The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-03-12

SOME thirteen converts to the
'"Christian" faith, IN the church Of
that name at North Madison, have
recently been notwithstanding the
post mistress.
ACCORDING to statements rendered
by the pastors, the accessions to the
several Methods Episcopal Churches
of Cincinnati, the last three months,
amount to $50.
The Methodist mission in India
Is educating II candidates for the
ministry, of whom DR.. Butler says
that they are the equals of those in
any other theological seminary In the
world. Besides these they are educa-
ting 4 800 young men; have two or
phanages, one for females, containing
ZOO inmates, and ore for males, con-
tanning 100, numbers of whom are
anxious to join the army of preachers.
THE acceseions to the several Pres
byterian Churches Of Cincinnati, since
Jan. LIST, amount to about 500; the
most numerous accessions having been
in the Central, the Third, the Fifth,
and the Mt. Auburn Churches, these
four having had about 20 each. These
| figures include both those received by
letter and on profession of faith.
Perhaps those by letter number 20
per cent, leaving the total number on
profession of faith 400.
THE UNIoN.-The new Presbyterian
body has 1929 ministers; of hom l, :
$50 are pastors; 1.018 stated supplies
329 missionaries, evangelists, chap
lains, agents, and colporteurs; 281 pro
fessors, teachers, editors, and secret a.
ries; S74 without charge; and 147 not
designated. OF those without charge
quite number are old and infrm
some have left the ministry because
not adapted to its work; and others
} are filling gaps and waiting a "call.
The average salary is said to be 5000
OF 4,371 Churches, 1852 raised les:
than s, 900 for all expenses, and over
: 1000 less than $500.
EXCEPT Charles Carroll, all thu
: historic men of the revolution from
the South, were Episcopalians; al
, Washington, Wythe, Gen. Morgan
! Madison, Monroe, Pendletou, Presi
!, dent Nelson, Rutledge, Laurens
: Moultrie, Sumter, the Pinckneys
etc. From the North were Chsncel
9 lor Livingston, Governor Morris
s Francis Lewis, James Duane, Will
Z liam Duer, Lewis Morris, Rober
t Troup, General Lord Stirling. of NeJ
Jersey; and Robert Morris, Anthem
> Wayne, John Jay, Richard Henri
l. Lee, Patrick Henry, Benjamin Frank
r. lin and others were either member
If of or attendants upon the ministra
}, tons of the Episcopal Church.
l. Sparks Washington and Hda0k
e Biographical Sketches"
!. ONE of the results OF the recent
!. effected union of the Old and Ne1
x School Presbyterian Churches is tn
= establishment. In Chicago, of a jour
nal intended to represent the interest
a of the Church united. The Interior
T. the name of the new paper. the frs
n number Of which has just been issued
u 1t is large, fifty six column journa
p attractive IN point of Typography an
n general appearance, and well file
y with reading matter. Rev. Arthu
/ Swazey is the editor, and Rev. {
Van Santvoord, assistant editor
n These gentlemen represent, respect
g. lively, the New and Old SchoC
le branches of the Church, and are wide
n ly known as faithful. jealous, and abl
: workers in the Presbyterian ministry
, Mr.. George B. Carpenter, formerl
i of the Chicago Republican, holds tn
responsible position of managing ed
tor; for which he is believed to b
a well qualified. It is stated that tn
Interior, financially, is on a solid basis
; and this with the foretaste of the frs
class journal indicated by the numbe
+ before US will at once start this neI
hebdomadal on the road to success.