New-York tribune., 1868-01-18
RELIGIOUS.


In all Souls Church.
Archbishop McCloskey will speak in St. Peters,
Barclay-st tomorrow evening.
The Rev. w. r. Clarke will preach in the
Fourth-ave Hall, Harlem, tomorrow.
The Rev r. w. Brown of Sandwich, Mass,
has become editor of The cape cod GGseae.
The Rev. Miss A. J. Chaplin has been appointed
pastor of the Mount Pleasant Church, Iowa.
The Rev. John Robinson of the East Genesee
Conference and the Rey sias Comfort OF the Broome
Conference died last week.
the English Lutheran Church Of Charleston, S c.
Peted the SD year OF his ministry IN that church on sun
day last and delivered an appropriate discourse
The Brooklyn Young Mems Association has
called Christian Convention, be held Brooklyn on
the 22d INST the Lafayette Presbyterian Church This
Convention is TO be made up Of delegates from the
churches we'll from Christian Associations 1t Is to
be on the model OF one recently held In New-fork
Ii is said that marked religious movement is
taking place among the natives In several parts OF nd
looking the abolition OF idol worship and the substitu
organized on this basis The Christian Mission in India
favor the movement, and the Rev Mr. Kirk some time
ago held conference in the Cathedral Of Bombay with
several OF native refoners and urged upon them the
necessity OF abandoning the worship OF idols and ac-
knowedging one Supreme God.
One of the most costly church edices and one
OF the largest in the land the ST. AIMS of Brook
lyn 1t to be of stone and TO ouop Holy TRINITY with
fourth arger than Mr. Beecher's. chime of bells has
been ordered two seeples are to grace the edce sun
mas next The wealth Of St AIMS enables it to
OF the most gorgeous churches In the State.
One of our subscribers writes us complaining
Of of the word "copperhead" But this is not
slang term. 1t Is new word-0r, what is the same
thing application OF an old word-nade available
for the purpose of describing new thing This legt
mate II we have new things we must have some name
by which TO designate them Webster defines copper
head" thus: "A Northern sympahzer. with the south
eR Rebellion Of M & our ,SGS and VIII m a1G @
promise to disuse the name. iCongregationast.
The New- York Methodist says "Our Church
grows rapidly in the South: The Mission Conferences
repay us for labor and The Mississippi Mission
Conference shows gain for 1867 OF s2e5 members and
aud school houses whole valued at 100000. The
Virginia and North Carolina Conference reports an IN
crease Of nearly 1000 members DO our poclans SUI,
fceny consider that this reconstruction 0f the Union
reconstruction, most likely to endure The part
be taken by the churches IN the reorganization OF the
nation is not sufficiently understood by our public men,
The Rev. DR.. Ballou says that one valuable
result of the Liberal Christian Conference In vermont II
the prevention OF all interference and lack OF harmony
in the Liberal Christian cause III that state IL leaves no
opportunity for clashng In places where Liberal preach
inc can be Sustained only by cooperation Of various ee
ments the influence Of this Association is valuable In urg
ing and facilitating such cooperation II does pro-
pose to interfere in the slightest degree with any existing
societies organizations but rather 70 strengthen them
all IL seeks TO create and extend better understand
ing and unite efforts against the common opponent
Orthodoxy TO induce Untarans to gave hearty support
10 Unversast societies. and Unversalists to Unitarian
societies and far possible 10 gather up all the
fragments" that become useful for advancement OF
Liberal Christianity. Liberal Chrlstlan
has lately been decided In the Supreme Court IN so far as
forbid the dissolution OF the corporation and the dyi
sion OF the money has been further settled by the sale OF
ford and Sunness and the transfer Of the corporate
name, records church furniture, &C. to the new Una
ran Society recently gathered at the South End under
the ministry Of the Rev W. r. TideD, which 70 occupy
the house building nearly opposite Chickering'S
factory on TremOntst which, IL is almost up TO the
old ROxbury line, may appropriately be called the New
the returns Of the transactions each pew pro
pretOr Of old church to receive his valuation and
100 per additional which will require about sOOO
residue after paying the debts OF the Society Is TO
be devoted to the support OF the ministry at large under
tie care Of the Benevolent Fraternity OF Churches with
which Mr.. Tilden's new Society is associated.
A Chinese god factory was visited by the
Rev Mr. Allen, Methodist missionary and when he ex-
pressed his astOnishment the familiarity with which
the WoTkInen in clay treated the gods and goddesses
OF war; wealth, thunder, water, fire, mercy,
revenge, they, with the utmost sang froid TO.
piled that they yet poweress being destitute OF
The Lima Spirit These designed for toys, therefore
are never endowed with that living spirit nor are the
others until the time Of their nstaent as rogning
divinity AT that time however, they possessed OF
the Ling bv means OF small hole in the center OF the
back If the idol be dimnutive large, obong one In
the more august in which there is deposited pearls gems
Of the precious metals, such Us POld and
silver Of various estmatiOns The hole IL then closed
and sealed the god perfected and henceforth wOsmped
well by his makers those who are ignorant or MS
origin This fact will also assist us 10 account at least
in part for the cenoclastic fury OF the rebels They
were despO and destroy them, not so much because
they the idol less but because they loved the gold
his back contained more"