New-York tribune., 1876-02-05

cston direction has made the following appointments
ch.r,s.,on Feb 2-s; Savannah, D. o; Jacksonville, f1a
p.h 1917. Knoxville Feb. 22-24; Nashville. Feo.
a5-2s Louisville March 10; NeworSans. Harsn i.,,n
1915 Galveston March o. Houston Is1ss s; stste
Rock Ark, and st. Louis. And Al sefeta PoiH'' '''
Conventons Of Christian workers will be held
The India opium is being driven out OF tlie
Chinese market by opium raised In China Aceorohs
the reports OF English Consuls the cuit'ation VI '
poppy is rapidly spreading In China. IL Is no" r"'s' "
many districts Of Manchoora whero II mas never peon
cultivated before The sale Of the drug is carned OH
openly In spite OF the prohibitions issued 'rom n'' "
time by the Pekng authorities. The purchasers are .ne
poorer CLASSES. The nferioy Of the drug IL Is housn
can bs remedied by more skillfu method OF maniae
tire At Nochwang during 1874, the sale OF India op.n
fe of 80 per from the sales or the previous Jo"
being L. 1876 chests against 1906 chests III 1870
The propositiOn for a Temperance conference
Of NewEnglsnd ministers of all denominations 10 Do heo
in Boston, March Is and 49, comes from the Chr''oah
Temperancc Union OF Boston. The conference IL 70 N
held under the auspices OF the Union Among tho ep'
suggested by the Union for essays and discussions "
the following: christian Liberty Related to Aco
ho,c Beverages" The Responsibility OF Christian Cit
,,enshp The Liquor Traffic Hinderance to the pro-
xres. Of Home and Foreign Missions" How shah t'e
Christian Church most Effectively Contcnd Against '"'
Drink Traffic r. "should not Churches Conti1nue oyh
tematically to the Cause Of TemperanceF iho II"
porance Of Temrerapce Teach,gs 10 1ns as Re-
iaied 70 Reviyas Harmony OF the Scriptures witt
Total Abstinence "Should not ohioihch'" INV "
Used at the Lords Supperf
At its session in the Spring of 1875, the New
England Methodist Conference adopted the Following res
outions:
gn7yos The idea Of annual conference Is that o D
ministers and pastors who have met 10 T % tss pseytee
devise measures aud make new arrangements III 'io '
0 E % That the membership OF conference shnni BE-
confined as gily possible 10 bona hde mni5 9e & To m
health entitled place on the supernnue or soperh"
Rc,,sd That whrn members Of the Conference having
sufficient health to lsse an sppolntmen ana ;fc aIg "a anor
shin or teaching except AZ the cali or sanction ot ue
.sies OF they shond discontinue e GoIls'Sh m @
with e Conference Their all Oh g & nop W S,Ic me
are anxng 10 share bal taste AMI full of Injustice and
niss i;J That the Conference .hond appoint standing
commit nrner1ry rlitn, to shoh ~ aPp
cations for admission Ia sad relation sAoun Do " P
Gndor the operation of these resolutions Tnsow the
forgnr, was compelled to withdraw End his name wa
acc tdiugly dropped from the Conference roll
The educational report of the Province OF
Oudh India, for 1874, which appeared snort tune ago
contains sting statistics respecting the cduca
lion Jy the State 0t the Molammcdans and the IlhuOs
of the Province In proportion to the P"p"ato"' INC
attendance of Mohanmedan pupils IL - per cent greae
than that OF the Hin loo This discrepancy Is partly eX
p,lued hy the poverty 81 the lower clses OF Hndoos
and their practical exclusion on account o caste or
The t0verin.nt Tui- il shown by the fact that one
third Of the undoo suiontsare Brahmns There aielL
The Province LID Government sch'"iN o"h'"hihS
go 900 soars an average al one scholar To every 700
'nhsi ltants Nnetv1yc lor cent Of tho schools are
urinary schools Ia these the ordn'ry c0.gse Of study
takes live IL consists of Iel1lng, Wrtlhg aIlu
urtic. iudHu history, geography. and iile frrsiiN
Prom TIA, statistics appears tiat the study oi ho III
ss language Is not as universal ~ Is eo'nno,y s,ip
posed The hsurrs show ttnt 5glo students stndy IL
dish. $4,000 Urdu, 2G,0Jj lindi 500 ARABIC ana zF
5anskrii.
A long list Of topics for centennial sermons
has becn pr pared lontiy by the Centennial Committee
u the BROOKLYN Baptist Social Union AMI tie Central
centennial Committee OF the state o. New York. Minis
tes are rcqicstd by the Committees, after preaching
te sermons they prepare to their congregations to re
pclt them b. exchanging pSpits with other BAPTIST
uastors. Tie list ~ topics IS as follows:
Tho Indebtedness Of the nation 10 Ba7hsts for complete
lie peculiar principles Of Baltsts safeguard Of IT," Re
- Iluc4,ss and education among the Bapts during te
l. ratfon oi riucat On In Baptist denoHinat ontheir
rr i.i attaabe eincstio, all hers essential
II, ..fr. i, non VII De- NOR, tan ever tho
srouni oi pers II md social po,.,r -.,,
Bantt h.fo-s IS martyrs.
. Eu.l :og .4,.O .oOt OK our churches due I"
10 The eudowuent o Christian nsttntins Of learning
py tliitiilnE ilNr7tihtht o
money power u Instrument for the advancement
Ok Christianity ald tls.i4at"u. . ,,.,.. ,,..,i,
lt ILc ED ,atnn of tae lay 90 th" Bapu- ACCUMULATION
nor -. irorfart me .ducstion ~ TIE ministry
IT, Ir money expended p the education Of our sons and
daugltrrs ti. rcs' Investment on tieir be- ~ ,
H. Ih, ,uc o bct ciuca'loh upon tie character An"
'nuIuo 81 opi , iia, ,,.,,,... - ,, -, ,~o .,
ty of commemorative Ito tie uotl "l ~
H. rhr .mtn,sl ,f of permanent fruits of missionary
A'y r rf iist rr h.. - the Future In thcir personal
-oa-.cra,n cgn ceiling labor and In the education OF
u Tie sp,taiduy of Baptist. their Institutions OF
learning.