New-York tribune., 1876-09-30


Autumn and the coming Winter. large public meet
ing conducted by the agents Of the Society was to be
held Swansea upon Sept and another at Carnaryon
upon Sept 49, Mr. williams its secretary s now trav
cling through Wales delivering addresses ut the various
colleges Some special Welsh agents TO be appointed
to keep up the public interest in disestablishment.
The fourth annual Sunday-schOol Conyen-
ton OF the Hudson River Baptist Association North)
was held at Greenbush, eept 1926. Addresses were
delivered upon The SundayschOol Field Bibe-ciass
Teaching The Ideal Primary Class, What Constitutes
Success in Sunday SuudayschOcl Mission sys
tenn and Illustration and blackboard Work number
of elections for officers OF the association was made ana
other matters of business were transacted during tue
session.
The Congregational Union of England and
Wales will be held this year at Bradford, beginning Oct
o. and continuing four days Among the subjects 10 DC
brought before the conference nemperance eeinen
tary education with reference to the new iaY amuse
ments, the sbiftngs Of modern theological thought and
the opium traffic. This last topic Is to DO introduced
by Dr. Jegge, the missionary, now Professor OF the
Chinese Languag and Literature at Oxford The session
OF the Union viii be closed according TO CUSTOM Dy
social meeting and breakfast.
At late meeting Of the Albion District
Methodist Episcopal the following preamble
and resolution adopted:
Whereas The licensing Of 10 preach the Gospel
by the District Conferences the Methodst Episcopal
General Conference at its late session. therefore .
Resooed That for the present we hold the question Ih
valuable helpers I'm the Gospel and that we eomehI
those whose nanes may come before us 70 the isNor
the people wherever they may Wish 10 labor'
The statistics of the California Conference
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church. which met at Stock
tOn Sept 49, were reported follows: Church mem
bers, 764O; probationers, 1675; sundayschoos lat;
officers and teachers 1888; scholars 1882 number
Of churches 1885, salaries paid TO preachers SsosTl
missionary collections, S2,947 EigyscVen ministers
attended the conference. The resolution sent by the
General Conference the annual conference, Witch
gves to the latter limited amount OF authority III deter
mining the number Of presiding elders, was, upou VOTE
remanded 90 the next General Conference ...
A large attendance of bishops from all parts
Of the world is expected at the meeting Of the Pan
Anglican Synod IN 1877 Tho synod will be held at Latn
beth Palace the residence OF the Archbishop OF Cantor
bury. The dependencies OF the Church OF England are
all to be represented Australia viii be represented by
its Metropolitan Bishop Of Sydney; FewZesland by
It's Metropolitan the Rov. Dr. Harper South Africa by
Bishops Jones aud Macerie Other colonial bishops TO
be present are the Bishops Of 81 Helena, nSio1a1 urn
Brisbane (AustTalia, Barbadoes Columbia and Dunedin
At the New-York State Baptist Convention,
which begins Oct 25 at Albion, the following topics VIII
be dlscgssed /. Our small and dependent Baptist
churches-Shat shall he done for themf g. Tho New
Century and the obligations 1t imposes on the New
York Baptlsts g. The educational element In the Sun
day-sohooI work. There will also be an educational
meeting TO be opened by Prof N L. Andrews OF Hamil
ton Other Baptist State Conventions 70 he held soon
sre Rhode Island, at Providence, Oct 3; Minnesota
at Oyat0nna Get 9: Vermont, at South Londonderry.
Oct. 4; Wisconsin, at Beaver Dam, Oct II MGnga at
Lansing Oct II; Connccticut NJ Suhed, OcI III fehh-
sylvania, at Pittsburgh, Oct. H.
The Methodist Conferences which have met
sincr Sept report increase I'm the number nf church
mambcrs, but decrease in the amount Of benevolent
contributions The Northwest Indiana Conference sta-
stic show an increase of 245 probaOners and 2ss full
members Tho total number of members Is 93,3So.
There are In the conference 294 churches The conrbn
tons for missions AL, decrease Of 1909 The
Southwest German Conference reported 1902 members,
an increase 3O9 and S6 prohatoners an increase Of
1884, It has jurisdiction I6l churches The contri
buttons for missions s. 450 The Iowa Conference
reported GJ3 members and 2i0 probationeTs. The
collections missions werr T63sI Inc coulhsn m @ nis
mcmbrrs an increase Of 2SO and 26ij prob toners an
ucrase Of 100. Tue collections for missions were
~ Tol decrease OF 5000. IN thrs3 conferences the
proposed change In tire restrictive RUE IN relation 10
the powers oi bishops has been voted dowu'
The following is the reply Of the Spanish
bIusicr Canoyas dol Castillo the p upn Of certain
Protestant ministers that the orders o cmoSo the pub
lie signs Of their worship might be rcrcindcd u haN-
ing been declared in the eleventh article OF the COns
tuition Of the Spanish monarchy that tho Catholic apps
toIlc religion s that tne state; that IN the spansh
dominlons no one shall be Bcrered with Sccount OF
his RELIGIOUS opinions To- the exercise Of his rpcc-
tive Worship always saving the rcspect due To Chris
uan moraIty-crremouics manifestations other than
those State religion not icing peImtted-l lhVs
Judged u right confirmation 0l tbo verbal ofder Nhrn
/ communicated 10 you. to appoint You new ana hnM
term OF three days, which Ghau come 20 an enu on tne
10Th lscpt in which time you viii cause ~ disappear
ali pfnus placads which you Eayt e'lsrd va U"
placed in public places having reference TO Worship cd
cation or the sale religious books which announce
ments Advertisements are not guaranteed by inc
abOvccitcd constitutional prceept'