The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-03-04
The principal British Foreign Missionary
Societies renort receints for 1869 as followa:-
PRESBYTERIAN.

PRESBYTERIAN.
In the Sbelocta congregation, Conemaugh
Presbytery Cof which the Rev. Byron Porter
is pastor), an election OF elders on the rota-
tion principle was recently held. The length
of the term is six years, two to be elected
every two years.
The Central Presbyterian says:-"A
friend writes: "A revival, which commenced
in the Methodist church in Bristol, Tenn, on
the 1st of January, is still in progress in our
church. Services closed in the Methodist
church on the I'd of February, and our sacra-
mental meeting commenced on Friday. We
have had services day and night up to this
time, without diminution of interest More
than one hundred, perhaps one hundred and
fifty, have professed faith in Christ
coNGREaATIoNALIsT
From the English Congregational Year
Book for 1871, just received, we learn that
the strength Of the denomination in the king
dom of Great Britain is as follows--Associa-
tions and Unions, 76. Churches-Englaud,
2045 Wales, S7S; Scotland, lO2; Ireland, %;
Islands of the British Seas, 16; British North
America, 1OS; Australia and New Zealand, 176;
South Africa, 70; Mission churches, about
300 Ministers and Missionaries-Engla
1913; Wales, 393; Scotland, 10Y; Ireland, %;
Continent 6; Colonies, 236; foreign countries,
1854; ordained natives in heathen lands, 106.
Colleges and Institutes-Great Britain, 16;
Colonies, b foreign countries, 15. Students
Great Britain, 36S; Colonies, pa foreign
countries, 1874.
All the twelve Congregational churches
in Chicago, ILL.,, have retained their pastors
through the last year, and have received ad-
ditions to their membership Four of them
entered new houses of worship; two others
enlarged.
MoRAvIAN.
The Moravian Almanac gives the follow
ing statistics of the denomination
Communicates. Totar
American provinces. ces............... 1904 1876
German ................ 1888 1884
British 4" .,.,............ 3,262 5,47l
1926 25,OO1
Missionaries and their children ............... 400
Total OF congregations In foreign mission
lZ5
Total membership p........................g4 "a, ,52a
UNITARIAN.
The Executive Committee of the American
Unitarian Association appears to appreciate
the importance of the religious press. II re-
Gently voted to pay for and circulate gratui-
tously, in reading rooms and libraries through
out the country, two hundred and fifty copies
each of the Religious Aagazine, Christian
Register, Liberal ChriStjGn, and Old and
Neoo.
LUTHERAN.
There are no less than eleven Lutheran
churches on the Kansas Pacific line, from
Kansas City to Salina, distance of one hun
dred and eighty-fve miles.
The Lutheran church at Albany is said
to be the oldest Lutheran organization in
America, having been formed at least as early
as 1856.
ROMAN CATHOLIC.
Some of the Catholic professors of theo-
logy in Germany still hold out against the
doctrine of Papal infallibility. Thus it is re-
ported from Germany that of the nineteen
Catholic professors OF the theological faculty
at Munich, four have declared in favor of the
unconditional acceptance of the dogmatic de-
fnition concerning the infallibility of the
Sovereign Pontiff, two have given a oondi-
tional assent, and three have declared against
the dogma. The correspondent of the Times
! gives no names.
| FRIENDS.
The Society of Friends in Cincinnati,
Ohio, and, we might say, throughout the
country, appears to have awakened to new
| life and energy. A beautiful meeting house
| and grounds, now occupied, cost about
! SEQ, 600 The membership now numbers
nearly 600, and is increasing.