The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-08-25
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

4 writer visited Baltimore fur'
years ago and found but five Nc,Iia-
/ dist churches now they number sew
enty in the different branches OF that
denomination. Organs are gOin.
! into the churches, and the old saints
who, not long since, frowned at the
mention Of them, sing and smile and
weep, and become happy a. atorc-
time.
Dr. and Mrs. Farmer, Of New
York, have been laboring a. evan
gelists in ClnHada isr ih~aa u,ont-.
/ OF the power Of saving grace 4
great revival is in progress at Owen
| Sound, Ontario. At this point there
were one hundred accessions on
single Sabbath.
The EMBASSY Of Che Evangelir4f
| Alliance. which went from this conn
| try 4 few weeks since TO memorial
ize the Russian Emperor, in behalf
of religious liberty, has. met with
most gratifying success. Assurances
have been given That all cOcrcive
laws and penalties would be abolish
ed, aud PROTESTANT. placed OF an
equpl footing with the members OF
the Greek Orthodox Church. BisA-
Op Mcllyainc Is a member Of the
Embassy.
4 Methodist Church in Racine,
Wisconsin, when completed was
embarrassed with a debt Or $4,000,
which was regarded ds utterly be-
yOnd the financial ability OF the con-
grcgatiOn to carry. 1t was propoa-
ed 10 name It -Thc Church Of the
Holy Mortgage Two or three Sun
days ago, by strong and united eE-
fort. the debt was more than provi-
ded for.
In all the territory of the Iiock~
Mountains tLcr1 are about a million
of inhabitants, and only about thirty
thousand, or three per cent, of these
are identified with churches. Ono
cOlpOrtCur has Q field extending a
hundred miles from the mouth OF
the Columbia River, and in all Til.
district tEesc are but five ~uu,lav-
Schools, aud Astoria is the onIv
place enjoying stated preceding on
SUNDAY.
Two young ladies OfRealiug Na--
sachusCtts, members OF the Bethesda
Congregational Church, resolved 10
remove a debt OF $500 with which
the members were gricvOuSIv bur
dcEed. They divided the debt into
shares of ten dollars each. and With
a subscription paper IN hand. visited
first the young women, then the
young men, then the elder sisters
and brethern, and by much PRAYER
aud perseverance succeeded in paw
ing the last dollar. 1t would be in
tereSting to know if women arc al
lowed TO vote in that church.
The Salem Congregational As>o-
citation of Ministers. Of Massachusetts,
more than forty years ago adopted
the plan OF requesting each OF the
churches within it. bounds To send
it, pastor out upon one weeks service
every year among the destitute pop
UlatiOns within its territory. 4
committee arranged these weeks of
labor 30 that the points mOst in need
of visitatiOns were reached. and in
this way several flourishing churches
have been built up.
Az effort Is being made to restore
the 9unint old churchat YrcOcomico
in which Washington was baptized
from the marble font, shaped like a
lilly, and where he and his family
worshipped for years. In the war OF
lSl2 this church was used as lar
racks, and again in our last war in
the same way Tie LIST service held
in it was disturbed by the distant
sound of cannon at tn battle OF Man
assaS. Soon after this Il was occu-
pied by soldiers, and the interior 80
despOiied aS to be unfit for use.