Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-06-27

: the building of house of worshi
rs In the city of Cincinnati, accor
= ing to the City Directory, there a
seVenty-four houses of worship b,
longing to the Protestant Evangt
v. ical denominations. Their ayeras
= capacity does not exceed five hun,
a red sittings. The average attent
ance in all these churches is new,
more than $4,000 in a population {
100000, or one in eight.
The Protestant churches of III
United States and Great Britain eS
I pend above $780, 900 annually i
foreign missions, the United State
raising 81, 726, 600, and Great Britain
S2sS0O,00O. Our country support
four hundred and eighty-one mis-
sionaries, and one thousand eigh
hundred and ninety-fve nativ,
: agents, and the United Kingdom
eight hundred and sixty-eight mis-
siOnaries.
There are over one hundred and
twenty-five Protestant missions in
the city Of New York, where Sun
day-schools, preaching and other
religious services for adults or chill
dren, or both, are regularly carried
on. Over million of dollars are
invested in mission chapels and
churches, and hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars are annually raised
Tor the support of the missionary
work.
The Protestant Episcopal Church
IN Georgia is now on rising ground.
With the Bishop, there are 80 cler-
gymen i'm union with the diocese,
representing 35 churches, and 2,61G
communicates, 222 Sunday school
teachers, and 1923 scholars. Dur
ing the convention year, ending
May 3, 1869, the admissions were
" adults, BIG infants, and 800 con-
irmations, communicates 40 add
cd, 179 removed, 80 deaths, and 5
Withdrawn. As evidence of tho
earnestness and liberality of the
church people in sustaining their
religion, the amounts of their con-
trlbutions for communion aims, di-
ocesan missions, foreign missions,
domestic missions, other church and
charitable objects, aggregate the |
handsome sum of $34,289 96l
An International Conference of |
all the Young Mems Christian As
sOciations of the United States and |
British Provinces is to be held in |
Portland, Maine, commencing July
IA, at 3 p. M. Every association of
one hundred members, or less, is to
be allowed three delegates; for
every additional hundred members,
or fractional part of a hundred
above fifty members, an additional
delegate may be sent-proVided no
delegation shall exceed Is in num-
Der. The topics announced for dis
nussion are, briefly: 1. The need
81 associational buildings, and plans
Tor the accumulation of funds for
building purposes. 2. Monthly SO.
,lal and business meetings. 3. Forms
II christian effort outside the spe-
;lal work of the associations. 1.
how TO reach German young men.
}. The relations Of associations to
zach other, 6. Personal consecra-
ion.
The New York Tribune, of the
9th, says: "The American Bap-
list Home Mission Society received,
ONE time since, promise from the
Ulcers of the Union Pacific Rail
way, of lands on which to locate
lissiOns on the line of the road.
n pursuance Of that arrangement
committee of the Home Mission
ociety, consisting of the Rev. DIR.
!. Il. L. Taylor, Rev. DIR. J. S.
'ackus, Corresponding Secretaries
the Board; the Rev. Wayland
Ioyt, of Brooklyn, a member of
he board, and the Rev. DIR. A. P.
Jason, of Boston, Massachusetts
BIO District Secretary for New
highland have started for
'hicago, where they will take the
Jnion Pacific road to California.
hey will be accompanied by sew
raj friends, three ladies being in
he party. They propose to select
ties along the line of the road for
he establishment of missions, the
DIS selected by them to be given
y the management of the roads,
9th on the Union and Central Pa
ific lines. The party will stop at
'irginia City, Carson, Denver,
CENTRAL City, and Nevada City,
nd possibly at other places on the
QUITE, and attend TO mission inter-
SITS. On their arrival in San Fran
isco, the committee propose to
isit the important cities and towns
n California and Oregon, en- the
'aciic coast They expect TO be
one between three and four
lonths."