The New York herald., 1869-12-26
Religious Notes.

The Oldest church building In America Is at Hing
nam, Mass. twas erected In 1851.
The clergy the United States sl2, 600 900 per
annum; the criminals $4,000, 900; the lawyers.
$7o,ooo,ooo, and rum 5000, ,Ooo, 900.
The number OF English bishops is twenty.eight,
the average salary being about $22ooO ranging from
$4,000 to $4,000 per annum.
The revival reported In the college at Oberlin.
Ohio, has resulted in the conversion OF from ono
hundred to one hundred and Gfty students
Rev. George Pearcs is the Oldest missionary In
India. lie has been 1abOring there under the ap-
pointment OF the English Baptist society, for forty
three years
q large hand Is painted on the wall In the vesribuie
pointing down to splttoon, with the INSCRIPTION.
please leave your tobacco there"
There are las congregational churches in Michi-
gan, many OF them strong and fourisnng. Tao
commandments during the last year contriputed on
an average s26 IS per member for local and benev0
lent objects.
The late Tnaddeus Stevens out OF respect to his
mother, begueathed 81 900 to and IN the erection OF
. Baptist church IN Lancaster, Pa. The building
was commenced two months ago.
An eminent Baptist in Sweden, Aran Amprosius
Errson, has been fined seventy-ave dollars Tor ex-
pressing his opinion out infant baptism Tne fine
not being paid IN due time the authorities seized
goods belonging to tine defaulter equal to the
amount or the penalty.
II is reported that Onehalf Of the ordained Minis
terg ia the (late New School Presbyterian Church
are without regular charges. and OF the 500 in the
Old school Church 1000 are not settled pastors. or
1000 Lutheran ministers in this country only about
l,500 are engaged as pastors.
At an enthusiastic meeting among the colored peo-
pie in BlOunt county, Tenn when the mOurners'
bench was crowded with penitents, one OF them =
full grown damSel, was so powerfully converted
that jumping to her feet, sne shouted aloud:-
Lord, II dis nigger had de wings OF June bug
she'd NY right up To heaven.'
Religious services have been held in the Olympic
theatre, ST. LOUIS on sunday evenings for the last
nine months, win most favorable results. The con-
nla6 a1
and plain people Catholics, Israelites, Christians,
infdels, clerks, aborers, seaGlstresses hackmen,
saloon keepers, newsbOys, Dootblacks and some OF
nameess vocations. Every week reclalnatl0ns aud
conversions are reported.
4 The Pacific, OF San Francisco, calls attention to
the 20 900 indians of Alaska as demanding the atten-
tion OF our missionary boardS.-"PhySically more
perfect race OF Is not to he found the Pacific
coast. A majority OF them 1--we in liked habtati0ns,
not IN wigwains, but in houses having framed tim
bers, constructed in substantial manner. Tie
tian. They have long been under the influence OF
the Greek CHURCH. Parts or the Scriptures have
been translated into three or the Indian dialects,
and are read extensively among these people.n
There are in Detroit SO proiessedly Christian
churches with membership or about 10000 THESE
are divided as follows:-l0 are Catholic churches
or which are German and coored, with a Catholic
population of about 20 500, served by bishop ana
numbering 1017 mem6ers; Scotch church, num-
berlng $50 members; United Presbyterian church,
numbering $50 members; Episcopal churches, with
a membership OF 1,79S; Methodist Episcopal
churches, with membership OF i,066 and prona.
tionlsts / Protestant Methodist church; Baptist
churches, with S04 members; German Protestant
churches with about 1000 members; 3 Christian
churches with 295 members; Congregational
with 500 members; / Swedenborgian church, with
members.