, 1875-06-20
RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY.
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Prof. Swing breaches the dedication sermon il
tho now Presbyterian church At River Park at 8
i p. N. to-day. A special trim leaves the pacif
depot, corner Larrabee street and Chicago ave
nue.. at s p. m. reached by the Larrabea stree
cars on Clark street.
St, Panls Church, Indianapolis, b hereafte
| to be the Cathedral Episcopal Church Of th
| Diocase of Indiana. By, agreement the Bishol
! ootains rights and privileges equal to those con
ferred by any Cathedral organization IN thi
country, II not in the world.
| The Board OF Education in the Presbyterian
| Church was charged in the General Assembly
! at. Cleveland, o., With extending aid to soIne
| theological students who regard cigars and tw1
! horses, ona Of them with ARlde-saddle, as:neces
sary to theological education.
Since tho reunion ot the tvo Presbyterian
| branches, the Board Of Church Erection has en-
| abed 500 congregations to complete their houses
Of worship free from debt, thus securing church
property wurth 54,55000D, and afrording church
accommodation to s07,0o worshipera.
/ In the work Of the Homo Missions Of the
Presbyterian Church during the year just closed,
ninetY-thrss new organizations we're effected.
thirty-eight made self-supportlng, and {, 539
havs professed conversion. The number Of
home missionaries employed was l, las. 4
As the Rev. Mr. Street, upon whom the noop-
day services st St. Petar's chipel hsee hitherto
principally rested is about to ba absent Tor some
time from the city. tha responsibility Of either
sustaining or discontinu1ng them will nov de-
volye upon the rest Of the Episcopal clergy.
A new monthly paper called the National
Protestant has been started in Now York on the
basis Of intense opposition to everything Cath
olc. The first number devotes considerable
space to various controversies with the Now
York Herald, which seems to bo injudicious at
least
On the question Of llcenaing women to preach,
Bahop Bowman, OF the Methodist Episcot al
Church, is reported to have said, ut an Annual
Conference. that - the whole tenor of the Disci-
pine is against the liceuslngs Of women to
preach, and that license to preach impliss the
right Of ordination"
At the annual Convention Of the Diocese Of
. OHIO the following resolution vas referred to
tbs Committee on Canots: s'Resolped, Thai
every female COMMUNICATE OF the Protestant
Episcopal Church ia the Diocese Of Ohio: over
IS years OF age. shall be, and Ii hereby made,
eligible to hold ofica in the respective Yaatrles
Of every parish in this DIOCESE"
Church haye left the old Communion and joined
the Reformed Eplscopafiana during the past
year. Three were connected with the Docese Of
Virginia, tTo With Pennsylvania. Pittsburg. and
Kentucky, and One each with Maryland. Tennes-
sac, Alabama, Albany. Massachusetts, Long ISL
York, and North Carolina. 49,,
With reporter lstely, said that liz believed tbat
in ten or fifteen years hence ne would have four
or fve additional Cardinals, one on the Pacific
Coast, one in Baltimore. one in St. Louis 1t
being the central city, and one Ia the Northwest
probably Chicago. The first in point Of time
will be Baltimore, about which, he eaid, there
would be very little delay. The next would De
ST. Louis, then the Pacific Coast and tho North
west, and after these would come others.
The activity OF the Roman Catholic Church in
The South, especiAly in the Cotton States, writes
the Rev: ]. " Lee 70 the Norfh,oes!e'7 Adppcete,
least 10 per cant in their church and school |
work, Under the direction Of Father Byau, the !
poet laureate Of tbs lost cause,' and one of the
most successful Jesuits in the South, they have,
rertad scorer Of Professionals. In Augusta, ca, !
alone the number Of such conserts is set at 200.'
During tho recent yearly meeting OF the En- |
3lish Society Of Friends in London one Of the |
most striking usages Of the Society Was abo,iAh-
ID, namely. the compulsory support Of the /
poorer members BY the Society. Practically, the /
;ufe has been found to prevent the incresss OF !
membership Mr. John Bright, IL. F., took IN |
'cuve part in procuring the change. The statis-
les OF the Society in England are as foIlows.
Regular members, II, 199. against 14,030 last
'ear; attendants On Worship, not members,
,767, an increase Of 5t7.
Addison, Ind, Ia. in the midst OF revival that
9 said to have pe parallai IN its past history. !
)ver $50 souls have professed conversion. thn |
,reat majority OF them young men aud Young
yomen. Some two weeks ago few younr men |
It the Young Mems Christian Association vent |
Q that city to bold a conventien7~ expecting to |
enain about three Gays. The work commenced
lay to day.. open-air meetings are held t#o Of
hrce tlu1ee dRr, as no church can contain IT.. |