Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-12-20
RELIGIOUS ITEaIs.

y revival is in progress among
the Presbyterian churches IN North
Carolina.
Bishop Paino Is the senior Bish-
op Of tho Meth. Episcopal Church
South. lie was elected with Bish-
op Capers at the first Southern
General Conference, held in 1916.
Rt. Rev. Bishop Henncssey, has
forbidden the practice of dancing
at the closing of fairs and festivals.
This puts an end to dancing at
Catholic fairs and festivals in his
diocese.
A careful calculation shows that
in the middle of the third century
the proportion Of professed chris
tians 10 the population Of the earth,
10 be but one to Que hundred and
fifty. The proportion is now about
one TO five.
Assistant Bishop Lyman, of n.
Carolina, will be consccrated at
Raleigh on the IIth by the Bishop
Of Delaware, assisted by the Bish-
ops of Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Al
ALBANIA, South Carolina, Mississippi
and Georgia.
Out of the ia counties in Mis-
souri, 90 only are occupied by the
two synods Of the Presbyterian
churches and IS have no church
buildings; in the 60 counties there
are 200 churches, with a member
ship of S,62I.
The withdrawal OF Bishop Cum
minis Is the one absorbing cdito-
rial topic of the Protestant Epis-
copal organs. The seeding Bish-
op seems to have found but little
sympathy in the Church, if the ex-
preston Of newspapers can be ta-
ken as q criterion.
The New York Nation says that
il is difficult to see what DR.. Cum
minis and Mr.. Cheney hope to gain
by keeping up the cpiscopacy.-
They both proclaim that nobody is
bound 10 obey a Bishop unless he
plcases, and the use of n Bishop
who has no authority has not yet
been revealed. Why will Mr.. Che
ney on his own showing be any
thing moro than an itincrant
preacher? His confirmation can be
dispensed with, and his ordination
is a mere form.
! female saviour is creating a
prodigioqs sensation in the south
ern part Of the Russian empire
She claims to be the daughter Of
God, selected to suffer for the re
demption OF her sex, in the same
way that Christ died for the saliva
tion of man. She Processes TO be
able 10 heal the sick, give sight TO
the blind and raise the dead
Great crowds follow her, many be-
lieving in her pretentions.
The modern campmcedng origi-
mated in Kentucky about eighty
/ years ago. There were in that re-
cion two brothers named Mckee,
one q Presbyterian and the other a
/ Methodist, both ministers of the
gospel; IS churches were few, these
Jealous ministers agreed together
10 hold meetings in the woods, and
the open air, and found great and
unexpected success. People came
many miles to attend them, and
much religious interest was ava
kened. The eamP-meeting agreed
so we'll with the spirit aud ways oil
the Methodist that they adopted i
. as a regular part of their plans.
Yea should not only be religious
and love religion; you should max,
[ religion attraC tive, useful, and 4
/ greeablc to every one around. Th,
sick will like your religion if i
leads YOU to tend them, your fami
Ily will be attracted to it if they sc,
you more careful in your duties
more patient, more gentle IN find
ing fault. If your husband see
that, rs YOU become more devOut
YOU arc also more affeetionate {,
him, more tenderly Submissive, h
win be won to your religion. In
word, let your religion be rs win
ming to others as possible.