Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-10-29
RELIGIOUs TOPICS.


Smyrna and vicinity have rented room in
which to hold religious services and have
started Sunday School. The congregation
is under the charge Of Rev. Father Daley
Baltimore Yearly meeting OF Friends
commence its sessions in that city on Mon
day. This is what is known as the clicks
lite branch, though they repudiate the name
and claim to be the original society. In this
yearly meeting there were at the separation
but few ofthose known as "Orthodox," and
they withdrew, leaving the property, sc.
with the majority. This is expected to be
an important meeting, as many subjects Of
interest will come up for discussion. An
earnest effort will probably be made to alter
or amend the discipline in regard to music.
Within the limits of Philadelphia Yearly
meeting, which include this State, the dis
cipline on this subject is unchanged but ii is
practically dead letter. and musical ipstru-
ments in Friends houses are common. With
in the limits of Baltimore Yearly meeting,
however, the discipline has been enforced
and the young people aided by many of the
more progressive older Friends will at this
session make an effort to have it changed.
The Second Convention of the General
Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
in America will be held in Pittsburg, COM
mencins on the 18th of November.
Rev Dr. Boynton, Chaplain Of the
House Of Representatives and pastor Of the
First Congregational Church in Washington,
has withdrawn his resignation, rendered
several weeks since to his Church.
The Norris square, or Ninth United
Presbyterian church, in Philadelphia, re-
Gently dedicated, cost $IS,G00, all Of which
has been paid. except about $30oD The
Rev. James Grove is pastor
The receipts of the Board Omissions If
the Diocese of Pennsylvania from June lst
to August 3lst, 1868, amounted to $S0i 60,
most of which was contributed by the Pro
testant Episcopal churches in Philadelphia.
AT the last stated meeting of the Ameri-
can Bible Society, eight new auxiliarics
were recognized and large number of
books granted, besides $500 to auxiliurics
at the South $5,f40 were appropriated for
printing Arabic Scriptures in Beyrout, for
work in Italy, and for printing M.crovesian
Scriptures at Honolulu.
The North Philadelphia Baptist Associa-
tion is now composed of 23 churches, having
total membership of 4l9l. Baptiscd dur
inc the nast wear .0I died. IA Amonu
these were tlcacons. | missionary. Miss,
Carrie Norris. of lid First Church Phill.
delphia, and ! minister, Rev, j. Newton
Brown, ID. d., of the First Germantown
Church. There were reported 81 ordained
ministers, is of whom are pastors, and :;
licentiates. Five churches are without pas
tors. The Sunday schools number 20, with
400 teachers and 43l5 scholars, and II ,575
volumes in their libraries ~ teachers and
20 scholars were baptiscd during the year.
Since the last report, the net increase of
church members is Is, and of Sunday school
scholars, lol.
All The recent meeting of tb, American
BOARD (Presbyterian1 of 1,ommissioners far
Foreien Missions. the tol,own@ nfiice,s were
elected far The cnsuing year.
| President Mari, Uonlsjns n ~ TT, II
Vie nresident@Hon VIM II Dodge
Prudential Committee-Charles sto1dard
| Nehemiah Adams ID n Augustns {,