Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-02-04
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RELIGIOU, T1PsCs.

Thirty six Bishop of the Anglican Com
munion now use pastoral slaves seven OF
whom likewise have restored the nsc "i the
nitrc.
Or The Home Missions ui iiie New
School Presbyterian Church. Di. Kendall
saws; .'Snce the lst of May last, We have
commissioned one hundred new niissinna-
rics, in addition to the lour hundred aud iif-
ty we had the previous years. In the mean
time we have sent seven additional 10 Min
nrsuta, eleven more to Iowa, seventeen 10
Missouri and Kansas By this addition, II
new Synod-the Synod Of Kansas and two
new sbytercs-IIumboldt and Smoky
IIill--haye been formed. We think more
churches have been formed since the list of
May last than during the same time amy pre-
vious year. The Church Erection Commit
tee have aided to build thiry-one houses Of
worship during that time
One hundred of the one hundred and
forly-two Old School Presbytcries have now
taken action on reunion since the last AS
sembly met. Ninety-four vote for reunion
on the basis of the standards, thiriy-scvcn
of these approving also 1T the basis sent
down by the General Assemblies. or the
remaining six, five disapprovc Of the basis
sent down to them and take no further nc
ton, while only one Presbytery, containing
five ministers, votes against reunion
The great majority of the New School
Presb teries have approved Ol the basis sent
down by the General Assemblies. The
question of reunion on the basis of the stan
dards--a proposion which originally came
from them-will be considered at their meet
ings in the spring. Already ten of their
| Presbyteries have expressed either pre-
| ference for this basis, or Willingness to re-
unite upon it,
The Pitisburg Advocute says that st.
| sauls church, New York, has given S400)
for missions and Sl275 for church eAten--
SION The Aduocute shoull have placed
the word ''ci,y" before missions, The mis-
sionary collection will be much l'rgeF. ~.
| Y Methodist.
Why?
| referring to the divisions amongst the
many sccts into which protcslanls ere tiivid-
| ed. but esppcially to the increasing tendency
towards division and subdivision manifest
ed by the Lutheran church in this country,
the Mcthodist says -
'.From the standpoint of u common Pro
lestautism, and still more from the stand
point of a common Christianity, these divi.
sions are greatly to he regretted. II is mi
,he difference of opiuion ON unessenta
points of telef and on ecclesiastical organi
Zaiiun, which is a source Of weakness; OF
the contrary, his is inscparably connected
with the fundamental principle of Pro,eslan
tism. But the wrong consists in the spir
which magnities tritles into essentials, ant
practically attaches more impnrinnce Il
sectarian views than to the broad basis %
the Christian revelation"
Rev. Dr. Ware of the "Church OF gu
Saviour" (Unitarian) at Baltimore, writes L
the American of that city as follows I'll
brief paragraph referring to recent papc!
Of mine, you say He therefore believes II
working with the Methodis.s viii yo'
do inc the justice to pdblish my contradic
,ion of that statement? While believe II
working with all bodies OF Christians, ID
only Christian body which has shown q dis
position to work with the Unitarians is th
African Methodist Church. In that worl
there is no compromise Of the faith or meth
ods of either party, and where the same sol
, of unity can be brought about between III
Methodists Of any of the sccls, and the Uni
!, tarians, then, and not til, then, shall 'bt
, lieve in working with the Methotss
wish could believe that time near
The statistics of the North Carolin
! Methodist Conference. as reported at lis r.
cent session, January ltth-l 18th, Bisho
r Ames presiding, are as follows: Travellin
=, preachers, ls-increase, 81 local preacher
!, 25-increase. 4; members, 333l-increas
1873 church edifices. i0-increase, .; valu
$345O-increase, $4,000; Sunday school
4s.--increase, 20; officers and teachers, =;
increase, ll6; scholars, 23i0-incrcas
o 1900.