The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-02-08

/ he regeDerated. and that this regen-
/ Grafton involved the total disuse OF
idols
A third religious society has been
formed@il the Puniaub. It includes
both HindQos and Sikhs. Its cardi-
nal priucfpfe is the rejection of all
material aids to devotion.
The resident Christian clergy have
not been slow to avail themselves of
this movement so favorable for their
purposes. In the Cathedral. OF Bonn
bay, the Rev. Mr.. Kirk has held a
conference with the native reformers.
He urged them to proclaim the wor-
ship Of the one God, and to free
themselves from the prejudlces. OF
caste.
The British Government may be
supposed TO sympathize with this
movement. and has in several IN
stances interfered to protect the re-
/ formers from the native authorities.
But, following its established policy,
it still permits the practice of carry
ing dying persons to the hanks OF the
/ Gauges. and stufhng their mouths
with the sacred mud, and sends de-
tails of policemen to be present at the
ceremony. This complaisance of the
Government to the old superstitions
is very offensive to the more enlight-
ened Hindoos. ls.s I'D 4 aaa.s
AN odd incident occurred at relig-
ious meeting in Pulaski County, not
| long since. After the minister ofici-
ating had finished his sermon, he
opened the'doofs ofthe church, and
| invited sinners-to come forward and
connect themselves with Gods peo-
| pie. Two or three responded to the
| invitation. and among them was
young man who, when asked by whom
| he expected to be saved, replied, By
| the United States" This mixing of
| temporal with spiritual matters did
net strike the reverend gentleman as
! being altogether relevant to the Occa-
sion, and the youth was admonished
to go hence.
ROMAN CATHOLICS IN PENNsYL-
VANIA. to the statistics
recently gathered by the .dignitaries of
the Catholic Church there are now
| two hundred and seventy-fve thou
sand Catholics in this diocese. Two
hundred and thirty-four priests, secu-
| lar and regular, minister to their
wants in hundred and eighty Jix
churches, forty-oLe chapels and at
ninety five stations. There are FIVE
new churches building. The cause
of education seems very we'll attended
to. There are fifty four parochial
schools supported by as many con-
gregations, three colleges and TWEEN
ty two academies and select schools
for young ladies'. There are
seventy-six in the Seminary of Saint
Charles Borromeo, forty in the Pre-
paratory Seminary at Glen Riddle,
and two clerical students at Rome.
The parochial schools are mainly
taught by sis tiers and christian
tr lthers. There are twenty nine of
the latter and four hundred and
eighty of the former; the latter dwell
ing in twenty-five converts. Many of
these sisters are employed in the
academies and select schools, and
others in hospitals, of which (Catho-
lic) there are two-St. Joseph's and
St. Mary's.. There are seventy-nine
beneficial societies in the interest of
the Church, aud fifteen st. Vincent
de Paul societies, whose object is to
succor the poor.
REVEALS of religion are the order
of the day throughout Southern In
diana. By letter received from
Utica, Clark County, we learn that
over fifty persons have been added to
the Methodist Church there, and re,
Gently largeladditions have been made
to the membership OF the Christian
from Vineennes that glorious reVivalsl
/ Ill e al
district.-N. 4. Commercial. 4
BISHOP AMEs IN Texas. The
New Orleans ADVOCATE Of January
18th, has second article descriptive
of the jourLeyings of Bishop Ames
through Texas. We extract as fol-
| lows: st= ao3
On the last day of the Texas Con-
ference, the Bishop preached and or
dained the deacons and elders. The
church was we'll filled, and 10 the con-
gregation were Rev. Messrs. Carter
and Cox, of the Church South. The
| Bishops sermon was glorious expo
sition of the power of the Gospel In
listening to this discourse, we were
surprised at the freshness and fullness
of the Bishops emotions. Notwi,h-
standing the humbleness' of the place,
and that r. nlneteen-twentieths of
| the audience were unlettered,
yet he who wac accustomed to
preach before the learned and the
mighty, preached on this occasion. in
manner mot unworthy of mans
worth and the Masters glory On
the Sabbath following the adjourn
ment of the Conference, the Bishop
preached in Galveston, subject,