The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-05-11
Tuesday, May III. 1875.
REl.aGI0rS ErENs.

There are in Boston twenty Methodist
Churches, twenty Xix Unitarians, twenty
seven Baptist, and twenty y-hinc Congre-
ga,ional.
A new $4,000 Gothic Episcopal
Church has heen erected in Parsons,
Kansas, town not vet four years old
and containing 5000 iuhabitants.
1t is sail to be nearly half a century
since Dartmouth College has been
blessed with revival so deep and ex,
tensive as that lately in progress there
The Wesleyan c ,urch in Pomeroy,
Oiio, has been experiencing powerful
revival, which has reached some of the
most abandoned classes in the commu-
nitr.
The B ,ard of Mapagers of the Ma
tional Camp Meeting at Urbana, Ohio,
have determined to hold the services
with closed gates on Sunday, thus dis
couraging the running Of excursion
trains on that day.
There are nearly 500 Roman Catholic
Temperance Unions now in the United
States, and their organ, the Catholic
Union. has come out as semi monthly,
with the promise OF weekly issue by
and by.
The Christian Church at Pea Vine,
Belmont County, Ohio, which, for a
number OF years,has been disorganized,
has been recuperated under the labors
of Rev T. H. Bornus, and commences
with encouraging prospects.
The Presbyterian Church at the cor
ner Of Fifth Avenue and Nineteenth
street, New York, was sold the other
day for S240,000 The price was far
below its value, but property of that
kind is usually sold at great sacrifice
The London Times states that accor-
ding to Protestant statistics 10000
Spaniards have become Protestants
since the revolution in 1868. AS ye:
the Protestant chapels in the. leading
towns of Spain have not been closed.
Bishop Bowman, at the late North
Indiana Conference, decided that accor-
ding to the present rules of the Metho
dist Church, women could not be Ii
censed or re.licensed to preach. An
appeal was taken to the next general
Conference.
The Western Preshyterians have
been holding meetings in divers places
to take action on The question of vo-
ting elderships in the Presbyterian
Church. The overture of the General
Assembly on that subject is very gen.
orally approved.
Rev. James A. Carnahan resigns the
pastoral charge of the Presbyterian
Church in Dayton, Indiana, which he
has occupied for forty four Or forty-five
years, to take effect June l. He will
remain with tie people he has SO long
and faithfully served.
The wonderful revival in San Fran
cisco goes on with unabated power
The number of those who have ex
pressed purpose to live Christian
life is estimated at two thousand. All
the Protestant Churches have been
greatly strengthened, spiritually and
numerically.
The increase of the Established
Church in England during the twenty.
one years from 1851 to 1872 was only
twenty per cent, while that of the
leading dissenting bodies-the Congre-
gational, Baptist, Methodist and Pres
byterian-was over one hundred per
cent.
The great body of Cinnamon on the
Pacific are said to be utterly indifferent
to Christianity. Still, it is believed by
those engaged in missionary work
among them that indefatigable work
will ultimately succeed in rescuing them
from ignorance, opium and idolatry.