, 1875-09-19

CEkFEI AA1ICo4- 4IGAt1OlV 4ts H4t tuu6 t1lfE
aims, prays or fasta. be not disheartencd if b.
does not openly receive the promised reward
| 1t will surely come 70 him. CHARLES Fl. REED
| j.: RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY.
| THE CHURCH IN GENERAL.
| The sixty sixth annual meeting of the Ameri.
can Board Of Commissioners for Foreign Mis-
| sions is to be held in Farrell Hall, beginning or
| Thursday, Oct. S.
The Roman Catholic clergy Of Baltimore hare
] recently discussed with each other the question
| OF ecclesiastical costume for everyday wear. BY
largo majority they decidedin favor OF straight
| cut coats, butsoning to the neck, with Roman
collars.
4 Nr. Copeland writes to tho Liberal Chris
tidn denying the charge that Western Unitarians
are niggardly in their contributions to support
the denomination, and gives tho points OF differ
ence between them and the New England Cnita-
/ 1ians in this wtso: ~ They are a-hodge-pods @
Of 1nhaela and Spi7itualists, with very few gen.
uine Unitarlans; (2) they ara peripatetic, (3)
they arc poor; l4) they aro stingy, and have
often left orthodox churches becaaso too mean
to pay for the Gospel.
The Earl of Dudley, On re1inaushing to the
Vicar Of his parish bis right to pew in order to
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these words: II have always held the idea worry
strongly of no church being in the most efficient
state for service until pews which nlay be- ton
auted by only ono or two people, by which room
is sacrificed, or which may be closed altogetler,
by which worshipers arc excluded, arc dore
away with throughout the whole Church"
The second Sunday-schoo1 Convention Of the
First District (seventeen northern countiee) Of
Illinois M1il be held ut Frceporr Sept 21, o.
and %. Addresses will be made during the
session by the Rev. b. u. Jenkins OF Freeport !;
the Eey J; Q: Foster, OF St; Cha, leg Mr. II. G.
Hazard, OF Chicago the Rev. G. u. Fowler, D.
D.; the Rt. Rev. Charles Edward Cheney, D. D.;
and 1Ir. B. F. Jacobs,-and an essay on "Tho
Sunday. School Teacher" will he read by Mrs,
7. F. Kleckner, Of Freeport-
Six Presbyterian churches, It is said died last
year in the City OF Nav York, and many more are
on the brink Of ruin, Several Baptist churches
are almost hopelessly burdencd With debt. The
Rev. Ar. PendIeton leaves his church ou Fifty
third street, the inaucinl embarrassments are 10
heavy. Mr. Pentecost has spent year in trying
to build up an independent church IN Brooklyn,
and has sigua1ly failed Dr.. Porteus, who be-
gan year ago, with such flourish of truupots,
crowding every sort of a building that he
preached in has abandoned his enterprise, Us the
financial embarrassments have proved over
whelming. There are at least half dozen pas
tors who propose to resign this fall.
The. .Halstcd Street III. E.. Church people are
making some extended strides III the way Of iul-
proTernents. Under the guidance; md largely
by the inspiration, OF Mr- s. A. keau, the banker:
they are erecting new building which is esti-
mated to cost 40,0o0. The old building has
been sold to the Norwegians aud has been
moved to the corner OF Airport avenue and
Eighteenth street, and services are to be held
alternately during the construction OF the new edi
fee in an adjacent store on Halsted street and
in the old boildinE. The new church is to be
another Methodist Church Block, with stores,
offices, ETC., and will be great improvement III
its locality. It will bo completed by no1t Jan
unry.
The seventh Worlds Conference Of tho Young
Mems Christian Associations opened Ut Hamburg,
Germany, Aug. II. There are 102 Associations II
Germany, having al aggregate OF 2,351 mem
bers. In Switzerland there are 50 Associations,
AssociatioEs, vith 1000 members. In England
Wales, and Scotland there are 2G1 Associations,
IN Australia and the Sandwich Islands. and
10 Japan, makinS IN all 462 foreign associations
are no reports. In the United States and Brit
lsh PROVINCES there arc abou: 70U Associations,
making grand total Of between ], 100 and ], 900
associations in the world, with probably over
100. 900 members.
The largest Southern Presbyterian church is
the Firas Church Of New Orleans, Of which tho
Rev. DR.. B. II. Palmer is pastor. It has G53
communicating. It's contributions for the year
ending Mar l.: 1875. to foreign objects Was
81, 430. The Walnut Street Church, st. Louis,
of which the Rev. Or. J. Il. Brookes Is pastor, |
has G25 members; the First Church, Nashville,
tue Rev. Z. 4. Hoyt pastor, hos 639 members,
tho Second Church, Richmond the Rev. DR.. 81. I
D. Hoge pastor, has 536 members; the Second
Church. at Louisville. the Rev. Dr.. Stuart Rob- |
inaon pastor, has 535 members; the Franklin |
Church, of Baltimore. the Rev. ". U. MARYLAND |
pastor. haa sos members. There are, says the |
Christian Observer, 10 Southern Presbyterian !
churches that have moro than 400 members, ID |
that have between 800 and 400 members, and 81 |
that have between 200 and 800 membetH
The subject Of reform in mourning is enga.-
ing good deal Of attention here and III Eug-
land, and an association has been formed with /
very practical aims, and it is proposed to limit
the putting on OF mourning 10 real molrnezs or
to near relatives; to shorten the period OF wear
dress by giving up heavy trimmings or
sairts and meptles; 10 abaftdon complimentary
mourning for distant relatives etc.; to make it
unnecessary for children under yeals and for
servants to put on mourning; to give up the use
II mourning stationery; TO make 1t optional
N the death Of friends. connections. or dietant
relatives, TO wear as token Of respect band of
rape on the arm or hat III case of men and in
he case Of women blaca: cash or scarf over ono
shoulder and crossing the breast, This whole I
subject is evidently Of great Importance, be-
:ause 1t expressly concerns all families who feel
he power OF social usasas and at a, time when |
'uch consdernt:ous are ~burdensome and of:eu |
oppressive. With the reform in mourning there |
mould be a thorough examination OF the Whoie
snolec5 OF funeral expenses and ceremonies |
l1.e economics, The aesthetics and the ethics Of
.pcial science as we'll Us OF religion. -
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