Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-01
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.


been received into the Lutheran
Church, near Saltwater, MINI.
The English Presbyterian Church
has-only 40 congregations, with a
membership last year of 2I,697.
The Methodist Church of Hart
ford City, Ind, has voted to mako
no distinction on accout of color.
The Baptist Church in Paris,
France, has congregation of about
200. They need house of wor-
ship.
Hongstenberg, the celebrated
leader Of the Orthodox Protestant
Reactionists of Prussia, has recent
ly died. His last words were, 81
was right"
The fine church in San Francisco
formerly belonging to Starr Kings
congregation has passed into the
hands Of the African Methodist
Episcopal Church.
A large colony of Congregation
alists has settled on Diamond Creek,
near Council Grove, Nebraska.
Rev. /. Harlow, OF Council Grove,
breaches to them.
France presents a more promising
field for religious labors than for
long time past. The Evangelical
Society and Free Church of France
are doing good service.
Bishop Payne of the Protestant
Church, is compelled to leave Africa,
in consequence of ill-health. lie
has been a missionary in that coun-
try for moro than thirty years.
For the first time in the history
of Cadiz, Protestant was buried a
few weeks ago in the public ceme-
terry. The novelty of the Protest
ant ceremonies called together a
large company.
Bishop Kip, of California, and
Bishop Scott, of Oregon, agree with
Bishop Whitehouse, Of Illinois, in
the desire to expunge the word
Protestant" from the name of the
Protestant Episcopal Church.
The Wesleyans Of England raised
last year, for purely missionary pur-
poses, eI46,071 lbs Cd, being an
average of about 81 % per mem
Der. What would be the result il
American Methodists did as well.
1t is announced in most of the
French papers that the principa,
shops in Paris will be closed OIL
Sundays. France is waking up tC
the demoralizing influence Of nc
Sabbath. Surely America cannot
afford to lose her Sabbaths.
The Rev. Mr.. jaeger, a franciscan
friar, formerly private secretary o
the Archbishop of Prague, and con
fessOr to the King of Saxony, ha
become a convert to Professionalism
and lately preached his maiden ser
mon in the Dresden Evangelical
Court chapel
M. Desroches, a French Baptis
missionary, has just organized o.
the Canada side of Lake Huron,
church of thirty-two members
making the fifth church compose,
of converts from Romanism whic
he has organized since he came t
Detroit, twelve years ago.
1t is rumored that a project
entertained Of establishing an o.
thodox Russian Episcopal See, s
Pekin, the capital Of the Chimes
empire. Thus would be realize
the idea formerly conceived b
Peter the Great, but which has bee
found impossible to execute, dow
TO the present day.
At the annual meeting of tn
English Church Union, June /
DIR. Pussey, Mr.. Mackonochie an
the leaders of the Ritualistic part,
solemnly pledged themselves aires
Ito resist at all hazards any atteml
TO prohibit the teaching of the do
trine Of the Real Presence in IL
Sacrament of Altar"
An adjourned meeting of Il
American Tract Society, of BostoI
after lengthy discussion of pr
positions 10 dissolve the Societ,
dividing the assets among the thr
denominations interested to reuni
with the New York branch, or su
tain its present independence, final
tabled all propositions, and a
journed.
A Chinese Sunday school of L
, pupils and fitty-eight teachers r
ceiyes special attention from DR..
Scudder's church in San FrancisC
There appears to be no difficulty
Getting scholars, and the size of t
school is only limited by the abili
TO find teachers, as at first a teach
is required for almost every puI
Japan is battle ground of
ligious ideas as well as of politi
ambition. A great pressure
brought TO bear on the authorit
in favor of religious freedom. /