, 1870-05-08

| Church of Zion" Its first Sunday BchCG
4 was organized February 90 This party take
y: ernmeut on the question Of polygamy, and
i though its leaders disapproVe Of portions o
. the y Cu11om bill, " they Jet hold that polyga
!, my has become raterialized to such m e1ten
: that he practice should BE- abandoned The,
= say that, while the "JosepMte" movement ii
,, | directed toward extreme liberalism in inter
probation Of the Mormon Scriptures, allowing
! no further revelation, their own movement i
: the protest OF tho free reason against Brig
ham Young.
DR.. A. L. Stone carried back to San Fran
, cieco not only the S25, 600 which he sought az
, endowment for chair in the theological sem-
mary there, but also pledges which viii II re-
deemed, amount to as much more. 49,. :
The Christian Leader complains that not
a single religious paper has published it's fig
/ urcs correcting widely circulated statement
| that Universalism is declining relatively to
| other sects.
The translation of the Mble into the ver-
nacu1ar tongue of Ireland has been gladly ac-
cepted by tho people, The d1is1uaim says
"The chief reason that the Gaelic version Of
Tho Scriptures was at one time read good
deal by the peasantry WIS, that they were de-
lighted to behold in print the ancient language
] Of their country. It had been prosecuted By
act Of Parliament, and to eco book in the
I1sh tongue came as ray Of returning liberty
! The The, Episeopal churches in the city OF
II Aa1Hord, Connecticut, with one exception
have adopted the plan Of free Bittings.
-EishoP Thompson saJB he saw in India =
religious devotee sitting cross-legged on aha1p
@ stones, Who WIG! bad sat there for seyen years, un-
ing would improve his spiritual condition
TDr- Guthrie, United Presbyterian Of Scot
Land, has introduced into his service the nov
city OF having his people Btand in singing, in
stead OF sitting, and bow the head in prayer,
ff1r+ avYE $f7nuy ~
bring him to the bar OF the General Assembly
for heterodoxy.
4 In Europe the Freanaasons ase beginning
to move against the Pope. The Grand Lodge
Of the = Sun, " at Dayrenth, has sent ont an
Freemasons that the rules Of their association
bind them to keep watch upon the present
| proceedings Of the Vatican. in 50 far
as they may be inin,ical to the general welfare.
The dogma Of infalbility is characterized ~
moral aad spiritual development Of the age.
occasion q " breaking ground iaf Ss' The 81 new w
Episcopal Church Of St. Johns, the Biahop
and others joined in procession led by a boy
axe, which bad 4F noT eessas eeesos sA9 prpsss pss
slonal cross, Was handed to the Bishop, aud.
! IN the name Of the Trinity, it's polished arm
Was buried several times in the soil Tho
services concluded with the ahou1dezing Of the |
and pick appeared well together"-the singing |
Of the One Hund7ath Psalm in metre, md the
benediction.
The Ronsn Catholics Of England desire TO \
haEe their q,sad pro quo in regard to Mr.. New
aeeates proposed inquiry into monastic insti-
tut1ons, as We learn from the Weekly Regis&7,
that when Parliament meets after the Easter
recess 3 member Of the House Of Commons
intends to ask for special committee to H.
9ulre into the happiness or otherwise OF tho
nj air - f. l.
During the last twelve months 10 less than
seven married gentlemen holding Anglican or
dars have figured in various law courts under
circumstances which speak but little for the
manner 4 IN which they observe what we call
the Sixth, and Protestants call the Seventh,
commandment and it is greatly to be feared
that scandals Of the same kind are but too
prevalent throughout the county. Some cler-
gymse1n,a gyae1at wives, too, arc EeEy unhappy At the
confessions, and this matter also will be in
CURED into by Parliamentary committee.
This inquiry is to be supplemented by
state and condition u" of ii'eds ii Eotestsnt s
boarding schools for young ladies' through
out England. P1iTnte rights, private prop
ertJ, OF private feeling are in no way to be re-
sons, no matter who. that likes TO come for
ward and tel! his OF her tale will be Welcome
to do 30. :, No cross questioning will be al
lowed, no Testimony viii be given on oath, and
no one can be called to account for any slan-
der he or she may utter, no matter how false
and foul it may be-"
The Baptists seem to be beginning mis-
slonary work in several widely different quar-
tere. Heaides their new Mexican work under
MI gnsetsuP, which nha. Is r. separation from tho
e'gn Christian Union, they are proposing 8
mission to Greece. In Athens tEere haa been
for some time difference between Mr. Ka1- r
opothakes and Messrs- Sakellarios and Con-
p&A1,f 4.r1> 3
Of the latter to the Baptists. Nj. Constantine
made charges against kalopothakes, which he ,
did not subetsntate, and was informed by tho | !;
and F. Christian Union that his resignation | =
would be accepted We undertand that he =
Joins sakellanos IN going over to the Baptats- y
These men are al1 Greeks, educated in this q
sonntv- e
AT the Church Of the Messiah, New York,
N Sunday last, an unusual episode occurred. :
This Was nothing moro or loss than an elegant :.
