The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-09-24
RELIGIOUS ~ NrELLIGENcE.

RELIGIOUS IN STELLIGEkCE.
DOMESTIC.
| YoUSa MEN.-The Young Mems
| Christian Association OF Chicago has
inaugurated its new and splendid
rooms, and founded n -brary, TO which
&, 900 was contributed, and George Ar
lnour added 81 600 a year forthe next
| five years. The young men are visit
| ing the saloons and dens of finiquity in
that city TO save the youth now going
to ruin.
PRESBYTERIAN. - Governor Geary
ard wife united with the First Church
| of Harrisburg, September l, wheu
their four children were baptized.
The centennial of the Salem Wash,
iugton county, Church was celebrated
recently with much solemnity.
"A new Presbyterian Church has
been organized ut woOdside. N. j., aud
II chapel is to be built ut once.
Rev. DR.. Thomson's Church. for
merly in Grand street, dedicated
their new editiCe in Thirty fourth street,
on Sunday, I'D inst. ....
EPIsCoPAL.-St. Georges Church,
Stuyvesant Square, is to be opened not
later than October l. .-...
The Bishop of Colorado has esIab-
lished II church ut Salt Lake City, aud
RlNtD IOllEt u AcAAE Nhat
they will not be driven oil.
MErHoDIsr.-In New Hampshire
there are three districts, each with IA
Presiding Elder. Church members,
IL, SOB; pTobationers, ,727; total, l2,62O.
There are l2S preachers on the Cuniet-
enCe.
7 The American Seaman's Friend So
cipty has =, ,2lO sailor missionaries atioat,
each OF which is supplied with reiig-
iou4 library of about 500 volumes each
or over 100000 volumes in all. More
than 800 conversions are reported as
the fruit OF this labor.
Tho week uf prayer, August II, 1867,
recommended by the Southern Bishops,
was generally observed at the South by
the Methodist Churches.
CONGRE0ATIoNAL.- Churches OF
Nermuut, oil this body, report an unu-
sunl degree of religious prosperity the
past year. over 1000 have been added
10 the membership. The small Church
es have been most active and prosper
Gus.
The Church at West Brooktield,
Mass, will celebrate its one hundred
aud fiftieth anniversary, October 10.
MoRAVIAS.-The missionary stations
of this Church number Ss, with 301
preaching places, 81 missionaries, ,O52
native .assistunts, 2SS schools, with ii,
756 pupils. Expenses, SllS,072 re-
ceipts, 500, ,2s0. .a
REFORMED DUTCH.-The Church at
Priucetown, near Schenectady. n. y,
reports remar knble religious interest
the past summer, resulting i'll the ac-
cession Of seventy-eight persons TO the
Church.
The Kinderhook Church, one Of the
oldest and strongest in the denomina-
l 81 IN NGnFl nntrh
| .from lis title.
Rev. Mr.. Van GiesOn has been
called from Greenpoiut, L. l., TO the
First Church OF Poqghkeepsie.
-Rev. w. W. Hicks has been in
stalled pastor of Lee Ayeune Reformed
IDulch Church. . ...
UNITARIAN.-Rev. Samuel Longiel-
| low hns commenced as pastor of the
| Twenty Gig hth Congregational Society
or Boston, "A remnant Of Theodore Par
ker's old congregations uHi4 LHa.
REV. DIR. Stebbius has commenced
religious services in the theatre at San
Francisco, TO immense audiences. ID
ROMAN CATHoLIC.-TLen new mouas
try at Dubuque is to be of stone, and
will be equal to whole city block oI
buildings, with wall forty feet high.
+. The diocese of Hartfort, Conn, has
an estimated Roman Catholic popula'
tiOn OF l25, 900. This diocese comprises
the States OF Connecticut and Rhode
Island.
MIsCELLANEoUs.-T Pres.
tbyterians and the Cumberland Presby'
i terians have lnteiy met by committees
with view TO union, aud with favor
able prospects,. -H
-Rey. Mr.. Irwin, of Troy, has been
Obliged to deny the publiG statements
Ii h IN "a
cations from all quarters sent to hin
for aid. sa..
The Evangelical Alliance at Am
sterdam resolved to hold the mex
General Conference In the City of New
! York. sr.ual
-Ths tenth anniversary of the Fnl
ton Street Prayer Meeting, on Monday
23d inst. at the church corner Of Fulton
and William streets, is expected to bt
I an occasion of great interest.
Rev. DR.. McCosh. during the ses.
sions OF the Amsterdam Evangelical
Alliance. preached In what is known as
The Secession Church of Holland
which has dome out from the STATE
Church, aud set up for themselves, like
the Scotch PresbyteTians. They pam
ber 300 congregations, 2lu ministers
and SO, 900 membeTs.
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THE "BoULEYARD PAVEMEST."-The
Cinciunatians are putting to the tesl
what is ca led tire Boulevard pavement
in order 10 compare It's uisrits with
tuuse OF The NicOlsOn. The new pave
ment Is made of three EubstanGss-Hs'
phaltum, oxide of iron and ashes, the
latter substances being obtained at ths
Iron furnaces. 1t is claimed that this
pavement will not crack or break un'
der the stoutest blows, bat thai 1t can
be cut into sheets or blocks and re
moved, and afterwards Fepiacea and
cenented as firmly as before. When
! finished 1t has a smooth, sanded sur
face, of hard and durable character
It is put down in small SECTIONS and
hardened for travel in twenty-fouI
hours, The cost is said to be two dol.
\ lars per square yard for street pave
lnient, while for sidewalks ii Oan be put
down at from seyenty-ive cents to one
dollar per square yard.
WIFE and were looking at some pic
lures in which little naked angels wert
quite conspicuous. She called the at
tention of our wee daughter TO them
and remsrked: