The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-07
RELIGIOUS IyrEELlGEscf.

n The Established Church of England
is said to cost annually between five
and six millions Of pounds.
i A new church is in process of cree
ton in London for the deaf and dumb,
of whom there are stated to be 1000
in the city. - = - ..., q.
The Rev. w. w. Gardiner, of Bethel
College, i'm Kentucky, declined the
= honor of ID. D., because he thinks
q distinctive titles are improper among
BRETHREN" asys sfr.1 st- l,--z7a
= : The number of efficient bishops in
/, the Methodist Episcopal Church is
~ reducea to five. 1t is calculated that
four new ones will be selected at the
General Conference jim 1872.
Thisis the two hundred and fiftieth
'yehr Of the Congregational Church in
b the United States. Numerically it
stands fourth among the evangelical
churcles OF this country. 40 Ee-
In North Carolina there are1 Epis-
copal parishes and missions, 81 clergy
men. and 3,239 communicates, of
whom 222 are colored. In Iowa there
are 50 parishes, 40 clergymen, and
'2,95! COMMITMENTS. "a.
Fifty-five years agp there was but
a single Wesleyan minister on the
continent of Australia, and not ono in
:he Islands Of the. south; now there
are i'm the former 179 ministers, and i'm
the latter 50, besides 81 native assist
ant missionaries. The mem bers have
increased from Is individuals TO
$4,000.
During thirty-five years of the con-
tinuance of the Mercer Street Presby-
terian Church, New York, the plate
collections amounted to three hundred
thousand dollars, and the aggregate
of its contributions have exceeded
million. Ed
Thirteen Congregational churches
have Just been, or are nearly, compile
ted i'm the vicinity of Boston. A no.
tioeable and common feature of them
is provisions for social religious life
i'm the way of parlors, kitchens and
small inference rooms.
For the new st. Thomas Church,
Fifth avenue, New1ork, musical
conductor has been engaged at a sal
ary of 5000 year, and an elegant
residence besides. This places st.
Thomas's Church next to a certain
Roman Catholic church in New FORK,
which is reported last year to have
maid upwards of $1,000 for It's masIc,
and less than 1000 in salary to its
priest. lt@ cE
Pev I James, NJ. D., of Bustleton,
penn has the honor of being the old
ct Methodist in the world. He is in
h;s9ninety-fourth year, being born
Innuarv %. l777. He joined the
Methodist society in 179O-eighty
oars ago. He was licensed to eXhort
IN 1898: to preach in 1900; was or
dained deacon by Bishop Asbury in
1906, and elder by Bishop Morris in
1S49. ar.s4 .,-,.
The Chicago correspondent of the
z,on,s Advocate writes that in that
[;tv "thc Baptist is the leading de-
ro;o;nation in point Of numbers, hay-
q 5O0 members. The Methodists
na,or III With 3.70O.> There are twenty
Io,,oS pnn.;st churches, and about. ten thou
sahoo.s. saIru s'H Home and Mission, sic. The
second Baptist church Is the iarges.
Protestant church IN the CITY, win
io75 members, and the First church
ncxt with 1000. There are thirteen
Baptist ID. Ds. in the city though they
are about TO lose onc,-Dr. Taylor
lie goes "a New Orleans. The Uni
ycrsity of Chicago is under Dapust
control, and has been built up mainly
through the energy, perseverance ana
norsonal sacrifices OF its President,
Rev. ]. C.. .Borroughs, d. D. In all
Denartments il Unregistered 345 students
last year" as 1