The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-11-17
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE,

1 RELlUAUjS - IN D fsAiItgENGE,
Tie Quakers are establishing a
mission ON the banks Of the Nile, in
Egypt.
Of the Roman Catholic Churches
left standing in Chicago, seven are of
stone and brick, and eight are frame.
Henry Ward Beecher thinks that
women could, as preachers, exhibit
certain attributes of the gospel better
than men.
In the Presbyterian Church South
efforts are being made to have the AL
ary Of every labOring minister reach
the sum Of eight hundred dollars.
The First Congregational Church 0f
Oakland las j1st received 10 member
ship a Chinaman-the fourth of his
race who have united with this
church.
| An appeal is made to all the Sun
day-schoOls of America for contri1l-
tiOns to rebuild the famous Mis~i,n
Church, in Chicago, superintended by
Mr. d. l. Moody.
| Rev. DR.. Blake has reduced the
price Of his able quarterly, the The
OiOgjcal Medium, at Nashville, 10 -
per annum. IL is one of the profCu-id-
"1' Theological periodicals publish
ed.
| Some Cf Mr.. Surgeons own Gea-
cons, it is said, describes him as a reg
Ular Pope, and charge that at one tune
he had thoughts OF Introducing rhe
| Presbyterian fern Of government
among the Baptists.
| Bishop Keenes, of the Methodist
| Church South, reports that there ara
whole circuits in Oregon which have
| been kept UP for fOuF or five yeIr'
without single place Of worship Oe-
| ing secured in any Ofthem.
At the late General Protestant Con-
ventiOn, in Baltimore, the Right Rev.
| Dr.. HOwsOD, Dean Of Chester, made
/ a very able argument in favor of or
/ dainei deacOnesses in the church, z
custom which already obtains in Eng
I land.
Tire financial statement Of the
! American Missionary Society of the
Protestant Episcopal Church for the
/ year just closed shows the receipts to
have been S64. 655 -. There Is small
balance OF near five hundred dollars in
/ the treasury unexpended.
The Board OF Church Extension in
| the Presbyterian Church have not re-
! ceived above One-half the estimate for
| the portion of tie year already passed.,
and serious embarrassment is feared,
as the grants already made are in gd-
vance Of the receipts.
The Catholics have had a great Con-
gress at Louisville, Kentucky, which
vas intended 10 "bind together more
! firmly in the holy bond Of Catholic
charity the generous Irish-AmeriCln
Catholic hearts of the United States.n
The meeting was characterised by
great enthusiasm.
Rev. w. II. BOOle, pastor Of the
Beekman Hill Methodist Episcopal
Church, New York, on last Sunday
evening, repeated TO a crowded house
the sermon he preached in the Big
Tent, at Salt Lake City, in the pres
ence of Brigham Young and many
of the leaders of the polygamic fsIni-
ly.
fine Protestant Churchman does not
think that the Declaration" of the
House of Bishops on the word "regen-
crate" indicates any change of senti-
ment, or any haTmonizing of senti-
ment with regard TO the doctrine in
vnlvet, but rather a vague negative,
which leaves the doctrine just what i.
was.
The Increase of missionaries in the
last fifty years is more than five hun
dred per cent, Is shown by "A cOmpar-
isOn of missionary statistics from 112J
to 1870. There are now nineteen hun,
dred and fOrty-nine missionaries and
ten Thousand nine hundred and eighty
six native preachers AMI assistants.
A traveller says that outside the Es-
tablished Church he heard not a single
minister in England read his sermon.
Spurgeon had but a Strap of paper na-
fore him. DR.. Cumming held bu. a
small copy of the New Testament in
his hand, from which he read pas
sages confirming the views he advance
ed.
The Central Congregational Church
in Boston has cost the sum of four
hundred thousand dollars. Whether
the expenditure of so large an amount
in one church editice is commenda5Ie
or not, the liberality of the people was
heroic. Five of the members sub
scribed twenty thousand dollars each,
and others in proportion.
A Catholic Union has been organiz-
ed in the city of New York, under the
auspices Of Archbishop McCIo.key, to
invite the whole Catholic world TO
unite in the effort to reinstate the EO-
ly Father; also TO contrOvene the ten
dency of the age to materialism, AMI
to neutraliZe the effect of the daily
press on the minds of the people.
Elder Curry, claiming TO be an Adj
vent preacher, has lately been endeav-
Oring to found a sect in SpringheId.
Massachusetts, under the name OF
Eiijahites. The Elder promises all
prOselytes that they shall not die for
forty years, and that at the end of this
time they shall be immortal. He said
Is to be gaining converts.
The members of St. James Episeo-
pal Church, Chicago, have resolved to
put temporary roof and AoOr in
portion of the destroyed building, OF
rough boards, and occupy that during
the winter, rather than find room
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them by previous memories. twill Oe
a mere shed amid the ruins of the once
stately church.
The Presbyterian Church has three
presbyteries in thecity of Philadelphia
and vicinity, numbering in all ninety
three churches, one hundred and TWEEN
ty-one thousand six hundred and
nine communicates. In strength Of
membership Presbyterianism in Phil
adeiphia is far ahead of any other
city in the world.
An organization has been formed in
Kentucky called "The State Assoeia-
tiOn of Christian Ministers and Churon-
es of Kentucky" the object Of which
is tn heal the divisions of the religious
bodies and unite in one all who have
faith in the Lord JESUS Christ and
evidence that faith by manifestation
of His spirit, and obedience to His
commandments.
The t'ree-will Baptists held their
General Conference recently at Hills
dale, Ohio, at which proposition was
made TO modify their denominational
name. There Is a disposition among
he various liberal BapIiSts-knOwn az
Free BaptIstS, General Baptists, Uni
ted baptlsts, Separate Baptists, Church
of God, or by other uanes-tO coop
crate with the Free-will Baptjsts with
out SuTrentiariug their specific n3Inr.
or their peculiar methods of managing
the-r local affairs. One or more Of
them did unite on this basis at the late
DuriDg the year 1870 a'h 1871 Ste
Primitive Metlcci-t # ErEisEd have
built t.ie bundrei sri ui-s chspe,-,
. -rtng two hurdfei ssi fly thou-
SAD" dollars. IT, rpay, 80 alI three
IN. u~sud seven tur dr.-i and seven