Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-03-02
RELIGIOUS ITEMS.

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movement has been started in
snoin for a National Evangelical
Church. Nearly hundred priests
have taken part in it.
The Baptist churches Of Rich.
mond, Va, have o membership OF
tan thousand-one fifth OF the en-
tire population Of the city.
The densest Presbyterian popula-
+;on in the West is between the
same pprallels of latitude as those
in which Western Pennsylvania Is
found.
The Methodist papers are com
pIaining that the Committee OF
biblical Revisers. numbering TWEEN
ty.one names, embraces but one
Methodist.
A correspondent Of London pa
rer states that an American mision-
ary sent to Calcutta to convert the
Tindoos, has become q disciple OF
Keshub Chunder Sen, and been for
mally received into the Hindoo-So-
ma Church.
Four new Presbyterian churches
have been organized lately in the
northern part Of Texas, neer the
Red river and others, in different
nortions Of the State, might be or
aanized at once if ministers could
4 be had.
The total membership Of Ply.
mouth Church, Brooklyn, is put
down at 2l16. The Sunday School
has 1898 scholars. The income for
Z last year from pew rents was f56,-
4 TIA, and the collections for charlta-
Bile purpose $4,000.
Austin College, the property OF
the Synod of Texas, is greatly EN-,
barrsssed for want of funds to meet
a debt that must bo paid soon.
The debt amounts to $10,5OO, and
unless the friends of the Synod
come to its aid, an endowment OF
$4,000 will be lost.
OF three hundred and twenty
buildings intended for public wor-
shin in New York, seventy ere
Episcopalian, ffty-fve Presbyterian
forty Methodist, twenty-five Roman
Catholic, twenty-nino Baptist, TWEEN
tv-six Jewish-other denominations
claiming each smaller number o.
the remaining seventy-hve.
The ministers representing tht
Baptists, Independents, Sweden
borgians, Unitarians, PreobyteEisns
Free Methodists and Bible Chri"t
ians, had social meeting in Man
chester, England, lately, st which
proposal to hold a united commu
MON once a year seemed to be gen
orally approved
The Staunton (Va. Spectator say!
"On Sunday morning, January n
at the Presbyterian Church. i
response to a call for additions
funds to complete the new churc
building, over $4,000 was subscribe DC
~ loss f%on five minutes, and will
out any interruption of the services
There are ten branches Of tn
Presbyterian Church in the Unite
States-the Reunited General A
sembly, tho Southern General A
sembly, the United Presbyterl'
General Assembly, the Reform,
SYNOD (Covenanters, old side,) IL
Reformed Synod (Coyenanters, ne t
side,) the Reformed Synod (DuIcf
the reformed General Synod Ge
man. the Associate Reformed )
nod Of the North, and the Associa
Synod.
The income of the British ooclt
for the Propagation of the Gosl
among the Jews is reported to
about $4,000 a year. They ha
twenty-five missionaries in Fran
Germany, Italy, North Africa {
Danubian Principalities, Lond'
Manchester, Birmingham and Bl
toll. The result of missions to
Jews have been that there are n
between 10000 and 10000 IN
Protestant Christian faith in Il
land and on the continent.
During the session of the Israe
Order Of Bnai Birth at st. Lo
resolutions we're offered by j. w
of Connecticut, and signed BY eV
member Of the Convention, del
eating in strong terms the introe
ton Of theological matters INTO
Constitution Of the United Sta
or interference in any manner
the unlimited exercise Of the r
of religious liberty in America
In our country there are
10000 ministers-one to every
people. In Japan and China !
is one to every 100000, Wou No,
be best to divert our half milht
money and few scorces OF mlssl
ries from the foreign to the l
field? "The semi-infdel mass
our nation," says one Just SO
out for one of the fields reterre
"need to be convinced that VI
ians are in earnest and believe
they preach. Missions and mi
work have just this effect.
DR.. A. S. Gerhard, OF Phi