, 1874-02-01

t lhcTe are eighteen Methodist churches T.,
Boston, with total membership Of 1000, ~
Bishop Heunesay, OF Kansas, has nroh;h;,.,
dancing IN that diocese IT Catholic fojrs rei
festivals 1c
| It is said that the first public Speech n,,,
| py 1en. John \: DIX Was an address 10 the Sun.
| day-school Of Christ Church, Cooperstown y v
The Leader says that at q service in memory
! OF Agasslz, DR.. Peabody selected for hjs ter5
Tine grave Withereth, the flower fadeth. etc
The Washington Avenue Baptist fbor,.
Brooklyn, havo lately, bv 4 subscription Of 80
900, entirely extlnguished the debt on rha;;,
house Of worship. eN<
Tho Church Standard Bays: "Io Bro. n
Anderson's translation Of lhs New Testanent
the 37th verBe OF the 8th chapter OF Acts :,
omitted because it is spurioua>" -
Tie Rev. DR.. Talmage will dedicate his "a,
Tobernaels In Brooklyn, Feb. @. TSa
/ hundred and twenty-five members were recent,
added to his church IN one week.
The telegraph mado Chaplain Sunderland A.,
the Senate Of the United States, pray, the othe,
Sacred Ram to tho Jew For ''Sacred Ram
read Sanhedrim.
Tha american Bible Revision Commits, :,
corporation with the British Committee. h,T:
just finished the revision OF Genesis Ind
| Matthew, and sent it to England. The Con-.
! mittee hold regular monthly Sessions in IL.
Bible House, aud are making steady progress.
A Roman Catholic Bishop, being invited to
| open the Vermont Legislature some tiEno siuca
surprised the body by uttering the following De,
| tition: May corruption and sin OF eyary forn
be as far from every member Of this Lesislasqra
as thou art, Lord"
An Eastern paper says: "Tho English q.
p1oration party in Palestine have come upor
sarcophagi containing insc,i iptions on tue Mount
| Of Olives, not far from the site of Bethany
They contain the bones OF Christian Jews. and
among the names given are those Of Simon
Martha, Lazarus"
4 New York paper says thn Marcy Avenus
Baptist Church, Brooklyn, under the ministry Of
/ the Hav. Dr. jeffrey, formerly Of Chicago. il
| rapidly increasing in nnrnbera. The membcy
ship has recently risen from forty-dve to ninety.
eight. Twenty-one converts we're baptized With
in three weeks.
| The Cincinnati Commercial says the Rev. r.
| II. Hatfield, DID,, pastor Of st. Pauls Methodist
Church, Cincinnat, it is said, will so to ph1Ia-
delphia in the spring to take chargo OF the Arch
| Street Church. DR.. Hatfield Was forme1l,
! pastor OF Wabash ATenue and Centenary
Churches in Chicago.
Here is another example OF the wolf and thu
lamb lying down together: ''The common
ground of faith and sympathy" says the Uni.
rersuist, between all Christians was recognized
in Charlestown On Sundsy, in the exchange oi
pulpit services between the Rev. Y. n. lloyd,
Of the First Baptist Church. and the Rev, ". T.
Stove, Of the Uuiye1salist."
Zion's Herald, Boston, says: Tho religious
people OF Portland are sgitatjng the question,
Shall We have the Puritan or German Sabbalh
Nearly every Sunday during the winter paid
saloon concerte paid praise meetings, and paid
lectures have been held in tho City Hall. Soma
Of our leading ministers have sanctioned these
by their presence and participation"
The Old South Church. Worcester. Nass, ha,
voted by majority OF si1ty-soyen against
twenty-nine to add four ladies to its corps OF
deacons. The resolution which was adopted
say5: !" In avaliing herself OF tho help and
counsel Of god1y women, this church seeks to
recognize and initiate the policy and usage ol
the Congregational Church Of the New Testa
ment.''
The Rev. ?. A. Hanaford, In his historical
sketch Of the First Univer5alist Church of NeE
Haven, Conn.,, Baya:
"Less than half century ago" the writer ssys "k
be Unive1salst was to be accounted N iutdeL Ths
name SYNONYMOUS with AtbelEt. Few dared To IT.
tend religious gathering q this people and among
She who dared b1arc public opinion. far Al to At
tend Was counted strong D1iudod and her religion,
when no hall could BE- obtained in New UaEen and Ii,
meetings held the green the preacher standing
on tho steps of the State-House.
According to BishoP Wiley, New England
Mcthodlsm has made great advances in the Last
we're only 2l 900 Methodista in ali the six sratest
but since that time tho number had multiplied
si1 times. The denomination now haa in that
part OF the country $40, 900 900 worth OF church
property, 10000 children in its Sabbath-echoola,
1,00D preachers, whose preaching reaches At
least 3U0, 600 people through 1900 churches. But
for somo reason Met4odtsm has not grown II
that direction daring tie past year, fact wtlch
the Bishop could hardly explain satisfactorily.
A Roman Catholic Journal says:
Owing to tho troubles and persecutfons IN 1tai3,
many precious relics hare been taken from their usua
Rev. Fr. Gartner C. IS. c.. Professor in st. FEand1
Seminary, Milwaukee, Wis, and Superior uf tho
bohemian and Savanian Aissions Of this country hss
been intrusted with many Of these relics taken fsnm
1senoe aud Venice. These include piece Of the nu9
croHs, thorn from tho crown OF tnornn, and Ean3
relics Of the passion Of the Bless.d Vrgn md Of ne
faithful in the chapel Of the Church Of a Iost Hay
Redeemcr, New York
The Christian Union says:
Alas in what an age Of hesesy do vo hTeI Even
good Or. Curry OF the ckristinn Adrocde, who has
perfect hawks eye for unsouudness In the faith, y
himself shaky upon the doctrine Of the resurrection OF
tile material body Having ventuzed to inttrnase h
doubts in The ddsoeats, and thereby avaEsned ~ ~
feuse Of himself with the announcement: D." We eaFs
the subjec-probsbly forever. - far ~ these columns
arc concerned"
The editor Of the Christian Lnion IS tremblcs
to think what might have bean tue resnlta .,
further discussion, and HAY 60 into convulaIon
whea be learns that s.further discusslous ea'
ali eady been begun bY the Northeastern Chfas-
ian ddcocdte which last week discovered tbs
heresy aboye-named, and suggests he1ma
remedy
Dr.. Mccosh's plan for federal union Of ths
GffFarnnt branches nf tha PreSbyterlau thufc6