Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-11-29

Jews ameng the clergy of the Church
England, aud fifty among the. dissenti
clergy in that country, and that none
them is inclined TO ritualism or ration'
ism.
A late English Missionary to Ind
baptised $500 converts, induced the nativ
to destroy fifty-four idolatrous temple
aided 10 building sixty-lour Christie
churches, and saw thirteen Of his natl
converts ordained.
A correspondent of the Nashville Chr
tiGn Advocate says there is an increasing d
sire in the Southern branch of the Met
odist Church to do away with the office
kresiding Elder, and have Bishop Il
every Conference.
Rev. S. Mention, prominent CLERGY
man of the Church of England, announces
that he rejects the doctrine of the eterns
punishment Of the wicked, and accepts /
place of it the theory of the Destruction
lists, that the wicked are annihilated s
death.
Bishop Clark, having completed hi
episcopal tour for 1868, reports GROWN
strength and consolidation in the South
ern work of the Northern Methods
| Chuch. Eight Conferences return a mem
bsrship of 1O2, 1893, a gain of SS,Ol3 owe
1867.
In sermon before the General Conven
ton Of Universalists, Rev. Mr.. SAKE, o
Providence, Z. l., recently Rev. Mr.. SAKE
of N. Y, expressed the opinion that tn
Uniyersalist denomination would be bene
fitted by diminishing its quantity auC
improving its quality"
Rev. DIR. w. A. P. Martin, Missionary
of the Presbyterian Board and Professor o
the New University, established by the
Chinese Emperor in Pekin, has just reached
Philadelphia, having come by way of Cal
ifornia, and he proposes to return through
Russia and Siberia.
The Rev. Rufus Ellis makes this expla.
nation of his withdrawal from the Unita.
rian Conference: 81 cannot consent to apol
ogize, even as often as once in two years
for being believer in Christ, and | cannot
deal with Christianity as would with any
mere dogma or form, by leaving it out Of
the covenant as a non-essentisl."
The Rev. Mr.. Dodington, an English
curate, recently refused TO marry youn &
woman because she had no christian
name" that is, she had not been baptized.
She was put under a course of three months
instruction preparatory to baptism and
marriage. Rev. Mr.. Smith, Congrega-
tionalist, appealed to the Bishop of Sails
bury in her behalf but the Bishop de-
clined to interfere.
DR.. Fullers church in Baltimore, Nd,
is making an important movement. 1t is
to part harmoniously, and henceforth to be
two bands int rested in one. Lots have
been presented for a new house on EutaW
square, the most fashionable part of the
city. The same gentleman who presented
the lots also gave $4,000 towards the new
church. The new house will cost about
$1,000
The Baptists of Indiana have nearly AIS
churches and about 300 ministers, 10 %
districts, associations, with an aggregate of
nearly $4,000 members. Not more than
one fourth of these churches have preac h.
ing and pastoral care all the time, though
full three-fourths of them are believed to
be abundantly able to sustain a full and
competent ministry if they only knew their
strength, and would use it.
Some time ago the First Presbyterian
Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, adopted the plan
of making all the pews of the church free,
relying upon the voluntary gifts of the
people for the support of the minister. The
Fifth Presbyterian Church of the same
city has adopted the same plan, and inau-
gursted it with good promise of success,
and Of the enlargement of the congregation.
The receipts of the Methodist Mission
airy Society for the year commencing No
vember l, 1867, and ending October 81,
1868, are S6l4, 1877 L, which SUM will not
vary materially from the receipts from
January l, 1868, to December 81, 1868
The above figures include the sums re-
ceived from legacies and other miscella'
neous sources, but not the grants received
from the American Bible Society.
During the last eleven years the Central
Presbyterian Church of Wilmington, Del
has made great progress and enjoyed I'M
usual prosperity. II has had nine seasons
of special religious interest. In seven
years the Sabbath School, with fifty scholars
and clever teachers, became enlarged and
divided into four schools, with three hun
dred scholars and eighty-five teachers.
DR.. Nolan, of Leicester, Mass, writes 10
the COngregatioRaliSt, that he supposed that
it was not common in the last century 10
have pulpit Bible or to have the Bible
regularly read AZ a part Of public worship.
He mentions one case early in this cen
tury, in which a Bible having been pre-
sented to the church, the Minister did not
venture TO Use it without first consulting
his leading men. They consented 20 its
use; but one man put in the proviso, that
the other parts Of the service should not be
shortened on account Of the Bible reading.
They paid for full work, and they wanted
it.
Late advices from Japan indicate deter.
mined opposition to christian missionaries
Unfortunately the fret "Christians" that
reach an open door among pagans, 10 pur-
suit of gain, are the "sharpers" that GO
trading. Their profanity, vulgarity and
lilthiness disgust the heather, who take
them to be specimen Christians" On thC
gates Of one of the cities, an imperial de
cree ia posiel up, saying, "Phe deriIsh sci
is strictly prohibited"
Rev. Mr.. Jenkins, one of the ministers
of Mendon, VT, lately attended ball, on
condition that he should be allowed tC
preach a sermon there. 10 pursuance o
this arrangement the other persons 10 al
tendance gave him their respectful atten
ton about midnight, while be preached 8
sermon against dancing. The whole ap
pears TO have been performed with thu
most perfect good nature, and we do no
learn that either party was aggrieved.
The Moravian missionaries have pene
trated 700 miles into the interior of Aus
tralia, among the aborigines. The native
there are a more vigorous race than thOs
found further south, being tall and yer,
savage. They are said to be fond of humsi
flesh, and often kill their children for tn,
sake of eating them. Their conduct towar,
the missionaries was at first very friendly
Toward the end Of May, however, Their
was a sudden change in the demeanOr Q
the savages, problbly owing to the inau
ence Of other tribes. The lives of tn
brethren were seriously threatened, an,
the timely arrival of some police soldier
alone saved them from a horrible death
The Church of the Wsldenses has becom
| a missionary church. it has seventy-eigh
evangelical laborers 10 Italy, Of WHOM
nineteen are ministers, thirteen lay evange
lists, and fOrty-six instructors. The mum
Der Of worshipers at the various stations
3,Ol4, and ofihese, ,S47 are communicate
During the past year 324 converts hav
been added The day shoots number AS
scholars, and sunday Schools Sl4 Ii
principal stations are Genoa, Milan, Como
Mantua, Venice, Florence, Naples, Paler
mo, C8taui8, etc.
There is a little missionary church a
! Oorla, in Eastern Turkey" Ur OF th
! CHaldees' which has incorporated in Tia
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