Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-04-11
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

Church, BlOomlngtoTA Indiana, th
baptisms exceeding two hundred.
The Duke of Norfolk, in England
has left the Roman Catholics ant
joined the Irvingites, a denomina
ton of Second Adventists.
The first Sunday School in UtaE
was started in 1865, by that indie.
fatigable Congregational clergyman
the Rev. Norman Mcleod.
A committee of the Memphis
City Council reports that probably
two-thirds of the population of Tho
city are non. church-goers.
The British Jamaica clergy act
expires at the end of this year, leav.
ing the church in that island discs
tablished, unless the act is renewed
The New York Independent re-
ports 1000 conversions and Access
sions last week. OF these 1000 arc
Methodist, $50 United Brethren
and 600 each of Baptist and Presby-
terrain.
In the revivals in London, Eng
land, women evangelists are very
prominent In a single religious
paper there are notices of six relig~
ious addresses to be given by six
women.
One of the Oldest citizens oil
Washington said, in a religious
meeting the other day, that there
never before were so many earnest
Outspoken Christian men in Con-
gress as now.
In London the increase of Baptist
congregations within fifteen years
has been twice that of the indie
pendents or Congregationalists, and
three times that of the Wesleyans, a
fact largely ascribed to Mr.. Spur
geon's efforts.
The British and Foreign Society
has engaged to print one million
separate gospels for circulation in
Spain, besides ten thousand Of the
Old, and like number Of the New
Testament Scriptures.
The Baptists have forty churches
in Philadelphia, with an aggregate
membership Of fourteen thousand.
In 1850 the number of their
churches in that city was twenty
nine, with a membership a little
more than half as great as at present.
Cedarville, a village in Greene
county, Ohio, has been visited with
a remarkable revival Near two
hundred have united with the
church, over fifty of whom are
heads of families, and some of them
over sixty years of age.
There is a general religious
awakening in the city of Fulton,
Illinois, in which all the Evangelical
churches participate. More than
three hundred have professed con.
version, including about sixty of
the students of the Illinois Soldiers
College, located at that place.
In the early days of MethOdism
. there were several women preach
ers, and even now the talent of the
female membership is largely de-
veloped in their class and speaking
meetings.
In the western coast Of Africa
there are now fifteen thousand com
municants connected with the vari-
Gus churches. 1t is the hope that
hundreds of these will become mis-
siOnaries, and 60 forth among theil
people and labor for the regenera
ton of the continent
One hundred and twenty young
men are preparing for the ministry
in Chicago-fifty at the Congrega
tional Seminary, thirty at tn,
Presbyterian, and forty at the Bap
list.
The city of Buffalo is favored
with a very general revival. The
work began among the Methodists
and has extended into the Presby-
terian churches Meetings are hel(
every morning at eight, as well as il
the evenings, with wonderful mani
festations of awakening and con-
verting power
Bishop Paine, OF the Methods
Episcopal Church South, has writer
The Life and Times of Bishop
MKendree," which is now ready
for the press. The work was un
dertaken at the special request 0
Bishop Soule, and with the APP
proval Of the Southern Genera
Conference.
Rev. T. Davis, an English Con
gregational pastor, says that h
has had for twenty years an averag
OF 400 scholars in his SabbatI
Schools, and has known but two c
them sent TO prison for crime. Tbs
gives a proportion of one 10 4,OOC
whereas the proportion of commit
ments TO the entire population
said to be one to twenty-five.
remarkable work Of grace is r'
ported at Elizabethtown, Indian;
During the meeting seventy wei
baptized in the Old School Presby
terrain Church. Among those VIII
= united with that church were eleVe
grandparents, thirty three parent
thirty five females, and fOrty-thr,
males.
Eastern journals ANNOUNCE tn
1000 Christians have been put
death for their faith in the kingdo
Of Corea. The persecution, whiC
commenced in March, 1866, h
been continued until all the Chri
tians in that country have been di
persed, and 4 great number of the
have persisted from want.
To send a missionary to ea'
million OF the human race won
REQUIRE a thousand men, and
outlay of at least a million of d.
lars. Three quarters of the eartl
population are now accessible
the religious teacher. To dot
the "waste places" with church
and schools, is the great work M
before the religious world.
AnAmerican Episcopalan nam
James Crystals, has been visit
G.. ,,na Of tho E1-.lad Tslap