The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-12
SUMMARY or RELIGIOUS NEWS.
METHODlST.

90 DR.. Pusey'5 letter to the Wesleyan Confer
upon by the British press. DR.. P1sey " proposes
two alternatives by which the advantages of
Oxford and Cambridge may be secured to Me-
tbodists and other dissenters. l. Subscription
to the Nicene Creed IN place of the Thirty-nne
Articles of the Church of England. g. The
formation OF new COLLEGES out of the surplus
funds of the DID, which shall be open to dissent
ers. The Conference, alter some discussion,
decided TO take no action in the matter.
Late news from the Methodist missions in
India states that within two weeks in the month
OF December nearly hundred persons made
pubic profession OF Christianity. Nearly all of
them came in by families. Many were persons
of high caste; and what was more significant,
several OF them were women, and mothers of
families.
The Missionary Adrooa,e SAYS that the re-
turns of the Annual Conferences which have
reported since January l, 1868, indicate an
increase OF missionary contributions of about
thirteen per cent. over those of last year, but
that an Increase must be attained Of twenty-five
per ceLt. in order to reach the amount of two
A State Methodist Convention for Massa.
chusetts is announced IN ZiOa's Herald to be
held In Grace church, Boston. some time in the
latter part OF October. The Convention will
occupy two days, and the programme, SO iar as
published, is attractive.
EPISCOPAL.
The "Confraternity Of the Blessed Sacra-
ment," a branch of which has been established
| in America, has just issued "Manual'iu Eng.
| land for the use of its members. 1t bears this
! mprnt:-"London: Privately printed tor the
! Conraternity, by Joseph Masters" 1t reveals
some OF the inner workings Of this really Popish
! society," The objects of the society are said 10
! be twO.fold-1. The honor due to the person of
! our Lord Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament
OF His holy body and blood. 2. Mutual and
| special intercession at the time Of and in union
with the Eucharistic sacrifice. Members are
Recommended" at every celebration to perform
one or more of the following aCts:-Faith, ado
ration, spiritual communion, OF thanksgiving,
! OF repentance OF interCeSsion. Under the Act
! of Alteration, we have the following prayer and
| litany: IL adore thee, o Lord my God! Yelled
! under these poor earthly elements, and pros
trate before thy Divine Majesty, | desire TO
honor thee with all the devotion of which am
capable and that | may better honor thee, l
unite myself with all thy saints and angels in
| their more perfect alteration" In the act of
! JntercessioD, we ind the very language OF the
Romish priest, without any attempt to disguise
or change il. 40 Almighty Father !" the priest
is made to say, 81 offer to thee this perpetua'iug
sacrlhce;' and then occurs this address;-"Jesus
the LamO without spot, who, once sacrificed,
| art continually offered, yet art alive iOreVe
more; who art continually consumed, AMI yet
| Temaiueth peTfect.p
1t seems impossible TO conceive Of such a
society existing in the very bosom OF the Re-
! formed Church Of England MebOdisi.
The report of the Episcopal Convention of
| Vermont shows 80 parishes in that State, en-
| braclng 1868 families, and 1851 cOmmuuiCau IS
The total OF benevolent contributions last year
| was S5254
"A convention of the Episcopal Church of
| the state OF Missouri met recently, and elected
the Rev. CHARLES e. Robertson, OF Malone, New
| Yolk, Bishop for the diocese of Missouri.
ST. Pbdip'S Obtrcb.-The Rev. William Percy
| Brown entered on his duties last Sunday as the
successor of the Rev. G. d, Cooper, in the rec
! tOIsbip Of St. Philips Church. Mr.. Brown
graouatedsEith distinction at Kenyon College,
III Ohio, hi 1864; and in 1866 he peted MS
theological course in the Philadelphia Divinity
School. For the last two years he has been
mlnisterine most acceptably in New York city.
DlUtRuy aOoL-The opening exercises OF the
seventh year OF the DiVinity School OF the Pro
testant Episcopal Church, will take place, D. ",
on Thursday next, at P. NJ. i'll the Church OF
the Saviour, Thirty.eighth street, near Chesnut.
An address will be delivered by the Rev. DR..
Cl0Xlop, Dean of the Faculty.
HtsslOn HOUse. This institution, on Lancaster
avenue, below ThntyslXth street, has been
reopeped with about twenty young men, pre-
pairing TO serve ia the foreign missionary field.
BAPTIST.
The Bapiists of Missouri are henceforth TO
cooperate in one State organization and com
bne in support OF the one paper Since the
war closed, those who preferred to cooperate
with the Noltberq societies, and those who have
chosen 10 work with the Southern Convention
have had separate organizations, and the
churches generally have been divided on the
same question. This is to be no LONGER. The
MISSOURI B0BHa journal, published in Palmyra,
ana the Baptist Record published in st. Louis,
are to be combined in one paper, to be called
the CearGl Baptist to be issued from st. Louis,
under the joint edtorship OF brethren Luthe
4nd Fox assisted by brethren Kendrick anC
j. NJ @. Breaker.
The Obrfstion Instructor says:-"The FRS
Baptist Church in this city have taken steps, We
learn, to dispense with a choir, and return Z
simple general congregational singing in III
/ worship of God. Some others OF the largest ant