, 1875-05-23

f2155.357' (over &10, 000, ,0oU. Tho Genera
Chapel Committee report that in 1874 sanction
WAS given to the erection Of $50 chapelh..
| Six national .camp-meetings are advertised
wood, near Philadelphia, June g; Cedar Hapids
Ia.,, July 8; Urbana, o. July ~; Orchard
Bsaeh, Me., Aug, 8; Newburg, N. T., Aug. 25.
A new Presbyterian church. has been dcdf.
Gated ut H1l1sboro', ILL.,, at cost OF $1e, 600
The Rev. Charles Fustler, formerly Of Oxford.
O., j. the pastor. and, during the past year, ha'
receiyed into the church dtty-six members, for
ty-tiYe Of them On profession Of faith.
Tho statistics Of the Protestant Episcopal Dio-
cese Of Pennsylyania ara as follows: Number
Of churches, 100; sittings. 1880 rectosies, A
estimated value Of churches, chapels, and other
church property, .95. 900; comnunicanta.
20, 6Go; annual contributions for missionary and
church PURPOSES, S26,329.78.
The seventeenth annual Convention Of thu
| Illinois State Sunday-schooI Association will be
| held in tho City Of Alton, M.y rs, 26, and 81.
| commencing Tuesday morning: 1T 10 O'Clock.
Zach county in the Stats is entitled to ten dele-
gates, with the exception. OF Cook, tho delega-
tion Of which is not limited
The First Baptist Church Of Detroit Mch..
has just been dedicated. The building WIS
erected at ! cost Of 955 coo, and will seat COM
! mention Is made Of m unusual feature Of TIN
dedcasion,-it wss paid for, and free OF debt be-
| foro the aervlce Of dedication was held.
Tho sale of pews ia DR.. Halls new church in
New York. on the 17th, MAS very successful. The
appraised 1alue OF the 343 paws was $soo, ,ooo,
| $4,000. The highest price paid fora pew Was
| 7,500 BY Mr. Alexander T. Stewart OF this
| e6,0oo WAS for the pew and 81, 500 for premium.
The friends Of tho late Bishop Leo, Of Iowa,
| are proposing to complete tho unfinished tower
| upon the Episcopal Cathedral At Davenport. and
| to call it the 'sMem3rial Tower" in h!s honor:
1t il estimated that between 10000 aud SIS, 900
will be required for the purpose, and steps will
| bo taken to raiso the necessary funds at once,
that the work may bo begun Immediately.
According to tho General Minutes, there are
1850 supezznnuates and 679 supe1numerariea
among tho travelling preachers in the Methodist
Episcopal Church, or one.s1th Of ths whole
of these ministers ara insurance agents, con-
tractors, Colorado mners, stockholders, Con-
| suis, literary employees, students, grccerymen,
epecu1ators, and banker1. Va
Avery curious statement Of tbs organizs ton
Of. Universalisn in the United Statea is furnished
in the Parish Helper There are pas parishes IN
fellowship with the General Convention, Pre-
Eded over hy GA ministers. The com nanni-
cants ate thus distributed: Eastern states-lc5
churches, 1888 members Middle States, l23
churches, 7,067 members !; Western btatcs, 2T
churches, 1893 members; Southern States. 50
/
and SO members; making total OF 624 churches
aud 81 ,0o5 members. "
Tho Catholic Archbishop of Cincinnati 1ately
appealed to tic civil courts claiming that the
Auditor Of Hamilton County had no right to i'm
poso tax upon parsonages because they were
notnsed for Fsoft, but exclusively for the use
OF public worship, and be petit,oned to'have
them stricken from the tax-list. But the g1eat
point was tho exemption OF school, buildings.
The Acknowledgement spoke, tho Auditor OF
State spoke, the lower Courts spoke. aud all de-
cided against the Archbishop. Tho case WIS
Auditor Of State, the. Attoruay-General and the
judgment Of the lower Court Wero ove1rnled-.
The case Was brought to the Supreme Court,
and tho decision was that Catholic school houses
are taxable: This Is claimed ~ Catholic
victory.
Tho Catholics OF Lyons arc highly slated At
the prospect OF an snrly completion OF their new
church, which ia in process Of erection about
half mile south OF the village, On fms eite,
which wa5 generously doaated BY Dr.. George Ii.
Fox. The Building Committee, consisting OF
Messra. John Murphy, John Long, 7. Ryan, and
Il. Frem ansdotf, deserve much credit for the |
efficient t0nnner in which thoy have carried on
the work, and are still pushing it to completion.
Architect Dllinburg, Of Chicago, prepared the |
contract to the lowest bidder, Mr. Richard Han /
sing. Under bis supervision it is fast assuming
An Imposing aspect, and will bo ready for sarYicea
in faw weeks. The whole Christian population,
ous manner in which they have responded, aud
are responding to tho calls for pecuuiary aid /
made upon them to complete she structure in
such manner - shall reflect credit on ths COM
munity. .s~
The Uniyersalists are, according to the Spring.
field (Mass.) Republican,, coming out strong as
champions Of tho unlimited and integral Scrip
nnHA Ahnr- fnr{w rharr fa3fn lin.