New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-29
RELIGIOUS INTELLICENCR.

| Galveston. IeAts LOT over month
| The unwieldy size of the General Prsbyte-
ran Assembly has led 10 renewed discus oL 81 plans fof
| tho reduction VI It's numbers.
! The Ritual of the Methodist Episcopal Church
has bee slatcd italian for The use OF The mission
| ia Italy An edition of 1000 copies ha- been prepared
The salaries of the Bishops of the Southern
Methods, Episcopal Church now paid by voluntary
con ibutiOns the members OF the churcheS Ibef
tIec.s,s., Teporss ibcin IuIIy i'..i Up
| 1t is stated that the Rev. Samuel Faiows
d. d. President OF the Illinois Wesleyan Uniyeniiy 10
4bon! Withdraw from the Methodist E'seopal Cnaich
IA orr ar 10 join the Reformed Episcopal C.'lith
1t is reported that the Uitramontane mem
bcrs of the Reclsr,th from Tyrc Lave talked 0r sew
era weeks OK witLlr. wing in body az demons .oa
against the n,w school Law. which hints tbs ini"enee
oi the clergy over the schools.
The annual meeting of the Church Of Eng
land Missionary Society held, May 4. IN Exeter II Ill
London The Earl OF Chichester presided Tho income
the soe!ey or the year was 81 $50 AZ IS * 1t
lures si74,J03. Addresses wert delivered w tns
Bisbops Of Durham aud Bsiars Australia aud by scVe
raj ni.ssOn,r's.
The twenty second annual meeting OF the
American Congregational Association was held IN Boston,
May -. The Committee of tie Bureau 10 e"ppy va
can. Puplts reported that the time of the openAs
Jan. |, 1875, Us churches have been supplied WIN
pastors 4S Of which without any; Is ehiic.es
have pl,od for pstos and 45 ministers have asked Tor
s.istice The annual opo. OF tho Treasurer shaved
that tho receipts Tor tue pass Jo"r were Ffo'' VA
The RELIGIOUS services OF Mr.. Il. Pcarsall Smith.
The American evangelist have met with extao"..De'y
success upon the Continent. Ho recently te'a SERVICES
for four days in the adjoining cites OF L'1re'dt ana
Barmen There we're four meetings held each day aud
t;cy We're attended bv audiences numbering 200 per
sors After leaving Flbcffeilt Mr snith led
Diisseldorf the Hague, where the Queen a',ch'i 's
eral OF The meetings. net Belgian cierea cohteion
az brussels aIay I0 and expected to i1itIh 10 is
land Nay ID
A monument to the Rev. Joseph Hughes, ono
Of Lac founders Of tbo Ec.iious Tract Society of "ha
he was Secretary, also OF tho BiisI ana i"''ASa
Bible Society vas uDyaed at BuDhiil!icds, 1i4y D. IN
the presence oi Lord oEaicsbury sir Charles he and
many friends 0. both peceties. Mr. Iughrs was born in
I7GD and in 1907 wasapPo.nted pastor OF u" b"I's
Church BtieIsi, where he remained uhtu hls ueAta
In 1883. la 1893 ne attended meeting winch leu !" mo
formation OF tie Tract society and 10 lsOi he pD'ed
!, UamllIiet advocating the general CALCULATION or mo
Sculptures aud abroad which brought about tne
Atdu,isilicn OF the Bio!c oDceiy Ihc Mouhe'' 10 .
square ODeisk.
