The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-08-25
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

One Sunday recently, three Episcopal
bishops officiated in Rhode Island.
Three of the five churches in Mans
field, Mass, have women preachers.
Bishop futile, of the Episcopal
Church, is making a diocesan tour of
Montana Territory.
1t is reported that only four per cent.
| of the people of California are in men,
bership with Evangelical churches.
There are about Al 600 Methodists of
all sorts, and $500 Independents, with
like number of Baptists, in ali Ire
land. So r-f...
Father Hyacinth thinks that history
will see in the Ecumenicai Council of
last year ''a strategetical ambuscade and
a political intrigue"
The Cleveland Presbytery contribu-
ted $50, 900 toward the Presbyterian
Memorial Funds larger percentage
than any other Presbytery in this
country.
Rev. DIR. Evarts, pastor of the First
Baptist church of Chicago, is named as
the anti-iquor, anti-Sabbath breaking
and anti -infidel candidate for Mayor of
Chicago.
The amount spent in this country
last year for ministers, churches and
missions, home and foreign, was about
Sc, 900, 600, and for artificial flowers,
SIC, 100000.
Last year st. Paul's Episcopal Church,
Troy, New York, contributed, for all
purposes, nearly $4,000, sum prob
ably not equaled by any congregation
in this country.
AT the late national camp-meeting at
Round Lake, Revs. Messrs. InslIip and
Mcdonald were presented with $1,000
each, as a consideration for their serv-
ices as eyangelists.
Hard times is the excuse of San
Francisco churches for cutting down
ministers salaries. The richest society
now only pays $4,000, while one which
lately paid $4,000 has come down one
half.
The Baptiets in Kansas are in pro-
portion of about one TO sixty of the
whole population. Only ten churches
contain as many as one hundred mem
bers each, and five of these are cOlored
churches. ss 0
The Roman Catholic reformers in
Italy recognize no Jurisdiction of the
Pope, save that OF the Primate of italy.
Auricular confession is not held to be
obligatory, but free, and they abolish
the enforced celibacy of the priests.
The value of Protestant Episcopal
church edifices in the city of New York
is estimated at 81 100000, not including
the ground on which they stand. This
is about 100000 in advance of any
other Protestant church, and 81 SOC, coo
more than the Roman Catholics.
The open air services of the Young
Mems Christian Association in the City
of New York, which were forbidden
some time ago by the city authorities,
have been resumed by permission of
Mr.. Kelso, Superintendent of Police.
Large and orderly meetings are now
held, and the preaching listened to with
respectful attention.
Theodore TiIton having been re-
quested by Roman Catholic newspa-
per to publish certain article Son the
condition of the Damned in HE'LL for |
the "benelit of the Puritans," declines |
to do so. for the want of a reason. He
says: "The Puritans know as much as |
there is to be known about hell. They |
are among the original founders of
it." u a
A New York letter says: zone of
the Presbyterian churches of San Fran |
cisco has q committee on here in search |
of minister. They want q genuine
sensation aud for such an one are will |
ing to pay the round sum of $1,000 |
No clergyman that goes TO California |
wants to stay. Eminent men who have |
been lnred to the Land of Gold have |
the first opportunity to get |
back. '