, 1875-09-26

At Pttgpurg next month There are small non
Episcopal branches Ct Methodism, known as
IN icn several years.
in Maine, in 1913 Of the al churches is 81, :37.
335 of this sum 81 23 600 ia the estimated value
OF ei1ty-dYe p2rsouages. The church edlfccs
are valued 1t 81, ,213, 7s0. N;nety-four mission
aries wero employed by this denomination in rhat
State dutl1g tue past yea- under comm: sion
from the slaine Missionary Society. Thirty haSo
labored during tho entire year. and others from
one month to teu.
Thore are 1,s25 C11nbes land Presby:e1isn min
i-.e!r in tie United States, TEo ere di2ttlbusca
rs follows; Tennessee, 256, Missouri, ~ !;
Tolas, 115 Illinois. l.9; Arkansas, 1vl Ken
ar. 29 California, &c; iowa. 20; Kansas: -;
Pcncsvlyaa.a, IL; Oregon. Il; Ohio. Is: GaoF-
Eia, l.. Washington Territory. !; chcctaw Ma
ton. e.; Nobraska. 6; Colorado, 5; LOUISIANA
8: Nevada, l (; Now York. l.
According 70 Parliamentary retnra The ~
nual revenue Of some Of the prelates OF the En-
giieh Church from the eslateb belonging to their
sses arc us follows Tho Archbishop of Can1er-
bury receives $75.U0o; the Archbishop Of aorS
$50. .010: the D'6hop Of Durllau,. $4,000; the
bishop Of Ely. S.7.a0o; the Bishop Of Glouccs-
tor and Bristo S5, ooo; tllo bishop OF o. 1 L,neo m
S25 u33 4ha Bishop Of Worcester, 5GCC tho
Bishop OF Carlis1a, S23 500; and the Bishop u
Peterborough, S21,oVj.
The s;vty-siz,h annnal meeting OF the amer.
ican Eoard will bo hc1d At Chicago, in Farwell
Hall to De opened at T. n. on Tuesday. uct-
s. In the evening the suaual sermon Will ee
preached by TIE Rev. l. ". Andrews, u. d. Fres,
ideut CT Marietta College. Tho meetings WILL
be- continued, Is usual. until Friday morning;
The meeting Of the Woman 9 Board will he held
On T.urzdav morning at s:3o. large number
of missionary ladies' arc expected to be present.
Tie dent of the Board IL not S2Go,0o0 aa stated
in scEio papers, but Saa.eoo.
The various ana.il Conferences Ct the Meth
o1ist Episcopal Church H,ect;Eg this fall cleo:
delspates TO the General Conference Of next
3iay. Several OF these ooies have passed reao-
buttons asking for lay delegations III tins ennnal
Conferences, as we'll as il the General Confer
sncs, and in fascr of making tho ott1ca oi fre-
eid,u. Elder elective. Tho Elders are now ap-
,;o;sted by the Bishops. It Is worthy Of note.
! - showing the conservative attitude Ut 1aymcn,
that The Michigan Lay Electoral Conference st
its recent session. rejected resolutions favc-1n6
| lay delegations in the animal conferences.
The edihce erected by the Presbyterian con
| crcra.ioa OF Brn!dwond waB dolcated Sunday
| last I.s comuistion had been delayed some
what by the hard t,,nea fact which causes it
| to 10 all tho more appreciated By tho3e who tor
| ten vcays have been hoping, waiting, and WORT
| ing to sccu-o for the growing population Or that
| rlaceA q sanctuary where Preshyaerlsns may
| and homo, Tho building Is q plcin structure
| Of wooden materials substantially built, and is
regarded By the citizens Of Braidwood as a
yaIuabie addition to tEe number Of their public
| buildings. Its seats are amouG the noet com
fortabIe 70: church, mud will accommodate
about $50 persons.
In reporting thia year On schools 10 tho Ers-
lisn Counties Of Oxford aud Bucks, the IT,
onector. tho Rev Fl. Alair Pickard, mantlons
ttat in one instance he thought that he bad met
With tho religious difficulty Indeed, it might
naturally be expected in Oxford, aud especially
| il the school supported b those who AFRO called
| the Cowley Falhess;' 40 he Was not surprised
! when, IN anawar to Lis usual question Is to the
nunaber Of children III this school withdrawn
| from religious instruction. tho maeter replied
..Well. sir. there il one boy haSe difficulty
I nbout, Tor his mother refuses to allow bun t.
| learn the passage agresl upon Tor recitation.
However,, It WAS not tile reiigious difficulty Ate!
au. but soneshlag akin to it, Tor it turned ou'
lint TIN the passage selected was Cowper's . John
G,lpiu," and the mother, who WIS Good
| Templsr, or something Of thnt sort, refused te
| allow her SCH to learn anything sboat man who
| ..lo1el Iuuor" Mr.. PlckaZd aids that u =; a.
| cfhnr oart of the district Scctt'e Lady OF the
Lake y WAS objected to Al havinR an 'mmora
tendency. :-.z..
METHoDIsT1CAL.