Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-23

! HE seven Methodist Churches OF
st. Louis. during the past winter, re-
ceiyed about four hundred access
ions.
1t is thought to be doubtful wheth-
er the Episcopal Diocese Of Kentucky,
at the Convention on the 25th inst,
! viii elect an Assistant Bishop to sup
ply the vacancy Occasioned by the
withdrawal of Bishop Cummins.
1t is estimated that the number of
conversions in Knoxville, Tennessee,
during the past winter, was not less
than five hundred. A third Presby-
/ terian Church was organized in jan
uary, and has received many valuable
! accessions-
During the two and a half years
/ pastOrate OF Rev. Mr.. Ely, there has
I been 1O4 combinations IN the Episco-
I pal Church in Newport, Kentucky,
and the whole number of communi-
cants now reaches $40. The parish
is in highly fourishing condition.
Bishop Kuner, of the Methodist
Church, South, recently returned from
the City of Mexico, bringing intelli-
gence of the progress Methodist mis-
sions in that city. They have six
churches, in which about 1000 wOr-
shippers are found every Sunday.
The Christian Church has twenty
three missions in Mississippi, all but
two of them regularly organized, and
eleven preachers occupying the field.
During the month of February their
labors resulted in 239 aecessions.
The Baptist Missionary Union clo-
ses its fiscal year as follows: Expendi-
tiures, including the debt of last year,
S2S9, 500 II; receipts from all sources,
S261, $50 81; leaving a balance against
the treasury of S27, us so. The re-
ceipts of the year are $45, 40 21 in |
excess of the previous year, and the |
debt is S14, 800 81 less.
The first Congregational Church /
of Peru, Illinois, have voted to dis
continue the use OF fermented wines
at the communion table, as incon-
sistent with the spirit Of Christ's
teachings in their application to
the needs and exigencies of the
present day; and that wlen it is
impracticable to obtain unferment-
ed wine, the Deacons be instructed
to furnish cold water instead.
1t appears, from the Jesuit AL
manac of 1874, that the Order con-
sists, at present, of 9,10l members.
Of this number l,527 are in Italy,
1853 in Austria, 643 in Belgium, 3lS
in Holland, 2,493 in France, and l.
$50 in Great Britain, Ireland and
the British possessions abroad; l. {
05S members of the Order are en-
plOyed as missionaries in America, |
Asia, Africa and Australia. The
are dispersed over other
II
A State Association of Christian !
Ministers and Churches has been
formed in Kentucky, the object of {
which is 'the promotion of Chris ]
ian fellowship, the aid of feeble
churches, and the more efficient |
proclamation of the Gospel of
Christ The OILY condition of :
Is faith in the Lord !
Jesus Christ, evinced by a manifes- !
alton of His spirit and obedience l
% His commandments Different l
7iews about doctrinal questions
md forms of government and wor-
hip form no barrier to member :
hip in this organization, which is I
o embrace all who love the Lord 7
'esus, of every name.
The most recent statistics of the 1
Church in the United i
States make statements of which t
he following is a summary: The
United States are divided into !
even provinces, each ruled by an /
All are natives of the {
United States. There are forty S
ine Bishops and FIVE Wears apos-
olic, each with district of his own. I
there are 1872 priests 1887 :
hurches, besides 154 in process of I
rection, 1,415 chapels, 1859 t
chools, fl seminaries for the educa- a
ion of priests, 500 converts, 300 t
eminarieI and colleges, 90 hospit-
Is and l69 asylums The author !
lies from which these figures are =
AIKEN claims a Roman Catholic q
opulation in the United States of v
10000. 1t also claims that the c
,nglish speaking populations of the il
lobe have 16,314,800 Roman Cath n
lies who worshipin 9,746 churches, Il
nd have 12,202 priests. They +
ave two universities, 197 academ- +
IS, 412 colleges and 5,665 schools. C
hey have 1873 religious commun- A
les of men aud women, and they
ave 145 hospitals and 2S1 asy-
lms.'