The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-02-23
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The SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY
RELIGIOUS ITEMS

The venerable Episcopal Church cdi.
fee at Cross Creek, Ohio, is to be thor
oughly repaired, and the congreg u,ioh
Is showing evidence Of increasing spir.
itual life.
In view Of The long continued finan-
cial - depression Of the country. the
Christian at Work calls upon the Presi-
dentto proclaim a day of fasting and
prayer throughout the land. s FL.
The Reformed (German) Church has
heen planted in O:egon, by the organi-
zation of a congregation Of furty CON-
inunicahts in Portland,at the opening OF
the church year. Z
Union meetings are being conducted
IN the Presbyterian Church at Jersey
vile, Illinois. and religious awaken-
Ing is reported such as has never been
experienced in that community.
The minutes Of the, General Associa
tion of the Congregational Church in
Missouri. shows sixty eight churches
and forty four ministers, with a mem
bersbip of 3,27s added during the
year. 799 ss-. .-ts--es
The Presbyterian congregations are
falling behind IN their contributions to
the Sustentation Fund OF the $780,
600 recommended for this purpose, only
6l3 S42r53 have been Received up to
Februaryl
Rev. David Thompson, OF Ohio, has
been appointed interpreter to the United
States Legation, at Jeddo. He was oae
of the. earliest missionaries to Japan,
under cthe care. sef the Presbyterian
Board s,a.a g.asesi ~ A-a - s..s..
The Western Christian Advocate says
that the contributions to the Methodist
Missionary cause, last year, averaged
blccnts- the English speaking mem
bers of that church, and 81 to the Ger
man speaking. T nS
Rev. A. Matchett, pastor of the first
Presbyterian Church, or Westporl, Miss
eqri, has preached to his people a very
forcible sermon in favor of inter COM
munion With other Christians at the
Lords table that the opposite course
is not in harmony with the spirit of the
gospel or the teachings Of Christ. -
The Raptists erected four church edi-
fees in Colorado during the year 1874.
costing in the aggregate So, 260, the av-
erage debt on them being but $225.-
THIS does not include what was done in
church building at Denver and Central
City. 81 s-s'a ssaa1n ~
Rev. DR.. Furness, the Unitarian di.
vihe Qf Philsdelphia, .shas preached in
that city fifty years. He is now nearly
eighty, but his discourses are said to be
remarkable for their vigor of thought
and the elegance of their Style .E
The statistics of thirty three out Of
the thiIty,seyen Conferences of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South
show an Increase for the year of 35, ,276.
The General Minutes, soon to be pub
lished, viii probably show the total
member of this CHURCH to. be -7oos
The Methodist Episcopal Church has
twenty seven universities and colleges,
and sixty academies and seminaries, the
estimated value being $1,000, 900, ex
elusive of their three theological SEM
inaries.. The property in schools, un-
der the supervision of the Church. is
82,00o,oo0. ......
Several /, Catholic priests, of Chicago,
belonging to the Society OF Jesus, have
just completed very successful miss
len ct 81 Peters Church.: Jersey CITY.
The success of their labors is summed
up in 900 communions, ~ converts
from other or no denominations, 15O
adults made their first communion,
The Pope has appointed the year
1875 to be a year of Jubilee. Years of
jubilee are, in The church, seasons ol
special grace, which is granted to all
the faithful who perform certain spirit.
ual exercises. 1t is the crown OF the
system of indulgences. The last was
held in 1926, and there should have
been another i'm 1850, but the troubled
condition of the church prevented
At the late celebration of the fiftietl
anniversary of the, organization OF thu
Presbyterian Church at Rushville, SIN
diam, many interesting incidents were
related concerning the hardships epdnr
ed in sustaining organizations in tn,
early .tays of. Indiana. Families tina
lived eighteen miles from the place o
worship we're seldom absent. from; th,
services Of the sanctuary. Graphic de
scriptions were given ofthe old-tim
communions and of old time singing
Tile details of the scheme for the CO
operaiion of.the Southern Presbyterian
andthe Dutcil) Reformed Church, ,hav,
been:attaHged, and will doubtless re
ceiyeat the sanction Of the two bodies
The pfm does not impair the separat
organic life OF either, but will very like
ly result before many years in their con
solidation. The arrangement will unit,
contiguous foreign missions. the sale O.
cllufEh literature of both churches from
tiieir publishing houses, and co-opera.
'ion in missionary labor: among th
freedmen e ssi1 1Ee
The English Catholic Directory. ii
giving the details of the Catholic com
munitv In Great Britain, says that divi
ding England and Wales into, thirteel
dioceses, and Scotland into three dis
tracts, there are now in sthe former n,
less than lips priests serving 1,04
churches. chapels and missionary sta
tons, and in the latter 23S clergy an
serving 227 chapels, In Great Brita
there are no less than 81 Archbishop
and Bishops one Archbishop and tw
bishops being retired, while two other
are Bishops auxiliary
Whal1s Thereto Preveni2,4