New-York tribune., 1876-11-25

and prohibitions condemned and outawed, and that all
the members OF the said society incur so Juc0 INC
accommodation"
The Sunday-schoOl Encampment" which
has been organized in the West and which holds It's rs
session in July 1877 ct Ioveand Ohio, attracts great
attention IN the region west Of the Aleghanles INC
sundayschool laborers OF Ohio IndianaMehgan, Ken
tucky Tennessee aud West Virginia are represented IN
the and the encampment is understood 10
be for these States The plan embraces park museum
an academy for systematic Instruction. normal SGn9o %
for teachers, music school, and daily assembly ior
popular addresses. The encampment VIII continue uui
Ing ten days Of each year
The building of the Young Mems Christian
Association Of Philadelphia just completed has iroh
on Chestnutst Of ~ feet and depth on Fteenthst OF
$50 feet. The lot cost S1s5,000, and the building
s2s619O The lower loor is arranged for stores Inc
building win not be formally opened TIL the remaining
debt about 400 OoO paid SOn the 14th inst there
WAS a private openi1g at which there speaking and
also singing by the Hutchnsons. IL is expected UNI
the balance OF the cost will be raised WITHIN reaso
time.
The Rev. E. p. Hammond is preaching to
over 1000 persons daily in Philadelphia, and mas aso
held an open-air meeting. Messrs Graves and Leland
two we-knovn evaugehsts, are holding mass meet
ings IN Pittsburgh. In Iowa. Wisconsin, ana Ihoi7,
State evangeliss at work under the olrec'ono' VI
State committees. Special services by evangehsts OF
pastors are in progress at Kalamazoo anu Jachson'
dere m There is statement or the attehtnce upoii
Mr. MOOdys meetings The city pastors Oh Chic'eoi ~
port large accessons TO their eHuiches
The Board of Supervisors of Monroe County
in tbis state have adopted report Ministerial,
Church and Private School Exemptions" from taxauoh
I'm which all such exemptions strongly condemned
They say that the total valuation OF real estate III the
county is Ssg 9s7 The total value of exempt prop
orty Is Si2I0,OO0; of this sum S323OOOO represents
church property 1875 coo exemptions granted by law to
- p-pl, ,ffona arrau cd [
private schools The exempt property therefore abouI
five prr cent OF the total real estate of the county Ihe
Supervisors OF opinion that This exemption ls A
ell other property OF the county, anu ueihanu ~
peal OF the exemption laws.
The Baptist State Convention OF New-Jersey
was held at Pennington carly in November Its income
for the year was reported as $1,000. 1tnow employs
twentyeght missionaries and account OF the nara
times begins tie year i'm debt The statistics TOT
the state were given rs follows: Church members
80 900; sundaysehoos, $50. with 10000 teachers ana
schosrs: Vnlue Of church property, S2,500,OOO the
baptsms for the year over 200. The contrion-
tons from onchaf Of the churches have been repolel
and these amonnt 100000. Exclusive OF TINS SUM-
500 90 has hccn raised for The endowment OF the
Bsptis academies at IlghtstoTwn T and Bridgrlon. lno
On account of the death of the late Bishop
James Of the Methodist Episcopal Church there Is now
no Methodist Bishop resident in NcwYork AZ the re-
cent annual meeting Of the Board OF Bishops the places
OF their residence therefore rcadusted the rg OF
choice going by seniority according TO the rule adopted
by the General Conference. Tie following order was
thus settled upon Bishop Scott the senior BISHOP VIII
live AZ Odessa Delaware Bishop Simpson. the next In
seniority af Philadelphia; Bishop Ames at Baltimore,
Bishop Bowman AZ ST. Louis Bishop Harris AZ Ne"
Bishop Foster at Boston, Bisnon NIlc} al Slhoihau'
of Bishops Andrews, Haven and Peck were not deter
mined upon. they being absent .
The Missionary Society of the Evangelical
Association Albright Ncthodlsts held ia hirysevcnth
nsf he
report showed the following receipts for tho year For
the Home and European Missions Sl5,1OS for Heather
Missions 50 $40 for Conference Trelsurcrs, Si6019i
bcquest FOR Standing Fund, 81 ,239; making total OF
S65sO7. The expenditures for the same period were
SS4A61 Mr. W. f. Schneider was elected President Tor
the year The society will next meet At Racine WIS.,
Oct IL, 1877 The Board OF Publication Of The Evan
gelicaI Association held its annual meeting a Cleveland,
Ohio oct 81 The net rcsouces Of the publishing house
were reported 10 be f32sl2i The gro.S TccciIRs tor
expenditurcp SlOs 500. having nct gain ~ &@lHi6
The total circulation Of a the periodicals pubs,d by
The house IA l~31TJ copies an Increase over last year
Of 6j,5G7 copies.
The Treasurer Of the State Congregational
Conference Of Connecticut reported at the recent session
at Ncyayen Gov. 1416 the conference expenditures
for the year to S13G chiefly for printing aud post
age The receipts Of the Ministerial Fund we're S277i;
those Of the Connecticut Home Mission Society Sl7iil
The committee charged with The purchase Of memorial
ba as center OF CONGREGATIONAL work IN the state re-
ported that the OF $4,000 necessary 10 carry
ont tho project At prcscntn building IS leased which
the desire OF the committee 70 purchase by 1873 Ar
ter considerable discussion upon "Dcn0muatonal Com
ity" resolution passed inviting tie other oYangeh
cal Christian denominations I'm the state to confer with
them with view 10 the settlement and adoption Of
-uch principles Of comfy "d 10 remove nll occ
sions of annoyance in their ntrdcnomuaiionu rril-
tisns and ~ tend toward the ultimate and complete
union Of the people Of God OF al names ~ every good
work" The committee appointed under this resolution
10 take charge Of whatever correspondence may arise are
the Rev. W. Clarke, tho Row. g. Il. Wilcox, and the Rev.
J. II. Twlchcll.