New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-11-20


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| The Africcn Repository states that since the
close of the war 5000 persons have been sent TO
Lberia and established there by the American Co"nla
ton Society The regular FAN expedition OF tho society
| ~ Liberia IL 10 start during tIis month.
| At the Baptist State Convention OF INDIANA
held at Evansville Nov. g. It reported that the at
tendance upon the Sunday schools had nearly doubled III
the Last five years There In the state, 500 Bap
| tist Sunday -schools with 10000 scholars.
! An official statement il made that S9,ooo
will be due on drafts from the foreign missions OF The Ke
formed (Dutchl Church by Nov %, TO meet which there
is not the sum of $1,000 in hand. The proposition has
beeu made that 1000 persons give Slo each oeorc tn
date
| The Young Mems Christian Association OF
Boston taken up the question Of the Observance OF
the Sabbath. A Sunday evening meeting under then
auspices was held in Music Han recently at which the
claims Of Sunday as day OF religious rest were pre-
sented.
The English Society for the Conversion. of
the Jews having received permission from the Gar has
dispatched missionaries to Warsaw. 1t intends to laoor
throughout Poland. Tho local authorities have been
ordered TO protect ami assist the missionaries OF the
society.
| A series of Union Payer-meetings, con-
ductei ny the clergymen OF Boston, was begun n
Mount Vernon Methodist Church OF that city, Nov 40
Upon three days Of tie week two services are held
similar series of meetings is be opened in another part
Of the city,
| The Faculty of Law of the Catholic UNI
yersity Of Paris to lie opened Nov. l6 The Two
others letters and OF science will he organized
The staff Of the Catholic University OF Lille Is nearly
complete A Catholic law schoofa Anglers Is also being
! organized
The annual Virginia State Convention Of the
Disciples OF Christ met Richmond, Nov. H. The re-
port Of the Sunday Committee set forth the need
OF more thorou n organization, better Sundayscdo"I
literature, ond an increeie o interest IN the compilation
| Of statistics.
The second annual convention of the Young
Mems Christian Association Of Virginia to DC held at
staunt0n beginning Dee 9. The "study Of the Scrlr-
lures" Literary Culture" Relation Of the Assoca-
on to the Churchcs and Kindred topice are announced
Tor discussion.
The Bernese Old Catholic Synod, which met
at Pouenuy during Octo0er, unanimously decided to
make the cebacy of the priesthood ana aurcular con
fession optional. 1t also decided To abolish tho
wearing OF the eassook aud the teaching of the ieba'
school catcrhism.
The Scottish Disestablishment Association
has formed "a number of branch associations. Confer
ereaces are 10 De- held the provincial towns ths Win
ter. The Edinburgh United Presbyterian Pfesbytery
has dec1ed Icy vote OF 40 TO 10 oPpon l)isest"-
.isiGicnt Committee
The Boston Y0uus Mems Christian Union,
Unitarian Association Issued request 10 ia friends
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Sil0JGO has already been given; the further amount
desired - 250o0. The building, iti expected, viii be
finish j next HdtI.
Mi. Hammond, the evangelist, is now in
West Philadelphia He hold. several daily services tho
first being "a r. M The meetings held in Prcsly-
terrain Methodist and B-u,, Churches, and are wen at
tended TIE Rev. \. T. Earl, the BAPTIST evangelist ID
preaching at Cleveland, OhiO.
A "Baptist Ministers Centennial Club Of
Illinois" has necn formed fof the purnOss Of collecting
te centennial contribution Of the BIgt,t ministers 81
the state. Already 1870 ministers nave given S22oo)
The money CUES 20 surh Of Baptist colleges OF tho
state IA the Subscribers Indicate.
The seventh annual meeting of the Womans
Board of m -ion. Of the Interior C9ngreu onail we
held at Elyria, ohio. Nov 81 The receipts reported
were sol 800 Address delivered upon stlte NJ
CARNATIONS, modes Of work Among children, sad upon
iOf.igu uis lions ~ returned missionaries
4 bust OF the late Bishop Ihirlwall il tO Ike
placed "a Westminster Abbey ~ meeting held IN Lon
don oct 49, consider the best methods 81 conimeno-
rating his nalnc resolved 10 erect monumental
figure In ct Dlvids ther, aud 70 found open scholar
slips ia Cambridge UD,v'raj Tor the tlt5 't h't'ri'
A normal school aud collegiate institute ~
10 ne foundcd 81 Po- Prince, ayt, under the ,Icc
ton of Holly. Protestant Episcopal Bishop OF Hayti
Bishop Holly in this country o. collect the desired
funds VI possible, the school VIII he "eucd Jat nary,
1876 l designed To be- the beginning oI an chuit 10
educate toe IiaytLth people.
An extraordinary incident is related by the
English papers. They e.ata that the Rev isaac Hanks,
,or MANY years pastor OF an independent church in
Maine .bury fen dead ia hs papt eundiy night Oct.
"a last rs he had given his text which fol-
lows: d" l'ut man dotl aud Mdteih away yea .nan
g.ycth up IA" ghost, aud whore IL he - Dob xiv, iOl
The trial of the rnglcaders IN the attack
upon the English Palestine survey Expedition has been
held az Acea The men have b sentenced 10 imprion
ment. All Agha Aan-the fomcntor Of the Whole
trouhc-has received sentence Of four months I'm
pri,oument The pecunliry claims Tor damages have mol
yct been settled the hcndh % srniI Condor ana
| The English Liberation Society opened it,
Winter campaign ny public meeting bed at Bradford,
Oct ~ similar neetings have since been held az Lv-
erpoo Leeds and Manchester and others are 10 follow
The s0eoty it stated, his received 270000 Of the
fund ~ 100000 which il desired 20 risc. II hes ap
u,iued 80 loca afrrts, aud has during the Autumn
printed over hall million tracts for distinutI0D.
The annual meeting of the Young Mems
Christian Association Of Pittsburgh held Nov II.
The receipts reported 10 be $3.50, The expend-
lures S5G72 MONDAY pray tr-nieeDgs have been held
by the Association Deoember 1866 During The
past summer three opeuair meetings have been he'll
every Sunday and one has been held Saturday nights
Gospel meetings have also been conducted throughout
the city.
The admission of lay delegates to the An
nna Conference h now the leading question before the
wcsleyan body Of England. The special committee In
charge of ts subject has iust held meeting and adj
burned To meet again ia January next Its recon-
IN, ndatons rc submitted TO the Nay district meet
incs, the mixed committee Of ministers ana lynon, and
the next Conference. IL IS Thought t"t ity Representa-
ton viii b., IN time adOpted
The Khcdiye of Egypt, by decree dated
Sent 49, Pas. ABOLISHED tAc Of the Koran in the ad-
ninsrr,ton ~ the law. New telled the Egyptian
Gods - founded upon The French llws TO Zee excla
svcy used IN tho administration 81 justice. Tribunals
formed after the manner other nations be
o,rned Ian l. native school Of laws lbs been estab
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