The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-17
REIIGTous.

Deaconesses have been appointed BY
two of the PIttsburg Baptist Churches.
The formation Of q total abstinence So
oiety is contemplated among the Catho'
There are sixty towns in Massachu-
setts, containing $500 inhabitants each,
where there is no Episcopal church.
The Swedenborgians have in the
United States one hundred and ten
places OF worship, and forty-eight pas
tors.
A Baptist friend in Manchester, En-
gland, has had 100, 900 copies OF the New
Testament printed n Italian, to be sent
to Mr.. Wall for distribution In Rome.
The New York and Hudson River Con:
ference OF the Unitarian Church will be
held In Rev. Mr.. Chadwick's church. Ia
| IL is expected that one or more OF the
Methodist Episcopal Bishops Of the
| Church South will attend the meeting Of
the Evangelical Alliance In Pittsbure
next October. g,s
The official statistics, of the Missouri
Baptist Church Association give the
number of Baptist Churches in Missouri
at ], 1892; ordained ministers, 7S0; church
members, $3.50.
at a meeting Of the Evangelical ALI
ance of st. Louis, recently, 1t was re-
l
Bliss to visit and labor In 6t. Louis dur
| ing the coming fell or winter. .
| The Catholic Directory for 1875 shows
the steady growth of the faith in En-
gland. The clergy have increased dur
Ing the year from 1852 to !, ,728; and they
have now 1,941 churches, being an in
crease of 16. IJ.
A "Purity of Worship Association" !"
formed in the Irish Presbyterian Church,
has for its object the counteraction OF
the tendency towards the Introduction OF
instrumental music and the singing Of
hymns other than the Psalms.
A religious conference, under the aus
pices of Mr.. and Mrs. Pearsau Smith, Of
Philadeiphia,. will be nsld at Brighton,
England, during the first part of June.
1t is expected that about 5000 persons
will be present. The sum of $4,000 is to
be spent in defraying the expenses Of
English speaking clergymen from the
Continent.
DR.. Bagshawe, the new Roman Cath0-
lie Bishop of Nottingham, England, re-
vived on Good Friday q ceremony in
commemoration of Christ washing the
feet OF his apostles before the Last Sup
per. "A dozen boys dressed in white and
having bare legs were ranged in row,
and the Bishop, with great Ceremony,
washed each boys foot and then kissed
The Free Thinkers' Club House, in
Hoboken, N. J.,. has been transformed
into q Methodist Episcopal Church.
Here formerly the boast was publicly
made that Christianity would be buried
by the efforts OF the free thought Of the
members; but now, by the wonderful
dlspensations Of Divine Providence,
which compels the wrath of man to
praise God, Christ is to. be enthroned
Instead of entombed there. 1s ~.
The work on the new st. Patrick's
Church, Washington, d. G., Is attracting
attention. and great progress will be
made during the year. Enough OF the
central portal is erected to show that
the front is to be OF great architectural
beauty. Father Walter already has
money enough to finish the portals and
run up the walls to twenty feet. and as
there is money to pay, great deal will
have been accomplished by next winter.
The Irish Episcopal Church retains
the old Athanasian creed in its prayer
book, without the damnatory clauses.
MIR. Henry Roe has presented to this
church the New Synod Hall recently
erected on the site OF the old Church Of
st. Michael, and the giver was called TO
q seat among the bishops on the plat
after which the Te Deum was sung. The
total revenues Of the Irish Church from
every quarter are more than seven mil
lions OF pounds. ~
The College Of Bishops OF the Method
lat Episcopal Church have arranged the
following plan OF visitation for this year |:
Bishop Marvin - Denver Conference,
July 20, Helena, Montana; Western Con-
ference, September l, Council Grove,
Kansas; Kentucky Conference, Septem-
ber 10, Maysville, KY; North Alabama
Conference, November II, Birmingham,
Ala. |, Alabama Conference, December s,
Greenville, Ala; Baltimore Conference,
March 2, Winchester, Va.
Bishop Wightman-Wester Virginia
Conference, September 10, Guyandotte,
w. Va; Tennessee Conference, October
10, Fayetteville, Tenn; Arkansas Confer
Little Rock Conference, December 8,
Mineral Springs, Ark; Florida Confer
ence, January ., Quincy, Florida.
Bishop Doggett-Iilinois Conference,
Sept. 22., Litchield. ILL.,; Louisville Con-
ference, Oct. 8, Cloverport, Ky; Men,
phis Conference, Nov, IT, Paducah, KY;
White River Conference, Dec. l, Helena,
Ark; 8. Georgia Conference, Dec. ID,
Americus, Ga.
Bishop keener-St. Louis Conference,
Sept. %, Salem, Missouri; Missouri Con-
terence, Oct. 6, Glasgow, Missouri; s.
w. Missouri Conference, Oct. 20. Neosho,
Mo-; North Georgia Conference, Dec. 1,
Griffin, Ga; South Carolina Conference,
Dec. 15, Orangeburg, S. q.
Bishop Pierce-Indian Mission Con-
ference, Oct. 8, Atoka, Choctaw Nation;
West Texas Conference, Oct. ~, San
Antonio, Tex: North Texas Conference,
Nov. 3, Paris, Tex; Northwest Texas
Conference, Nov. II, Corsicana, Tex;
East Texas Conference, Dec. 1, Garth
age, Tex. German Mission Conference,
Dec. g., Galveston, Tex; Texas Confer
ence, Dec. 15, Brenham, Tex.
Bishop Paine-N. Mississippi Confer
ence, Nov. "A, Kosciusko, Miss; Mis-
sissippi Conference, Dec. 10, Canton,
Miss.
Bishop Kayanaugh-Columbia Confer
ence, Sept. 10, Brownsville, Oregon; Pa
cifc Conference, Oct, 10, San Jose, Cal. 1;
Los Angeles Conference, Oct. 20, Los
Bishop McTyeire.- Holston Confer
1Eence, Oct. 20, Knoxville, Tent; Virginia
Conference, /. Now. II, Danyille, Va;
North Carolina Conference, Dec. i, VIII
mington, N. g.; Louisiana Conference,
Dec. Is, New Orleans, La. t,.a
| Bishop keener has charge Of the Mis-.