, 1875-06-13
RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY.
TIE CHURCH IN GENERAL

RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY.
| THE CHURCH IN GENERAL
| Persons uho give one guinea Or moro to th'
new Protestant Episcopal Church 1T Bir1nine
ham, England are thereafler prayed for once
| month.
Tho annual meeting OF the Evangelical Ali.
ance Of the United States will be held ID Pitts
burg IN October next. 4 great gathering ia an:
| ticip..ed
The Bishop Of Lttchfeld has condemned the
Practice so common in England Of expensive
luncheons at the conservation Of churches, e.
pecially the use Of champagne and liquoa ou
such OCCASIONS
The Rev. R. II. Pullman. the General Sec1o.
.ary Of the Universalist Association, reports
that the Uniyersalist uass-meetings,- which bave
beeu held for seTernl months past in the West
ern States. have been attended with great sue
ce6s.~
The Secretary OF tho Presbyterian Board OF
Foreign Missions saJs that it the money contri-
soon bo, " Has not the mission work OF the
Church outrun the giving disposition Of the
Church I"
Tho American sundsy-Sohoo1 Union organized
and aded $50 Sunday-schools ia the Northwest
in new and needy settlements during the month
OF MAy,-an aver4ge Of five schools day. In
tnese schools there is = total membership Of 58l
teachers, and 4, 591 scholars.
The Presbyterian Doard Of Home Missions re-
Dorts to the 1enorai Assembly Ut Cleveland, O.:
l,l23 missionaries 56, l29 merabers: in Sunday
schools, 9u 646 church debts Cancelled, 4153, 500.
The report On education showed that there were
III the Church, colleges aud semina1ies 21o theo-
logical and 264 college a.ud -nta.
On Wednesday Of this weak the wlo1e Catho-
lie world ia to he conseczated to "tho Sacred
Heart" The decree to this effect has been is
sned by Cardinal Patrizzi P1efect OF the Con-
gregation Of Rites. On the 18th OF June, 1916.
accortiDg to Catholic tradition, Margaret Mary
A'acoqus, at Pa1ay 10 Moaial, beheld Chriat,
who displayed to her His heart, sutmou1ted
commanded her to go and propagate the devo-
tion to the 'Sacred Heart" Throughout the
world.
Tho Fifth Presbyterian Church OF this city
[tho Rev. G. l.. Thompson's) are making rapid
trogress in THAR peW location. Twelve new
members were received last Sunday, seven OF
them on profession OF faith. They havo also
avonue and TwentJ-ninLh street, where, in addi-
ton to 5abbath-schoo1, relg1ous services are
ueld on Sunday evening and during tho week
At the third Sabbath there were l28 in the rais-
sion-schoo}
Tho dedication Of the First Presbyterian
Church 1t River Park will take place Sunday,
June 20, At + o'clock p. N. Sermon by Prof.
Swing, assiated by the Rev. Samuel ". Dut6eld,
j. H. Walker, ". &. Johnson, aod others, 4
special train will leave the Chicago j. Pacific
Railroad depot corner Of Chicago ayenue and
Ea1Tabee street, st 5 P. m., stopping At Gale
River Park It 6 and arrive IN the city 1T $50 D.
N. 70 reach the depot, take the Chicago ave
nue. aud LaErabee street cara, which pasa the
depot every few minutes
Tho London CITY Mission recently held it,
fortieth annual meeting. The report stated that
the m'ss1onarlos OF tho Society now numbers 1877,
During the ysar past AGO.. .8o9 visits had been
paid, fnd 93,647 indoor meetings and Bible
cl1sss2 had been bold. It which the aggregate
attendance had been 1.926.764 persons. The
outdoor services had bean 5, 1853 in number, with
"a attenaance Of slS, ls1; 1925 drunkhrds had
been reclaimed, 4,655 children eept to schools.
and 1859 new communicable had beea received.
The receipts of tho society amounted to I
e46 Cos.
: The UnlTersaHat annivafaarles were recently
held n Boston. A children's uacetipg Yas held
in connection NTH the Conference Of ths Sab |
bath-school union. in the Columbus Avenue ]
unlversahst Church. The Trustees Of the Uni
gertalist Publishing house reported its receipts
for the eleven months ending April l to be |
= s43, 893; expenditures, e49, ,425. Tho Trustees
of tho Dean Academy reported the cost Of the |
now building to b $50, 900: the assets OF tho
schools, $3.50. 790; liabilteA, 1000. The |
current expenses Of the year. $50, ZIG have been I
covered by the rcce.pts- Sessions we're also |
held OF the Universalist Reform League and the |
Woman's Centenary Associations.
in Ban Francisco with \ population OF 27600 |
:he1e are about ffty-dve places vhere the Cos /
pei is preached. Tho Raptists have i've |
:hurches; tie Congregadonalists have five; the
Episcopalians and Lutherans each seven; the |
Methodists ten (two Of them GeEman); the
Prasbyterlens twelve; there are three churchoa
he Disciples have one, the Plymouth Brethron |
,ne, and there is = Mariners chu!ch One
bird Of the churches are quito small, With con- |
averaging loss than ono hundred
(he congregations OF the remaining two-thrda
Fill not average over 3o0 This estimate ciycs
'aly a little over 12.0n0 regular church. .eoers, +
ess than per cent. OF the population.