The New York herald., 1868-05-03
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
THO Aum1veruaf1e1bs
SUNDAY, MAY 8.

RELIGIOUS MTELLIGENCE.
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f The Anniversaries
SUNDAY, MAY g.
PRnsBYrERIAN BOARD OF FOREIGN Missions
Sermon by Rev. John Hall, D. D., at Fifth avenue
Presbyterian church, corner Of Nineteenth street. at
halfpast seven p. NJ.
TUESDAY, MAY s.
NEW YORK SUNDAY SCHOOL MISSIONARY UNION
Annual meeting In the Northwest Reformed Dutch
church, Twenty-third street. between sixth and
Seventh avenues. Tuesday, May S, at halfpast two
md halfpast seven P. NJ Rev. Drs. Hall, Duryea
and Ganse win speak.
Progress Of Religion in the United States.
intelligence continues to reach us Of the spread OF
the religious interest throughout the country. Since
our last report seventy more churches have been
beard from, which have received to Their communion
224O converts Since the beginning Of the year. only
some four months, we have recorded revivals in
nearly o thousand churches to which there have
Oeen ADDED on profession Of faith 16, 6,4l0 members.
OF the seventy churches which report accessons the
past week twenty. three are Presbyterian and the
number OF converts received by them fs nearly 900.
the the FIRST church, Kensington, PhiladelPhia has
Sunday, the 10th nst 10l were received to the men,
eershp OF the church. The remarkable religious In
IN adding to the First Presbyterian church ITO and
70 the Second 122 converts
"A r6ugl0uS interest mas been preValung IN some OF
fhe churches of Washington, and since the week Of
prayer the Sixth Presbyterian church has received
shrty the Fourth nineteen and the First nine con-
verts. In the State street church, Albany, twenty
ex have lately made public profession OF their faith
At South Bend, Ind, sixty -four converts have joined
the Presbyterian church. Twenty have been received
since January by the North church, st. Louis, and
sixteen by the Central church, San Francisco.
TO twenty-one Congregational churches e2o con-
verts have lately been added On the 5th ut. forty
persons united in profession Of faith. Fortysix
Joined the Fifth church, Plymouth Mass on the 9th
ulk
In twenty-five Baptist churches 724 converts have
Deen recently baptized. The Examiner says OF the
&OOd work IN TINS clty:-"A widespread religious In
little extra aid mas been called In. A few churches
nave had professed revivalsts to help them But the
pastor and the people have done the labor. Since
Mr. Earle left the Tabernacle church meetings have
waning, has actually increased About iSo have been
converted and seventynve have been baptized in this
, The REFORMED Messenger gives an account Of the
number confirmed at the late Easter communion, In
nineteen German Reformed churches. At hve
Armation; hfne other churches of Pennsylvania re-
eeived 25s three in Baltimore, fftytwO; two Ohio,
a9O were confirmed In these nineteen churches
miller ,Miiiiersourg Sonora and Tuscarawas, Ohio have
lately received to their communion 1914 converts.
Roman Catholic revival, or mission, has occurred
VI Norwich, Conn. The church was thrOnged for
three weeks, The confessional was crowded day and
evening, and the results were:-"fhree thousand
nve hundred cOmmuniOns, hundreds of strayed
sheep brought back to the fold, the establishment of
Angelic Warfare, and many other heavenly gracesn
The Prospect Of Presbyterian Reunion.
The Observer (Old School Presbyterian regards
some signs in the eccesastic horizon as not hope.
1u 1t Is earnestly desrous that the reunion of the
various branches Of the Presbyterian Church should
be contaminated at an early day. The Rev. DR.. R.
Patterson hQ iu0u pffoI
the divines Of the New School in the West has taken
strong grounds against reunion, and has published
ms views. Another bad sign is that the Brooklyn
Of its commissioners to the Assembly q dis
ungoisned clergyman who has taken public and
Secided ground against re-union-Rev. DR.. Spear.
6e holds that the dOctrinal differences between the
divines Of the New and the Old School are SO wide
ana distinctly pronounced, that union in peace Is inn.
SON and the facts Of Dr. spear the observer takes the
following propositions to be true:-
That uniformity Of opinion is impossible In a
Intelligent, reasoning men are members.
!. 2: II all the Calvanstic branches of the Presby.
serian family In the United States now merged
INTO one ecclesiastical body there would be in that
body az substantial and close and sincere unity OF
ah and practice as In any other church. Protestant
Every church now in the world has Its old school
and Its new school; Il is the law OF the human
Tn mna: IL e. Is & t6e rule IN the State as well as the
md do, at times, diverge so far that division or
reformation is inevitable. But in the Presbyterian
Family Of the United States at this time there is such
Substantial accord as to justify, and therefore to
command. organic union. 1t requires mutual con-
SrSsy anS Hs oys spiritual e and
With the Masters spirit the disciples will come
together.
Religion and Innocent Amusements.
The Chicago tribune animadverts upon q speech
delivered by leading city divine at meeting of the
Sriot,ds NJ tha YounO Nen,s rhriafau In