New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-01-15
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

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in this country.
The erection in the Vatican library of
monument Garcia Moreno, the late President OF the
Republic Oi Ecuador b proposed
A "Conference 5n the Spiritual Life" Is to
be held in York England. in the thrd week OF this month
Ii is expected 10 continue Tor several days.
Mr. SplrgeOn was expected to return TO Ills
Congregation on Christmas Fyr. lie spent his vacation
at Nice. where his heath Crazy Improved
Major Cole, the American evangelist in En-
gland, VINO has been holding very successful revival
meetings m Newcastle, Is now in sunderland
Eat the Grace street Baptist Church, Ken
mond over 200 persons have prcfessed conversion
Iarze numbers have been added 70 the church.
The Pittsburgh Ministerial Association have
been sngea 4 aS ds1 ha1 Of Do bc 81 g9eS @e Of H0
II il estimated that 200 persons were con-
serted N Springfield Oo. through the labore 0f H. H.
Wells The Exam, cist. Ur. Wells has gone to EncsVie
The English Unitarian Almanac reports for
England 3ls Unitarian ministers. Of whom 219 arc SCI
He'd and 90 not settled, retired or engaged ia ober &C.
cupatiODs.'
=. The Coa0regatioaaljst of Boston reports $50
members received Congregational churches on sunday
Jan 2 or the whole number, POI were admitted on a
Irofession Of faitn.
The Emmanuel Reformed Episcopal Church
of Newark " j. has begun raising fund for the huid'
ing Of suitable place OF worship. The purchase of lot
in q central part Of the city Is contemplated
The Reformed Church on Lafayette place, OF
which the Row Dr. Talbot W. Chambers is pastor IT u
said VIII be given up and the property sold Iheeonefo
ZION have moved away from the acigAe0fbood'
A public meeting of the Lawyers Prayer
Union wac hld in London last month. number OF lead
In solicitor. we're present. The Time was spent III 'ne
narration % rel l1Ous experience ana III prayer
A number of the members of the San Fran
DISCO Ministerial Uuiou have objected 10 advertising
church services in the Sunday morning papers ANoe
Of the Union has been passed against the practice
The arrangement in London for week OF
prayer contemplated daily meeting at the London IaV
r1n Bisbopsa te At y. and ~ eyoins lIeei,n8at
g. iaIness Hall and Conference Hail, Mldnay Park.
Several Presbytenes have expressed their
dissent the views OF sabbath Observance embodied
IN the essay read by Tho Rev. DR.. Samuel ". Hopkins
Leloe tbe AmeEiC-ta BT5tnCA % the kNauscDcA Ai0t
The Rev A. p. Graves, an Evangelist, has
been holding services at West HewbuIgh' Nc"-hoIk'
Nrs. Van Colt has been holding meetings az Ncwo1rEn
whore ne,ry three hundred persons nave Jo'h'" ''c
churches.
The Young Mems Hebrew Association of
rlpbia have procured pcrinaneAt iOe-thoh lof
fh,ir room at the Of Broad and Spring Garden
sta u opened Tor tao hrst time on JLe evening VI
SATURDAY, Jan. s.
There are two Orthodox Congregational
churcnes in Philadelphia. one of these of which the
Rev j. r. Danforth s pastor, has Just made provision
for s debt Of $50 The whole amount 10 he raii
OF in i've yearly install iurilS
The Rev. Bishop Howe protestant EpiscO-
paD laid, ON tic 9Th inst the cornerstone OF the 81
Marks Episcopal Church. Charleston, S c. IN lie pres
ence ~ more than 1900 persons Tie building l. eec'd
by cocied congregation
The Central Presbyterian Church of San
Francisco has invited the Rev Dr. oriston OF ts d'y
TO become the successor of the Rev Dr. Cunningham
Or. Cunningham has begun ri-oue services IN he All
Gallery oi the Pavilion, san francisco.
The Baltimore Conference of the Methodist
friseopal Church meets that city March l. Bishop
Bowman presiding The Baltimore Conference OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church soutl meets on the same
day ~ Winchester, Va. Bishop Marvin pr'sides
The Russian Mennouites are still coming TO
tNe United States though not Ia such large numbers rs
formerly Ten families arrived last month and twenty
I'VE or Thirty IBore families expected soon. The most
Of the party ia arrived have gone to Great Bend hnsn
TO, klussss
A home for news boys and boot blacks was
opened in Indianapolis sunday, Jan. .. THE Seer
tary of the Young Mems Christian Association OF that
eity delivered address The Young Mons Association
Of Jacksonville. H., have opened lunch house where
cheap meals can bc bad
Tie PHqer Q.utheran) gives the following
estimate OF the number OF the various religious papers Of
Germany: Eighteen theological Journals, il general
ohurcb papers 81 local journals aud 16 popular Gins
tan paUfis OF which Tie Stuttgart SORtf1sttNH lah
circulation Oi $4,000 copies.
According ~ Sadlier's Roman Catholic Diycc
tory for 1876, the Catholic Church has Ia the United
states I caIduaarchbshop 10 other archhishops, 80
bishops BOA priests, 6.53s churches chspeis and sll
population Of sbou, e,coO,co) persons.
4 The Week of Prayer vas observed in Gin
cinua in Union meotng, which were largely attended
In addition all the Methodist churches Of the city, one
Congregational church. and two Baptist churches held
services every niaht The re gious interest in the Guy
appears 10 be very general Union meetings also
held during the Week Oi Prayer ia san Francisco.
At the monthly meeting of the Cleveland
Young Mems Christian Association held jan. 6, report
of the railway wOrk presented. Dur1Eg tic month
1904 readers visited the which has been opened
81 cabooses were visited and 1116 papers md maya
ynos distributed Tue " Galway Mission" is also taxing
ioIIn in other parts Of tie country
The cause of the great number Of feeble
churches In the United is much discussed " late
,oas Tie AdSanee iChcaeo) thinks that 1t is partly
"sec;arian competition, which has organized three
four times many churches be sustained All de
must retreat 10 better position"
A correspondent of The Leader Universal
is expresses the opinion that the doctIinai advertise
nents inserted by UniyeIsalists In The NeBYOrk and
Che Brooklyn daily paper, during the past year had an
spprecioblc enect in enlargns their conGrrat os The
advertisements were issued az condensed tracts, anu
were intended TO convey Attenuation
Another sale of church property In Rome Is
announced place the 18th, 20th and son OF
This month ON he Arst day named The property oi the
PHILIPPINE FATHERS 81 the OrOTy viii he offered 10 the
highest bidder: on the second tho Monastery Of 81.
Pauls beyond the walls; he third various lots u real
estate The price asked Tor the whole 719,4A5 aucs
The Yerm0Ht Chronicle publishes list of the
tatonal pastors settled in that state. with The
fine Of the settlement OF each The oldest settlement
dates ls27lhe recent from lSI5 Tie pres
ent nuober OF seltled Congregational pastors N the
sate the number II gcing pastors IS. Not less
than ~ churche, are destitute Of stated preaching.
"sOme u those" says nc Chronicle, gave no promise
or being stronger
The .l}ev. Dr.. Austin Phelps makes on earnest
protest against the limitation OF the length Of sermons 20
80 minutes JIe says that people do make such tie
u. nuusa .le fur q