, 1875-07-25
md II In pEupos&d 10 ,extsnd the ~tntsrvals he-
tween the meetings 10 ayo years.

! tween the meetings TO hvo years
| The annual receipts Of; tho American Baptts
missionary Union has sdyAnced, IN twenty-five
searr, from $l04, s37 in 1850 to 32A1.o7o in 1875
It in only eight years eiuco tho first Baptist Nils
| tionafy Society WAS Organized in kotterinE, Eng
| The American Baptist Missions date from th'
year lSt4.
Tns Dspaisss OF Virginia hare set apart s2o, ,90t
| Of the proposed Centennial fund for the endow.
uent Of memorial scholarships for the benef
OF the Sons OF Baptist ministers In the State
| In the other Southern States the Baptists: have
taken great interest in the Centenn|ai :educa~
| tionai fund.
Tho Roman Catholic priest. At sarnia, Ont,
Denounced all secret societies as .antasooistc to
tho Roman Church, and warned the menoe1s ~
his ooneregston not to assist at OF patronize tue
Odd-Fellows' fetes about to oo held thoro' on
n.in Of the inflctlon Of the usual penaltiea for
! disobedienca.
A good definition Of the difference ~bet "eeu
tho " Old School" and the New School, ;"as
given by the Hon. J.. B. Grinnell, OF Iowa "As
dren Of the Old school Presby terians sin as soon
"A they are born and the children OF the 7seD as
soon as they know how
Harvard University is proving her Freedom
| from the secsa1ian spirit BY treating the alumni
| OF her divinity school with equal honor without
respect to denomination, and the lev. DR.. WILL
IAN D, Wilson, OF Cornell University, = proml-
neut Episcopal minister, ia chosen first preacher
for the next anniversary Of the alumni OF the
school.
The Rey. J. 81. Hopkins, Of Plattsburg. has
written caustic letter to the New York Tribune,
reviewing the action of Bishop Coke in regard
to the rejection Of Prof. Seymour by the Ep!s-
copal Church and asserting that Bishop co1e'
| by his subsequent course has virtually con-
fessed the grouudlessness Of the accusations he
| then made.
The Rev. Dr.. Philip Schnff, of New York, was
! nreseut at the meeting OF the Council OF the
british Branch OF the Evangelical Alliance. June
l6, and announced the contemplated biennial
meeting Of the American Brapch u \ ttttsou1g ,l,g
next autumn. The receipts Of the British ALI
ance from Ja1y /, 1874, to May 81, ls15, Wera
Fl, 3A9; expenditures, 9l,4G5-
The Bishops OF the Methodist episcopal
Church, South, having decided that the sale OF
intoxicating liquors in largo or small quantities,
to be used as beverage, constitutes VIOLATION
OF the Methodist law, the Augusta District Con-
ference calls upon the members OF the Meth
odist Church to separate themselves from this
traffic. and requests the, pastors Of the different
churches to '.judiciously yethrmly" enforce the
ruling OF the Biahops.
Grace Church, New York, is about to erect q
group OF buildings OF q remarkable character.
t.aa - nss and Fonrtoenth stroets The
e',a Iii ;ncuda Graca Hall having frortage
e. s5p/ taat N Fonrtaenth atreet Eraca House
1 I!raca parson.ga m Th,rteenth strcet,
ALI ALI ~. ~ c1,enai 1h;ch Ti71 occnnv tha cantre
- - hi,o1e s;sh ! nm s;ttnos Tin total
VI ~. u,tea, ri, cas+ shnnt In mo and ha the
r ~, ~ thro,rn act;vi,es If that husc
centLe u a. s1' - "A''%' o"'
pa1sn' .-.....
In 1852, the Rev. Dr. Thomas Gallaudet found
ed St.Ann's Church for Deaf Mutes in New
York, OF which he has been Rector ever since.
Three years ago he also founded 1.-The Church
Mission to Deaf Autes," which Society has since
established ten branches in different parts Of
the Band. One xcat,1re Of this mission is Na-
t;onal. Home for Aged and Infrm Doaf Mu1ea
far which DR.. Gallxudat now calls for $500. He
nmrnoaes. aeyoiinr his remaining active nfe to
;the eie5aaon and Improvement ct deaf mu.es
N tha United, States.
49,.
Ihere are t"o onuIones IN tnIs country
which are arranged VIII suoes TOT n Inc c0pYea- ~
lence OF deaf people: pamely; tne frst Chp!cn
at Nashua, n r. and me ffesoyserian
Church. at FREEHOLD. n. ). In Inc 1atter,
= nunDer OF peWa are connectea uIst soS
flexible tubes, then BY tin pipes apont an 1ncn IN
diameter running down through the noor' aud
conuectsxg with kind OF tunnel terminating
Just in front of the Bible The plan works wel