The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-08

American Churchea in FsrclGa Countries.
To exhaust this subject we should have TO
travel in imagination over the whole wide Aeid
Of American missionary enterprise, wherever
Bibles and New England rum have been sent
We should also have to write curious chap
ter about the experiences Of Mormon elders
and the influence Of Joe Smiths Book OF
Mormon in the mining districts and manufac-
turing towns Of Great Britain and q Northen
Europe. Nor would 1t be right 70 omit a
account Of the missions established or partly
sustained by American Baptists In France, In
Germany and Sweden. But we can only men,
ton, In regard to The last named missions, that
although the one established thirty years ago
in France has met with such seriousioppositi
particularly under the ministry o. the Protest
ant Guisot, that II counts only membership
Of Eve hundred out Of population Of thirty
seven Millions yet it il an interesting fact that
the heroic persistency Of few obscure Bap-
lists in the Department dc PAisne In claiming
"the right Of meeting" was proximats cause
Of the French Revolution of ls48 In Sweden
the number Of Baptist churches modelled on
the American pattern, or ut least on the copy
Of what American Baptists consider the form
ported to be at the end Of 1855 one hundred
and eighty-three, and their membership at
present reaches nearly eight thousand In
Germany the number Of these churches ID less,
being only eighty-seven, but the membership
has risen to full sixteen thousand. The church
in Berlin has seven hundred and seven mem..
bers, more than one-hak Of whom however.
live out Of town. Much interest has been taken
in America in the historyof this particular
church, and the late United States Minister to
Prussia, Mr.. Wright, was. perhaps, induced BY
what he knew Of its growing influence to carry
ont, all tho more earnestly his project Of
building q Methodist church In Berlin.
A main, object which Mr.. Wright
had in view was TO supply the increasing
colony Of American sejoarners In the Prsssian
capital With opportunities Of meeting every
Sabbath to join in religious services conducted
in what the late Mn Marcy used to call " the
American language The preachers of diff
ferent American denominations who might
chance to DO In Berlin were 70 be invited TO
preach, and all offensive UNCONVENTIONAL pecu-
liarities were to be ellmiaated, so that mem
bers Of different sscs could meet harmoniously
on the grounds ola common faith. II appears,
however, from the letter Of our Berlin cor
respondent, whih we pnblish to-day, ~ we'll
a. from previous letter, that since the death
Of Mr.. Wright tie project Of . Union" church
has not been. much more successful In Berlin
than similar project has proved al Paris In
the latter metropolis the Episcopalians have
deemed 1t necessary 70 erecsa second American
church, In which Only their own clergymen arc
invited 70 ohiciats. Both In Paris and in
Berlin the comparatively few American Pro-
testants who feel sunciensly interested 70
attend the religious services provided for them
| seem 10 have lost none OF the tenacity with
which they adhere to their respective denomi-
national differences. The number Of American
residents abroad is large enough 70 justify
them and their friends 10 erecting in most Of
the principal European cities suitable temple
where the members Of different American sects
might meet TO worship God. But we question
whether II would be advisable 70 have each
and oil Of these innumerable sects specially
represented in Europe, even II IL were pracsl-
cable. The bewildering variety Of American
religious denominations would certainly pcr-
pick more than II would edify the innabl'an.
OF pagan countries, and could only seem
i amusing 70 the philosophical and sad 70 tho