The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-03-05

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The Free VIII Baptist Annual
shows ] ,375 churches. an IN
crease of 81, including some General
Baptists, that have Joined them;
preachers. 1.4T4, an increase of 26;
and 66,991 members, an increase of 4
5,447.
The minutes Of the Seventh Day
Baptists show seventy-six churches,
of which the strongest are IN Hopkin- /
son, Mass; Westerly and Pawtucket,
r.. L.; Alfred and Brookfeld, N. T.;
and Albion and Milton, Wisconsin.
Rev. w. Pope Yeaman, of New
York City, has been called to the pas
tOral charge of the Third Baptist
Church, St Louis.
The Second Congregational Church
in Hartford celebrated its 20th ami
versary on the 22d and 23d.
The Congregational Quarterly re-
ported the organization of 25churches
the ordination of 30 ministers, and
the death of II.
Henry Ward Beecher says the 18th
chapter of LIST Corinthians is the most
perfect description Of a gentleman
that ever was written or thought of.
The Congregational Sabbath School
and Publishing Society Of Boston
sold $38,505 dollars worth of publiea-
tions for the three months ending
February Sd, and received donations
Of S2.049.
Rev. Cyrus Pickett pastor of the
First Congregational church of En-
field, Connecticut, has rendered his
resignation, believing he can accom-
plish more success In another field.
The Rev. DIR. E. f. Hatfield has
undertaken the work Of raising $780,
600 for the Union Theological Semin-
airy, New York.
The Bishop Of London has rebuked
an Evangelical Rector In London for
preaching in Presbyterian pulpits
when in Scotland. An Episcopal
hand, has unanimously voted to sever
its connection with the Bishop, who
refused to allow them an Evangeli-
cal and thoroughly Protestant Rector
A Sunday School teacher in New
York gave a meersehaum pipe to one
of his scholars as reward of merit
A Unitarian Mission is soon to be
established in Paris.
, The Free Evangelical Church In
North Attleboro was dedicated OF
: Wednesday afternoon. The sermon
was delivered by Rev. d. D. kellogg
jr., of Providence.
/ There are in the United States 65(
: Young Mems Christian Associations
with over 100000 members.
The Episcopalians have associa
tions organized to represent ever
2 shade of opinion. The Lattimer As
! ISOLATION represents the Revisionists
the Church Union, the Ritualist, tn,
8 Evangelical Catholic Union, tn,
moderate Low Church party, and tn,
Conservative Church Union the Mod
: crate High Churchmen.
Since the revolution, which is nov
, seventeen months old, there hav
been opened in Spain eighty-five Bi
BILE depots, and there have been print
l ed In Madrid $4,000 Bibles, 80. 00I
New Testaments; 100000 selection
: from the Scriptures, and l ,3O0,O0I
3 Tracts. This is exclusive of 10000
! Bibles that had been sent into tn,
/, Peninsula IN 1868, before the revolu
Q ton broke out, exclusive also o
e / 100000 that are speedily to be sen
there from various quarters.
v The Je1oish Messenger replies to tn
e EUeniaq Commonwealth inquiry int
the truth of the current statement
a that Reformed Jews have sunk dow
: into pure Deism, reject their owl
scriptures, consider prayer a mocker,
and useless folly, and rites humbugs
etc" These assertions The WesSenge
pronounces entirely false" and add
in effeot-what, indeed, is a truism-
that Jew becoming Deist would
ipSo factO, cease to be a jew. "Tha
: there are some men among us,
adds, who are extreme rationalists
is q statement which will equally ap
ply to all religious confessions.
The Church Record Of New Yorl
(organ of the advanced Ritualists)
adveTtises all sorts of ecclesiastica
vestments aud embroidery, such a
7 are used in st. Adams, includin
altar frontals, super -frontals, chasu
! bles, balmatics, tumilies, stoles, man
iples, chalice walls, burses, copes
abs, armices, fair white linen cloths
: corporals, walls, pals, purihcators.
" The Low Church brethren look upo
a these as strong indications of RI
e man-ward tendency.
! The New York Independent says
Plymouth church, Brooklyn, ha
not quite given up its creed, after al
q The vote in substance was that men
d bers should be taken in on the cove
8 nant and not on the creed. Nj
}, Beecher says in defense of this aotio
IS that such was the early practice
J. New England, the general practice
J. the late Old School Presbyteria
L body, and of the most Baptist church
e es. A subsequent church meetin
It has resolved that the articles of fat
i are still held by the church, and tn;
d whenever the views of a candidate fl
b admission differ from those of the al
Q. tieles of faith, the committee be il
- ofrrrofo1 N rnnnrt m the ohnrah ~