The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-01
RELIGIOUS.

united under the Presbyterian form and
name.
The members of the Baptist denomina-
tion are actively engaged i'll making
preparations Tor their centennial cele-
bration.
DR.. DeKoven has call to the leading
Episcopal church in Chicago, st. James,
to which DR.. Hugh Miller Thompson
formerly ministered.
Three important Baptist pulpits In
Connecticut are now seeking pastors
West Meriden, New London First, and
Calvary at New Haven.
st. Paups Congregational Church, Dem
yer, Col, has put itself in line as a Pres
byterlan Church, and united with the
Presbytery OF Colorado.
The Presbytery of Newcastle has re-
jected the overture concerning rotary
e1dership. in the Presbyterian Church
from the General Assembly by vote of
116 to IA. -
A circular letter from the Archbishop
OF Quebec, Canada. has been read in all
the Roman Catholic Churches, ordering
public prayers for the cessation OF the
smallpox.
Newark, N. j., disputes with Brooklyn
her title of City of Churches, having 100
with population Of 5000, while Brook
lyn,. with population closely approach
ing halt a million has only 235.
An old Wesleyan Discipline was re-
Gently sent to Vanderbilt University.
The book, it is said, was that used in the
suit which involved the title deeds Of the
British Methodists.
Mr.. George w. Shelton, of Birming-
ham, Conn.,, and others offer $100 premium
for the best tract, not covering more
than sixteen pages nor less than eight,
on giving percentage OF ones annual
income for charity. .-..-..
. The Evangelical Association Albrecht
Methodist) nave decided to erect a col
lege in the central part of Pennsylvania,
probably at Reading. This denomina-
tion has already secured Cedar Hill Sem
mary, at Mount Joy, Pa.
The venerable Rev. William Pretty
man, of Baltimore, has been Frustrated
years in the ministry, and Tor tifty-three
years was in the active itinerant work
without The loss of year.
Bishop Reeker confirmed 1896 persons
at the st. AlOysius Catholic church,
Washington, D. o., Sunday morning,
more, he said, than he had ever confirmed
at one time before. or these 156 were
boys, 16O girls, and 80 adults, of whom go
were converts from various Protestant
churches.
Lee-avenue Reformed Church, Brook
lyn, after many vicissitndes. from Re-
formed to COngregatiOnallsm, since Dr..
Carroll left it, has now taken another
step and become the Church of Christian
Endeayor, with modified Congregation
al polity and a Methodist "circuit rider,.'
Tor pastor.
The combinations In nine of the Ro-
man Catholic Churches Of the city Of
Washington the present year embrace
1,S4D persons, OF whom 223 were con-
yerts. There will be no confirmation-fn
the churches OF st. Mary and st. Angus
tine this year.
The Congregational Church Iof Black
Rockhas been draped in mourning IN
consequence of the decease OF Rev. Fred
erisk W. Williams, the former pastor OF
the church, who was travelling abroad,
and who was oyertaken by death at
Rome, Italy, on the Sd instant.
There are 400 religious journals in the
United States. The Methodfsts have At,
the largest number; then come the Cath
olics, who number Al; the Baptists, IS;
the Presbyterians, 20; the Episcopalians,
q; Lutherans, IA; German Reformed, IL;
Jews, 8, and Congregationalists, 8.
Pastor Headstrom, for twenty-five
wears pastor OF the Swedish Bethel ship
in New York and founder OF the Method
ist mission in Scandinavia and among
the Scandinavians in the West, has re-
tired from the ministry, in which he has
spent more than forty years OF his life.
The receipts Of the American Bible So
ciety for March reached the sum OF
$99, ,297, and the volumes issued were
90, ,399. The total receipts for the fiscal
year ending March 81 were $577, 500. The
~1>ar of x,cl,, f>r H.,
year from the Bible House, mot including
those issued abroad, was IN, ,537.
A number OF young men from the sew
eral Protestant churches of East Balti-
more met recently at Caroline-stfeet NJ.
e. church and organized the Young
Mems Christian Union of East Baltimore.
| The object of the Union is for the religi-
Gus Improvement OF its members, and
meetings for religious worship will be
held in the several churches OF that
section of the city under the auspices OF
the Union.
The Italian Senate has approved an
amended clause of the penal code, by
which it is enacted that any one pub
| licly insulting religion tolerated by the
State shall be liable TO imprisonment,
varying from one month to year, and
to a fine not exceeding $40. Ii news
DupGE IL tu0 ulCutum VI buC lA6ulbs Ou0
term of imprisonment is not to exceed
three months.
Father Nugeut, a we'll known Roman
Catholic priest of Liverpool, took a
somewhat daring liberty with company
of about 5000 persons who met to cele-
brate st. Patricks Day in the League
hall in the evening. When all had come
together he gave orders for the doors to
be locked, and all means of exit closed
until after II O'Clock, the time at which
the drinking houses arc shut. Father
Nugent is great temperance man.
Rev. VIM. Kirkus, formerly pastor oi
Grace Church, New York, has accepted
the rectorship of Christ Church, Balti.
more Bishop .Dudley's), and will enter
upon The discharge Of his duties about
the first of May. Bishop Dudley, it is
understood, will assume the oversight oil
Calvary Church, Louisville, KY, and
will be aided by the assistant rector,
The parish is in a flourishing condition.
The. Baltimore Presbytery which met
recently at New Windsor, in Carroll
county, has adjourned. The overture oil
the General Assembly submitting to the
Presbyteries such change in the organic
law Of the church as would limit the Of
| flee of elder to term of years was re.
jected by vote of II yeas to 43 nays
Rev. Alexander Il. Rankin, Rev. George
Morrison, and Elders W. w. Spence and