The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-09-17
TIE RELIGIOUS MORLn.

are talking of daily religious paper.
The returns give a total of AGO, 800
COMMITMENTS in the Established
Church of Scotland.
The National Council of Congrega-
tional churches is 10 meet in New Ha-
ven, Conn, Wednesday, Sept. 80.
Missionaries from Russia have
opened a Greek church in Japan, and
ap0ut two hundred japanese attend.
The Southern Lutherans propose a
"Colloquium," at which Lutheran
unity will be the principle topic of dis
cussion.
The sixth biennial conference of
Unitarian and other Christian church
es is to be held at Saratoga, commence
ing on the 10Th inst.
Berlin has 1000, 600 less inhabitants
than New York; the American me-
tropolis has 40 places Of worship and
the German 90.
The time of holding the Alabama
Baptist State Convention has been
changed by the board of directors
from the 9th 10 The 18th of November.
1t is proposed to erect a $50, 900 me-
mortal in st. PauIs Cathedral, Lon
don, 10 VIM. Tyndale, one Of The early
English translators of the Bible.
The Rev. Charles A. Fulwood, of
the NJ. l.. church, is in New England,
seeking aid TO assist him in building Il
new church edifce at Key West,
Florida.
Jesuit Missionaries are making their
way into the Madagascar. They
claim seventy-four places of worship
and forty-iour priests in the central
Province.
The Free Church of England, &"
with which the new Reformed Episco-
pal Church fraiernizes now has forty
church-buildings in which congrega-
tons worship.
The General Convention of the Dis
ciples Of Christ, usually known as
"Christians," will be held in Cincin-
natl, October %. 1t will be also the
twenty fifth anniversary Of their mis-
sionary organization.
Christendom paid, last year, for the
support of her war system, two thou
sand millions Of dollars. Christians
all who professed and call them
selves by that name-paid for missions
in the same time, five millions Of dol
lars.
The Western Methodist has a sensi-
bic editorial, urging the propiety of
employing the evenings Of the confer
ence session in lectures, arranged for
in advance, upon theological and
practical topics Of interest to minis
tiers.
The Seventh Day Adventists have
a general conference, including fifteen
State conferences, 500 churches seven
tv-fve ordained ministers, sixty licen-
tiates, and $4,000 members. The
headquarters Of the Adventists are in
Battle Greek, Mich.
The Illinois State Convention of
Universalists, held recently in Earl
Vile, was Il very successful meeting,
and largely attended. Most Of the
prominent clergyman Of the State
were present, and an unusually large
number Of parishes represented by
delegates.
The Lutheran General Synod en-
braces about 700 ministers, 1900
congregations and 100000 COMMUNE
cants; the General Council embraces
about 800 ministers: Cos congregations
and 100000 communicates; and the
Synodical Conference embraces about
900 ministers. 1000 congregations
and 100000 COMMITMENTS.
Thirteen out Of forty-One American
Protestant Episcopal dioceses have tax
en- definite oynolical action in favor Of
correcting the version of the Nicene
Creed 50 as to make it refer the pro-
cession of the Son only TO the Father.
This is a chief line of division be-
tween the Catholic and Greek Church
eS.
A Congress of Old Catholics met at
Freiburg, Sept. 6, Mr. Schulzc presid-
ing. One hundred and thirty dele
gates attended the opening sessions.
The United States was represented by
Chauncy Langdon. The president
announced that DR. DOl!inger had sum-
moned Conference Of Evangelical,
Greek, and Anglican clergy at Bonn,
Sept II.
Bishop Miles, of Kentucky, the first
ordained colorcd bishop of the colored
Methodist Episcopal Church South, in
his circular letter, uses this language
in reference to questions involved in
the Civil Rights bill: eve believe
that there should be no antagonism of
races: we are in the same ship, and
half cannot be scutt!ed without sink
ing the whole vessel. We believe,
therefore, that our people should be
educated. We must have our schools
and conducted by men and women of
our own race. We have never
yet, as n people, or as individuals,
sought to have our schools or churches
mixed up of different races. Our
Church is colored Church. BY spe-
cial law our memberships confined to
one race. "
The (Baptist) Christian Era does
not accept the invitation to follow the
free communion Gberality of its Eng
li,h brethren. The paper, deprecating
such "denOminational suicide" says:
"There mag be historical, logical, and
spiritual reasons-we have met with
none-why the Baptist should not
exist as religious denomination; these
are matters for argument, and We be-
lieve that we have justified our denom-
national position by historical, exeget-
iciI, and logical considerations which
at least, the respect Of those
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