The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-06-27


How blest, then, thy grey hairs!
Dear Saviour, grant that this may be;
All things are possible with Thee.
Religious Intelligence.
The Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion, of the United States and Canada,
will hold convention in Portland,
Maine, July IA.
There have been nearly one hundred
thousand copies of the Gospels and Epis.
ties distributed from the Bible stand in
Madrid
The number of Roman Catholic
chapels and preaching stations in Eng
land and Wales, have increased since
1888, from 425 to 926 in 1867, and in
Scotland, from "a to 217.
The Chinese tolerate every religion in
theory, and practice none. In Pekin one
may attend service in as many different
forms as in any city in the world
A number Of young Protestant Spanish
ladies, have,been educating themselves in
the South Of France, so as to return to
Spain in the capacity of teachers or Bible
readers.
A New York merchant, writing from
Seville, Spain, says that the books of the
American, Tract Society are taken up by
' the people as eagerly as was tbe mama
by the Israelites in the wilderness.
The American Presbyterian, New
School, claims that more than one-fourtli
of the Potestant world is Presbyterian,
and that aaPaa lPresbyterien Assembly
would quite throw the Pan-Anglican AS
sembly into the, shade.
An Episcopal clergyman in Indiana
has been fonnd guilty. by the proper
church judiciary, of the offence of wit
Messing the 'Black Crook" and the
Bishop of the diocese has reprimanded
him accordingly.
Some of the ritualistic clergymcn in
the Church of England are advocating
union with the Church of Rome. It is
understood that representative ministers
of the High Church party will attend
the Grand Council in Rome with refer
ence to such result. e..
There are lin Europe seven hundred
d fifty branches of the Young
..Ien's Christian Association, and 25, 900
members; and in this country, more than
five hundred associations, with Nom
bership of 10000. A Pacific railroad
commission has in charge the work of
forming an association at every impor-
tant station on the Pacific railroad.
The Episcopal Church in South Car
olina, in 1860, numbered seventy pa
rishess, and as many yrectors. Nowsthere
are bnt fifty-three churches in, all; and
but forty-two OF these are occupied; and
of these. only ten enjoy the stated SER
vices of regular pastors. Thirteen
churches and twenty-six chapels were
destroyed by the war, and moro than
half o million of church funds lost in
Confederate money.
Eighteen years ago the British Parlia-
ment, at the instance of the English
Church clergy, passed q bill prohibiting
Roman Catholic prelates from assuming
territorial titles. The act hos never been
put in force, and now it appears that,
after the Irish Church. bill has been
passed, the Irish Protestant bishops will
be exposed to the pains and penalties,
which were enacted at their suggestion
against their Roman Catholic rivals.
The report of Baptist progress in
Great Britain for the last year. shows
that forty nine churches have been or
ganized the past year, making an aggre-
gate of 2,447. The increase in member
ship has been 1882, larger accession
than any year since 1860, and bringing
up the total to 251, 500 members. There
are 267,396 scholars in the. Sabbath
schools, and no doubt over q million of
the British population dependent on the
Baptist for instruction
The Westert, Christian Advocate con-
tains table showing the average yearly
increase of some of the principal
churches of the country, compared with
the increase of the population during
the present century. The average yearly
increase of the population is a fraction
under thirty-six per cent. The average
yearly increase of the Methodists is near
ffty-seven per cont; Presbyterians,
thirty-one per cont, and Episcopalians
near fifty-two per cent. The figures
show that the churches have grown
during the century faster than the popu-
lation.
CONVERSION OF AN INF1DE1. DIR.
Cervera, red republican infdel mem
ber of the Spanish Parliament, scandal
lied the nation about three weeks ago