The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-17
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

IQSI6 dFb buL6G young E1uN1EoS -
Lane Seminary, Cincinnati, who In
tend going to Persia as missiona-
ries.
In the House of Correction, at
Preston, England, out of 1886 pris-
oners. GAG are found to be Ignorant
even of the Saviour's name.
Women, under the name of "assis-
tant 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 to
| 78; in 1S60it was 20; ct present it
is to SO, showing q very marked
progress for the last decade.
According to the Nes0 Jerusalem
Messenger one may be a very good
economist as a natural man, and
very poor one as a spiritual man.
The accounts of come religious So
csties offer satisfactory denlonstra-
ton of this.
One hundred years ago the Fro
portion of commandments to the
population in the UUited Slater was
one in fifteen. Fifty years ago 1t was
one In twelve; tirty years ago, one
in nine; and now it is about one in
seven.
The Methodist IN FngIrnd are di-
vided into seven different organiza-
tions, number in the aggregate 637,-
AIT members, 1904 ministers, and
/ 33, 3S5 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 Ia 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 meeting.
The Domestic Board of the Epis-
copaI 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 $120,000 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 Epifcopal
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 2,55S, of whom AGO
were 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 36O
have made q profession ofreliglon.
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 Englond 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 this object than to any
other ever brought before them.
One Of the nose evident tokens Of
the power of the gospel in Madagas-
car is found in the manner IN which
the Sabbath is observed. Much at
tention is given to its observance
throughout the island. Secular is
businegs 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
Sanctuary.
DR.. Gurthrie says: 'In our large
BDWuB tu6LS arc DDb q low AA4AAAhSCAo
whose position in the church and so
ciety is such that they must keep an
open door, and whose houses is well
described by domestic servant who
had one served in a public house,
saying, after being few weeks IN
mine, Eh; men, this is just like a
public house, only there's nae silver
comes in!''
Among the offerings on Eastar
Sunday at 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. Asnes School and the Diocesan
Building Fund, amounting to the
generous sum of $52, 900. The do
nors were Erastus Corning, Esq,
and other persons of Connecticut
New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
CULTIVATE APPROPRIATENESS IN
CHILDREN.- Persons say, do not
praise a child before his face" I say,
do praise child before his face. 1t
is the best thing that you can do for
him; but do not praise him because
big hair or.rIs nos. l,oaar-ua ba baE