Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-11-08

| Congregalionalist, ST 81; Home Expense,
Old School, $40 OF: New School, So 30 /;
Congregationalist, So o..
The bible, complete, has now been
printed in the Tahitian, Samoan, Roroton-
gan. Tongan, Fijian, and Hawaiian dialects
all branches of the Polynesian language.
Portions of the Bible have also been
printed in the Marquesan, New Zealand,
| Gilbert Island, Marshall Island, Ponapeau,
and Strong's Island languages. To accom-.
plish this enterprise has required an
amount of literary and linguistical labor
which can scarcely be appreciated except
| by those who have spent years in acquiring
a foreign language, and additional years
in the work of patient TRANSLATION and re-
vision; yet all this has been done eXcln-
sively by the English and American mis-
| sionaries in the Pacific, besides all their
other labor. A new revised edition has
| Just been printed by the American Bible
Society. 1t is sold as cheap as 50 per copy.
Rev. +. w. Clark hiss spent two years IN
New York reading and correcting The
| proofsheets.
The United Presbyterians are rejoicing
over the prosperity of their work in Oslout,
in Egypt. In this important town the
Copts have split into parties favorlng or
opposing the evangelical faith. Some ma
tive converts started an evening Bible
class, attented by quite number OF the
priests and two Of the Bishops nephews,
themselves priests. The opposition was
great; but the leading members Of the
laity said that it was laudable thing to
study the Scriptures, and should be en-
couraged. Hereupon the Bishop appoint
ed meeting to be held each evening from
two hours before till an hour after sunset,
for the study of the simple Word Of God in
the Yernacular Arabic. This was to be
open to all; and that the Protestsnts
agreed to give up their meeting on condi-
ton that no other book should be read ex-
cept the simple Bible-a condition that
was agreed TO by all. The meeting was
kept up until they came TO the study OF
PauPs Epistles to the Romans, which were
found to be so evidently a Protestant
treatise that they broke the compact, and
now the two parties meet separately.
There are frequent inquiries both in pri-
vate and public concerning negotiations
looking to uuionsof the Methodists and
Episcopaiians. Last spring, during the
HeSSlOuB Vi lLS ONEuGidI ANdtAOhoA W. -
Conference at Chicago, communication
was received by that body from nine Epis-
copal Ministers of Newark, N. j., express
sing desire to obtain an acknowledge
ment of the importance of the union of the
two denominations and proposing the ap.
pointment Of Commissioners by both de-
nominations to hold meetings in the inter
ests of such union, and discuss questions
relating TO it. They asked for a commits
sion Of bishops and clergy on behalf of the
Methodist General Convention to meet
similar commission to be solicited from the
Episcopal General Convention. These
nine Clergymen are the sole responsible
movers in this matter, each acting
solely on his own account. The
Methodist Conferences treated the prOpo-
sition with due respect, and appointed q
committee of correspondence on church
union 10 reply TO all letters addressed TO
the Geaeral Conference, on the subject and
10 correspond further on it as they may
deem expedient The door was thus opened
bv the Methodist National Conference for
correspondence on the subject Of the union
of the Methodiss and Episcopalians and
here the matter rests Organic union and
identification. That Of Baptists and Qua
kers would be as easily attained. But it
requires an extraordinary stretch Of liber-
alily on the part of American Episcopa-
liaus to recognize their Methodist brothers
a. !sying valid ministry and g nine
christian ordinaucy, and thus open IT,. way
for an interchange of pulpits and public
religious services Such measure would
undoubtedly be attended with great bene
fits TO both those denominations and to all
christiaudom The nine Newark memo
rialsls do not mention any thing specific
as practicable point towards which 10
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