The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-10-09
RELIGIOUS ITEMS.
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The Seventh Day Baptists of the Uni
ted States have opened mission il
England.
j Rev. DIR. Dickey, of St. Louis, has beel
called to the pastorate of Calvary Pres
byterian Church, Philadelphia.
Rev. Dewitt G. Challis, of Detroi
Methodist Conference, has been ap
pointed missionary to Bulgaria.
FIJI has population OF about 250, 900
OF whom 100000 are returned as attend
ants on public worship in more than ,00
chapels.
Mr.. r. B. Nesbit has accepted cal
from the United Presbyterian Church o
Low Point, Illinois, in the Presbytery Of
Bloomington.
The standing committee of the diocese
OF New York have gwen consent to the
conservation of the Rev. DIR. Eccleston
as Bishop of loWa.
The Central Baptist church of N. Y,
City, in Forty-second street, have unan-
imously called Rev. }. ID. Herr, of Pitts
burg, Pa, to be their pastor.
In Philadelphia there are 80 churches
In which religious services are held eX-
ciusiveiy In the German language, the
most of which are Protestant.
| Three years ago the first Protestant
Church was organized in Japan, with a
total of "a members. Now there are
nearly 900 converts in the Empire.
Rev. j. A. Walter, of st. Patrick's
! Church, Baltimore, is spending few
weeks in Northern cities between New
| York and Montreal for his health's sake.
1t is stated that SIX priests have lately
Joined Signor GrassPs Reform congrega-
| CioD in Rome, Italy, and that one is the
brother-in-law OF the Pope's Private Sec
retary.
| The Southwest German Methodist
Conference reports 10,443 members, an
increase of 4S7; 14S local preachers, an
increase OF 2; 161 churches ana IA par.
ksonages.
Two Catholic churches were dedicated
in Chicago on Sunday, September 9th,
and the event is noticed as showing the
wonderful progress of Catholicism In
| that region.
| The Unitarians of Hungary have his
tory OF several centuries, and they are
distinguished from their brethren lin
other countries by paying an Episcopal
form Of government.
Rev. Thos. Williams, now passing his
| ninety year in Providence with
his son, Rev. n Williams, is the oldest
living graduate of Yale College. He be-
| longed to the class of 1900.
The American and Foreign Bible So.
ciety is appointing Bible reading col.
Iporteurs and distributors, to labor in
| San Domingo, Mexico, and among freed
men in the Southern States. is '-s a's.
Six Catholic churches are In process of
erection in the City OF Brooklyn, and all
in districts where they are greatly need
ed. Bishop Lnughlin is anxious to run
the entire number up to fifty.
The bishops of the Protestant Episco-
| pal Church Will convene on the 2Sth inst.
to elect missionary bishops for Africa
and China and to receive the report OF
| their Commissioners to Mexico. q
DR.. Haywoo has resigned his position
of Sunday-school Secretary of the Meth
Cunningham, d. d., of the Holston Con.
ference, has been elected to ill the va.
| cancy. ..E-l tE EH4e .-.a 4 t;|
The Nevada Methodist Conference
elected as delegate to the General Con-
ference, j. d. Hammond; reserve, w.
Neins. The Lay Electoral Conference
elected E. q. Session; reserve, j.
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Bishop Wilkinson, the Episcopal mis-
sionary bishop of Zululand, has applied
| to the provincial synod of CapetoWn TOR
permission to resign his mission to the
Zulus and to carry on evangeiistic work
on the Zambesi. p
The North New Jersey Baptist Sunday
school Convention will be held in Ham,
burg, N. j., next Wednesday, and the
anniversary of the Central New Jersey
Baptist Association, at Hopewell, on
Tuesday next. 4y hs4 ~ 81
Dong Gong, Chinaman, was lately
ordained in Oregon as Baptist minis
ter, alter due examination by council
of ministers. Several of his country
men were present. He is to engage in
missionary work.
Owing to the religious interest evoked
by the mission and jubilee now in prog.
ress in the Cathedral and the other
Catholic Churches OF Philadelphia, the
Eccle siastical Conference of the Diocese
has been postponed until October IL.
The average contributions per men,
Der for foreign missions in the Presby-
lerian Church were, in 1870, about eighty
seven cents. In 1875 they appear to be
but seyenty-eight cents, a falling off OF
nine cents per head. /. a'r g sI5t esstfi
Bishop Odenheimer has resumed his
labors.H The time assigned by his ply.
sicians for complete repose having end
| ed, be finds himself quite recovered from
the illness which had awakened serious
|apprehensions year ago. a1A 2 q hss +
The difficulties between Bishop Nc
Closkey, OF Louisville, KY. and Father
Box have been transferred to Rome tor
ent Of the N. Y. Tablet thinks the Priest
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