The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-04-13

course iotrpF Feparahq ion in Franc pnder
tli9IApspieeS Of men hom NJ. LRetian-
teGTatIp 10 the Ip Blle.; The, hopks
ZOE Genesis RuthST lisa aiah y EccIa6IaS9es,,
Matthew and Romans are italrRadYI
G6mPIeted.R d9SU.dEJ s.
!ae8 There are s65 Sunday s1ehoSeis La
Nf651w York dity. Protestant, 5i2; Rbn1an
!EathdlIg Jewhh, / Az H,N63, HPrGfs ssthnt
scholars, Il, ,45O: Catholic, &C., IS, ,s75.
-ReVYnK oEcntt JofthS Colonization
Society, reports 15, 500 American LibeS
riaus in that Republic, and as many
more Blacks from the adjAUeat6ohntry.
There are 200 now waiting to be sent
out from this country.
.a4Ths aui6nit contributed TO foreign
missions last gear, blythe Presbyterian,
and Congregational Churches of this
country was SS1S, ,S64 &C, not including
the missionary ship. coptributiouRyS z
10 10 ~ - There has been great excitement
among the .JeWs at Bombay, from the
fact that their telig gi6 66k 1ealeF has 5pro5
claimed that II is useless Longer, Ia look
for the Messiah, and that the trns Mes
slah is Jesus Christ. rtnirf iis "a ftoij
mi Boatton : of Concord /, N. a.,
preached his, 42d anniversary sermon;
sMaroh "a, and now his lofticiaIf
connection Withu4hanchuTeh.' aDuFing
his ministry he has preached ,l76 SER
mons; 624 have been,add to his church
by profession, and 14S by letter, making
i 'aatotallof772 a qsilIaiaiE2d z A
z a314!f6eS TEiennial Convention. .of the
Congregational Churches of the North
west hold ,itsimeeting this year at
Chicago, on the 16Eh-1Sth ofthis month.
;At this meeting i've, of the students of
4 the Chicago. ThebI I6gfca1 Seminary are
Itoe oeheuordainedlfo for the worksofid foreign
missiOns3i ,ti-sS SiosI ,5ati-i .ssitsttrrsVi =
Aq-of 4, population Of 200. 600 in cipcin-'
natl; about 2, 600 attend evangelical
churches. There ara eighteen denom-
4inalousl and places Of worship. At
twelve OF these churches the preaching
is5iu Gernlan.il Thereaaretfo four bolOred
churches. -bdsi> Id gdHi1 .iur - iii7g al
yt7-It has been generally supposed that
the cedars of Lebanon, so famous and
plentiful In SoIomoii's time, had most
", Y,disappeared.-B several extensive
groves have been lately discovered in
these nounteip wilds;by Rev. Mr.. Jes-
sup, missionary E$&oftheAmerican Board.
A single grove in Southern Lebanon
contained Il, 600 trees. -
Tie; Canadian Almanac for 1857
furnishes the following figures, giving
the number of sclergymen In Canada
connected with the various denomina-
tions: Methodists,p 1908; Roman Cath
Ollie, sos; Church of England, 400; Pres
bytefians, AS; Baptists, 230; all others.
249. fs1Iysn -3aaIs9@aU9 FaYf5 :
s&Rey.R.sB.a Handy, the we'll known
musical composer, author of g Darling
Nellie Gray" and d!many other popular
melodies, diediin Chicago, a few davs
since; and his remains,w were brought 10
Ohio fer internaentEE He was administer
inthe tMethodi istl CPr6testanD Church,
although less distinguished asa preach
or than as p q musician, Il friIagfq
/, "A writer in the Boston Recorder adj
Evocates; from his own experience, the
EPlan et supp oftip & ministers BY free
will offerings from the congregations
every Sabbath: His present Church
gives three times as much d year as it
did under the old plan of pew rents,
subscriptions, dunning, and7h0me and
missionary aid. We incline TO the
same opinion, ii Not one minister ten
is Sufficiently i.spppofted toimake. him
free and comfortable, and to elevate
Thin above the em mbarrasSmentS Of Sec
ond-rate clerks. No wonder that men
tsof culture and genius are slow to enlist
in the sacred calling. AIE
The Wqteiulqi., an Episcopal Metho-
dist ,peWspaper,p ,ppblishedfl, I in New, York
by Rev. C.tR. .Deems;s D. d. has been
fdlsc6 6utinued, owing to its t1fsloyat sen-
I,timents, and the editor has been offered
professorship In California, at salars
lryrof g, 500. he says he, is in the
hands ofthe Bishops, and will be SUBJ
ject ton their direction.i rHe is a fine
scholar, an able preacher, and endowed
with unusual social powers, and would
ben power IN any g institution lon Of learn
Ing, : s5iB lahs.4.fg = asiii4a SEA Z
The New York Independent, In a
late issue sdyssT The real religious
papers OF the last general lon were the,
LiberatoTS and. Ihe 4gsti: :tSlageEU STAN
,6dTfs The Boston Recorder doesn't.
believe it. The I,ldepe pendeIit must. say
something, else, or The dominies may
tthinhoit IteS--under mtstakesa7d
:, STATISTICS. .44Fh6 following are the
latest statistics of the oidiand New.
ESehool Presby ytsrian Church: ~ 60 : :
EgEl IS. 81 Old School: New School;
ntSters.....:s - SS ,oi,5.gs ~
Sa0th.school scholars. l8l ,S74 Ll27S9
a6nsLl SssI55
Foreign Missions. S442 Sl12I298
Weekly periodlcaE5.,!... II II
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