Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-05-18
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

In the House OF Correction, al
Preston, England, out Of 1876 pris
oners, GAG are found to be ignoran'
even Of the Saviour name.
Women, under the name Of "assis
taut pastors" do pastoral and mis-
sionary work for several OF the st
Louis churches, and receive compen
sation therefor.
In 1850 the ratio Of Baptists to the
population in Pennsylvania was l tc
78; in 18GOit was l 70; ct present il
IS l to 50, showing very marked
progress for the last decade.
According to the Ne,o Jerusalem
Messenger one may be very good
economist as O natural man, and q
very poor one as spiritual man.
The accounts Of some religious So
cstieg offer satisfactory demonstra-
/ ton of this.
One hundred years ago the Fro
portion Of communicates to the
population in the Uuited Slater was
one in fifteen. Fifty years ago it was
one in twelve; tirty years ago, one
in nine; and now it IS about one in
seven.
The Methodist in Fnglrnd are di-
yided into seven different organiza-
tions, number in the aggregate G37,-
AIT members, 1904 ministers, and
33, 1856 local preachers, The propo-
sition of organic union is freely dis
cussed among them.
A certain revivalist states that he
has had over two hundred people
speak in a. prayer meeting in the
space of thirty minutes. There is
room for reasonable doubt as to
whether a remark less than eight
seconds long cand be greatly to the
"edifcation" Of a meeting.
The Domestic Board Of the Epis-
copal Church have six missionary
bishops and 210 missionaries labor
ing in the field, which needs three or
four thousand as many workers.
The sum Of S120,000 was expended
last year, and 100000 will be re-
quired for next year.
The Lev. Alfred A, Curtis, of the
Mount Calvary Episcoprl Church,
Baltimore who had some difficulty
with Bishop Whittingham on ritual
istic questions, has announced his
purpose of leaving the EpitcoPal
communion and uniting with the
Roman Catholic Church.
The advocate hold that in ordi-
nary cases no man can be truly
Christian who does not accept the
doctrine Of eternal punishment. To
which Henry Ward Beecher replies
that no mattor how smooth the logic
supporting the proposition, it runs
in the face Of obvious facts.
Since the close Of the year forty
five Congregational churches have
been organized south of Mason and
Dixion's line; forty-two have minis
ters. the total membership of all
these churches is 2,558, Of whom AGO
we're received last year. There are
1000 scholars in the Sunday schools.
One meeting house has been erected
and four are in process Of building
Since the organization of the Pris-
on Church, eighteen months since,
in the Ohio Peniteneiary, about 800
have made a profession of religion
The prayer-meetings are OF deep In
terest, and the attendance at them IS
four or five hundred. The Sabbath
school number about 400 members.
The Rev. L. T. Chamberlain, Of
the New England Church, Chicago,
is meeting with good success in col
lecting funds at the East for Congre-
gational institutions III Chicago.
Some OF the churches in Boston have
given more to lhis object than to any
other ever brought before them.
One of the nose evident tokens o1
the power Of the gospel in Madagas-
ear is found in the manner in winch
the Sabbath is observed. Much at
tention is given to its observance
throughout the island. Secular is
business is suspended, and the peo-
pie in those parts of the island where
houses of worship have been erected
attend largely the services OF the
sanctcary.
DR.. Gurthrie says: Iu our large
towns there are not few ministers
whose position in the church and So
ciety is such that they must keep an
open door, aud whose houses IS well
described by Il domestic servant who
had one served in q public house,
saying, after being a few weeks in
mine, Ell; men, this is just like o
public house, only there's nae silver
comes in!"
Among the offerings on Eastar
| Sunday ut st. Perter's Church, Al
bany, was an envelope containing
gifts, in the way Of deeds, subscrip-
tions lists and checks for the benefit
of st. Asues School and the Diocesan
Building Fund, amounting to the
generous sum of $52, 2,9G0. The do
nors were Erastus Corning, Esq,
and other persons of Connecticut,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
CULTIVATE APPROPRIATENESS IN
CuILDREN.-Persons say, "Do not
praise a child before his face" l say
/ DO praise Il child before his face. II
is the best thing that you can do fol
him; but do not praise him because
his hair curls, nor because he has
some bright buttons on his new