, 1874-03-01

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nal says "No."
morning congregations to number z, 300; the #
ternoon congregations 5000; and frequently
from 500 to 600 arc turned away. The Rev
George @. Lorrimer, D. D., is pastor.
An exchange eays: Walnut Street Baptist
Church, Louisville, Ky., numbers 7oo members
representing $4,000, 600 OF property, and yet Dr.
Wharton, the pastor, made the astonishing state
ment in . rccent sermon that there WAS q def
cheney in the treasury of more than 81 600.
The memorial season OF the Passover COM
menced Feb. 16. The un1eavened bread, OF
/ mntsos, which is eaton each year during the
| seven days OF the Passover by tho Hebrews, is
| thus described by Now York paper:
The nataos Ia uaade Of four aud only md the
loayes cut out in the form o CRACKER IS srgc as
and thinner than biscuit. The loases OF
ten to The pound Tbs loaTes arc dispo.cl Of a. II
cents pound and noue but those that whole are
s1a and ne fh = me o. 11
cd prayer previous to tho breaking Of the bread This
broken loavcs ground up and uEcd In making the
It once By family to List through the Passoyor sea-
| son.
| 4 missionary in ono OF the Southern States
writes that, among the freedmen, there Is . pc.
culiar service known as The Midnight Cry,
assembly waits until midnight, when their pss-
tor comea in disguise, representing the Bride
groom. When discovered his appearance is hailed
with extraordinary demonstrations Of joy.
] Tho Catholics OF Boston have subscribed s7o,-
| 600 for new Episcopal residence.
! A new and fine church in Hyde Park, Mass,
/ stands unused and undedicated- The Episcopal
| congregation ordered its erection, and placed
] the supervision in the hands Of the pastor, who
assumed all responsibility, tue understanding
being that when al was dono the transfer OF tho
| property should be legally made. The pastor,
| however, exceeded she limit of cost By 81 GOO,
and consequently the congregation refuso to take
| the church.
DR.. McCosh'a project Of Federal union OF
Presbyterian Churches throughout tho world has
very general approval wherever it has been con-
aidered- No revised creed is proposed, but each
body can come in on it's existing creed, provided
only it shall be sound in the faith.
An Eastern paper snys the Rev. Nj. Sweet
Ger, Of the D]eecker Street Uniyersa1ist Church,
! in New York, having been announced, lately, to
preach shout " Els Satanic IoWnoss, the
Devil" tho organist, with delicate respect for
the proprictics, selected for the "yoluntarz" +"
tho tuno With which the suggestive words,
Tersal]y associated-
Avenue Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, n. T.,
the Rev. T., l.. Cuyler, pastor, which has the
largest membership Of any Presbyterian church
in the United States, hed its origin III the hum
h1Ghk 6Q4t u NdJs IL a14la1L HUCQtA EA44uA1
commenced as revival church, and has never
loss its character. In al it's history, not year
las passed without revival OF marked type.
The chief men OF tho organization havo always
been radical temperance and aati-Bla9ery men,
and nearly every male member OF prominence il
teacher or scholar in the Sunday SCHOOL
4 writer in tho Neu YORK. Express argues that
the righteous alone gre immortal, and tt-t the
second death, spoken Of in the Bible es doom Of
the wicked is the destruction Of the soul, or tho
annihilation Of tho spirit
ABROAD
The Wa1densian Missionary Churches OF italy
are to be Eeorganized on q Presbyterian basis~
There are thrty-eight Of them. mninIy sup
ported from England at an annual cost Of
$4,000. Tho Flea Church Of Italy ia nearly ID
large, whl!o the Wesleyan Missionary Society
has four.uln under its charge.
Tho Christian Union says: Dr.. Beke, the
English explorer in that direction claims that he
has at last located Mount Sinai. It is situated
days journey northeast OF the village Of
Akabia, in Arabia, at an altitude of 5000 feet
above the sen. DR.. Belse is confident that be
has discovered the truo Sinai at this point from
the fact that he found the remains Of animals
that had been sacrificed, and had also meLo out
6inatio inscriptions. It is not ut all certain
that other Oriental travellers will ahare his cor
6donce III the matter
According to religious journal. the purs
theism OF the Brahmo Somaj is now being prop
leadinc 5,almos iayine, recent1v et.rfad nn -
proselYtirc tour through tie country. From
fhe writings OF Keshub ChuuIs- Sen. the chi.,f
apostle OF the sect, it appears thnt tho Drahtuo
somal 5ehoTcs III the unity aud fatherhood OF
doa, the un1Sessal psosnerhood ot nas, and the
need OF conversion TO doa, pesn9lng With re-
pentance, carried on by la1:h and prayer, and
eo.nt'ae1Gu ~ tl1 nes' Guy hoSuoln oy o1Vlno
eaHee' ts denles Enc e-ernat pefutlon OF ainnets,
ind ls opposed to rpat 1t calls ''tho sublime
e%otism and Belf-aasertlon" Of Christ. Tho num-
ber of Brahmo SoMaics in India nav bo reckoned
at about 100. tho number of ;ts adierents in mn
Known NM c,n d ho fojd u;th 30, fn;1tv hov
1rr sr+;- ee - ~ bst..a q - t-'S ~ sJ s ~"
Etso polt1o1 " tua btA1lluos uaso given up
cstt!toy tho pEact1ce OF 1uolatr7. In eeTeral IN
portart respects the Brahmo Somai co-operates
with Christianity. It has taken . firm stand
against iloIatry: it has proclaimed the abolition
It enIenvoTa tn Tcforrn t1,e H;n1n 1na-;ago c,,a
te,1 - o.ose ~ enI .'a eue
yon ~ toPPooeo to1SAo 0114 poo1:AfioAu ~
Tie campaien aeainat obsceno 1torat,,ra
~ ne olsnop OF E1etel, ~ repolteo ns tne Lon
aon spectator, recently SAID that tho PRACTICE OF
val Of l. in arsfnr- bccansa It wns thoueht that
it would be q great aidto true spiritual life :
but" he proceeds. sit was tried. and fornd
hurtful. In many cases it fosters weakness Of
character it sometimes causes terrible tenn