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

great deal OF time in the study o.
the subject, charges the corruption:
! and licentiousness so alarmingly
prevalent among spiritualists upor
"disorderly spirits. J" He claim:
that ninety-nine and one-half pei
cent. of spiritual manifestations are
from "tricky spirituaIists."
The Sultan has abolished through
out the Turkish empire the prohi-
bition, hitherto rigidly enforced
against the admission of Christians
to the mosques. It is only stipu-
laCed that those not Mussulmans
who visit the mosques shall behave
properly while in the sacred build
ings.
| France now has 500, Protestant
Sunday schools; Germany, $50;
Switzerland, $50; Holland, 286.
In France the growth of the cause
has been comparatively rapid. In
1852, the time Of their first estab-
lishment, there were about 200
schools. In Germany a good de-
gree OF progress is noted. Berlin
is to hold n national convention in
the coming fall.
At the ordination Of the pastor
of German Baptist Church, in De-
troit, the congregation were re
quested to sing the doxology,
Praise God. from whom all blessings foW."
to the tune of "Old Hundred"
There were present Germans,
French and Americans, and they
all united in singing it, each IN his
OaoR tongue. 1t was beautiful and
harmonious blending Of different
languages in one sentiment and
voice.
The New York Observer and
New York Christian Advocate and
Journal are discussing the ethical
question, whether the discharge Of
a debtor under the United States
bankrupt law from all legal obliga-
ton to pay his debts also releases
HIM from moral obligation to pay
them, provided he is able to obtain
the means to do so. The Advocate
argues that it does, and the Oh
SerUer that it does not. The North
acesteyn Presbyterian has taken up
the debate, and agrees with the o.
Serrer. We think the masses of
christendom of all denomination
will also agree with the Observer
on this question.
A memorial of the representative
committee or meeting for sufferings
Of the Religious Society of Friends
Of Pennsylvania, New Jersy, Della
aware and adjacent parts Of Mary
land, has been presented to the
Pennsylvania Legislature. 1t sets
forth that their religious rights
were guaranteed to them by William
Penn in his great charter, and de-
precates the violation of the same
by Legislative enactment. 1t con-
tends that those rights were reaf-
firmed in the constitution Of 1890.
and again in that of 1888, thus :
''All men have a natural and in
defeasible right to worship Al
mighty God according to the die
tates of their own conscience"
also, mo human authority can in
any case whatever control or inter
fere with the rights of conscience"
The memorial concludes with a re
view of the society and its faith,
and a statement of it's objects and
purposes in peopling this land, and
asks that the Legislature give ear
to the petition in framing a new
regulating militia taxes and fines.
Two hundred and forty persons
have been added to the Methodist
Episcopal Church, at Martins Fer
ry, Belmont county, Ohio, and
others ha~e~ been converted, who
have not yet united with the church.
A few Sundays ago 113 persons
joined the Kensington Presbyterian
Church, Philadelphia-107 of the
number on profession of faith.
During a recent revival in the
Methodist Episcopal Church at
Athens, Ohio, 1913 persons joined
on probation, and eight were re-
ceived into the church on certificate.
Twenty of the number We're stu
dents in the Ohio University.
Among the converts in a late re
vival at Ames, Iowa, was a woman
in her 1Olst year. About 40 per
sons have lately been baptized in
the different Baptist Churches at
Hartford, Connecticut. About 20
conversions are reported in con
nection with Presbyterian meetings
at Springfield, Ohio. Fi1y-seven
persons have been added to Licking
ton Church, Logansport Presbyte-
ny; and twenty four to the Second
Presbyterian Church, Vincennes,
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