New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-28
RELIGIOUS
TIE YEAR-A RETROSPECT.
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From The Congregroaalst
The year now drawing to a close leaves an
interesting religious record IN our 2"n So1! ''' az, ~
year since 1853 In the Congregational churches OF Mas
sachusetts the increase was more than double tho ht
,s and Tia same aupcars 10 have been the IN tho
West and on tho Pacuc The Mcthouials nave deFtocu
an uuexampled energy In their great centenary cohtn
button which has reached $4,000 Win q conferences
stu 10 hear froIu. Among the old School frcsh teHhH
zeal has been Hnded ~ tne cause on il,s u ~,
rs young men have gone 10 preach Inc Iuslcl 10 VIC
beStheu Presbytey % nearly 80 churches and 1000
commandments has also been established among The retd
men. The movement iut the rruo oi tnS III a 80, 'U
school Assemblies, which had seemed or douDuul issue
has suddenly taken new FORM promising 70 tcsut ln
fusion az nearly an the denominations having The Pres
byteiau polty The Bapt-ts have been eiareng tbelr
Home Missionary contributions for several yeah. ai an
average rate OF over $4,000 year Iney Ihyy hu.
tanned nearly 30 preachers 81 ,ioItign 1rla, w
narles for colOrcd students AT Augusta, Ca, 40
Richmond, and at Washington. They maintain % minis
copnl.ans have founded Theological seminary near
Harvard University. Iweuty-elEht bishops nave pm.
ROmaust. are making strenuous forts among The blacks
at the South deyotng hundreds Of thousands Of dollars
10 merely preliminary operations. The Nnrm0.s hAy.
seu 'nc NJ Sal, 40 Citv and orr
National Government s deays 20 mako safe for The
pastor OF the church 90 return Tho Frcc Etlgonts'
held meeting I'm Boston last May ard organized them
OF o. g. Froihnghnm 81 New-lorh Tho Amer
$4,000 more than Tic preceding year; added -
To the number ~ it, missionaries, 81 70 mat OF
e ous ard $500 90 is host ~ sunday School
children: organized churches aud brought 90 con
alton az selfsupport The American Missionary Asso-
citation has mot with enthusiastic welcome among the
toot.le Probably no benevolent society has ever cL
peHenCed rapid enlargement Of ~ Tes"urcc- III
s last year It appropriated over fi2io, ana sustained
EeO souarics aud teacher Of whom s27laboled among
the freedmen Three companies OF ni-sohaHc' ~ mo
American Board sailed IN August for India and china
and fourth IN October The Board j. entering With
noble upon greatly enlarged enterprise for the con
Ent among all the eGor Of the churches dunng the past
year none IA more significant or fundamental than that
endeavor to develop the whole force Of The churches 10
systematic and combined abor- IN behalf OF M souls In
Massachusetts this Work is drady ahu souJ az Ihhe
ing In Connecticut, state conference mas lusl beeh
organized. aud Will greatly further the tnott new
tan Associations ia cities and large tOwns Early In the
year, more than 80 Chrstan Conventions OF tho leading
Evangelical denolnaOne were nero IN M9ssachusett1
Outdoor preaching has been pIactced win success IN
Lowell, Brooklyn, aud other places. On the whole, IN
religious matters this has Deen good year Tor America
Turning 70 look abroad matters OF varied Interest
meet our eye Prussia has been rapidly orgauiz-
ing and securing the fruts OF heF great victory which
bad unexpectedly shattered the last cornerstone
OF the PapM throne. Tho gathering az Rome undonbt
edy brought together great names and bad aceompan
uents OF ceremony but u was more remn-ceuco
than reality. England, has had her little all the
world" In conclaye, aud gathered her Pan Anglican,
true Komish style, within barred doors The result
words oxford sanga "song OF degrees" to tho lord
bishops from over tho sea. preached and
eaten; but great questions we're stunned and ell
ferehtly assembly graced the commercial capital of Ho
land. Our American Chrisiendom was well represented
ia this truly Evangelical Alliance.
MISCELLANEOUS
Henry Ward Beechers London publishers
persist IN calling him ID. d."
DR.. Charles Jcwctt, the veteran temperance
lecturer Is laborns In Pennsylyana with marked
The Central Church Sunday School of Brook
Ign has presented tho Rev j. French set OF tho
Encyclopedia Britannica"
Presbyterian churches have Eaen established
IN all the towns wth bnt one exception situated on tho
Missouri River, between Iowa and Nebraska.
The RancherO thinks that the sO-called Cath
Ollie Church Of Mexico is abortion OF Catholicism, aud
that 30 abandoned hcenous, aud rotten Priesthood is
to DO found nowhere else.
Five thousand dollars is needed to purchase
heating apparatus for the Mount HulyoRe seminary,
Mass; 1890 OF this sum was secured by tho young
women during their last vacation
The Rev. Alfred Young of the Paulist Fathers
under the auspices Of the Bloomnedaie Cahoo Assoc
ton, his subject being, 4" How aud why became \
Catholic"
The Tablet ia glad to learn that one of It's
posing that the Deaf and Drmb Asylum In Montreal s
the only Catholic one in North America Ono in etis-
tenCe In Buffalo, founded, many other Institutions OF
charity have been within few years, BY the Late Bishop
TmOu.
The New York correspondent Of The L0pis-
y'ie Democrat says thatat the tral Of the Rev. WIN Tying,
jr the 10th Of January next al st. Peters Church on
Twentethst, Iaany wchurch bishops will attend with
view 70 aiding him In his defense II IL the opinion ~
humber OF people that tho Court viii find him guilty
and that the Bishop will administer admonltlon.
The new synagogue OF the Reformed Jews
on Ffthaye aud Fortyhird.st, is approaching compile.
ton II In the Moorish style OF architecture proiscy
decorated with elaborated traceres aDd carved WORK In
graceful and elegant designs. The sid6 aud rear walls
arc OF NswJereey sandstone the front Flitaye Of
DOrchesteI ana ONO sandstOnes, aud presenting rich
erect Win groups OF pillars, aTched openings ana eabo-
ratoy carved coInees From either corner Of front
rises al open berry eurmounted by spire and between
them springs an open gallery, protected with graceful
balustrade Wlthh The building IL divided into nave
two alslCs ana ransept The large pillars the
roof OF Dorchester stone, tho smaller ones Of poecd
Peterhead granite. Above each eide aisle and under the
roof Is an open gallery novelty in American mchltec-
ture though not uncommon In the older therols of
Europe At the front end Of tho church ia Choir gal
ery intended TO contain organ the largest with ihe
exception Of that In the Boston Music Han In America
The body OF the building il 10 be fitted with peWs of
oak The dimensions Of the building are, length 1874
feet; breadth, ~ feet and hight Of main building
t6 feet 1t Will DE observed that the general
Of tins building differs essentially from that OF the gene
Tay Of Jewish nagOgues, M the form Of worship OF
the Reformed sect n unlike that OF The ancient Hebrews
In the ancient church organ or choir are employed:
the floor Of the synagogue Is unprOyded with seats and
"A readingd occupies the center. In the reformed
church the form o. worship much nearly resembles
that Of PrOtest3ut CLurclea