The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-08-18
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

Thr British House OF Commpn-
has been discussing the Propriety of
Introducing the free pew system ~
The parish churches of England.
Colonel r. a. Fan. a leading law-
yer in South Caroliua, has been o.
daincd to the full work of the minis
trv in the Presbyterian Church
PRESBYTERIAN ministers arc needed
at a uuInUeT UT yaCsfDt yinIUheS at
important points in the state of Mis-
souri,. Who will come p is The
question.
The Boston Baptist Church Exten-
sion Society has voted 10 raise $40
OOD as fund from which to loan
small sums TO new and feeble church
e. wishing to build.
Lat year -. PauHs Episcopal
Church. Troy, New York, cOntribu-
ted for all purposes nearly slJO,0Jb,
sum. probably, not equalled by anE
congregation in this country.
The Cadet PRAYER meeting Of West
Point Is large III numbers and IN
crca,inz in interest \ large pro-
portion of the young men are m reSu-
lar attendance on this meeting.
! The number of Methodist churchcs
i'm Iowa is I7J; members, U,S1O; 10
cal aud travelling preachers, liz ;
value Of church property, Sl,.I92 I'D;
average salary of ministers, SfJO.
The cornerstone Of = new Epi--
copaI church has just been laid IL
North Cambridge. Massachusetts,
which Is to be q gift from Mrs
GrccnleaE. sister Of the poet Long
fellow.
The number OF cOmmuulCanis al
dcl to the Episcopal Church in the
Diocese Of Ohio during the Ps~t year
was 1881: dismissci by removals
and death 7S7, leaving "A solid gain
of M.
There j, a deep interest among tie
jew in Germany in the inv.~Ii.a-
ton OF the claims of Christianity,
antl they arc attending in crowds the
prearhing OF tho gospel in the chris
tim churches.
In the State Of Iowa there aTU -,
lNC Baptist=, lu.I72 Congregational
isis. 1871 EpiscOpaliaDs, lI,Oll OF the
various PRESBYTERIAN bodies, lOgp
: Friends. 6.G97 United Brethren. and
GO,SIO Methodist.
Two colored Young men ut VIr-
giniI. Robert BROOKS and +. Cain.
Nbo graduated this year al Lincoln
University, are about to ent"r the
Episcopal Divinity school, OF Phila-
delphia, TO prepare for the ministry,
! Rev. Robert Wilkes delivered him
: self of a sermon in England recently.
! in which he expressed the belief
founded on certain data. that twelve
women 10 one man would iinally
gain the Fingdom Of heaven.
\ Methodist church, built OF brick,
T AT a cost of seventy-five thousand dol
. lar, in Virginia city, Nevada, fell a
short time since, aud IS a heap of
ruins. It's supposed 10 have result
ted from injuries in late Garth
quake.
The PRESBYTERIAN Church at JET
=: ter,onviIle. Indiana. have been prac-
licing the envelope plan of raising
contributions, with The most satisfac-
: tory results. More money has been
raised and much easier than ever be-
fore.
/ The Roman Catholic rClOTmers in
( Italy recognize no jurisdiction of the
! Pope, save that OF Hrimatc of Italy.
Auricular confession i not held to be
/ obligatory, but fire, :, and they abOl-
ish the enforced celibacy of the
priests
! OF the two thousand graduates OF
! Amherst College during the fifty
/ wears Of its existence, seven hundred
and filly-one have become ministers
of the gospel, aud of these seventy
! I've have gone as missionaries to the
heather.
The Roman Catholics erected a
mission church in san Diego, Cali
: fornil. aS far back as 1863 Within
T, the last few wears churches have been
organized there by the Baptist=
Mcthodi>ts, Episcopalians and Pres
byterians.
y correspondent in /iGn'- jlsr5ld
Boston. speaks of the Presiding Il
dcrship in the Methodist Epi4Copsi
: Church as a fifth wheel, and il only
! endured because no feasible plan la;
been presented for dispensing with
, the office.
. The disease known Is ''CleT%ymsu
snrc-thr0at" is supposed 10 be attri
butable to the habit Of delivering
! sermons from manuscript. The
reading tone is said to be unnatural
and more trying to the vocsl organ,
than The colloquial tone.
, The Old school PrcsbyleI iaI
1. synod Of Missouri reports one hun
t drcd and twcnty-Seven churchc,
5 with six thousand eight hundred ant
4 fifty communicates. Their rOntribu
l tiUns for the last year amounted q
e 3, more than SlO1,ODO, OF an average o
| : 81 81 per member
Iron is becoming the most pOpUla
material for churches in Brooklyn
-Four new ones are about TO be con
,tructcd in that city, similar in gen
# cral design TO the noted Tabernacle {
!. Rev. Mr.. Talmage. They will eac
: seat. on Sn average, over one thOusait
! persona.
4 The Low Churchmen will ask Oh
q General Convention for deiiveran,
affirming that whenever, through
out the Prayer Book, the wOr
= priest is used a. designating mil
n ister of the Episcopal Z hurch, it is
m be understood a preSbytCr, an
g meaning nothing more.
:. \ committee of two from each
ii tie following denominations.-Pre
i byterian, Reformed, Congregations
te Baptist, Episcopal, Qdaker, an
d. Mcthodist-has been appointed
rs arrange for the holding of q cam,
Y meeting, for the promotion of d
a higher Christian life, another ter
~ tor Christian perfection.
of The difficulties in the way of nniC
a between the Disciples. or Campbell
p ties. and regular BaptiSts is reducC
IL to two items. !. The Disciples tea
ne that the Holy Spirit operates thOus
IL the word, and the Baptists hold tn
e. the Holy Spirit operates directly {
sc the sinners heart. Both bodies hO
l. that the Holy Spirit does the wor
V. disagreeing only how the work
r. done. ,. Baptists teach that the per
by tent is pardOned before he is baptiZe
a. and the Disciples that he is not pa
H. dOned until after baptism. The di
r. erencc is simply chronologic
one. o.