, 1876-07-02

fCIE .IlQTE Iuu u1ClE 6cASlDlc VI tuc QUICEtlQuS
to cndowments, and less and less convinced Of
their eountervailing advantages to the commit
nity.h The combination OF two such utter
ances in one month seems to open up the vista
OF new s:course' in A1r. Gladstonc's ecclesi-
astical thought.
RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY. j
THE CHURCH IN GENERAL.
The week beginning Aug 3 has been appoint
cd week Of prayer in the Southern Methodist
Church.
There have been LOG additions to the Baptist
Church during the recent revival in Peters
burg, Va.
The First (colorcd) Baptist Church in Rich
mond, Va, has 1900 members; the Gilfcld has
LOO: and the Third about 800.
What is called an "Intcrnattonal Sunday
School Parliament will be held at the Thou
sand Isles during the week beginning on the
18th Of July.
The Episcopal Diocese OF Iowa Is to be di-
vidcd, and all that pa.t lying west Of line from
Wayne to Worth Counties is to be set of as
missionary Jurisdiction.
The Presbytcrians at Homer, Ill.,, dedicated
on Sabbath, the 18th inst, house of worship
free from debt Six hundred dollars we're re-
ceiyed from the Board Of Church Erection.
The Baptists Of Virginia, making up their
statistics for the year 1879, report 81 associa-
tions, 1,l64 churches, G67 ministers, and 153,N3
members. The net gain for the year was 4, U.S..
The Protestant Episcopal Church seems to be
making Roadway in Puritan Boston. In lo26the
metropolitan district embraced five parishes,
| now there are thirty, OF Which nineteen are
within the city limits.
The Fiftv-third Street Baptist Church Gsew
r.o;ao nm hin 81 fnxT days. and
their building, which has been sold under lore
closed mortgage, can be redeemed. They have
little, and they strongly appeal to their friends
for more money toward this object.
In five States beyond the Mississippi Mime
sofa, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and NebrasEa-
reggationalisn has grown in eighteen M years
from about $50 churches to about 900, and from
less than 5000 member to nearly 30,0 600, and its
one college has been multiplied by six.
The Chinese workmen at North Adams, Mass,
were never, to any great extent, converted to
Christianity. Although in some respects these
Cclestials hare been SUCCESS, In others they
have not. 1t is announced lnat me Mnole party
will this summer be shipped to San Francisco
The General Synod Of the Reformed Dutch
Church m APPOINTED the following delegates to tho
| Presbyterian Alliance, to meet in Edinburg In
1877: The Rev. Drs. Orrniston, Jared W. Scudlcr,
Inclis, and Holmes, with Elder William Bogar-
dus, prfmardii and the Rev. Drs. Peltz, X. ".
Cla:k n: .. hutt9o' u l.. 1al y '1no A''as' ~ -
schenehn' Sec''"''
The First Reformed Episcopal Church, OF New
York CITY, is out Of debt, and has a total in
come for the last year of over S20000, OF which
over 81 900 have been for benevolent purposes,
including over 5000 toward the sustentat4oh
| Fund This church has received over htty or
sixty new members during the year, and secured m
! about 81, 600 toward the Building Fund. They
already possess desirable site for the erection
of the new church building.
The Rev. DR.. D. B. Cheney, OF the Fourth
Baptist Church, is conducting series Of very
Instructive and entertaining lessons on the
t;Copfessons Of Faith - of tile Baptist Church
In thc iecture-room Of his church every Friday
evening, DR.. Cheney takes up the "Confcssion"
bv sections, in their order, one section serving
rs the evenings study, and establishes its truth
and irnprcsses its meaning upon the mint by
frequent references and questions and answers
Nhate'es o.te .arnn1o;n a,rnn of lax n income.
9eaf, ~ csluus .nn,o ~ 1aet reor amonnted to
rs ano noo ~ onr moncv Tn addition to
aooue si,oov,o'u obn,t "a mn f1x1os lcrary from
ia Eor, ~ Eort9;nond II Austria The ufrtcrs
Pnnca,, t,le and 1nhiIee Tndulecnccs yielded him
ahout s4.O 600, Besides iii these, many pec,-
n;arv gitts have been sent him from various
quarters OF the world. by the faithful who de-
1ight to houo1 him.
A,o+,,or +o,,hs+one casc has excited nublic at
AnotHer 1U.aHsng''' Ea1sn1 IN thn nioresc Of Ely
NJ In
farmer nance bee1s r,;c ~ WE ~ Il The fol]pwing
churchyaraa st9ne oli "ner ~ ~ otharne The h.
inscription: IN nleTols ~ ,.hn ifo1 m ne
Loved wlte o. ihonas Deli g frono lnn@ mental
I'd Day Of Apll, 19.o' VI o,rf,,iIv,nToonred
anxiety caused oy an a;nst u,l.tT hor e}nva1 ms
game case n the parlsn asaanst ncr ~ nns
band Friends oI me opRftsstbu, be oennca re cve
that's gone. nnseaea ILL., s,t lnn' ~ neoce y he
and pass on. upplsseeu as hosN nr,ared ~ 1fr Rem
Chancellor o1 tne sl.oee1e Ssts nas 49," 4N''
nett TO remove 1ne toi'4oa'ono'
The 1a1ef, o. New dorh, an9 cdrtcsv in
hitherto observed noaeta1ton a anu onJ thcmcs
its treatment OF [lo.eStit ;a : snS hoth md IN.
It now appears to nave a,a as' ntonnrat nu1n u and
dulges IL the last numper ~ thn Sietorv If
unjustlhaDlc attacks: ~ lec1tea fre .ne - tha nr
two very oru.l +d;at mufaF at and d speaIinc M
derers as NMetnoa,sf an Prntnstont n IN MeYieo'
OF the ASSASSINATION " -. 9e1inwaman n liz
who was lnstrues!nE ns ear,,os vnch law
Scriptures, the la9e1 oossrnc ,ai law !: not ron.
is oarbaTous remeay gpI yd ayc erer 30" . hc isi
fined to Mexico, aau IL ~ sou.o ao'otoJ ~ The
fable, il Is Mnen' IN count1? ?sdat i,avirr h.
Catholic 1altn, olasRne'p1ihhI phIs mrocceds to IN
| come interested IN i1c o'o'e' p'oeee3'
terest his nc'shoofs'
The wcrlz OF systematic beuevolence $50 far
tf.y*ar ian