Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-05-09
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
Church Matters, Sunday Schools, and
the Progress OF Religion

the Progress OF Religion.
Chicago Presbytery has vote,
for the amended plan of re
unioE-19 to 10.
Tkc SundayScheol for the How
ard Presbyterian Church, Sal
Francisco, has class of Japanes,
scholars, probably of mature age
The Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION of the United States anC
Canadas will hold a convention il
Portland, Me-, on the 18th of July
next.
The First Presbyterian Church
OF Brooklyn Or. Seaver's) have
Just taken up their annual colIec.
ton for Home Missions, amounting
to the round sum of $3.50.
The First Presbyterian Church
IN Newburyport, Mass, has existed
more than one hundred years, and
has never failed to keep the annual
fast day.
The churches of Winchester and
Mt. Leigh, Ohio, have received
seventy-one members during the
past winter-sixty-nine by exami-
nation and two by letter.
ga Deaf Mute Christian Union
has been started in Boston, the
object and aim Of which is not only
to secure religious instruction to
the deaf mutes of the city, but also
to the mutes of all the large towns
IN Massachusetts, like Worcester
On the question of a reunion of
the Old and New School Presbyte-
rlans, fifty-eight Presbyteries have
been heard from. Forty-nine vote
for the proposed amendments of the
Reunion Committee. The others
all favor reunion, but prefer differ
ent modes Of effecting it. T
. The American Bible Society
closed its financial year with the
end of March. Its receipts from
all sources have beens more than
1871 ,OOO-never exceeded by any
previous year except one. 1t is
making arrangements for an ami
versary of great interest.
During the first three months of
the present year a thorough and
extensive revival Of religion was
experienced ut Athens, Ohio. As
a part of the fruits of this work,
forty~seven persons were received
into the Presbyterian Chqrch in
that city recently, of whom seven
teen adults were baptized.
As the result of the work of
grace in the Congregational Church
at Granville, Ohio, during the last
winter, thirty-two persons have
been received into the church on
profession, and fifteen or twenty
more will be received at the next
communion. About one-third Of
the whole number are heads Of
families. ...
The American Church Union,
which is composed of High Church
men, though not necessarily ex-
IRENE ritualists, has resolved to
promote the practice of "at least
weekly celebrations of the Holy
Eucharist, and also to memorabilia
the next General Convention that
it be made obligatory to employ
the Nicene creed in public worship.
The Presbyteries of Blooming
ton, Cincinnati, Cleveland and
Portage, Charlottesville, Cortland,
Chemung, EOx River, Grand River
Valley, Holston, Indianapolis, Iowa
City, Long Island, Montrose, New
ark, Niagara, New York Third,
New York Fourth, Omaha, Schuy~
Ter, TrumbuIl, Utica and Union
adopt unanimously the basis of the
assemblies and the January amend-
ments.
In Vienna last year seventy one
Roman Catholics were admitted to
the Lutheran churches, while but
eleven Lutherans turned Roman
Catholics. In Gratz, the capital Of
Syria, fifteen Roman Catholics be-
came Protestants, and three Pro
testants became Roman Catholics.
The Reformed Congregation at
Prague was joined by forty Roman
Catholics.
The Baptist church presents the
following statistics for the States
named:
Churches Pastors Members