eading to the pulpit and seating herself there. 3
'he took her seat with the calmest dignity a
An eyes we're upon her, wonder =
ng what it meant. An elderly gentleman II
ST vaa Rs 5 the 1sps sp ske lad
be blandest tones possible. "That's my bus :
aess," she answered. "But you have no bus Il
ness here" he iuaisted. s'I have, and I'll | u
tay, she fairly shtiaked. It was evident she ~
Faa crazy. Some policemen we're called in, =, |
nd, resisting their efforts to remove her, and y
lling the church with her sh1ieks, sha Was y,
nken out =,
Tho Independent says: "The National ie
'aptist prints long tables Of Baptist statistics, IN
rom which We learn that, last year, the NUM-
I churches, from 12,o15 to 15,143; Of o. IL
aimed ministers, from $685. to .a,7S7; Il
I baptisms,. from 6o,187 to 70, ,172; and 81
I tho members, from LII, ,9ss' to 1,24,- ",
49, This shows that the Baptists hsye i,
m mn fy1f
be- hfethodists- But it must be remembered Il
hat the Southern Baptists are now united FL
18th their Northern brethren, while the more CO
omplete ecclesiastical system Of the Metho- 6f
ists has kept the discovered bodies apart
7ere The other mmetsing Churches, IS the sa
reewM Baptists, with their 66691 members; Ii
ae Seventh Day Baptsts, with their I, 1886 II
,embe5s the Disciples (CAmpbelItesl, with is
ueir 800 900 members, and the Ninnebranna- ou
ans, With their 50. 900 members, to be counted e1
with the regular Bapdsts, it would give to- q
i Of 1,s26,421 members. The Methodist | N
ranches have about 2, Isl, 900 members The | e,
apdst strength is greatest in Georgia, vhere re-
,ey have 1,A7se ehq5chss with an average q 70 vo
ave 107, ,5ea members, an average Of $50 mem- of
ers. New York has 1oO, ,502 members Ken ~
,eky, ss,17; North Carolina, 76,169 hia
!hn9is, 52Ss5; Maassachnsstts, 1851 ii
oninatiOn), 9,11o. Their Sunday Schools last iu
ear reported Ss7, CAT pupils. Their eight gen. ca
ral societies report $75l, ,767 receipts but as az
40 largest SUN, 1874 ,160, WAS Moat of it from I'll
10 GALES Of the Publication Society, it Is in H.
ossible to tell what we're the exact contribu- III
ons. The Foreign Missionary Society re- al
sived 9196, ,899, and the Home Mission Society DO
IL ,032. II th9 average, leaving out the M
les, comes up to only about thirty cents for ye
lch member, it must be remembered that n
lore than half OF this membership ia in the Of
onth, where it is mainly composed Of coloTed III
eople, and where the missionary societies fet
i've hardly begun to appeal. OF other parts th
the world, Canada has 43, ,375 Baptist men- pls
s1s; Europe, 256,62s (mainly in England and in
la1es); Asia, 8.740 (nainly Karens); Africa, At
!, ,544, and Australasia, 2, 410; making total th
81, ,282-not much moro than one-quatter dis
the number In this county," III,
The New York Erening Post says: IA
rye number Of voluntary Representatives OF p11
e principle Chrisian Churches Of Europe as- rcI
mbled in Berlin in 1857 to consider what no
nd be done TO promote Christian union and as
strengthen the generally received doctrines chi
Protestant Christianity against Roman8m | cul
the one eide, and 'lattudInazianiam' On the tht
her. They formed society entitled The OBJ.
'anEelca1 Alliance under which branches wh
ve been organized in many Of the PRINCIPAL | aft
ies OF the world, and have held three or four an1
neral meetings, attended by representatives ha,
in ali parts Of Europe and from America. pa
. irregular intervals. At the last $685. en-,
n, which was held at Amsterdam in 1 DR.
81, New York EnB appointed ! cu1
the next place Of meeting; and lie New in
* branch Of the alliance has fixed 6eptcm- pa1
: ~. 1870. IS the time, and has invited emf an4
ut Christian scholars and ninisteEs from sor
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