The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-04-10
SUMMARY OF GENERAL CHURCH NEWS.


There are 1904 Sunday Schools under Me-
thodist control instructing 165 914 scholars, an
increase of 81, 3S9 last year.
--Signor Scotia previously II Wesleyan mis-
sionary in Italy, has adopted the doctrine of
Swedenborg, and the members of the New
Church in this country are urged to adopt him
their missionary in that country.
The great revival ut Shelby Street Church
in Louisville, KY, under the ministry of the Rev.
DR.. Sehon, still continues. Up to this time more
than two hundred have made profession of
religion, and united with the Methodist Episco-
pal Church South.
The Methodist City Sunday School and Mis-
sion Society of New York held its anniversary
last week. Under its care are IL organized
churches, with S65 members, and 13 Sunday
Schools with 5196 scholars The income last
year was S62 22S.
"A Methodist minister was lately shot in An
dersonville, Ga, while officiating at wedding,
by parties who wished to prevent its consumma-
ton. After being shot, he summoned strength
to finish the service and marry the couple before
he fell back and died.
The Methodists of New England are taking
measures to establish % college and publication
, house in Boston. The also propose to erect a
great public hall in that city for free religious
worship, with ample space i'll adjacent apart
ments FOR recitatiOns for the students of their
theological seminary, and perhaps of the future
university, until such time suitable buildings
for permanent use can be erected
The amount raised last year for benevolent
purposes by the Methodist churches $911, ,021,
averaging I212 cents per member. Inc support
of pastors is estimated as costing "a 991 600 and
church-erectons, repairs ETC., at about SO, 724,
OOO making an aggregate OF l2626 O0O IN
Alabama there are no parsonages, and LOG
churches, valued at an average of only $120.
The cheapest parsonage in the connection is
valued at $50, and the most expensive Gin New
ark, n. j. at $25000
The new Methodist building in New York
will cost the denomination about million dol
lars. They pay Messsrs. Lake d McCreery
100000 for it, and it is not yet inished-the
Interior walls not having been put up. 1t will
make q fine building for its purpose, and the
rent received for the use of stores and offices
will, no doubt, us in the case of the Bible House
pay, before long, the entire cost. The price
paid, though large, is said not to be more than
fine and large an iron building is worth, cover
ing, rs ii does, half an acre, and i'll SO central
position as is the corner of Broadway ant
Eleventh street. The Missionary Society pay
$3.50, 600 OF the expense, which will be raised b.
the missionary jubilee collections, and the re
naming thrce-quarters will be paid by the Bool
Concern. Its toserveas general Methodist con
nectional building, and centre for the vas
publishing business as well rs for the offices o
the Missionary Society. which celebrates in thi
way its semi-centennial. The building cover
half an acre, having front of i5 feet on Broad
way, and 22l feet on Eleventh street.
BAPTIST.
There are fewer young men now oitcrn
themselves as missionaries to the Baptist UniOl
than at any time for thirty years.-Iitdependeht
--Ihcrc II III Japan n bapllsl llllSslonaly' hcN
j. Goble who pays all his own expenses. He j
publishing a translation of the New Testament
\ md, by an arrangement with the Japan HeFald
Hfthey print pages of the Testament for every
pages that he writes for the paper.
The Baptist missionaries among the Teloo
Soos, in the Madras Presidency, speak OF grea
success of late there. Mr.. Timpany speaks o
twenty-five candidates for baptism in one place
twenty-siX IN another, twenty-three in another
ana twenty-five in another OF these about hal
are baptized at their REQUEST and the rest ad
vised 10 wait till they know the way of Go
more perfectly Mr.. Timpany says:--''God
giving and going TO give us the Tcloogoos lust a
fast rs we can take care of them"
There Is students society in the BoDtis
Theological Seminary connected with Sburtle
College called the Band Of Faith comnosed :
those who ind II very difficult to pay their ow
expenses, and who formed socialist or@oniyo
ton on the model of the early Church. which hn
all things in common, and adopting George Mn
ler's principles for securing their supplies, Th
band of twenty-five members has common tail
and purse, and n box for contributions in IN
dining-room. Their social creed Is embraced !
three short sentences:-l. To ask no one bnt a.
for their supplies g Never to contract dah
for their supplies. B. To be contented with VIII,
God gives them.
The Baptist cause in South Jersey is hayu
a gradual but vigorous growth. Baptsts WEI
among the early settlers of this section and