The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-04-02
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

y 7tb, fifteen on profession.
Thirty-nine persons were received
into the Fond Du Lac Wis. Pres.
byterian Church on the 9TH inst,
3 thirty-four of them on profession.
''What Shall be done for the Saliva
] tion OF the Rich q was discussed at
the Methodist minister's meeting in
7 New York last week No conolu-
sion was reached. ,sat- fg- a1a
Rev. James Eells. d. d.. of San
FrSucisco, California, accepts the
unanimous invitation of the Second
Presbyterian Church in Cleveland,
and about the lst of June he is eX-
pected to resume his work in the
parish, which he left about ten years
lago. on ri7I3s7 s9e1e
Seventy persons were received
, into the Cohocksink Presbyterian
church, Philadelphia, on last Sab
hath about sixty of these making,
for the first time, profession of
faith in Christ These were, for the
most part, the fruits of blessed re-
vival IN the church during the past
winter. ..r. ..-.
BAPTIsT CoLLEGEs AND SIENNA
RIEs.--The total number of students
mot including law and medically now
studying in twentv-three principal
institutions is 1856. OF these 1859
are professors of religion, and 161
are studying for the ministry. The
number of students in Baptist Theo
logical Seminaries is 2l2.
Since the Week of Prayer, daily
morning meetings have been held in
the First Congregational Church at
Chicago, besides frequent evening
meetings. So quiet has been the
revival work, says the 1dvance, that
few had any idea of its exteut, until
last Sab bath, when the names of ~
were read to unite with the Church. |
The American Bible Society seems
to be about the only one of the be-
nevolent organizations whose treas
ury is always well filled. Every
month money is received from lega-
cies, and frequently in large sums
The committee have lately loaned
S25, 900, and the society is now in
condition to undertake enlarged
efforts toward giving the bible to the
whole world. 1t
The society of which Rev. DIR. /
Wolcott is pastor at Cleveland, have
just purchased q site for a new church
at cost of S16,500- The location
is ''up town." and every way desira=
BILE. The church on University |
Heights. having completed their new
sanctuary, have extended unani- |
nous call to Rev. II. X. Noble, of
Louisville, Kentucky, and he will
enter on his labors April 1st- Salary
$4,000
AN INTERESTING DIscovERY.-Ac-
eording TO the English papers, a
chest of books has been brought to
light in the India House in London,
which formed part OF the library
of Timour, collected in the course of
his eonquests. Among other treas
ures are documents of great value
connected with the biography of Mo-
manned. 1.-The discovery of this
chest" says the Pail Mall Gazette,
"may probably cause a large part of
the Eastern history to be written"
THE TRINITY CHURCH PRoPEETY.-I
Mr.. w. Lord, counsel for the Anne
ke Jams heirs, publishes statement
that for the first time since the death
of Mrs. Bogardus, suit will be
brought on behalf of the citizens OF
New Jersey, in the Circuit Court of
the United States, Newark District,
so that if it should become necessa-
~, the legal questions involved may
be carried before the Supreme Court
of the United States for final adjudi-
cation. The s25 ,000 already raised
by the Committee of twenty is to be
used solely to retain counsel, and to
procure from Holland and elsewhere
the documents necessary to sustain
the Borgardus title.
a WORKING CHURCH.-The First
Presbyterian church of Chicago has
a membership of 100 in its home
school, 200 in the North Star Mis-
sion Including a large German
school and live other missions, with
an attendance VARYING from 40 TO
450-msking a total of 5. l65 men,
bers and ar average attendance OF
2,309 During the year one brother
secured the attendance of 600 schol-
ars. During the yea- lis conver-
sions have taken place in these
schools. At the close of the recent
anniversary exercises a collection OF
81, 200 was taken up tor the support
OF the schools.
Rev. ID. E. Wells, of Red Wing,
Minn., says: ''Slnce the opening of
this year twenty-one persons have
united with the First Presbyterian ,
Church at Red Wing; sixteen of
them upon profession of faith. Off
the latter, ten were young men, five
heads OF families, and the greater
part of them children of the covenant.
OF the whole number, all but one ,
have connected themselves with the ,
Sunday school, the single exception
being occasioned by ill health, it be-
ing understood with us that all new .
members, if possible, shall at once
be engaged in the great nursery of
the church, either as teachers, Off
GERS, pupils, or members of Bible
classes"
The taking of two Cabinet officers