Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-20
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
Church Matters, the Progress Of Re
IIEtOB, Preachers and Church-GOers.

Church Matters, the Progress Of Re
HgIOB, Preachers and Church-GOers.
Rev. G. o. Barnes, of Stanford,
Kentucky, has been elected co-pas-
tor with DR.. Stuart Robinson, of
the Second Presbyterian Church in
Louisville.
A little girl, five years of age, on
being asked what is faith, artIessly
replied: at is doing what God
wants us to do, and asking no ques-
lions about it. This covers the
whole field; perfect trust combined
with implicit confidence.
A correspondent of the Examiner
and ChrOatcle gives some good ad-
vice to preachers. q Get out of the
ruts; do not become slaves of rou-
tine; do things in fresh and lively
way, even at the sacrifice of some
dignity"
The women of the Universalist
denomination in Illinois are pledged
to raise $4,000, with which to erect
a collegiate building for the accom-
mediation of lady students at Gales
burg. They are 10 canvass the whole
State, and follow up with a series of
grand fairs.
In the South among the Quakers,
marrying out of the denomination
is a disciplmable offense, exposing
the offender TO suspension from the
denomination till he repents. At
the North and West this denomina-
ton allows the same liberty of
choice in respect to & companion for
life as other denominations.
In the Baptist Training Seminary
for young ministers, at Stockholm,
Sweden, eleven young men received
instruction last year, of whom two
had already had some experience in
the ministry. The new term for the
present year opened with nineteen,
Of whom eight are new pupils, and
three of them experienced teachers.
The Universalist and Unitarian
Sunday Schools of Portland, Maine,
formed a union a little more than a
year ago. Two Universalist, two
Unitarian, and one Missionary
School are connected with the union,
representing seven hundred and
twenty-three scholars and teachers.
A seminary for training native
preachers amongst the Zulus, in
South Africa, has been opened for
three years. The last year has been
most useful. The number Of pupils
is thirty. At the annual examina-
ton the attainments of the young
men called forth expressions of sur
prise and qualification from the
English visitors present,
Bishop Coke has issued a late pas.
t0ral to the clergy and laity of the
Diocese of Western New York, in
which he admOnishes them in regard
TO Christmas, TO attend the churches
with their children, and adverts to
the warning of the House of Bish
ops against improper amusements
which he wishes should he carefully
avoided.
The URirerSGIiSt for December
5 has an article entitled did Wo
men Preach = in which the writer
"plunges deep" into the history o
the habits and customs of the prim
tive church, and reaches the con
clusiOn that Christianity as institu
ted by Christ, and organized and ad
ministered 10y the apostles, makes
no provision for a female ministry.
The Roman Catholic church a
New York is very active now in mis-
sionary work A mission Just he'll
there in one IF the churches for tiv
weeks has resulted, it is stated, j
the conversion and reception int
the church of fifty persons of OthC
religious faiths. During the col
tinuance of the mission the Euch;
rist was administered to nine thol
sand women and six thousand mel
a correspondent in the Examine
says it has been a common remaT
of thinking men for several year
that the pulpit fails to reach Il
masses, and that learned theOlogiaI
are drifting away from the masse
Less than one-third OF the people
New England attend stately publ
worship, and the proportion of re
ular woTshipers out Of New En-
land is still smaller
At the fiftieth anniversary, says
writer in the american MeSSeHgt
of Bible class in D, New IOI
il was stated that when the class W
organized in 1918, all the membe
were uncOnyerted, and all, twent
two in number, had made a pub
profession Of religion, and all |
one were yet living! This is c.