The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-10
ReIigious News Items.

R8I21OuS NEWS AOOn1S'
THE New York Methodist of the 3D.
inst. gives the vote on Lay Delega-
ton in the affirmative at 40, 885. Mega
tive 1904. The proposition has evil
IDENTITY been carried by a large ma
jority.
A CABLE dispatch from London to
the New York Herald announces as
a rumor in Europe, that the Ecumeni-
cal Council which was arranged to be
held at Rome In December of this
year, is to be postponed for at least
twelve months. 1t is supposed, how
ever, that there is no foundation for
the rumor.
THE subject for Sunday, at AZ ?, NJ,
at the Upper Market. will be the
Two Witnesses of Revelations, Oh.
XII, V. 81" will give power unto my
two witnesses, and they prophesy a
thousand two hundred and threescore
days, clothed in saokcloth, " &c.-of
great interest, bringing to view some
of the workings of the Little Horn .
Of Daniel. Oh. vii. Look at these
Scriptures and come to the lecture.
EVANGELIST.
THE corner stone of the German
Evangelical st. John Church, in Fort
Wayne, will be laid tomorrow, July
18th.
LAY observation-disclosures have
been received from all the circuits
and stations in the New Albany Pre-
siding Elder District, except one cir
cult, which shows the vote on Lay
Delegation to be 1914, of which there
is a majority of 40 in favor of the
proposition There will be over one
thousand votes cast in the district.
At this rate Indiana will cast over
$4,000, and the vote In the entire
country will foot up much larger than
recently antIcipated.-N a. CONNER
ciaL.
CORRECTED RETURNS. = The com.
plete and corrected returns of the
Wesleyan Conference of Great Brit.
ain show a net gain for the year Of
1882. South Wales shows decrease
of 165, North Wales an increase Of
50. and the Isle of Man an increase
of 142. In the foreign districts, un
der the superintendent Of the Con
ference, the increase has been A, loo
making the total increase for the yea
of members under the care of tn,
English Conference about 1900.
REV. DIR. EVER, of New York, /
determined to have notOriety. Sine
writing hiG sermons on Protestant
ism a Failure" he has continued t.
oficiate 10 his Protestant EpiscOpa
Church, lust the same as if it wa
not a failure" He recently bap
tized his own child after the fashion
of the Greek Church, This has pro
duced some sensation. 1t was don
by inIBserSlHg the naked body of til
child three times. The question i
mooted as to whether the Doctor an,
his congregation may not be prepar
ing to mite with the Greek Church
Instead of the Roman Catholics.
AT the late General Conference O
the United Brethren Church, III
Rev. Milton Wright was elected edi
tor Of the Religious Telescope, tn
official paper of the Church. TIL
Rev. ID. Berger, the retiring editor, i
the issue Of June Both, gives a brit
sketch of his administration and tn
causes of his being superseded. N
fault was found with his managemeI
of the paper, except that while he OF
posed Masonry aud the like, he wa
not outspoken enough against tn
Sons Of Temperance and the Goo
Templars. Indeed, he would adm
1T possible for a member of one
these societies to be Christian TIL
was fatal to his official standing. b
he is to continue to work on the pap,
as assistant editor, and he tells
he will write on these subjects Just
he did BEFORE
THE Presidency of the Iowa We
leyan University has been tender,
to both DIR. Meade and Profess
Whitlock, of the Ohio Wesley;
University.
THE Regents Of the University
Michigan. Ann Arbor, have accert
the resignation of President Have
who accepts the Presidency of 1
North Western University, at Evan
ton, Illinois. An election to fiji I
vacancy will be held some wee
hence. Among the names mention
are President HickOk, of Union G,
lege, Schenectady; Elk President ia