The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-10
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

DR.. Cote writes to the Religious He
aid that the Baptist Church in Rome has
been prosecuted before the civil courts,
at the instigation of the priests, on the
plea that its meetings are immoral
and ought to be prohibited. The inn
morality consists in attacking the
errors OF the Papacy. The trial is
exciting great interest in the city.
The granting of religious liberty in
SaXOny, Germany, by statute, in 1870,
Gas given rise to increased activity
among the Methodist missionaries in
that country. Before the act OF 1870
the State forbade the organization Of
independent churches, and forciblY
repTessed all dissenting bodies of
| Christians. The new liberty has ell
| larged the enterprise of the mission
workers.
An Episcopal clergyman calls at
| tenuOn, in the Chicago Tribune, to
the great gains which his denomina-
| ton has made at the expense Of the
other churches. He says:
" Not only is it true that about two
| thirds of the clergy of the Church are
| recruits from other religious bodies,
| but a majority of our bishops were
! originally from the ranks Of denOmi-
national clergy. A single bishop has
-
ordained by him came from other re-
ligiOus bodies,
The Lutherans have been Overtak, II
by the woman movement. At NEE. =
ing of the Tenth District Conference
of the Synod of Pennsylvania it was
voted: " j. That IL is desirable TO re-
establish the office of deacoDess in our
congregations >. That believing and
intelligent women should be regularly
appointed by the congregations and
| formally inducted into Office; and?.
That the Synod should instruct
Liturgical Committees to prepare a
| form for the installation of such off,
GERS and general statement of the
duties to be attended to by them"
Three Presbyterian churches had
| over 100 additions last year had be-
tween 81 and 75; $50 had between 81
| and 30; 494 had between IL and 20;
| SO had between g and 10; 1S6 had B;
| 275 had 1 SO had 3; 377 had 2; 403
| had and ! ,5l4 had no additions at
all. This last item the PresLgyteYidH.
| with some reason, prOnOunceS start
| ling. The church that adds to its
| numbers not a single member in the
course of year is In a sad condition
| and the fact that a single denomina-
/ ton reports l 800 snch churches is a
/ AAANAAAlCAOAJ GFluCltC6 LffaI the AJnFfS@
tlanIty OF our time IS not so efficient
/ as it ought to be.
| SWITZERLAND PROTESTAN NTr.-Four
| hundred delegates, representing every
] ROman Catholic CAUTION i'm SWitZeT-
/ land, met at Saieure on the 18th day
\ of September. They were Catholics,
/ but how renOuuced L RjmanIsn, alb
jured the POpe's infallibility, rejected
the celibacy of priests, declared for
/ separation of Church and State, and
became thoroughly Protestant against
/ the modern dOgmas of the Church,
/ This i5 a great movement, and will
/ tell upon the reformation now in Drc-
| gress throughout Europe. So far ffom
" blowing over" or dying out" the
anti-papal reformation gains vigoT and
numbers every day. We begin to see
the effects OF the destruction of the
/ POpe's civil power. lie can no longer
/ iEfIict pains and penalties upon the
limbs Of his church members. They
! feel the liberty Of acting for them
selves. Germany is rapidly becoming
/ independent OF Rome. Spain is prac-
) tiCaliY free. Italy is in rebellion
. Austria rules herself The only tyvn
countries Oh the globe where the
Pope still Teigns supreme over his
I Church, are Ireland and the United
/ States Of America.
MI. Spurgeun has dropped the
"Rsv." He IS now plain :" Pastor
Spurgeon."
Henry Young, Esq, Of Sing Sing,
/ has given S3O, 900 TO endow a profes-
soTship in the Union Theological Sem
mary at Hampton Sidney, Va.
The Rev. Sabine, who didn't care to
hold funeral services over the BODY Of
George Holland, has engaged an opera
singer 10 sing in his choir.
Tho Hon. a. +. Allen promises
SlOO,000 for the Presbyterian College
Des Moines is trying to secure, provi-
ded his tOwnsmea will raj $50, 900.
The Roman Catholic priests of Bos-
ton have united in a petition to :he
Aldermen that the streets IN the Vicini-
ty Of all the churches be paved with
wood.
! Henry Ward Beec1er gives a s.1knge
yea on for loving TO liDger in the
dining saloon of the Parker House,
in Boston " For right there in old
times we studied Latin.n
DIR. Ever said, few years since,
that Professionalism was q failure
he IS low reported as saying that
Chr stianity is a failure. The CoRgTCs
q0GonGiist asks, Is not Dr. Ever q
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