew nearly aIIthe pop-
uIation-multitudes perished in the
trail Of the army. The Churches gath
cred by the American Board were near
ly ruined, their homes desolated. and
their condition is deplorable. There Is
no preaching within seventy miles OF
us.s
There are 265 Baptist Churches in
Massachusetts,. with 81, ,04s members
The churches in Pittsburgh, Pa,
are rejoicing in n powerful revival.
Some Indians OF the Dakota and
oiibyay tribe attended an Episcopal
Church in Washington, recently, and
one of them, who Is an Episcopal dea-
con, appeared in his surplice, and made
an address in English.
IA separate Episcopal Church is pro-
posed for the coIored people, with an
Episopate oftheir own --.z