The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-07-17
RELIGIOUS.

Mrs. Bowles has been ordained min.
! lister of the Universalist Church.
The Free Baptist Church, at Thomp
son, Pa, are building new house o.
worship.
Rev. Henry Morgan, of Boston, Mass.
has offered 5000 for the best essay OF
I"Why Men Don't Go to Church."
The Universalists of Troy, N. Y, have
;. resolved to build anew their church
and for that purpose have raised nearly
1000.
The new Bishop OF Kingston, Canada
DR.. O'Brien, received a present Oh 81 ,25(
on leaving Brockville, from his former
pafishioners.
A strong effort will. be made at the
next Episcopal Convention in New Jer-
sey to have the salaries of the poor min
listers increased.
| A whole Catholic congregation, con.
sisting OF eleven hundred persons, al
Charlton, N. B., recently took the tenn.
|perance pledge together.
DR.. A. Ii. Birmingham, OF st. Louis,
sailed for Europe, his church having
given him leave of absence until he Is
rested and reinvigorated in health.
The Archbishop Of Besancon publishes
a letter in the Partisan papers entreating
aims and assistance Tor the suffering
clergy of Switzerland, whose necessi.
ties increase daily.
Cardinal Manning received sum OF
money amounting to nearly $32,500 from
ghe lay Catholics of London, mostly
Peers, as a token Of their satisfaction at
his promotion by the Pope.
The eloquent English Methodist cIer-
gyman, Rev. William Morly Punshon,
will visit the United States next year.
His former visit to this country will be
remembered with pleasure.
| Judge Strang, an English resident of
Madras, has abjured the Christian re-
ligion and accepted that of the Hindoos.
lie declares that his Investigations of
the Hindoo religion led him 10 adopt it
as superior to Christianity.
The American Bible Society'sreceipts.
during the month Of June were $50, III;
their issue Of volumes, 6S,017. At Lnelr
late meeting here they made grants
OF books valued at "a, 800, besides 5000 in
money to the Presbyterian Mission in
Mexico.
The Baptist church at Canton, Ohio.
| has called Rev. Duncan McGrevyr. oil
Manchester, England, and he has ac-
cepted. Tne church was unanimous in
The call of Mr.. McGregor. He expects
TO begin his pastorate with them the 1st
Of, September.
The editice Of the First Baptist church
| in San Francisco has been sold for $780,
600 and is to be turned into Chinese
| lodging house. After paying all debts
there will be $4,000 left. The society
Aaye bought lot and propose to erect
| another house Of worship.
The Rev. DR.. j. G. Binney, Of Ran
goon, is greatly improved in health.
| Mrs. Binney has completed her Burman
Dictionary. At the invitation of Mr..
| William Bueknell, .Dp. and Mrs. Binney
Will visit America, reaching here by
! neXt February, and will spend the Cen
tenniai year as guests OF Mr. Baeknell.
| Dr.. Ii. A. Sawtelle has withdrawn
| from the posiBloni on The Board OF Man
ayers OF the Missionary Union, to which
he was elected at Philadelphia. He
| breads being made an occasion Of Il con-
Act. Several associations have declared
by resolutions THAT he nor DR.. jeffrey,
OF Brooklyn, who. was elected at the
same time, are Baptists.
In the last letter written by the
learned Baron Piggott he combats the
heofy OF apus.oiical succession, and
challenges his opponents 20 snow that
bishops, priests and deacons were Or
ders Instituted by the apostles. He al
firms tnat no one Knows who was the
Immediate successor OF Peter, or the
second link in the chain, and that it is
| not shown that there was ever dele
gation of successorship.
Bishop Baltes, Of Alton, ILL.,, has placed
under mis- episcopal ban all societies
whose members or any OF them send
their children to the public schools, OF
WHO give balls and picnlcs at which malt
| OF spirltuous liquors are sold,or who fail
TO commune quarterly. For noncompii-
| ance with these regulations societies
| can not go TO communion in a body
| wearing regalia, nor meet in any build
ing belonging TO the church, nor have
| their meetings nor business announced
| in the church, nor be admitted to the
church wearing regalia and accompany
| ing the corpse OF IA deceased member,
lnor give IL lecture or other entertainment
| lor the benefit of or in the name of the
Isocieiy III any building belonging to the
icnurcA.
There are in New York 470 places OF
worship OF every sort ald name, $50 OF
which are Protestant. The Eplscopa-
lans head the list with 80, the MeLho.
disis, White and colored. follow after
lwith 60 the Presby yterins, OF the differ.
lent schools and titles, number 54, and
the Catholics reach the same figures,
lacking one. The Baptists have 81
churches and chapels, and the Jews
have 25 synagosues or halls III which
they worship, and the Reformed Dutch
have y. The Lutherans have
2l and there is miscelane
Gus list comprising Universalists, Uni
tarians, Congregationalists, Spiritual
lists and others Of more or less religious
| character, together with the mis- ssions
which numbers about rs more. Now
these 470 churches, chapels and hall.
accommodate about 35OO00 people; bul
of this small proportion Of The city,
population it is perhaps safe to ASSUME
that not more than 100000 are eve
found in church on amy given Sabbath
: Indeed, the average membership il
placed at 800 each, which would give
only 141, 900 If they all turned out.
The four branches of the Presbyterian
Church in Canada have united them
selves into one body, the consummatlol
having been preceded by years of discus
: sion. The body is to be known as tn,
Presby terian Church of British Nortl
,, America, and is composed OF the follow
= ing Independent bodies: The Canad;
Presbyterian Church (formed in 1861 b,
l.I. Il