The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-02-22
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

Bishop Ames is the wealthiest
Methodist minister in the West
In Minnesota there are 16l Baptist
churches, and in Wisconsin 200.
Eight hundred additional churches
are needed to furnish church ac-
commodations for the inhabitants of
London.
There are II 600 persons in full
membe, ship with the Methodist
church in Germany and S"itzer-
land.
A recent 'etter- writer says that in
Berlin out of a population OF nearly
n million only 1900 persons at
tend church on Sunday.
The Method. mission in SGeden
is rrospering greatly. The yast year
has been one of great success. Its
increase has been II societies, SO
appointments. 3 local preachers, and
S2l members.
Nearly one-half Of the entire popu-
lation Of Greenland are recognized
members of the Lutheran Church.
There are two theological semina-
ries of that denomination there.
The Roman Catholic Bishop OF
New Jersey has ordered the clergy
to refuse Christian burial to those
who die of the effects of liquor as
we'll aa those who sell it to drunk
ards.
The Synod of Arkansas appropri-
ately points out that her contribu
tions to the cause of Foreign Mis-
sions during the past year, were
above instead of below the average
contributions of the rest of the
Church.
A very considerable religious
awakening is reported among the
Jews in some parts of Germany.
They come in crowds to hear the
Gospel, and listen to the message
concerning Christ as the Messiah
with marked attention.
/ The Baptist Union objects to the
custom of baptising persons back
ward, which was adopted for the puf-
pose of making the rite conform to
the modes of burial. The editor in
sists that it is not the most convent
ent way of administering the facra-
ment.
During the last fifty years there
has been an increase in the number
of Protestant missionaries of more
than 500 per cent. OF those who
had gone out from Europe and
America there were in 1920 only 358;
in 1870 there were 1910, with II 900
native preachers and assistants.
Though Irish Catholics have ruled
New York City politically, their re-
ligious strength is small compared
with that of the Protestants. In
1870 there were Al Catholic church
es i'll the city, $50 Protestant Evan
gelical, and 40 divided among the
Universali,ts, Unitarians, and Isra-
elites.
We are informed says the JNorld,
that one of the most distinguished
Unitarian clergymen of New York
i.about to abandon that ecclesia.ti-
cal connection and take reiugoi in the
E2i copal church. THIS sill be an
almost fatal bio to tho ro.I ect Of
that denomination III thl part OF
the country.
In .turi tic. of the f isco al
Chu ch for the asst year are as fol-
low, Bl-ho,s, "a clergy 2S26 ;
bap isms, 80 405 confrma ions.
"a 12l; commandments, 224 995 ;
marriage, . $50; buria s 2G79l ;
candidat for orders, 4l2; ordina-
tions- deacon l24 plesbytera,
1l6; Sunday chool teachers "A 494;
scholars, 229, 1000 ; contributions $5,-
544,574.
; The monk who was recently tried
i'll London has been found guilty and
: sentenced to twenty years hard Ia
1 Dor. This is the first instance of a
l monk being tried by an ordinary
criminal court. HencefOrth in the
= Italian States the clergy are on the
, same foot before the law with other
citizens. The killing was not de-
[ MED, but drunkenness was pleaded in
3, his defense.