Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-01-01


The colored Baptists of Missouri, IL
linois, Iowa and Kansas, have determined
to build a college for the education of
their young people.
Bishop Haven has proposed to the
Methodist Board TO go into Egypt with
missionary work, and by degrees get into
the interior OF the country.
ireland, with its 100000 inhabi-
tants, has 300 priests Of the Lutheran
Church, whose salaries are paid by the
Recommendation $50 to $500 year.
Bishop Paine is the senior Bishop of
the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
He was elected with Bishop Capers at the
first Southern General Conference, held
in 1886
The members of all the Methodist
churches in the world number little
over 5000, 900 souls; ministers, ID, 100;
local preachers, $4,000; Sunday school
scholars, 100000.
The Baptist Church in Orange, N. j :,
Of which DR.. Hague is pastor, Is main.
tanning thirty-tw young men in prepare
| ton for the ministry, at an annual ex-
pense of over $4,000.
The Rev George Powell, formerly
settled at Caledonia, VT, has been ex-
PEELED from his position on the charge OF
falsehood, Misunderstanding, plagiarism and
lack Of theological knowledge.
DIR. Legge, Of Hong Kong, the trans
lator of the Chinese classics, has lived
thirty.four years in the East, and has seen
the number of native Christians in China
rise from six persons TO 10000.
"A Michigan correspondent of the
Standard writes that the accessions TO the
Baptist churches of that State, according
to the reports in convention, have been
about / 900 members within the last two
years.
"A careful calculation shows that in
the middle of the third century the pro
portion of the protesting Christians to the
population of the earth was about one TO
$50. The proportion now is about one to
five.
The growth in the number Of com.
municants In the Methodist churches in
Chicago during the past thirty years has
been as follows: In 1910 there were 154
members; 1850, 693; 1850, 1,410; 1870,
AIT.
The First Presbyterian Church in the
United States was organized in 1890 at
lCuOW Hill, WI. nC ISsDJ wac
held in 1705 at Philadelphia, and the first
General Assembly was held in the same
city in 1889.
AT the recent annual meeting of the
Massachusetts Universalist State Conven.
ton, 1t was stated that there were in the
fellowship of the Convention, 102 parishes
and ~ churches, with membership OF
not far from 5000.
The Presbyterian Board of Missions
manage the collecting and disbursing of
their funds with such economy that not
more than seven per cent. is expended for
necessary expenses, the entire balance
going directly in aid of the missionary
work.
Judge Redington, of Vermont, has
given $1,000 to Bates College TO found a
scholarship for the benefit of a girl stu
dent. This is the first endowment of a
female scholarship in any college. Judge
Redington has also given $1,000 to found
q professorship of mental and moral phil
osophy at Bates.
Wishing to promote Christian fellow
ship among themselves, and moreover to
contribute by their example and prayers
toward season of revival, the six Con-
gregational churches of Cambridge
Mass, are holding series of joint con.
ferences, in which addresses and special
services of praise and prayer are the
order Of each evening.
Among the questions raised before
the Supreme Court In the case of Perfect
the Chicago murderer, was the curious
one that the States Attorney, Mr.. Reed,
had wrongfully quoted certain passages
of Scripture in his closing speech. The
passages in question were from the sew
eral statements given by the four evan
gelists of the inscription on the cross.
New York. though reported to be a
wicked city, is well supplied with relig-
ious teaching. Its churches number $50,
or one to each 1000 inhabitants. The
first erected on the island was of the
Dutch Reformed faith, and was placed
within the fort, where Castle Garden now
stands Next comes the Episcopalians,
and then the Presbyterians and Baptists.
The church properly in the city is esti-
mated at $46, 900, 900.
Miscellaneous.
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