The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-12-23
RELIGIOUS ITEMS.

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The Methodist schools in Salt LAX,
| City boast that they have on their roll
eight hundred children from Mormon
families. bi -
The General Conference of the British
Methodist Episcopal Church of Canads
(celored) has elected Rev. r. R. Dinsey
of Chatham, as Bishop, to fill the plac,
made vacant by the death of Bishop
Marcy.
The Baptists of Central Illinois have
resolved to found an academy which
should have an endowment of $4,000
exclusive of the value of the property
and committee has been appointed tc
| hold the funds.
THERE are now seventeen periodicals
published in the United States in tht
interest of Young Mems Christian Asso
Citations The number of Association
buildings is fifty-six. valued, with build
ing funds, at IS 0OO,OO
THE Protestant Episcopal Almanac
for 1876 reports the following statistic.
of the church for the past year; Bishops
81; Bishops elect, 8; other clergy, 8, 122;
number of clergy deceased, A baptisms,
8,053; confirmations, % 095; communi.
cants, 261, ,009; marriages, $3.50; burials
Is, ,969; candidatesfor orders, 29S. 0rdina'
tions-Deacons, Ito; priests, 122; Sunday
school teachers, %, AS; scholars, 1885,
043. Contributions, Sc, ,S99, ,305.94.
Mr.. ZoGIAs, the Baptist missionary in
Greece, has been making a Bible toul
through several districts of that country,
meeting with considerable opposition and
unkindness, but also finding considerable
to encourage him. His route included
about fifty towns and villages, and he
was able to converse with priests, teach.
ers, and other classes of persons. His
sales amounted to $50 Bibles and New
Testatments, and 500 other books and
tracts. -,..- r d
AN Andalusian peasant, who was re.
Gently converted by reading Bible that
came into his possession, was at first the
object of fierce persecution on the part
of his neighbors in the village where he
lives. His exemplary life, however, won
their esteem by degrees, and soon he was
enabled to show to some of them the
wisdom of his change of faith. The
result is. that number of them have
been converted and Protestant church
has been organized in the village.
The troubles in the Reformed Church
of France still remain unsettled. The
appeal of the Liberal party to the Coun.
Gil of the Republic, from the decision oi
the Minister of Worship, declaring the
consistorial and presbyteriar elections
held by the Liberals null and void, re.
mains undecided. These elections, il
will be remembered, were contrary to the
prescribed rules adopted by the Synod Of
1873, and approved by the Minister Of
Worship, requiring voters to subscribe
to the Confession of Faith, formulated
the same year. This confession asserted
the divinity, and the suficiency of the
atonement of Jesus Christ, which the
Liberals, who are Unitarian in belief
and oppose any formulated creed, could
not recognize. 8li;
The annual meeting of Plymouth
Church took place December 11th. The
annual report showed the number OF
church members in December, 1874
1880; number admitted since, 176;
number removed, rs, of which six were
dropped from the roll; total membership
at present, 2,490, an increase of 100;
of this total number, 1,575 are females
915 are males. There are 2,S44 pupils in
the. schools, and 255 teachers; Sill ,414
were raised last year; of this sum, 81,
600 was from pew rents. The pew rent
for the past five years has been $500, 900
more than $780, 900 of which has beer
devoted to charity. Mr.. Shearman re
ported, in addition, that Notwithstanding
the church's unparalleled difficulties, it'
inward prosperity has remained un
| changed. The unity aud harmony of the
church were unchanged, and the feeling
between the pastor and the church had
been strengthened. .
The Jewish Messenger describes scene
that occurred in a Western synagogue
recently on the selection of a pastor
There were two applicants, and both wer,
granted hearing before large congre
cation. The candidate first presented
was an elderly gentleman of the ole
school, who wore a hat and gown anC
praying scarf, and who, having sung the
prayers in the old style, gave discourse
in the English tongue. After him came
the second applicant, gentleman o
more modern ideas, who wore neither 8
cap, gown, nor white crayat. He sale
the prayers in German and Hebrew
without singing, and gave an address il
German on the liberal pattern. Al
election was held afterward, the gentle
man of the old school was politely in
formed that his services we're not re
quired, and the other was elected. In tn,
language of the ring, the old school can
didate was foored on the first round, al
owing to the daring independence of hi
Junior, who discarded cap and gown an'
preached freedom and enlightenment t
his delighted auditors.