The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-02-14
RELIGIOUS ITEMS.

s At Clayerly and at Tryshull, England !
arc ancient church-funds to provide
persons whose duty it is TO awaken
sleeperss in church, ana to remove dogs
The Episcopal diocese Of Ohio en-
braces sixty.seven cities and viliages,
having a population, according to 66e
late census, of more than l SOC, $50 ~
.habitantss ST ~ -.
Bishop McIlvaine, of the diocesa sof
Ohio, is now in the fftieth year OF his
ministry. the thirty-nintii Of bic Episcp-
pate, and the seventy first Of bis age.
The bill before the Ohio Legislature,
making the reading of the Bible in the !.
public schools unlawful, failed 70 pass
the House by vote of Is to IA.
An urgent appeal is made to the Meth
odist Churches to wipe out the debt on
the missionary treasury during the pres
ent year. The average moCthly debt
for the last two years has been 895, ,6a6.
/. A Boston lady died recently, at the
age of eighty y-sesen,y IN the same house
where she was born, who had attended
Old South Church seventy years, and
never heard a sermon outside OF its
walls -
OF the ,242 persons who have been
inmates of the Binghamptona lnebriate
Asylum, thirty were ministers, eight
Judges. 1877 lawyers, 226 physicians, $40
merchants, $50 mechanics, 1886 farmers,
$40 gentlemen, and S05 women.
| In Scotland there is one church for
every 525 of the population, which
/ amounts to upwards Of S,O00,O 600 per-
sons. Atthe same time there are 500,
LOCO who decline to be classified ecclesi-
astically.
4 There are 100000 Swedes In this
country who are not sufficiently acquain-
ted with English to worship in that Ian.
guage while the Swedish churches and
pastors are sufficient for only 100 900
i England has thirty thousand pulpits
to q population of thirty millions, or
one pulpit to every thousand Of the pop
ulation. Inthe United States there is
q church for every six huudred persons
of the entire nation. -
i Henry Ward Beecher's church is COM
posed Of 1882 MEMBERS enough to fll
| 45O omnibuses or more than thirty rail-
/ road cars. The choir is sustained at on
annual expense Of $4,40O. Two heW
j dea concsses have heeng elected recently.
!. During the Christmas vacation two Of
! the students of Trinity College, Con-
Inecticut,rcnounced the Episcopal Church,
! and gave themselves to the Church Of
Rome. 1t is said they are soon to be
! baptized in one of the Roman Catholic
| Churches.
4 A writer believes Christian women are
\ loverworked insthe churches,s and refers
| to fairs, festivals, and the carrying f0r-
! ward Of the benevolent enterprises Of
/ 1.-THE age. These things frequently invol-
] We the sacrifice Of health and life. and
] call loudly for reform s..
i In 1870 the Methodists raised e1oo,-
t 1000 for church extension purposes, and
/. aided one hundred and seventy chur-
d ches, in thirty-s different States md
! territories. In 1869 the Baptsts rafsed
s S100, 900 for the same purpose, and aid
ed fifty different churches 10 seventeen
h States. The Congregationalists in 1869
!. raised $4,000, and IN the same year the
/. Presbyterians, in both branches, raised
/, S73, 900, and aided in the erection Of
oae hundred and twenty 6ve churches
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