Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-07-01

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The saery ple.sanna. eomptnean. given
last week by the editor q this paper, to,
the LANES of 81. Tho1nks' Par1sh, wss|
very pleasantly received. 1t was the first
tune they, were ever directly compliments
ed, by an Editor, for their taste and enter
prise In beautiful decotaiions, though they
have shown much culture and energy in,
such decoration on many OCCASIONS of
both social and church character. Thank
you.i.. The American Ecclesiastical Al
manac, by Prof. Scheme, climates the
humber Of Romanish at 1876 100000. and
the number. of all other christians ct 96,>
1000 a. This estimate. (which is the COM
mon one, leaves ,ut the entire member
ship ofthe Greek church. and the, entire'
membership of the. Angelica church ex-
cept certain members reported as confirm,
ed. The chtire mum Der of Christians
not Poplsh, ss1 estimated at Oxford, Eng
land, ia 47e,4oo.oOo, leaving about 9oo.-
100000 in the world who are not Chris
rains 90. Pusnman IS Magazine for July has
an able article attracting much attention,
called Our Established Churchill iswoiih.
reading. -. An entire commsniy of
French Romanistsin Daupl'ny has aban,
doned the Papacy... Ireland has lost a.
OOe, 900. of Romanisis in the post thirty
years The Rev. Leo.Kofer, RomIsh'
priest has united With DE first Presbytc<
ran socieiyin Cincinnati. The event pros
duccd eduilea scnsa,ion......The Romishl
publications in This country. are thirtys
ihree-five monthlies, two seni>month>
lies and twenty>six weeklics, all having
limitei cireuh.tio6. Tie osher religious
publications number two hundred and
scventy>seven with large circulation.
The Romanists have fifty educational in
siilmiensAone hundred and ixeniyseight
,monasisries and two hundred and eighty
six nunneries. The other religious bodies
have four hundred and fifty five education
al Institutions md no monastaries or num-
ncries. :. The census of 1860 showed, in
the United States, "a, O09 church buildings
Of which the Romanis;s had 2,55O-one liz
twenty 4one, jast abou: the same rs the
Episcopal church. The gain in ten years,
from 1850 10 1850 was for the Romanists
/ ,329-for all others I4,524...... Tie Papal
ilicrsrchy, in'tbis country, 3 numbers seven
Archbishops, flfiyIhree Bishops, three
thousand and tweniy>six Priests. The
Episcopal church has fory-seven Bish,
ops, three thousand and twenty>six
Priests. lie lalc strength Of FPspai
proselytism has been expended upon the
Angelical church in England. Some per-
verts have been made, but after all the eff
forts OF the Papacy for centuries, with ev
eryariicc witlsIh the powsr OF Roman
ism, there are in the Romish Sunday
Schools only 35,453 children. In the
Church. Sunday Schvols there arc 4 0s2,,s
$50. and in all the Sunday Schools not UNI
der the control of R0msnists 3,352, ??9......
The Bishop of Oxfcrd say that the Romish
sect in England has ono and half per
cent. Of The children, while the church
has almost seveniy>six per cent. 1.-the
Increase of Romanists ia England is TO a
great extent 10y colonization. the same ms
insihe United States Zone of.tbe for
eign missionary societies of the church in
in England received last year $I,oe'',695
1.-The Protestant Churchman, a paper
THAI has lsHg n.isrepresen.ed',h e. Angelic
al Church, is dead and buried. L ndcr
the Papai rule in liaiy nine tcnths of the
italian people Gould nelihtr read ner
write. In Spain, until lately the Paradise
of Papacy, oui of a.population ofsl7, 900,
900 almost I2,0OO, 200 can rrithcr read nor
write.....-Gen. Toward has sucured the
Marine Hospital at Charleston for the use
ofthe Diocese of South Carolina 1.-THE Di-
occse has fiourishing schooiinit com
posed ot colored childfen.