Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1870-09-17
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

Spurgcon has some Of his sermons
printed in the Maori language. The
Maoris, however prefer rottcd En-
glishmen.
The six native churches on the
Sandwich Islands, and the native pas
tors and preachers, are wholly sup
ported by their own people.
There has been much inquiry
among the Mussulmans of Damascus,
as to the truth of Christianity, and
about fifty families, representing
about five hundred souls, have accep-
ted il and applied to be received into
the Greek Church.
The London City Mission has in its
employ 375 missionaries, who made
over two million visits last year, re-
claimed 905 druukards, restored 676
fallen women to their homes, or put
them in aSylums, and induced lSl
shopkecpers to give up Sunday ira
ding,
The Archbishop Of Canterbury,
who might be supposed TO know,
lately addressed a document to the
Queen, in which he styled her the
supreme head on earth of the Church
of England" The Saturday Reciew
pronounces this the straugest blunder
that it ever saw.
DR.. EinhOrn, a Jewish Rabbi, at
Philadelphia, and a strict observer of
the Hebrew Sabbath, has instituted an
additional weekly service on Sunday
where those may worship who are
compelled to rest on that day, many
of whom could not or would not
visit the synagogue on a Saturday.
At the beginning of this century
there were not one hundred native
Protestants in all India and Burmah.
Now their are not far from eighty
thousand church members. The
whole number OF missionaries in In
dia is six hundred, and there are two
thousand native preachers. About
Sl,500,000 are expended in this field
by twenty-five societies.
The Christian 1drocate expects
that "the Methodist ministry will
soon be the best supported in Amer
.ica, Its people are rapidly growing
wealthy they are %proverbially gen.
erous, and the machinery of the de-
nomination, always powerfully pre-
disposed toward system, is ~efIectually
working out the problem of compe-
tent ministerial support"
Chicago has no less than six insti-
buttons where ministers and priests
are prepared for their work. The
oldest is the Congregationalist, with
about forty students; the Methodist
comes next, with thirty-tive; then the
Presbyterian, formerly belonging to
the Old School, with twenty-five /;
the Baptist with about fifty the Uni
tartan, just getting into operation !;
and the Roman Catholic.
A bill for gradual disestablishmcnt
of the Church of England, has passed
the Legislative Council of Jamaica.
It provides for the transfer of Church
property, for the management of the
affairs of the church by the ministers,
members and adhcrentS of the Epis-
copal Church resident in the island.
for the constitution of u representa-
tive Synod, and for the exercise off
cnurch discipline in congregations.
The Bishop of Chester has refused
to cOncecratc a church at West Derby,
near Liverpool, on account of the
elaborate character of the decorations.
The walls and roof, and almost every
part of the church are covered with
painting and gliding, and their is an
altar piece which the Bishop considers
Objectionable. The founder of the
church, a Mrs. Reade, who has spent
pounds upon it, and refuses to
alter to suit the Bishops views, threat
ems him with a law suit.
The Liberal Jews" are making
efforts to circulate the wri-
of their great philosopher, Mo-
ses Mcndelssohn. Two of his princi-
pal works have just been repu6lished
in Leipsic--" The Immortality of the
Soul" and his Jerusalem, or the Re-
Power of Judaism" The ed
ltor has taken unusual pains in the
revision of the text, and has added
well written biographical introduce
ton, as well az explanatory notes.
His teachings will doubtless give new
impetus to the Progressive Jews"
In Nevada the Episcopaliaas, while
not yet having material for sta.
tistical returns, have still outstripped
other Churches in laying the founda-
lion for future operations. Thus far
they have 3 well-attended churches.
ITO persons have been confirm
ed 1900 Sunday-school pupils have
been instructed, the present attend
lnce being 600, among which are Jews
md Romanists. In the mining dis
are five settlements that bid fair
to be permanent, and for which cler-
gy are asked, while along the railroad
line ire many towns whose vitality
remains to be proved. Arizona forms
. part of the diocese of Nevada, and
the spring the bishop purposes to
make his first tour thither, and to
found a missionary colony if the Gov
eminent can be induced to increase its
annual grant of $500 for the educa-
ton of the Pimas, an Indian tribe
numbering 5000 souls. These people
n correspondent of the Cburchmon
are eager for missionaries and
schools. "The chief said, sIappinp
hand on his pocket we'll filed with
gold COIN, We don't want your hoes.
or shovcls. We can buy them
ourselves. But we do want our bows
md girls taught as yours arc"
Professor Pcliza, of Florence. has