The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-04
RELIGIOUS ITEMS.

The First Presbyterian Church in Salt Ia,.
City is to be dedicated October II.
. One hundred and forty-two Presbvter;.,
. Churches were organized in America last VEN
and sixty-thres were dissolved.
. A small mission of about dozen membe-,
, comprises the church at Antioch, where tho
Disciples were first called Christians
i The statistics of the P. E. Church, of Ohio
show l bishop, 102 priests, 8 deacons. and
II. 500 comm unicants. Contributions SON
1912 49,
The latest statistics Of the German Re.
formed Church in this country show that il
numbers 600 ministers, 1920 congregations
and 125. 600 church members
Father Pelamofgues, formerly of Dayen.
port, Iowa. but now a resident of st. Jenne.
vienne, France, has lately donated SIG, 900 to
te Sisters of Mercy at the former place.
Wednesday, 23d ult., completed seventeen
years of successive prayer offered up daily At
the noon hour in the old North Dutch Church
On Fulton and William streets, New York City.
The officers and congregation of the Profess
tant Episcopal Church in St Clair, Mich.
have resolved unanimously, it is said, to with
draw from the old organization and Join tho
Reformed Episcopal Church.
GROWTH OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE
UNITED STATES IN TWENTY-FIVE YEARs.-In
1913, the Catholics had in this country
churches. and 1850, 700 adherents. In 1874
Z archbishops. So bishops, 4516 priests. 5327
churches and chapels and over GOES, 600 adj
| herents
! Work OF THE CHRISTIAN BRoTHRRs.-The
Christian Brothers are an order in the Catholic
Church, engaged in Christian education. Ac-
cording to the latest statistics the order has
1880 houses, 1917 brothers, 761 novices, &c.,
1888 pupils and 1910 orphans. Of these there
II, Ty,,.to al of IN S1S broth
ers and %, 81 pupils.
| The Catholic says: "Several exchanges
have stated that Rev. Father keenan,, of Lam
| caster, Pa, who has attained his ninety-sixth'
year. is the oldest priest in America, and per-
baps in the world. This is incorrect, as the
oldest priest in North America is now station
ed at St. Johns Church, Frederick, Nd, the
Rev. John McElroy, s. j., aged ninety-nine
years.
In view of the fact that fifteen new Protest
ant Episcopal Bishops are to be elected and
confirmed before the end of October. Church
ant State expresses its doubts whether SO
many good men will be found for those i'm
portant positions. The same journal ex-
presses the tear that, in the p csc temper
OF the Church each election is in danger of
degenerating into party SIGHT.
DIR. PoRTRouss CONFERENCE.-The ves-
try of All Souls Church, Brooklyn, the Rev.
DIR. Porteous, pastor, have decided to stand
upon christian, and not an "Episcopa-
han" platform. Desiring to recognize the
unity of all Christians, they have called
meeting of % the prominent clergymer of all
denominations in New York and Brooklyn"
to meet in the Elan Place Congregational
Church, October 4, to discuss the subjsct
The San Francisco papers are mentioning
the organization of new church in that city
for the Rev. Dr. Carpenter, who went there
from Brooklyn few years ago. A part Of the
platform is that 1.-THE Society shall not be
identified with any other sect or denomination,
nor be 80 represented or regarded and while
each individual shall be at liberty to retain his
own religious opinions the minister IN charge
will be left entirely untrammeIed in his pulpit
utterances."
PRESBYTERIAN MEETING IN BosroN. Tho
Presbyterian Synod of New York will meet
next month in Boston for the first time in
many years Connected with this Synod are
upwards of 100 churches and about $50
ministers. 1t is expected that the session will
be interesting to the general public, as many
well known ministers are to speak. Rev. Dr..
Hall, together with Rev. DR.. Crosby and Rev.
DR.. Booth, will address a missionary meet
ing. There are but four Presbyterian churches
IN Boston, and these are small
PIoUs SwEARINo'.-An exhorter Of the WASH
ingron Young Mems Christian Association
was exhortlng on a recent Sunday afternoon.
at the corner of Eighth and L streets. near
the Navy-Yard when an officer of the United
States Navy, passing, seeing a crowd, and
hearing the words, "God. Jesus, etc."
thought he was swearing, and reported to the
first police officer he met. This person. with
undue zeal, arrested him, AID toox him away
from the crowd before any statement could be-
made.
METHODIST CONFERENCE APPROVES
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.-The Des Mones Confer.
snce OF the Methodist Episcopal Church,
Which net recently at Des Moines, recsiveas
reputation and address from the Woman SUI
rage Convention in session at the same time
md place, asking the conference to make .
declaration of its views on the question OF suf-
rage Tor women The conference passed res
buttons declaring that as a "maiority of tho
women engaged in this movement are Christ
an women, their enfranchisement would, in
ne jud 5ment Of the conference, "tend to the
OF many evils and wrongs" and
recommending the subject "to the prayerful
nd thoughtful attention Of our people"
CONCERNING CHINA MISSIONS. The first
mission in China was begun by the London
dissionai5 Society in 1907 China has only
zen open to the Gospel about thirty years,
Turing which time missions have been estab-
shed there by some thirty societies, of which
are American and German About 1856
European and American missionaries. %
atlve ministers, and Cos native agents of all
lnds are employed by these societies, and
hey report about 10000 church members.
he missionaries are stationed on the sea-
cord, or within a moderate distance of it,
:om kalgan, in Manchuria, on the Northern
'ontier, to Canton, in the South. The
nncipal inland mission (Wesleyan) is at
lankau. Nine inland provinces. with
cpulation OF $50, 100000, have no Protestant
Touching the question whether missions
ay, the Christian Union points to the econo-
~ in the management OF missionary socie-
es, SO great that in some cases only four DER
mt OF the receipts go to pay the expenses Of
ADMINISTRATION; and then shows what are some
the fruits OF missionary labors. All the
rlncipal heather countries of the world. it