The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-01-18
RELIGIOUS ITEMS.

RELIGIOUS ITEMS.
The Cumberland Presbyterians will
celebrate the sixty-sixth anniversary of
their church the first Sabbath in Febru-
ary.
Board OF Commissioners for Foreign
Missions for 1876 are less by $12Cs 900 than
those of 1875.
46 persons were received into the Pres
byterian Church OF that place. The Rev.
b. W. Chidlaw writes the STAR that the
interest is still on the increase.
The Unitarian Year Book for 1876 re-
listers, of whom PIT are engaged in the
actual work of the ministry, Of the So
cieties, 1853 are without Pastors.
Rev. s. P. Craver and wife, of Iowa,
and Miss Ogeden, Of Springfield, Ohio,
have gone as missionaries to Mexico.
The former 60 as assistants to DR.. But
ler, the latter as representative of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.
Rev. Bishop Howe protestant Epis-
copal) laid, on the 7th inst, the corner
stone of the st. Marks Episcopal
Church, Charleston, s. c., in the pres
ence Of more than 1000 persons. The
building is erected by colored congre-
cation.
Rev. DR.. Samuel W. Coggeshall, a we'll
known Methodist Episcopal clergyman,
of Massachusetts, has become insane,
and is an inmate of the insane hospital
of Taunton. From his age and present
condition his friends have little hope of
his recovery.
The Baltimore Conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church meets in that
city on March l, Bishop Bowman pre-
siding. The Baltimore Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Chuch, South,
meets on the same day at Winchester,
Va. Bishop Marvin presides.
According to sadlier's Roman Catho-
lie Directory for 1915, the Catholic
Church has in the United States cardi-
nal-archbishop, 10 other archbishops, 80
bishops, 5,O74 priests, 6,52S churches,
chapels and stations where mass is regu-
larly said, and Roman Catholic popd-
lation Of about 6,OO0,0OO persons.
Rev. DR.. Mcdonald, missionary in ia
pan of the Methodist Church of Canada,
is having large and attentive congrega-
tions. Nov. IA, he had 260 hearers, among
whom were twenty-eight Buddhist
priests. Since then the interest excited
is reported to be steadily increasing. DR..
Mcdonald has baptised three persons.
The North Carolina Conference of the
Methodist Protestant Church has voted
two TO one against the proposed conven-
tion of 1877 to. .consummate an organic un-
ion with the Methodista Church, the
northern wing of this non-Episcopal de-
nomination. The church was divided
on war questions, aud this action is re-
ceived as a discouraging indication Of
the feeling in the South on reunion.
The members of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church in West Virginia are anx-
ious to have the Diocese OF Virginia di-
vided so they can form new diocese.
The difficulty Is, however, that they can
not raise enough funds to guarantee the
support of Bishop. 1t is proposed,
therefore, to set apart the territory as a
missionary jurisdiction, and get the mis-
sionary society to guarantee the support
of the Bishop.
The Rev. DIR. Austin Phelps makes an
earnest protest against the limitation Of
the length of sermons to thirty minutes.
He says that people do not make such
demands of other speakers. "Mr. Eyarts
spoke four days and MIR. Beach as many
more on the trial of MIR. Beecher. Ed
mund Burke spoke nine days on the trial
w
once spoke three hours in defending a
suit for side-saddle, and again four
hours in prosecution for stolen tur-
KEY, 1t was the latter speech which first
made him famous"
There is sect in Scotland scaling
themselves Christian Israelites, who
claim to have received revelation from
God that they are des cendants of the lost
tribes of Israel, whom the Lord is thus
gathering from among the nations, ac-
cording 10 his promise by his prophets.
They keep SiXth-day night, and also the
hour from 10 to II "A. M. of the First Day
as sacred time, by special revelation.
They pracLice circumcision, and will not
use mixed clothing, food, SEED, &C."
Great changes have taken place in the
City of Mexico. In 1854 it contained
20 religious houses, with 800 monks and
nuns. These orders have been abol-
ished, and the convent buildings, many
of which are large and fine specimens of
architecture, are now used for barracks,
schools, &c. The Palace of the Inquisi-
ton is occupied by the medical school,
and another monastery by training
school. Some of the churches are occu-
pied by Protestant congregations, some
are used for storehouses, and some are
falling into ruin.
Rev, DR.. Field, of the Evangelist
writes from Constant ,nople about the
devotions Of the Sultan: "Once a week
be makes a public appearance. Every
Friday, which is the Mohammedan Sab
bath, ne goes in great state 10 the
mosque, and then whosoeyer will ap-
pToach may gaze ON the brightness Of
his face. This is one of the spectacIes
of Constantinople. 1t is indeed bril-
liant pageant, not. to be overlooked by
those who would see an exhibition Of
Oriental pomp and magnitcence. Some
times the Sultan goes to mosque by wa
ter, in a splendid barge covered with
gold, and AS soon as he takes his seat
under a canopy all the ships Of war w.
ing in the Bosphorus fire salutes, max
ing the shores ring with their rcpeated
thunders. At other times he goes on
horseback, attended by large cayal-
cade."
Mr.. g. e. Bonney explains the doc
trines OF the New Jerusalem Church
(Swedenborgian as follows: ssJesus
Christ is not only Deity, but the only
Deity, holding in himself the trinity OF
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Man
must repent OF sin, be regenerated by
the Holy Spirit and live the new life OF
love TO God and good to the neighbor.
The sacred Scriptures are inspired, sac-
cording to the divine science of corre-