, 1875-05-30

arsinst the wholesale onslaught. that is neiul
| made upon the Bible By many: who, without o.
a,niping for themselves, take it for granted tbs
1ts writer's are responsibl le for these errors G
| men. Z. IT.
RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY.
THE CHURCH IN GENERAL
l1ere xre in Trxsa 81 priests, IS churches. 16
cbspe,s, End Catholic population estimated a
100000.
One hundred &nd eix persons united With th
Fi1st Reformed Eniscopal Church in tho City 9
New York during last winter.
Tbs recsipta Of tho Board Of Foreign Misslon
Of the Reformed Church 10 America for the yea
just ended weto e5, ,249. of which amount $34,
626 were from church collections. Tho tots
amount falls 81. .1os below that OF the pterlou
year -
The annual reports Of the publishers Of th
Methodist Book Concern IN Now York, present
cd to the Book Committee, represented the ag
gregafe sales 1t Nov York md Cincinnati dur
ing The, paat year, 1t a1.55o, ,04s being an In
crea.e Of the sales over the previous year od
2917 $50, notwithstanding the depression IN bus4'
ness.
The total number OF nativs Christians IN Indis
in 1S7l wa& Si8 363 tha number Of native or-
dained ministers was 38t. These people contrib:
1861 vas IS p%r cent. and from 1851 to 1871, 81
rer cent OF the missionaries, Isl are American,
933 British. which. undar the circumstances, ls
doing well for america.
The Episcopal churches in this country, on
lsst Esater Monday. eIected by fair estimate
no less than 2k000 Festryn1an, g. GOO Wafdana.
and 3ooo Pa11en 1leasu1eis. 10 .a;aaa,ts Gn ~
alone would constitute s"en.5~1o1t Tar. ~
in PROCESSION, two by two, would occupy four
hours IN passing any gl'en po1n''
Thu total number OF members Of the Methodist
cburche, IN India organized by the Rev. William
T.vinr which arc outside tho bounds OF the
North Indla Methodist Conference, are 705 the
probat.oners connected With tue same charehes
number 52s persons' Large nuno55a sT u Pr.
Sons reached b7 the p1eacnng u @1' A~s'ol
have joined other denomlnaaohs' "
RsIiFious services are again being held in Po-
hick C1urch. Fairfax County Virginia, for the
first time in fifteen years- Tho edidce wa. built
in 1878, through the act,ye cxertions Of George
washington During the iast Var it ~.s dtsnan-
tied and occupied by the soldiers for stable. 1t
hae boen fitted up IN neat and substantial way
by some Ner York gentlemen, and will be USED
again as house OF worship.
r.a o,co,,s,, can+en,rv IN tn h. ca,ehrnted At
Dublin Aug. 81. Upon the hrst day grand
religious service will be celebrated BY Cardinal
Cullen 1T the Peo-Cathedfai, to return thapks
fnr thA bleSAiuE OF OtQUpGlB lie AD0 lAb1r6
10 behalf Of Ireland. An otstorio is to b given
in the afteruoop Of the same day. On another
day there viii be = huge procebsion. 4 oente-
nary oda written by Dennis Florence Mccarthy
viii be read, and there u.n be athletic sports,
banouets, and = concert.
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Ine!c s6 commu1a1y oIgant4eo ~ teulotu,a ~, .
nnoel ~ t'ie ISL u ;;a.;o nna ~ .n ~
loH our soe nala! aa,uno1ou h y. Ina I'll .h.,
ceps 70 oe convat1eo auq os,uoo.a - ;..ma sn.
QIeo, 9e so4m ~ aot entet Aso %no A1"eaou ~ ~
aeA'en' ioo souit uetuueis T. ~ t 90 ~
itnlta1e chuofen N tne1e act2na ~ euuessoIs ;h,s
10 appear rs Runelees Ano lunosens - poss.u1 ',1
10 tps't 'uteloou.e9 ~: Ha ,a o.u'4' Lazy VAL
pay 'aoso' 7nu AAtA 'Ae enn"' e"
The net increase Of the Baptists IN England
during the ecclesiastical year just closed Is
ID, $50, which is fully equal to the increase in
northern and eabtern sections OF the denomina-
ton in this country, with which alone they can,
with any reason, BE- compared. They raised for
church building repalrs. and removal ct building
@f4. tous LIE soIetp.a W .no Aatttas aaaoet1
Enrintv Nern &21n GID. HhiCh para the wears e1-
nenses and tha whole debt which s.ood Arain.t
shn .sa~ia,v G.vfv.ffrAA- vnnnrt men nnnstfv
49,, s 49, a,,.~~s hsrs n9+s-s3 40 r,;r;st~11
1tom tne eo'ls%eas oaeo eote1e" %'S o4oAstsy
during the year. "'- '-~.
Tn +bn;r aeavch for nav pastnr Tr W;l1facn
s1 - n,I - 49, fa
Auana et.'a.n, ~ -" 80 aaoptaa sae eAau
OF seoulng comsnatEeee % nsa1 caau1oates ~
their own pulpita, instead OF haTns candidates
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