The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-11-12

land and the United States. But this
author says it is not Episcopal, be-
cause the King appoints and the Do
ceses elect their Bishops. Yet the
King does not make Bishop even in
a State-bound Church. The conse-
Grafton is done by other Bishops, and
this continues tho succession, and
gives Episcopal authority. None but
Bishops ordain other ministers in
that Church, just as It's in the sister
churches Of England and America.
Every Diocese of the Episcopal
Church in this country elects its
Bishop, but other Bishops only can
add to their own number, as the
Apostles did in the case of Matthias
and Barnabas, etc.
AT the Vermont Methodist State
Convention, held September 20, at
Montpelier, one of the topics most
exhaustiDgly discussed was: Our De-
nominational Peculiarities. eight of
which we thus state: /. Class Meet
ings; 2, Prayer Meetings; 3. System
of developing talents; Freedom
acceeded TO women; 5. Extempore
preaching; 6. Camp Meetings.; e..
Itinerancy; 8. Christian perfection.
Another brother added: The witness
of the Spirit. All these peeuiiarities
were urgently advocated as essential
to continued denominational eff
cheney.
THE BAPTIST CHURCH IN VIRGINIA.
According to the recent census, there
are in Richmond, Va, IS church
edifces, of nine different denomina-
tions, as follows: Baptist, IA; Meth
odist, 10; Presbyterian. 4; Episcopal,
6; German Lutheran, 3; Quaker, 1 !;
Seaman Bethel /. The churches will
accommodate 33, 415 persons. The
total value of church property is
1903. 500. The Minutes of the lest
Baptist General Assembly show that
there are ia the State Of Virginia S47
Baptist Churches, 453 ministers, and
los, 1872 members. The number bap-
tized during the past year was 8.497 !;
the number received on experience
Is Gil.
URIVERsALIsT CoNvENTIoN.-The
Ohio State University Convention
met In Columbus last week. On
Wednesday. October 9th. the princi-
pal subject discussed was the Sunday
school work, in which there was con-
siderable division of sentiment ex-
pressed by delegates. Dir. w. w.
King, of GAINESVILLE. said that ono of
the greatest and most crying evils of
the times was the sending by UniYer-
salist parents of their children to the
so-called orthodox Sunday schools.
Rev. Mr.. Garfield, Of Peru, thought
Il better for the children to go to the
"Orthodox" schools than to 90 on the
streets and imbibe profanity and vice.
Rev. Mr.. Spaulding. Of Cincinnati,
thought it better for q Universalist
father to stay ct home and teach his
children, than to allow them to go TO
any other than a good UniYeTsalist
Sunday. school.
A VENERABLE minister of the
Presbyterian Church and o pillar of
Lane Theological Seminary has fallen.
The Rev. d. Howe Allen. ID. d., died
yesterday of Granville, in this State.
He has been suffering from the effects
of q paralytic stroke for two or three
years, and has been gradually giving
way since that time. He was called
to Lane Seminary from Marietta Col.
lege in the year 1910. and has been
there without intermission since that
time. At first he filed the chair of
Sacred Rhetoric and Pastoral The
ology. Soon after the resignation of
DIR. Beecher and Professor Stowe, In
1850, DR.. Allen was transferred to the
chair Of Systematic Theology. In
1867, on account of declining health,
DR.. Allen was compelled to seek re-
lief from active service, and was made
Professor Emeritus. - Cincinnati Ga
sette, 10tb inst.
THE New York Herald has an art;-
Gle upon Members Of Choirs as Chris
tan Worshippers." After endorsing
organs and trained choirs as helps and
appliances of divine service, it says:
What we desire is that members of
choirs shall, without exception, be
more of Christians, and less of pro-
fessional singers. We propose that
after they have ceased singing, they
set TO praying, or listen to the preacher
with the rest of the congregation. How
often has it been observed that
the instant the members of q church
choir have finished a hymn they settle
down to q coy chat, passing their
little jokes with as much Indifference
as if they were not in place of wOr-
ship. Indeed, we are told that al
some of the churches social topics are
discussed every Sunday. Satire and
criticism are INDUCED in, and pleas
ant stories are told between the pauses
In the music. Such levity and ire
ligion merit aud ever receive our con-
domination. We are willing to pay
these people to sing US to Heaven,
but we cannot undertake to pray them
to that happy home of the hereafter.
They must do their own praying. They
must become Christian worshippers.
THE interesting meeting that has
been in progress for the Dast week at
the Baptist Church. If. this city, will
continue during ths current one.
The effective sermons of the esteemed
and eloquent pastor, Rev. G. @. Chap
lin, are arousing Geep and serious
interest. Olceasboro (Ky) Monitor.
A STRONG effort is being made by
the Presbyterians Of the Northwest,
to put Forest Lake University Snd
the Theological Seminary Of the
Northwest, near Chicago, on a broad
and permanent basis.
NEW R0AKa AMI PERIODTUALs.