, 1870-05-29
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

Lay E@auHQAY Al{EE AtEEAHlOH Icy.
We leeru from tho North German EH-
zette that tho idea OF IN Gcumenical Council
to be summoned by the Orthodox Greek
Church is gradually gaining ground in that
communion.
eress within fifteen miles Of New Albany. Ind.
An evangelist from Silt Lake ia there. and al
ready quite number have given in their ad-
herion to tho Mormon Church
Rev. Dr.. Ever, Of Christ Church, New
York, sails for England this week. A. Or.
Ever is st the head Of the advanced ntual1sts.
the report is that le il going thlther in pursuit
OF freah novelties with which to Btart&e tho
Low Churchmen on Fifth avenue when ho
comes back IN the fall.
They have preacher st rrairie Ctr.
lows, and member of his congregation ad.
dressed = note to him through the village
pnrer, telling him to begin his sermons a little
sooner md end them great deal sooner, and
his hearers would be very thankful!
! to Archbishop Culiens pastoral against Free
n1asenFy. "His Eninence is ns elnrhst!c ~
| ever in his condemnation Of secret societies.
He puts tAe Etce Mason's 10 the front rank Of
these, aud strongly censures institutions IN
~hich he ssys tue members swear that they
who may be vesS dangerous men and cou.
maud wicked things. Ho regards the habit OF
! continually takiue o1tha without necessity aa
| PROCLAMATION He remarks that there y no
necessity in this empire for bursing ANYTHING
in da1kness, because associations foe lawful
purposes are recognized. He reminds hls
Clergy that the greatest inhdel CT the last cen-
tu5y, Toltaire, WIS Free Mason: so Also we're
Murat, pauton, Rohespierc. and other mon
sters Of iniquity who took part in the ttenth
Revolution, and Aazzini and Gafbald III our
| own time
There is only one town in Massachusetts
that has not church builling.
Sir Frencis Czosslcy has just given sl1o,-
GOO to the London Missionary Society. and IS
much moro for fund for disabled pastors
!, and their fAmiiies-
Here arc some interesting statistics about
Congregational churches in New Eng!ana
The richest congregation Is the Centre
Church, Hartford, eatimated wealth, El2.eoo,-
Go0. The Park Street Church, Eoston, ana t1e
, Centre Church, New Haven, have the largest
, average congregations, from ]. 800 10 !, 4N
/ each Sunday. The largest annual cansron
, 1 tions are collected in the sh-,'..:.st lhurch
Boston, and the Centre Church, Sew HaTen
; average, 81, 600. The pastors salaries Fas!
: from $4,000 to &c. oo0 in these cities.
Q 1t il not dfteu that church is 80 mean a
! to ask minister to provide the most Of HI
+ own support, and to act as real estate agen
t for tho benefit Of town and church AZ u
= same time, but that is what We understand b
3 the petition OF i country parish in the PrssGs
teridn Bannkr, which says: "To pastor VII
4 has q little me4ns, and desirous Of investing
8 in 4 small farm OF 10, 60 or 80 acres rs neaI
in part OF obtaining = livelihood and VI
4 would be content with what tho congregstio
We think thcre could not bo found .nywhere
; better OF r1ole favorable opening. Il wou
i be desirable, also, II the pastor would have
}, IN hs power 70 INFLUENCE a few good P1eso
8 terisn families 70 settle within tho bounds
the congregation"
is The Methodist ministers OF Connectics
., have dec!zsed aegs;nst the propz1es5 OF Ecen
ID ing Egnen to preach the gospel
The Annual Couyocahon Of the Dunkars
Is Of the United States is to be held in Blat
IN Hawk County, Iova, IN June, commcncing {
Is the ath. The Courier, Of Waterloo, says: +"
is expected that Representatives from eve
ss ehnrrh IN the Union viii be present. rrepa1
n tons are already baing made for tho ente
being put upt and contracts for II
ni.hinS proyisious arc being let Il
intended to bake twenty-five barrels Of 10
into bread, and alaughter ten bceves. a
70. make other preparations in like proportio
70 The church ID located neat the residence
NJ. A1athisa Miller, IN Orange Township.
h. this county It is expected that not less Ii
5000 to 200 peraons will be present"
il Trinity Church, New York. is continus
Of freqoented by male and female losfe1s, "
20 in there to read, eat luncheon, nul
babies, &c, and it is the tAuc colony eve
AT the 1.st meeting Of tho Newark CN.,
res pteehytery, colarcd clergy man examined
er, Hebrew the cAnoluates 1o1 Heensute.
Il. a native Kafir preachct in Southern
is rica has Just completed \ translation Of 81
ks. yan.a q Pag1m's Progress = in the!anguage
IN his people.
z Cnufch Union, laet week, On spiritualism,
~ which be Gays: " We frankly sdmit that
Ihe long to believe IN spiritua1iam, but eanu
Ter We not only do not resist evidence and c
oy victiou+ but we rather solicit belief." He
Of Fects Light from science on the uuqueatio
hle phenonena Developed through l
his diurae+ OF the literature he says: = We c
he not be 20 tolerant OF the literature Of Spfri
t Ia a1ism as We a1s Of the phenomenologr. I
cen the most hopeless waite OF eentimentsG
:cnt tho ruoat extraordinary ettusion Of tancy, fu
philosophy and nnsodiin righteousness, ani
hes The 'most extraordinary quantity, that {
1see broke looee upon tho world"
IN "A dozen Episcopal Chzrrhes are buli