The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-11-05
THE RELIGIOUS wOkLD.

THE RELIGIOUS WORLD.
The Sexton of Grace Church, New
York, has made has christianity profit
able, and saved S250,000.
Queen Charlotte, wife of the kin,
of the Friendly Islands, is Metho
dist class-lea1er. The king is a Ii
censed local preacher.
A dispatch from South Bend, Indi
ana, announces the death of Father
Lennon, president of Notre Dame uni
versity, Thursday night, after Il lin
gering illness.
DIR John Hall, remarking that il
England they distinguish people into
two classes, Churchmen and OLSEN
tiers, thinks that in America they
might be divided into Churchmen and
Absenters.
The NIethodists of Murfreesborc
have divided that city into missionary
districts and placed each district under
the superintendent of one or more
Sabbath School teachers. 1.-The idea
is to thoroughly canvass the town, Ill
order to bring under religious instruc'
ton children who do not attend any
Of the Sabbath Schools"
The reason assigned by the Chicago
Tribune for the rejection Of DR. Sey.
mour for the bishop of the Diocese Of
Illinois, was because of his supposed
Ritualistic tendencies. The issue be.
tween Ritua!ists and anti-Ritualists is
thus squarely raised, and it not i'm
probable will result in a schism in the
Episcopal Church of America.
The American missionary, Bishop
Williams, was Recently found in a
japanese boarding house, in Yedo, in
a room nine feet square, without any
furniture except a pail filed with
ashes and little coal. In a corner
were two blankets, with one of which
the bishop wrapped himself, while he
slept upon the other. There was the
Bishop found, sitting upon the floor,
engaged IN the work of translation.
An ex-Methodist minister by the
name of Norman is said to have arriv-
ed in this country as a Mohammedan
missionary. He processes to think
if Mohamedanism were only under
stood in christian countries it would
make converts rapidly. Mr. Norman
avows his intention of going west and
operating somewhere in the Chicago
region, believing that they are more
progressive in that part Of the count
ry than nearer the Atlantic.
The Jewish Messenger, reviewing
the recent Councils and Conventions Of
different Christian bodies, intimates
that the Jews may in some respects
take pattern by them. The editor
says: 1--WE wish to assist in uniting all
the Jewish congregations of New York
city in a council, or convention, which
shall take a broader survey of the
condition and wants of our denomina-
ton; and, excluding mere doctrine.
promote the spiritual prosperity Of the
entire body"
The mOmentous question rs to the
right of clergymen not of the Church
Of England to be called reverend, has
been suddenly settled. Bishop
Wordsworth having denied the right,
has caused letter TO be written to Mr.
Punshon, the Wesleyan minister we'll
known in this country, and the letter
was directed to tho Reverend VIM. NJ.
Punshon. 1t is therefore decided by
the highest authority, that Dissenters
may wear the title. 1t is now 10 be
hoped that the land will have rest on
thissubject.
A clerical paperpublished in Naples,
says: "The miracle of st Januarius is
going on favorably. Yesterday, after
eighteen minutes prayer, the blood
iiquifed, as it did the day before, after
having been exposed twenty-three
minutes. The faithful are focking into
the diocese in great numbers, and
their belief in our holy religion is by
no means diminished by the rawlings
of a satanic sect" And this is the
enlightened nineteenth century! What
rogues these fellows are! Does Arch
bishop Manning believe such lies?
A letter from India is published in
a recent number of the London Chris
tan, which gives an interesting ac-
count of a remarkable and extended
revival which prevails among the va.
rious regiments of the British army
stationed there. The awakening be-
gan at Calcutta, and spread from
thence to other stations, reaching, in
its quickening progress, Durapore,
Lucknow, Cawnpore, Meerut, Chick
reta, Sabotha, Allahabad, and other
military stations. Many officers are
taking an active part in the move
ment, and already some of the regi-
ments count scores of earnest converts.