Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-10-20
THE RELIGIOUS WORLD.

-Four new Episcopal churches are now being
built in Philadelphia which will cost when COM
pleted 100000.
Rev. T. l.. Cuyler announces that he he has
taken the total abstinence pledge on Lyceum
lecturing.
The 'Church of the Strangers" Rev. DR.,
Deems, pastor, has been presented with the old
Mercer Street Presbyterian Church property
bought and presented by Com. Vanderbilt, to
DIR. Deems for his use during his life, when it
recurs to tho Commodore or his heirs. After
extensive repairs the church was re-opened for
religious services recently.
The American Board of Missions has figured
up its receipts for the year closing August 21st
and finds deficit of S22, ,331.79. The total re-
ceipts for the year were S45S, 754.42.
Dr. Schaff says, whatever may have been Count
Bismarcks former life, he is now of decided
Protestant religious convictions and irreproacha-
BILE private character.
The Anniversary of the woman's Union Foreign
Missionary Society was held in the church Of the
addresses were made by Mrs. Blatchford, Of
Chicago, Mrs. Todd, Of Michigan, Miss Hart, of
Philadelphia, and Mrs. Rhea formerly Missionary
to Oroomiah, Persia. The receipts of the
Society were $16,757.
The conservation of Rev. VIM. Pinkney, as
Assistant Bishop, of the Diocese of Maryland
occurred at Washington, d. c., on the 9Th inst.
Among the distinguished persons present and
participating in the services were the Bishops of
Tennessee, Pittsburg, Kentucky, Virginia, Mary
land and North Carolina After the exercises
of consecration collation. was served mp by the
ladies of the churches of Washington.
Rev. DIR. H. II. Je5sup of the Syrian Mission,
| declines the Secretaryship of the Board of For
eign Missions of the Presbyterian church, on the
ground that he not coscientiously give up his
work in Syria, where it would be far more difficult
to supply his place than it would i'll Secretary
ship. He eloquently says his conservation of
| himself to the missionary work was an irrevoca-
able surrender, an enlistment for life He thinks
| missionary on going to foreign field should
| like Cortes burn his ships behind him.
The five largest Presbyterian churches in this
country are as follows, Lafayette Avenue Brook
lyn, Rev. 7. L. Cuyler pastor, membership 1876 !;
bers; Madison Square, New York city, DR.. Adams,
1887 Kensington, Philadelphia, Rev. ]. II. Beale,
| 1,137 members; and Thirteenth street New York.
DR.. Burchard Pastor, $50.
/! Rev. DIR. Edward Cornes, of the Japan mission,
of the Presbyterian church, with his family, all
persisted by steamboat explosion in that
country. He was graduate of the Northwest
| ern Seminary, in Chicago, in 1858.
Rev. Dr. Nathaniel Colver, of the Baptist
church, died in Chicago, Sept. 25th. He was
| one of the Oldest and ablest ministers of that
denomination.
Mr.. Spurgeon is pastor of working, wide
awake CHURCH, which is power in the earth, as
will appear from the following statement. II
owns property worth 100000; their tabernacle
or church building has twenty rooms, besides
the audience room; their orphanage supports
two hundred children they conduct two. large
day schools, and support hospital for atheir
poor and inferm members; their theological
school educates eighty candidates for the min
istry and by the services of these young men
over one hundred places in London are every
Sabbath provided with religious services
"a young lady who has for three years been a
novice in the st. Mary's sisterhood, Protestant
Episcopal church, in New York city, will soon
take the veil with the pledge of perpetual celiba-
cy, the wife of DIR. Patterson, of Philadelphia,
will act as her godmother on the occasion. DIR.
Patterson took leading part in the conservation
services at st. Sacrament mission. "-Intepend-
ent.
At the recent New Jersey State Convention of
the NJ. L. Church, the following statistics were
presented. "The entire membership of the
Methodist Church, in the State is %, ,832; being
one sixteenth of the entire population, with .
regular church attendance. Of about 2O5, ,9l2
thus it will be seen that the M. Il. Church, has
probably made its influence nearly one fourth Of
the entire population Of the state. "-Metaodist