The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-30
Rrlrarous INTELLIGENCE.

RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
/ The Unicersalist asserts that the
loctrines of its denomination are
making great progress in Scotland.
4 The second Presbyterian Church
of Richmond, has increased the sala-
4 ay of its pastor, Rev. DIR. Hogc, to
! 1850.
The CITY of Jerusalem contains 49,
600 Inhabitants, of whom 5000 are
Jews. 5000 Mohamedsne, 1900
Christians.
Ten new Methodist Churches and
Two parsonages were built in The
State of Delaware during the last
conference year.
Bishop Clark, i'm his will made con-
siderable requests to three benevo-
lent societies of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church.
There is a deep religious interes:
in the Presbyterian Churches in Bos-
ton, and large additions have been
made to their membership.
Father Hyacinthe in recent letter
SAYS the bloody acts of the Com
munists in Paris were the result of
the negation of God by the people.
Should DR.. Hodge, Professor of
Theology in Princeton Seminary,
survive until next spring, he will
have completed fifty years of service
in that institution.
The Presbyterian General Assem-
blv proposes to raise special Gem.
mittee to prepare and publish a new
book of Psalmody, with view of
having all the books now in use re-
tired.
Rev. l.. M. Vernon d. D., Of the
Methodist Church of st. Louis, who
has been appointed missionary to
Italy, expects to sail for his field of
labor about the middle of the present
month.
The Rev. S. III. Ford, l.. l.. D., of
Memphis Tenn, proposed to remove
to st. Louis, and to resume the pub
LEGATION of the Baptist Repository.
He has resigned the Central church,
Memphis.
The Presbyterian Presbytery of
Pennsylvania recently reaffirmed its
objections to the validity of Disci-
ple's baptism, characterizing it as
grevious error, and an abuse of
Christ's ordinance.
In many of the Roman Catholic
Churches of this country the annual
collections for the Pope have just
been takel. The contributions are
unusually large in some OF the
Eastern congregations.
The scheme for raising $4,000 for
Hampden Sidney College, to be paid
in five years, is success. The whole |
amount has been raised without eX-
pense to the College through the per-
sistent efforts Of its friends.
The EpiscOpalian thinks the Church |
of England has lost the affection of
half the English people, and will
lose the support of nearly the remain
ing half when the tide of power turns,
and must then stand on her scriptu-
raj merits.
The Episcopalians of Memphis
Tenn, have recently purchased an
Episcopal residence at q cost of
about $4,000. 1t was the proper ty
of Bisop O.ey, and is commodious
and suitable building. Bishop Quin.
tard has lately taken parstoral charge
of st. Mary's church.
Two clergymen, late itors of the
MiaiSterial UniOR-a Christian pa
per which appeared To- four consec-
utive weeks in Chicago--valedicto
ried as follows: Chicago is a good
place for religious paper, provided
thpt three pages serve Satan and the
other one is mixed
The Philadelphia Press states that
the sultan is endeavoring to induce
the Jews to immigrate to Palestine,
and even offers to sell them the
Mosque of Omar, which occupies
the site of the ancient Temple on
Mount Moriah. Some of the hills
around Jerusalem have already be-
come Jewish property.
The members of the principal religi
Gus denominations in the world are
estimated as follows: Greek Church,
50, 9O2, 200; the six other Oriental
Churches, $500, 900; Roman Catholics,
195, 100000; Protestants, SO, $50, 900; /;
Mohammedans, 10000, 900; Buddhists
81 900, 600; other Asiatic religions, 260,-
600, 900; Pagans, 10000 600; Jews, s.
000, 600.
The Jerish Chronicle thinks that
there will be formed Universal"
Israclitish Alliance, for TIE purpose
of drawing more closely the ties
that bind the Jews to their brethren
scattered throughout the world, and
the first step toward carrying out
that object must be to draw more
closely the ties THAT bind the Jews 10
this country.
a solitary Baptist lady, of Hot
Springs, Ark, sometime ago deter
mined to have Baptist Church in
the place. She accordingly went to
work and built neat and conmodi-
Gus meeting, and arranged with
minister or missionary to preach in
it once a month. The result is q
Church of thirty or forty members,
with Sandy school nearly as lagre.
The Baptist Historical Society, has
now gathered 1875 volumes. Ia, ALL
pamphlets 667 manuscripts, ga por-
traits, ia views, and $50 photo
graphs. Means are needed for Sc
curing important works from foreign
lands. The Society request copies of
all books issued by Baptist publish
ing houses, denominational manu-
scripts, and photographs of eminent
ministers.
The General Minutes, for 1870,
show the following statistics: timer
ant preachers, 1912; local preachers,
Ala; white church members, SCI, 81;
colored members, l., 263; and Sun
day schools, 6,173. The total men,
bership of the Church is now $780,
2lS, rs against 57l, 34l, in 1867
There are nine Bishops and thirty
five Annual Conferences. The Mis-
sionary contributions aggregate $751;
675 81, angainst ST. JAG sc in 1869.
The growth of The Protestant
Episcopal Church in the United
States within the past ten years has
been remarkable. Nearly fifty bish-