New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-09-23
RELIGIoUs INTELLIGENCE.

Church O4sBroOklyn celeDfdteS itS @Nsh 'NA'-S -
ing the week Oct. 1-S
Waldensian Church has beer organized In
Missouri II In connection with the Northern Prespy
terrain General Assembly.
Letters TO England from Zanzibar to the
date of July 2S report that the slave trade for the pres
ent at least is in abeyance The slaves are Kept houen
in the interior and cannot be sold
In the Protestant Episcopal Missionary DIS
trict OF Montana Idaho Utah there are IL clergy
men church buildings 40 unicants, and church
property 10 the value Of S229,590
The Connecticut State UniveTsalist COnven-
ton met in Haven the 21st inst The Rev Chas'
A. skinner was elected President The Row. j. K Mason
OF stamford preached the opening sermon
The annual meeting of the Protestant Epls-
eopal Board Of Missions win take place this year in
Philadelphia on Oct 10 The opening services arc 70 DC
held in the Church Of the Holy Trinity
The annual cOnvOcatiOn of the diocese OF
Colorado and Wyoming assembled ut Denver Sept. H.
Upou The first afternoon Of the conyocaon the corner
stone OF a new church, named Emmanuel" was l~u py
Bishop spaldng.
The 66th annual report of the Protestant
Episcopal Society for the Advancement Of Christianity
I'm South Carolna" has Just been published. The re-
cepts of the society for the were $685. and its
expenditures $4,000.
A reception of the Rev. Bishop Perry, the
newyeected Proestant Episcopal Bishop OF Iowa, was
given in the city Of Davenport on Monday last On
sunday evening the 17th the Bishop preached his FIRST
sermon 70 3 large congregation
The Rev Edward Hitchcock, pastor Of the
American Chapel Paris, estimates the present number
of Protesants France at 100000 Last year 100000
were spent in France by Bible, sundayschool and mis-
Bonary societies
The death is announced from Rome OF the
Rev Father PerrOne the Society Ot Jesus, learned
Roman Catholic theologian, aud the head, at different
tines Of various church colleges in Rome Father Per
rome was in 1894, and died upon The 2sth OF lass
August.
At the meeting of the Rhode Island Baptist
Social Union held in Providence, Monday evening OF
this week. the question: What shall be done by Bap-
fists for promoting the spiritual interest Of the
churches discussed at much length The meeting
was the first Of the season
There still remains to be paid the sum of
50 before the statue of Dr. WherspoOn can be I'M
vailed In Philadelphia In order TO raise this money be-
fore the close Of the Exhibition, the Presbyterian
women Of Philadelphia have formed an association 70
solicit subscriptions
There has been Of late years, according to
the statements OF Jewish papers, unprecedented re
turn OF Jews to Palestine. The Jewish population IN
Jerusalem they report has doubled within ten years
and is continually increasing. Many OF these Jews
como from Russia.
The sixty-fourth annual meeting of the Del
aware Bible Society was held at Newark in that stae
Sept Ia The receipts the society for the year. from
subscrptions we're s272 from sales, 1892 Copies OF
the Bible have been placed upon the cars Of the Fla
delphia Wilmington Fnd Baltimore Railroad
Liberal Christians Potestan tentag recently held at
heidelberg Prof BluntschI presided over the con-
gress which only lasted day and half. The topics
debated Rest on sunday on sanitsry ana eogeo
Bishop Horatio Potter of the Protestant Epis-
eopa1 Diocese of New-York has made appeal TO the
clergy and alty behalf Of the diocesan domestic mis-
sions Fifteen hundred dollars will be needed on the
lat Of October 70 pay the tpends OF the missionaries IN
addition TO the funds the hands Of the treasurer
F-f .s,f fho
ton Of Hartford We held the 14th inst, at Tariff
yiles The Rev f. +. Emerson Of Hartford was chosen
moderator The repo4ts from the churches gave the
number of Communicates as 1888; ministers, Is;
churches % accesons in the past year, 1875 money
raised for all purpose, S49,9oo.
The next monthly union prayer-meeting of
the city missonars Bible readers aud egangeists OF
this city viii be held the city mission rooms in the
Bible House upon sept. 81 at O'Clock IN the after
noon This prayarmee,iug is held regularly upon the
last Wednesday Of each month"; anu IS lhIeideu LUZ az
the friends Of city missions
The Rev. DI. Charles Howard Malcolm (Bap-
tis OF Newport r. t. has addressed letter to bis con-
eregaton urging them to accept his resignation pre-
scented some days ago. DR.. Malcolm wishes 10 enter
mon the discharge of h duties corresponding
tarT Of fha American Peace Society which Office he
was elected three months ago.
The Rev. George II. HepwOrth of this city,
while in cwBrunswick attended the annual meeting Of
the CONGREGATIONAL Union Of New-8runswck and Nova
Scotia and prea she'd In the Mechanics Institute 10 one
Of the largest audiences ever convened there" Inc
Union comprises 20 CHURCHES and 10 Ministers ana an
average attendance OF 5000 persons
Miss Anna Oliver has for some time been
presong in the FIRST Place Methodist Church of Brook
lyn TO very largo audiences IL s stated she has de
ened TO serve The pastor o. independent church
rbiah number OF her hearers offered to form. Miss
Oliver gaze for her refusal her INTENTION 10
apply again for admission INTO the ministry OF the
Methodist Church
The annual convention of the Protestant
Euiseopa Diocese of Western New-York began on the
18th inst in Buffalo and closed the 2lst The annual
address was read by Bishop Coke the evening Of the
opening day lie stated there 95 active clergy
men In the diocese and five not assigned The CON
nrmatons the past were 1905 an excess oil 800
over,last year
DIR. Stoughton, in letter to The Christian
World Of London has set rest various runors as to
the origin OF the late conference between the Archbishop
OF Canterbury and other prominent Anglican divines
and number Of Nonconfornist eergymeu Dr. Slough
ton WIN was present states that the conference S
gested by the Archbishop ana that IL was marAoo "
much harmony of feeling
At the recent session Of the West Wisconsin
Methodist Episcopal Church resolution was adopted to
anpoint committee TO examine the existing laws Of the
State affecting the interests Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. and to eudeavor TO secure the enactment OF
law authorizing the Methodist Episcopal Church to regu
late its AFFAIRS In accordance with tue usages and dicp
line Of said church. and the repeal OF ali laws eohcg
with the same.
The CongregahOnGlist reports that the mis-
soparies Of the American Board throughout Turkey
have been placed In false and perhaps hazardous posi-
ton by dispatch from Sir Henry Elliot the British En-
bassador sent home to England, to the effect thar the
startling stories Of Turkish atrocities have mainly
from American missionaries" According TO The C6agre
oatOnast the American missionaries have taken special
pains 10 give no oncnse 20 the Turkish authorities.
The United Presbyterian. Mission Board in