, 1876-02-13

violence to the existing conscleace' hn'un ar-.s
necessarily be gr7eVous ssn' oat o. W. % :sw
that rockets soar according to the slant IN "nlcn
they lem before they are fired; saw that o1nels'
who had been educated dlflerent'v oanceu w., ~
as gooda COINCIDENCE as W6 Wa!Aea; l4etoneu ~
the muaic of :.Moses in Egypt" OF even 10 snns
of tNorma," and went away 10 sel1-aen:!uS
work for Christ which tebuked our nn"llAns
ness.-C -Congrega!ionaltsL
The following are the statistics Of the Bapt'sta
Of Illinois, as contained in the report OF inc
proceedings of the last General Association.
which has just made its appearance: Assoola.
tions, "a; churches, 837; pastors, 43o; ordained
65.9ss baptized last year, &265. There ale
about 120 other churches supplied With pastofs
By some OF the 480 above named Preachiug Tor
two. three, and four. For instance, alattoon
Association reports eight pastors and only three
men Fairfield Association, thirty. paatora and
seventeen men. This leaves 543 OF tbs ordained
ministers and lcentis.es reported unemployed
in pastoral work.
Brobsrs Church almanac for 1876, published
at Allentown, Pa, gives tho following STATISTICS
OF the Lutheran Church in North America
SYnods, IS; ministers, 2,698, who serve 4.740
semlnaries, Is colleges, including those for
males and females, and % acadetuies Ihare
are in connection with the church SOC, $40 COM
mupicaDts, representing church attendance OF
about 2,500,000- This shows . net increase
over the past year of synods, Isl ministers,
l65 congregations, and 37.l2I members, or nearly
Is per cent. From the latest statistics ltappears
that the numerical strength OF this deEomina-
ton is 42,250.0uo, including % crowned heads.
Tho Young Mems Christian Association Of
New York has had q prosperous year. At the
annual meeting. held Jan. ~. the Treasurer re-
ported that the receipts for 1875 were SIG, 953,
and the disbursements e2G 1856. Classes vera
maintained during the year in German, French,
Spanish, bookkeeping, aud vocal music. with
larger attendance than was ever known before.
From Oct. to Oct. 20, G35 studente we're en-
rolled. The average attendance at DR.. Thomp-
son's Bible class was 1,06t; at the service Of
song, ALI at the Sunday prayeE-meetngs, 125 ];
at the lectures. !, 1856 aud at the mou.hly re-
ceptons, 1850. An appeal nas made for the
clearing OF Of the mortgage debt On the Asso-
cation building, which amounts to 915o,ooo.
4 religious impossor has made her appearance
in Australia, leading . party OF ueEmsns IN
search of new Arcadia. The party are Ger
mans, soma Bixty-four IN number, induced TO
lmmigrate through the fanatlca! utterances Of
woman named Heller, who predicted dsGastat-
ing war In Europe, aud that Australia WAS the
ouly safe place OF residence She promised that
If they went OUT they would tnd houses built
and all things necessary. Sloce her Arrival she
ls supposed TO have received special messages
from heaycn-one commanding her to marry one
OF the party. This WAS done an1 the husband
died of scurvy. 4 second marriage BY similar
command also took place, aud the second hus-
baud is in dying condition. The people could
have obtained work, hut werc spell-Dound by
this woman. Several have dies and others are
reduced to great desltution.
The first English missionary sermon which
aroused the Christian conscience on tue subject
of salvation -for the heathen was delivered By
William Carey before the Baptist Association of
Nottiu .haua. in June 1892. The text WAS taken
from Isaiah liv., 9, 3: "Enlarge the place OF