New-York tribune., 1876-03-11
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.


7. is claimed that the womens foreign mis-
, s,etas OF this country contributed last year SooV
boo 90 fOpign missions
The Board of Education of the Dutch) Re-
t,red Church in the synoa's rooms No "a 'eScy
st., Tuesday harca n
Archbishop Purcell of Cincinnati, who is now
56 years old VII mkt May celebrate the Jn"Ss OF MS
admission ia the pfiesih""H'
Woman's Christian Temperance Union has
been formed the Tower Ham'ets, England as result
Of " Mother" Stewards lectures.
An appeal has been made to the citizens OF
rorrpto for funds u ad the Iustitut Cuad!en, the
organization watch carried on the GuiboTd h'isat1n'
Among the receipts of the American Home
Missionary Society for January were " Centenn,al eit
oi Il OO aud four leSacies amounting to over S3,oOo
A rcnnion was held at Nashville, Tenn,
March L. Of The ministers who ioncd the Tennessee Con-
Gss6'' isSa '"'
The Rev. W. C. Van Meter, formerly of the
howard Mission this city, and now In charge Of BaU-
asi missions the City Of Romo retained lately to this
country.
A Sunday-school Institute has been formed
w the Baptist churches Of Atlanta CO. which the sun
iayschool teachers Of other denominations have been IN
viicd tO attend.
The Young Mems Christian Association of
Boston have rendered the OF their hall TO the Young
Mems Christian Union Onitariau until their build
ing IS ready for occupancy.
The fratcInal camp-meeting of all branches
OF toe Methodist denomination which is to he held at
ROuud Lake, near Saratoga, this Summer is to begin
June -, anu close July ..
The Universalist Church at Troy, New-YOrk,
which ha5 been rebuilt dedicated March 16. Dr.
r. H. Cbapin preach the rmon. The services are
10 he continued through the next day.
The Lower House of the Legislature of CAL
tforua recently dispense with the services of
their chaplain The Senate at its organization III
December, passed similar resolution.
There is in Richmond a colorcd Sunday
sehool Union which holds regular monthly meetings
Tie exercises at these consist Of reports from the schools
addresses. sc. One was held March ..
1t Is stated that 127 of the 232 COnSrega-
tional Churches in Connecticut allow women to vote
uron all church questions, aud the remaining lO5 per
nit their voting upon certain occasions
The statue of DR.. Livingstone, which is to
he erected IN Edinburgh iu been east at Chelsea,
England IL represents Dr. LvinEsO standing vi:h
Bhlc IN one hand and an AK IN The other
The Austrian bishops have officially declared
that If tie bill for the Government supervision Of ooi-
yertual institutions weieh is o.ore the EocsIal be
comes law they Will ioci bCEDd topoieSt against IT,
A grand convention OF the Society Of st.
Vincent de Paul viii be Lcld in Philadelphia on Thurs
aay July g. and viii continue two days. Members of thc
Society from France England and ireland are expected
TO be present.
Philip Phillips, the singing pilgrim" is
holding in association with Dr. Thoburf revival meet
iazs in Calcutta The largest theater in the cty-the
uorintEian-Tas nlcd with 1000 persons at Sunday
evening seI,ioe
At the meeting of the Evangelical M!niste-
rai Association Of Allegheny County wleb vas Eed at
Pittsburgh March g. essay IN favor Of the use OF tie
Bbc in puhc schools read. The essay was followed
by long discussion
4 call for a State Temperance Convention
hs been issued by the state TcmIeaucc Board Of icEi
gen. TIC convention Is 10 meet at Detroit, March 22
Livery cEurch. JyScaoo and temperance society III
tie state Is requested to send delegates.
At the annual meeting Of the Young WOmen's
CTsian Association, held al tie Home on WaueuSonst
Boston the revenue FOR the past year reported
having been SG3l95. Tac Home has had Tor the year.
.tt9 permanent and go transient b0ai .'erd
An undenOmnational meeting was held IN
San Francisco Ieb 20 to call attention TO the Christian
gorA carried in Utah Addresses Were delivered 10y
rNGov Wood Of Utah, the Rov. Mr. Guard the Rev Dr.
Jewell OF san Francisco. and other speakers.
The Bishop of Oiindn, Brazil, who is now III
Rome has sent ali the Cardinals pamphlet gyinghs
version she religious tropbes Brazil lie
complains in the pamphlet That the PoIe believed the
ttaemcu; Of tie troubles made by Senior iiucdo.
The Ohio Sabbath-SchoOl Union, an unde-
rCu'naonol organzaton, has branches IN Gs Of the SO
counties o. Ohio. Twelve OF these branches were organ
IL during last Fall The only paid officer Of The Union
Corresponding Secretary. Its annual convention
The Business Mems daily PRAYER Meeting,
which has been held months IN the Eiao build
Ing Baltimore. las proved to DC so successful that TIE
Executive Committee have determined 10 make it per
i
exactly half hour each day.
The PENNSYLVANIA Conference of the Evan
reca Association albright Mchodsts). 81! its last ses-
SchuykiH Haven Penn, resolved 10 unite with
the Central Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh Conferences
n the ouAoWmsnt of u college 1t was determined -
tI!Sc an endowment OF F1OJ,oo0.
During 1875 the English Wesleyans spent
tc Of e32o .592il tie erection and im9rOveme of
,hapes schoohouscs p8rsonages and Orsansi Of this
R26l 3l3 raised By voluntary contributions
The outlay for these purposes by the Wcoyans during
tAc past tlgent! -one years has been 43,G39.Oj6
The Rev. Dr. Galbcrry, Roman Catholic
Bishop OF Hartford, 10 b. eonsecrted at ST. Pc
lers Church in that city, Iarch 49, by Archbishop VIII
lam. OF Boston. Upon tine day Archbishop Wood
VI Phadlpha Is TO consccrae the Rev. J. Tuisz, bishop
elect OF Pittsburgh in ~ Pauis Cathedral o. that cJ.
At the Temperance Conference OF New-En-
gland ministers Of all denominations to be held in Boston
March 70, papers on the relations OF the church to Tenn
scranec Reform viii be read by the Rev Doctors A. A
siiner L. T. Hale, Geo. c. LOumer, Geo W Gardner, W
e. Msllaicu, EX-Picsdcnt Cummings VI MldielOwn and
others.
At a meeting of the Utica Sunday school
Cnoa, March @, resolution was passed directing the
Executive Committee u mako arrangements for the
eonng State Sunday school Convention which is to lie
bcd there. The remainder OF The meeting was occupied
ig address upon tue Historical Combinations OF
stIiptura! Facts
At the anniversary Of the South Western
Bible Society held last month IN Hcv-OrieanS, II was
stated that Of TIE 10000 families living in Louisiana
oud the part Of Mississippi undcr the socctys juIsc
uca. 10000 without copies OF The Bible. OF l277j
tisiys visited in Ncw-Oreaus 3,jlI were found dcsr
tUie Oi copies OF the Scriptures.
The series of Union Gospel Meetings held in
Wisconsin dining the past Fan and Winter met with
sach success that second series begun March 10
Tho Grs meetings were held from October until JaHua-y
beainning ~ tir ST. CrOix River near s. Paul. ard end