The cable dispatch which stated That
crowd OF women mobbed IN Old Catholic school
house in k0nigshutte, silcsia. May ., dnelar
ing thot t'eir children should never oc'oiHe
Old Catholics is explained By fuiIcr aucodns
of the dstiu in The Sitesta Press. 1t Appears
that an anthrorologicai society desired 10 examine
number OF Gu ldIea WHO to DO reyacc Mated Tho
presence at the proceedings OF the Old Catholic priest
Dr. Kainlnski caused the circulation OF 4 report tha
the conversion OF the children 10 Old Catnob lsil MS IN
tended Whereupon a crowd VI women DgoAe inio the
Catholic primary schools. Several thousand persons
came together, d tie pOlce were oblsei 10 can ou1 no
troops. twenty persons nave been arrested
Lieut. Gender, the officer in charge o. the
English survey o. Palestine, reports the discovery 81 TIE
u y and Cave Of Adulam Last year NJ Ci.rmOlt Gan
neau found that the "Ayd ell Mich" was gwen 10
ruin III tle "sLel lelAh," low county Va jTiail
Further research led 10 the already given coDlhsio
The ruins consist OF the remains OF dwellings, tOnjs
aauolucts Notifications sad wells still Open. TIE lily
stands in a command position IN tho sused Na'isJ
Of Eah, and well placed as stronghold against the
Phstines. Outside OF the walls are series OF caves
still inhabited. and sufficiently large to hold Dayds ioL
lowers The rum IS eight mll,s no. tiieist oi beJipia
which the explorers believe 10 he Linah. ne anrrnt
City Of Ha-th also rhonght 10 have been found me
Immediate vicinity of tie caves
The annual meeting of the Liberation Society
OF England WAS held In London, May o. business
meeting held In the morning, ana In the evening
thei. pubiic meeting at Mr. spurgcons church
Tue income for year OF tho Society sl2.s6S an
increase on previous year Of $1,000: the expcndf
lures were 9G2 During the year 700 meetings were
held many them In country districts where the asen"
OF the Society had before been The Society now
employs 80 local agents. The amount actually sub
scribed to the 100000 fund Ia now sfoOo0 an adf
tionai sum OF esooOo expected BY the Society ear
ing only another 100000 ~ be obtained. Mr. Iiward
Mall made an address az the motn i me.nS y ns
presided DR. LUSH NJ. r., the Rev ). Bond ~ os.eyanh
and tho Rev. Enoch Mellon, OF Halifax.
The minute which accompanied the bill for
the suppression of the religious orders OF Prussia con-
tanned the following Information respecting their nun
bers According the statistics collected In ls72 the
total number OF monks. brethren, NUNS and sisters in
Prussia WIS 795 persons aud their institutions NUM-
bored 81 the men, 3i3 belonged to orders aud 6si
congregntons making together 1882 in 70 different set
Elements OF tie women those attached TO orders mum
bered l6I. TO congregations 6.6o2, altogether
1858 persons in s38 settlements. In 1855 there were
334 male aud SO female members o: monastic orders
the Old provinces OF Prussia Within ifteen years tns
monks increased threefod and tho nuns thirteen
fold The orders and congregations divided a. fot
lows: The eonempiatve orders. of which there sro TWO
OF men, having houses. and AZ members; and three
OF women, having ii houses and % members; tas
teaching orders. 2.s0O members and 242 houses sse"
of Charity and nurses 1855 snd 219 no-esi
orders devoted ~ both teaens and nursing, 5000 e
beers and $50 houses and Congregations OF monks VINO
confessors. preachers mssioDers, &c 81 inir
bers and ~ houses. The institutions which the M sup
presses within six months after becomes Law Hummer
- houses with lo5 members. cable dl.ptt'h 49,
that the has passed the Upper House oi tns
PrussiAn Diet
The annual meeting Of the British and Foreign
| Bible Society held at Exeter Hall, London, Mayo
the Earl Of shaftesbury presiding. The income OF lie
Society the year goo O62 expenditures t.i''
800 Engagements for the present year Of the ooce"
now rmount to 9i07,777 The total issue for the !e~
past Bibles Testaments and portions OF the srpes
amount to 2.eio4c7 copies; Of this number i473V..
copies we're issued the depot ut home. and liio
copies from dcpots abroad The report gave the oo"
ing facts respecting the circulation OF the scriptures
In the year In foreign countres In France the cor
porteurs under NJ Monod hsd distributed s74oo copies
In Belgium the circulation had been 5000 copies Inv
Is stem OF colportage had been extended u uAemOus
In Holland the circulation bad been from 2"oVv
20 10000 copies the year previous Inc 'o-
number OF copies issued In Germany and e"It.
land was 4oI sol. In Austria it WIS ioof,'
copies: IN the Italian Peninsula. $500 coi"f"'
Spain u had fallen nom n $50 copies the year previous
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