New-York tribune., 1876-05-06
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

The union between tne lIeiOriieU fIcSpy'"-
,an Church Free Church OF Scotland takes place
May 20.
Mr. Sturgeon is again suffering from Ill
,eath. Ills labernacle pulpit recently fnod by
substitute.
In the English Civil List for the year which
ended March 81, 1879. grant of $3.50 TO the family of
DR. Livingstone appears.
The CoHgrlgatoaGlist of Boston announces
forthcoming broadside" on reviyas s. including espe
cialy facts as 10 their methods.
The Rev. George Peck. one Of the veteran
ministers OF the Methodist Episcopal Church, aud
brother Of Bishop Jesse T. Peek, Is reported De dying
The Boston Baptist ministers will discuss, on
next Monday morning. "The prOprety of churca eato
tanmcnts Of raising money for religious par
poses"
The financial losses of the Wesleyan Univer-
sity at MiddleOwn in far way 10 be made
up The fund OF 100000 which its friends desire to
raise, the sum of $4,000 has been given within the
past two weeks.
A preliminary meeting Of the Elders Council,
In connection with the Presbyterian General Assembly
will he helj Saturday evening May 90 at the B'ooS
lyn Tabernacle wm. Bate~il esq the President Is
expected 10 preside.
The sum OF $350,000 has been collected
toward paying for the building OF the Young Mems
Christian Association of Philadelphia, and further
amount of slS5 GOO is needed The building will not be
occupied until its entire cost Is paid
The Presiding Bishop Of the Protestant EpiS-
c0pGl Church of the United States Ghe Rev. Benjamin
bosworth smith, d. D. that he has received
from the Archb.shop of Canterbury circular letters
addressed o Bishops in relation TO sacred Lambeth
can Council
According to recent Parliamentary report
there are In the English Royal Navy 323G persors bo-
longing to the Church OF England 16l2 Presby terans
$3.50 men connected with other Protestant denomna-
tons and 4sJg Roman Catholics There arc also e.
chaans employed on tie naval shps 10" WHOSE sei'ces
the annual sum OF &l5,65S Is paid
The sixth annual meeting of the WOman's
Foreign Mission Society of the Presbyterian Church was
held at Philadelphia, the building Of the Presbyterian
Board of Publication April q. Tie meeting continued
throughout tie day At the business meeting ~, en- IN vss Se
were S77.56l, all Of which bad been sp ut
The prize offered by Baptist minister III
BrooSlyn the Rev. = Cutting u. D., for hymn SUIT
able To sung in Baptist Sunday-schools, and IN meet
ings held to promote the centennial Vommemoiaeion
now In progress among the .Baptsts OF the Unhcd
States" called forth about 100 hymns. All have, how
ever rejected by the committee selected for leT
examination the ground that none meet tie eondi-
tiOns Imposed
At the eighth annual meeting Of the Round
Lake Camp Meeting Association which was held at
Round Lake. April 26, decided, after long discus
sion that Sunday excursions would be allowed TO
visit the grounds under certain restrictions The size OF
the grounds increased by the purchase o 10 acres
upon the north side committee was appointed by the
Association make arrangements for the erection 0
hotel In future the business the Association VIII 10
transacted at am Office upon the camp ground.
Mr.. Moody held an open-air service in the
"grove OF the Presbyterian Church." at Augusta Ca
Apr 27 TIE service attended by about 21OO per
sons Mr.. Moody 1t was stated would preach in Au-
gusta for some time. The evangelsts. Messrs Whtte
and Bliss have invited to return TO Nashville, Tenn
where they abOred last year The services OF MesFs'
Hammond and Bentley in Baltimore are attended by
such crowds that the Maryland r. titute tbe largest
hall city, has been engaged Tor their meetings
The Government of New-South Wales. Aus
traa has LAID before the Parliament an am nded schJo
act which provide that denominahonal school
shall State id and which raises the necessal!
minimum size for such schools receiving money
the State to 40 pupils In future free public schools
are 10 be established The IS expected to excite
considerable opposition The practice at the meeting O
religious bodies the colony OF receiving delegates rom
other denominations which has only been recently IN
troduced has become very popular ana Is no" nsnAH!
followed
During the past three months the Young
Women's Christian Association of Philadelphia has tIr-
nished $50 meals and lO06 lodgings The number OF
applications emp yment received in this period was
404 the number applications from employers 0eo'
During the quarter G33 books were taken out Of the
library, which nbers 1857 volumes. A resolu-
ton was recently passed. by the to the effect
that the unoccupied Of the Association should be
arranged for the datcn Of women during the
Centennial Exhibition The Seaside House OF the A5so
for the benefit OF working women aud Will accommodate
80 persons.
one OF Jne singular cuSUonS WHICH sun PiS-
vail in England observed upon Good Friday III tue
oldest churchyard Of London City, namely, that of the
Church of ST. Bartholomew -the-Great smithield.
Twenty-cne sixpences laid upon graVeslone Tor
the same number of poor widows to pick up This Gu
rous legacy was left by lady who bequeathed sum nj
money TO pay the annual on Good Friday ana
for the distribution OF these sixpances from her tomb
stone In the course time her tombstone has disappeared
The money is therefore placed upon the traditoLdry
spot Upon day previous, Holy Thursday, the an
cient ROYAL charities" we're distributed according to
custom, during special religious service at Wltehali
Cha el Tue recipients were oo aged men ahu % dgeu
women the number each corresponding TO the age
of the Queen The gifts consisted OF ciOBing ana money
One of the Baptist anniversaries shortly 10
be held at Buffalo that OF the American Baptist Publ
cation Society upon May 25. The following order OF
exercises Is officially announced for the occasion In the
morning the general will be transacted aud the
annual report presented addresses will also be delivered
by the Rev. g. johnson Of Illinois "The Work OF the
Society in and beyond the Mississippi Valley" and by
the Rev H. G. Weston of Pennsylvan upon The Ne
cessity EnaTging the societys Operations y in the
afternoon there will be addre upon " Tie Work OF the
Society in Rome" by the Rev. Wayand Hoyt OF hassa
chusets and the Rev. W. C. Van Meter Of Rome; in the
evening the RevE NJ Brawey of South Carolina the Rev.
John a. Broadqs OF the same State aud tie Rev G e.
Lormer of Massachusetts, viii speak upon " Sunday
schools, the great aud Immediate Necessit. 10Y tIeei
men,"
Before the Prince of Wales left England on
mis- Indian tour it was suggested by member Of the
Indian Service that suitable coInmemoration Of his
visit would be the establishment OF hospital for epers
There is a vague rumor that this IS TO be done An official
report upon leprosy in India by eminent physician,
Dr. Carter shows the widespread misery IL iniicts IN
that country. Dr. Carter states that throughout the
Indian Peninsula there altogether 100000 lerers; IN