Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-04-09
Religious Intelligence.
WISCONSIN.

WISCONSIN.
We learn from Mr.. Sturges that during
the recent revival in this place and since
fifty persons have become new members OF
the M. E. Church, and that about ten
more are expecting to unite with 1t.
"A revival has been enjoyed u late
at Menasha, Rev. James Mclean pastor.
The church at Wautoma are enjoying
a revival refreshing. The pastor has been
assisted by Rev. Thomas C. Easton, who
has preached every morning for two weeks.
A number of conversions have occurred
in revival interest in Pleasant Prairie,
starting with the faithful labors of a teach
er in district where there were but four
or five protesting Christians.
The church in Fond du Lac received
at their last communion thirty four new
members on profession and five by letter,
making sixty at the last two communions.
Rev. L. w. Cook, of Rpon, who lately
founded a church at Yankton, Dakota, is
about to commence labors at station on
the Pacific railroad go miles west of 0ma-
haA
MISCELLANEOUS.
Reports Of religious awakenings for
the last week, give Us total of over $500
aceessions or hopeful conversions, of which
nearly 400 are among the Methodists,
over 400 among the Baptists, $50 among
the United Brethren, 5S7 among the Con-
gregationalists, 800 among the Presbyter-
ians, and 500 among the Lutherars. The
number of earnest revivals among the
Lutherans has been marked feature the
past winter. 9
The Lutherans claim, in Prof. Stoe-
yer's article in the last EpangeticaI Re-
uie0 to be by far the largest Protestant
denomination in the world. Out of so,
600, 900 Protestants they profess to have
more than one half, or 47,l15,500. OF
these Protestants, Germany has $4,000,
900. In the United States are 100000
These statistics show, says the Lutheran
Observer. that the Lutheran Church is
larger than all other churches combined,
and that even in the United States she is
numerically the third denomination, num-
bering more COMMITMENTS than any other
church, except the Methodists and Baptists.
The total number Of Jesuits employed
on missions throughout the world is 3, 429,
of whom some have their. own local mission
which they carry on, while others are aux
ilares of the Church. Of the former
class are the vicariates of Hindostan and
Bombay, 90 fathers of Madura, so fathers;
of China, AZ fathers and Of other places,
including Wears apostolic, lSS fathers ;
46 scholastics not yet introduced to full
mem bership, and SO other coadjutors. OF
the second class there are 1879 fathers in
England. Is in Constantinople and the
vicinity. 46 in New York, 80 in Maryland,
81 in Missouri, IS in New Orleans, "a in
California. IA in the Rocky Mountains.
These places, we judge, are the names
given to districts OF the United States and
include the whole country. Besides these
there are many more scaolastlcs ano
brother coadjutors."
RELIGIous DIFFERENCES. - These are
sometimes very great, and yet are Gost
sincerely entertained by the respective
parties. How opposite view may be en-
tertalned by two persons of the same sub
iect, is well illustrated by an incident bu.
a few days old. A mother sat intently
reading, while, behind her back, a little
four-year-old girl was busy pulling out the
contents of a closet. When these were
piled in heap of disorder on the sofa,
and the mother, suddenly beholding it, felt
A dismay to which words were inadequate,
the child complacently remarked, Mamma,
don't you think God is pleased with me,
for fixing up your closet so nicely p Alas
do we not every day meet with older per-
sons who, succeeding only in producing
dire confusion, yet imagine that they are
doing God service?