Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-04
RELIGIOUS.

The Dunkards are to have a re-
union at Virden, ILL.,, May 10.
The Illinois State camp meeting
this year viii begin August Sth, and
continue eight days. 1t will be held
near Tonawanda, about nine miles
north of Bloomington.
Rev. w. H. II. Murray, of Bos-
ton, asks i'm the Congregationalist :
'sWhat right has the Park street
church, of Boston, to take up $780,
900 worth of the Lords property in
such a way that it can give religious
opportunities to only 1900 people
in the morning, and 800 or 1000 in
the afternoon, when it might be so
invested as to carry the strength and
consolation of the gospel to 10000
or $1,000 people every Sabbath"
Evangelist Hammond has re-
turned to Jacksonville, and the
greatest enthusiasm prevails.
Mr.. Van Colt commenced a revi-
val of religion at TaylOr's Falls,
Minnesota. on May I'd.
Bishop GARRISON, will preach the
sermon at the conservation of st.
Marks Cathedral, Salt Lake City
on Ascension Day, May IA.
1t is said that the Episcopal The
illogical School at Cambridge, Mass,
will receive something. like a mil
lion dollars from its founder, Is. L.
Reed, Esq, of Boston.
The Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage has
placed in his church Presbyterian
in Brooklyn, a baptistry to accom-
modate those who prefer immersion
to sprinkling as the mode of intro
duction into the church.
The Universalists of Oregon will
meet in Convention on the 9th OF
June next, in the vicinity of Cen
trail School-house, nine miles north
east of Harrisburg. The Conven-
ton will be held owe the Sunday
following.
An eastern paper says; "The
four cities of the United States, in
which the Baptists Outnumber
other denominations are Richmond,
Chicago, Atlanta, and Raleigh.
The Methodists of the NJ. E.
Church are beginning to be a little
FESTIVE under the great expense in
Cured by their system of Bishops
and Presiding Elders. The total
annual cost is said to be half a mil
lion dollars for the Presiding Elders,
and from 100000 to $4,000 for the
Bishops.
A revival is going on among the
colored MethOdists of Danville, Va.
Among other eXtravagant demon
STATIONS reported is that of a
woman who stripped herself of all
but one article of clothing, walked
the house top and sat on the CHM
ney. This certainly "takes the rag
off" aything i'm the way of religious
fevor ever heard of before.
In Sweden 1t has been hitherto
almost impossible to get out of the
Established Church (Lutheran) in
to any of the dissenting churches,
and the members of these churches
have been subjected to certain legal
disabilities of a very tOrmenting
character. A law has recently been
passed by which, upon the express
sion of a desire to join another COM
munion on the part of any person
over eighteen years of age, the pas
tor of his parish is obliged to regis
ter the transfer.
The Bishop of Ontario has en-
barked i'm a debate with certain
laymen of the Episcopal Church in
Canada concerning a revision of
the Prayer-bOok. The Bishop an-
nOunces that those who join the
Cummins movement cannot MAIN
tain their places as members of the
Protestant Episcopal Church. A
widespread agitation has grown
out of correspondence in regard to
the matter, the result of which is
to be large accessions to tie
Reformed Church.