The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-12-09
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE,
PRESBYTERIAN.


4 strong effort is being made by
the Prcsbvtelians of the North-wes
10 pnt Forest Lake University and
The Theological Seminary of The
Northwest, near Chicago, OH broad
and permanent foundation.
The Rev. Arthur Mitchell, OF Chi.
cago, declines to accept the Secretary.
ship of the Presbyterian Board OF
Foreign Missions, which had been
previously declined by the Rev. DR.
Je-sup.
A correspondent writes to the Pitts
burg Banner, that 'in the four great
central States west Of the Mississippi,
Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri and Kan
sas,) with population of nearly four
millions in That vast valley between
Omaha and Kansas City, there is not
ono first class Presbyterian College.
The Synod of Cincinnati has voted
10 purchase the Ohio Female College,
College Hill. Ii involves the rails
ing Of $4,000, onc-half 20 go 10 The
owner and tho other half 10 the en-
dowmcnt of a Profcssorship.
The Union Theological Seminary
is 10 be rebuilt Oh lots secured for
u.at purpose i'm The upper part of the
city of New York. The sum of $780,
600 is needed to place it on firm
basis there, and $4,000 of tho
amount has been subscribed. The
seminary has educated /, 400 students,
and graduated $40 for the ministry,
and has now 40 within its walls rc-
cciving instruction.
BArTIsT.
There arc five or Sin Baptist Col
lcycs and Universities in the state
ofTcxas, with claims upon the sup
port of the denomination equsl TO
their respective merits. An effort
was made at meeting of the friends
of Education at BrcnhcIn, 10 conccn-
i:atc Baptist patronage upon single
institution; but the question was ad-
iourned 10 Il gcncral~'neeting to be
held at Brcmonl in December next
At the Baptist State Convention of
Texas, held at Brcnham, the Trcasur-
or reported S2,SlS,70 collected and
SI,SS7 SO disburscd during the year.
At the Cherokee Association, Mis-
sionary Baptist, recently held i'll Rusk
county, Texas, there were ~ churches
represented, whose aggregate mcm-
bership amounted 20 l,45I. The
Church is in fourishing condition.
The anniversary meeting of the
Baptists of Massachusetts developed
a remarkable fact. The body con-
sists of 307 ordained clergymcn, and
there arc but 266 churches in the com
mouwealtl. This is only another in
stance of the excess of supply over
demand in that State.
The Minutes of the last Baptist
General Association of irginia show
that there are in tina. State SlI Bap-
list churches, 153 ministers, and l0S,-
l92 members. The number baptized
during the past year was S,fy; the
number received on experience was
SIl.
EPISCOPAL.
We learn that the Rev. DIR. j. ,. Il.
Hodges. of Grace church, in Newark,
". d. lhs dSSeFtSu A. Naii W .hS -
torship of ST. raul's church, Balti-
more. DIR. Hodges, thong h compara-
lively young man. holds distin-
guishcd place in the Church he has
earned by his learning, picty and de-
voted zeal i'm his ministry
Judge VIM. ii. Campbell was re-
Gently ordained Deacon by Bishop
Davis, in Andersonyillc, Va.
Only four Episcopal churches i'll
Ohio discard the use of tic surplicc
and perhaps only ono out of Ohio
that in Hanover, Mass.
The Episcopalians of Oregon nave
contributed more than SU,Oo0 fol
educational and church proposes, since
Bishop Morris commenced his labor;
in that fcld