, 1874-03-29
RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY,

I AT HoWE.
The Rev. Dr.. Adler, in answer to Max Mule,
! contends TINT Judaism is q missionary faith.
'The Christian at ITork has enlarged 20 tweut
pages, and Alexander f. Stephens is announce,
as contributor to that paper.
writer III the Presbyterian speaks of govl
on minister IN the pulpit as = !" u1!n-dey1se.
adjunct Of the worship Of God"
The Liberal Christian thinks sschu1ch in Ner
Brighton, Staten Island, should call George Will
lam Curtis to its pulpit. and go !" furnish noolt
and mnch-needed example Of live church witl
= lay preacher"
Elder G1ubbs, Of the Dlacirles' Church, in .
| communication to the Louisville Courier. .]our.
| bnat, states that the Disciples, more familarly
cnown as the Campbellites. number Il, ,0eo mem
fsers IN Kentucky.
The German Reformed Church, in Berks
County. Pa, dateP from 1850. The first church
was built in 1853. There are now in the comfy
81 congregations, with 10,390 members, Of whom
9,034 are communicates.
The statiatics Of tho Kentucky Conference, of
the Methodist Episcopal Church North, show
e.458 p1obntioners. 15.704 full members, leo
churches valued at $685. II pa7sona.es val
ued st 3lo,e0 I'll Sunday-achools, l,2G3 oflcers
and teachers. and 5, ,437 scholars
i recent book published bv the Rev. @. L.
Brace, on tho dangerous classes OF New York
showa that the dangerous elements OF that city,
SO far IS the number and condition OF The chill
dren arc concerned. are decreasing, owing to The
industrial and religious appliances brought to
bear upon them.
A new eori Of Sunday school helps, advertised
for in the Congrega'ionotist, are " Kind ct over
shoes which will keen out Sunday s1ueh, and OF
uInbi elias which will Keep OF Sunday rain" The
supply needed would be chiefly Of large slxes,
for teachers and adult scholars. Children ge1-
orally do not care for them.
Minnesota has 1852 Baptist churches, with !. .:>57
members. There are eight associations. Tue
members are Ct many Observation-Disclosures,
German, French, Scandinavian, Danish, AfriclD.
They have only fifty-six houses Of worship, but
are building twenty more.
Thero nre in California not less than $50 Or
gaD1zed churches CT all denominations, and 900
church buildings erected, with an aggregate &C.
commodatlon for 225, 600 Bittings. Church prop
erty is valued at S7,5o0.0oo. The Methcdisls
lead in the nunber of local societies, having 1so
a religious journal aays: ..tTbe afa5aower
Congregational Church in St. Louis have jas!
issued q manual, in which it appears thai no
rmal'declaration Of faith il required for adj
miesion to membership, but simply 'profes-
sional trust iii Christ aud mental covenant Of
faithfulness in Christian life.'"
A lady writing from Sanivl. Mes Perces Reaer-
vation, saYs that many Of the indians travel ten
CT twelve miles on Sunday to attend church. and
more attentive or devout congregation cannot
be found iu any civilized community. In prayer
they are very earnest, aud display none OF the
hesitation and backTardnesB which mar some
times be Witnessed among the white race.
The statistics OF the aIornvian Mission for
1873 ehows 20 mission stations, Of which n are
in america, IL in Africa, in Asia. and in Aus
traila. The missionaries numbered 322 includ-
ing mlasionariee' wives and agents. They have
also ], 533 native helpers, q, 1863 commuuicauts
in the territory supplied By mission labor. The
total receipts OF the Board for tha year amount
ed to $4,000.
This Episcopal Church Ia Virginia is discussing
quito earnestly tho future position Of It's clergy
in regard to questions OF church doctrine and
polity. A journal Of that S:ate declares that
there is no expectation that the movement Of
Bishop Cummins sill be followed, but it ia said
to be not impossible that q more important and
effective protest against the new saceraotals1n
which is represented by the Bishop Of Illinois
aud bis sympathtzers viii be ulade.
There are fifteen Protestant Episcopal conf
mnnities IL the United States called sisteriloods
Or associations Of deaconesses. Some of these
are conducted in very rigorous manner, and
a recent Protestant writer says: 1.-THE work and
the religious life are strikingly similar to that Of
the rigorous system is the Rev. Dr.. Dix, OF
Trinity Church, New York, tie Chaplain Of the
Sisters Of Mary.
The general average OF Episcopal diocesan IT,
CREASE in 1879 Was per cent, and in the last ten
years As per cent. The greatest per centum Of
increase has bocu In Colorado. Montana, Oregon,
New Hampshire, mississippi, Minnesota, and
North Carolina. Illinois is the fourteenth
diocese in numbers. Texas shows the largest
relative increase. Massachusetts, has made the
largest amount Of average contributions per
Missouri and New Jersey next,
During 1873, there we're 108 additions to tho
clergy list.
Dr.. Forteous said ehort time ago iu Brook
yn, N. r., that he came to this country ito SEQ
shether they would aceopt what be conld siTe i've
IS literary dish, and whether be could cet
money here in = geutleuanly Way" "Tk.a
tTpHal" ssys tho T4dtueUdeHt u doax mt mn.