The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-24
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.


the parish churches Of England.
Colonel r. A. Fan, u leading law
yer in South Carolina, has been or
daincd to the full work Of the mimi
try in the Presbyterian Church.
| Presbyterian ministers are needed
at number Of vacant churches at
important points in the State of Mis-
souri,. "Who will Gomez is the
question.
The Boston BAPTIST Church EXtcu-
sion Society has voted to raise $lO,-
1000 as Il fund from which to loan
small sums to new and feeble church
cs wishing to build,
Last year St. pauPs Episcopal
Church, Troy, New York, contribu-
ted for all purposes nearly SlJOVU,
Il sum, probably not cquallcd by any
congregation in this country,
The Cadet prayer meeting at West
Point is large in numbers and in
crcasing in interest. a large pro
portion of the young men are i'll rc@u-
lar attendance on this meeting.
The number of Methodist churcht,
in Iowa is 10; members, GO,S7O; To-
cal and travelling preachers, l,l27;
value Of church property, II ,592, 200,
average salary Of ministers, $500.
The cornerstone Of new Epis.
copal church has just been laid in
North Cambridge, Massachusetts,
T which is to be % giit from Mrs
GrccnIcat, sister Of the poet Long
fellow,
The number OF commitment, ad.
drd TO The Episcopal Church in the
Diocese Of Ohio during the past year
was I,23l; dismissed by removal
and death 7S7, leaving Il solid gain
Of III.
| There is II deep interest among the
Jews in Germany in the invcstiga-
ton of the claims OF Christianity
> and they alc attending in crowds tho
) preaching of the gospel in the Chris.
tiam churches.
In the State Of Iowa jhcrc arc -,
, lSG Bapti,tS, IO.l72 congregational
lists, l,93l Epi,copaiamS, I1.Oll OF the
| various Presbyterian bodies, 1900
: l'ricnd~, Gt9I United Brcthcrn, and
GO,S1O Mclhodi,t~.
Two colorcA Young men of Nir-
: ginia, Robert Brooks and 7. Cain,
who graduated thi, year ut Lincoln
y University, arc about To enter the
+ Episcopal Divinity school, 9t phila-
dclphia, to prepare for the ministry.
a Rev. Robert Wilkes delivered him.
{ self of Il sermon in England recently,
in which he expressed the bclict
: founded ON certain data, that twelve
|. women to one man would finally
gain the rimgdom Of heaven.
z \ Methodist church, bull Of brick,
l. at Il cost Of ,cycnly-iivC thousand dol
=, ar~, in Virginia city, Nevada, fell u
l. short time since, and i, heap Of
D.. ruins. 1 is supposed TO have rc,uI-
Il ted from injuries in Il late earth
quake.
Il The rrr,by trrian Church at jet
= icrsonvil", indiana, have been prar-
e ticnG the envelope plan Of raising
contributions. with the most Satisljlc.
tory results. More money has been
=, raised and much easier than ever be-
fore.
Queen Victoria ha, given order.
that TIE pulpit sand glass which in
diratc, the length of time allowed
, for the sermon in the Royal Chapel,
shall hc measured for twenty min
utca only, instead of an hour, Is lor-
G mcrly.
= The Eouan Catholic rclortncr, in
u Italy recognize no jurisdiction of the
Pope, save that OF primatc of Italy.
! AuricuIar confession is not held to be
: obligatory, but fire., and lhcy abol-
! ish the enforced ccIibacy of the
priests.
q OF the two thousand graduate, OF
Is Amherst College during the fin,
: years OF its existence, seven hundred
>,and ilty-onC have become minister,
l. of the gospel, and of these seventy
c five have gone as missionaries to the
IT hcathcn.
The Roman Catholics erected u
, mission church in San Diego, Cali.
h fornia, rs far back Us 1863. Within
It the last few years churches have been
t organized there by the Baptist,,
Mcthodists, Episcopalians aud Pres
, bytcrians.
n \ correspondent in ZION, Herald,
: Bostou, peak of the Presiding FL
II d,rehip in the Methodist Episcopal
/ Church as a fifth wheel, and is onl,
endured because no feasible plan ha,
, been presented for dispensing with
/ the office.
u he di'caNc known Il, ''clcrgymcn',
E ."rc-lIr"at' is supposed to be altrj-
buiablc to the habit Of dclivcrin.
sermons from manuscript The
- reading tone is said to be unnatural,
/, and more trying TO the vocal organ,
. than HE colIoqual tone.
Iron is becoming the most popular
material for churches in BROOKLYN.
-Four new ones are about tu hc CON
structcd in that city, siInIar in zen
: cral design To The noted tabernacle of
Rev. Mr.. Talmagc They will each
seat, ON m average, over one thousand
| persons.
The Low thurchmcn will ask the
! General Convention FORA lrliyrruurr
aIlirmin" that whenever through
: ont the Prayer Book, The word
priest j, used A. lc,ignatin. min
i>tcr Of the Episcopal [ hurrIl, il j, +,
; be understood H. prc>byrrr and
meaning nothing more.
y youn. lady member ul ll,c rLoi,
III church in Lynn leaned Too far
over ,ilcc gallery, during ihc sermon
on SUNDAY, Ia l""k ~ = new bonnet
or something uI the kind and. losin.
her balance, tell lcldl0ng plump upon
the head ola dcar"n, huun,lin. thence
INTO the aisle, very much lcmoraliscd
= biIi unt SprintsI, hur,