Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-07-01
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

According to the Investigations of DR.
McCosh, of Princeton, there are 5, 49I ,Sl5
COMMITMENTS in the Presbyterian Church
throughout the world
The twcntv-sevcnth session of the
General Synod of the Evangelical Luther
an Church has Just been held in Balti
more. The synod represents 1928
churches and III, 029 communicates.
Catholic Italy is ahead of all other
nations in the matter of female education.
Schools for girls there are numerous and
they are under the care Of women super
visors who visit them at stated times and
receive their pay from the State.
-Universalism, says the Christian
Lead,F, has advanced more in New York
and Brooklyn during the past seven years
than in the forty years previous. The
number of churches has been about
doubled, and churches that were then
feeble missions are now strong.
The Baptist church cdifice fund now
amounts to some $500, 600. The money is
lent in small amounts to churches build
ing houses of worship at prominent
points. Seven per cent. interest is charged,
and as the interest and loans are paid they
are loaned again to aid at other points.
The Irish World estimates the Catho-
lie population of the United States to-day
at some 10000 600 but estimates that the
number OF persons Who ought to be Cath
olics by right of descent from settlers in
this country from the beginning, and who
to-day are found among the sects or in the
ranks of Nothingarianism, at $4,000, 900.
An alarmed correspondent of the Lon
don Times writes in voice of warning
that the revisers of the New Testament
have all but decided to alter the accepted
version of st. John xiv 10, into " an
other advocate instead of comforter; -
and in like manner AT V 20 To read: The
advocate, which is the Holy Ghost
The twentieth annual address of
Bishop Clark, of the Protestant Episcopal
Diocese of Rhode Island presented to the
convention recently held al Providence,
shows the confirmation of All persons
during the year During the twenty years
he has laid the corner-stones OF thirteen
churches and consecrated fourteen, and
the number of communicates has increased
from ? ESQ to 5,3O1.
The twentv-siNth annual meeting Of
the Evangelical Continental Society OF En-
gland was held in London, May IA. Dur
ing the entire period of its existence the
society has contributed ESQ 600 toward the
| evangelization Of Europe. The expenses
for the wear were e3,SIS. The labors OF
the society were unusually successful dur
ing the past year. It's agents distributed
large number of Bibles and books.
The Methodists seem TO be attaining
great strength in Australia. The body
has three conferences, and the peculiarl-
ties of the system seem to be very popu-
lar. Strange enough, the first Methodist
preacher there was convict. He under
sentence of death in England for murder.
Hewas converted and became SO thorough
" changed that through the interccssion
of friends his sentence was Commujcd 10
punishment
in SAN Francisco, with population
of 9I5, 900. there are about titty- five places
where the Gospel is preached. The Bap-
fists have five churches; the Congrega-
tionalists have five the EpiScopalians and
Iuthcraus esCh seYcn the MethodistS ten
two of them German; the PrrShyteriaHs
Twelve; there are three churches fer the
colored people. three fer the Chinese. the
Disciples have one, the Plymouth Breth
rrn one. and there is a Mariners church.
/ One-thiri of the churches are quite small,
I with congregations averaging less THAN
/ 100. The congregations Of the remaining
! twothirds will not average over 500. FMS
! estimate gives only little over l2,Olp req
ulM church Coers, less than per cent OF
I The population.