The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-02-01
ECCI,ESIAsriCAL.

DIR. SCHEREscHEwWY has again de- =
cided not to accept the bishopric Of China,
10 which he was elected by the Protestant
Episcopal House Of Bishops. j, tsa
CONTRIBUTIONS of members of the
Methodist church for all purpoees, during
the year now closing, are estimated At
$l6, ,949, 500 sc. ~5s n. !
Presbyterian Board of Foreign
Missions announces that its receipts for
the past six months amount to only $97,- /,
SS8, leaving $453, ,0S8 to be raised during
the coming six months. - 90 .'tssis as
THE Rev. John s. Young takes charge
Of the Second Presbyterian church, Nash
vile, as a regular supply. The Rev. Mr.
Young is the son of DIR. Young, formerly =
secretary OF State of Tennessee.
THE attendance upon the Bethel Bum
day-school, CINCINNATI has been ~ fol-
lows on the dates given: October 81.
1904; November Z. 2,148; November IA,
2,3l4; November 2l, s2,6S7; November
%, !, ,2O3. -sr, s
THE First Presbyterian church of
Selma, made vacant by the removal of
the Rev. DR.. w. J. Lowry, has invited
the Rev. Alfred ]. Morrison, the evan
gelist of Mecklenburg Presbytery, North
Carolina, to supply its pulpit for year.
REV. DAVID LEVY, graduate Of the
Hebrew Orphan Asylum Of New York,
and recently teacher of the Hebrew school
of Montreal, G. E., has received call
from Charleston, s. c., to which place
he will shortly remove as minister Of the
Jewish congregation Of that city. $
The statistics of the fifty-second Bap-
tist convention of Connecticut show that
the convention embraces 129 churches,
Is. .668 communicate, 187 Sunday schools
and II, H,152 Sunday-school pupils. The
sum of $12,142 was raised during the
year for the aid or weak churches in the
State; "a churches received aid. 6
The Protestant Episcopal almanac for
1876 reports the following statistics of
the church for the past year: Bishops, 81;
bishops elect, 8; other clergy, 8, ,l22; num-
Der Of clergy deceased, A; baptisms, SS,-
O53; confirmations, q, ,O95; communicates,
261 ,0O3; marriages, $3.50; burials, 49,
969; candidates for orders, 298. Ordina-
tions- -Deacons, 10; priests, 122; Sunday
school teachers, 2S, ,418; scholars, 236, ,943;;
contributions. 4, 500, ,3O6 "a. |fs
T. The principal body Of Protestant
Christians in Spain Is "The Spanish
Christian Church, J" constituted in 1871
by union Of the Spanish Evangelization
Society and the Evangelical church Of
Spain. This church, divided into four
presbyteries, claims 5000 hearers; but its
statistics are very imperfect. Carrssco,
the deIerate to the Evangelical Alliance,
4 lost on the "Ville du Hayre." was for
merly its foremost minister. q Cabrera
ls now. g1,og....,1 !, s.es ..,
| Two ;nc;den+s .;.r;6c.rt If tho GROW.
,;.r w. ~ IN NJ .rd So,,.b - h.1s % =.
ss.I. y oo:,rj - :, - Tic n, E,,;.,s,.,.l - ~ , church
.. Gs1y y ~s nh,,.nh ~ Tt;1n%o -h;ch ne.
pS yo - .n-.ii -. csS;L" ;as.,.sstr
:. sc ~. -. . -. =, '..o .
,. ~ -La.a ...; re..;hnis S s..n. : r,on,,'
anu y wnse .,.o vss.lDu.c se.s s I,r ~s.,
Hus IN = :no zO..s M.;o =. - ). -.
- - ;ts gectas r. Rev II Dr Hsr,;s o} Nev Or.
iesns , S, I'm, Tn the 70 70, an a. nfi;cer = ; h the
Il Confsderate serv;ce Who aftervard7 took
orders: ana Trinity church. New Orleans,
formerly Bishop Polls parish, has lust
invited tn its rectorship Rev. DR.. Thonp.
j son. Of CHICAGO. who during the war va,
one aof the most outspoken Union nren
B among the Episcopal clergy in the north
vest.
Il THERE are two ways Of doing thing
and the Rev. DR.. Grifiths, vicar Of Liam
lido. Wales, has shown how true courtesy
, can win in the most delicate situation
Mr.. John Roberts, deacon Of the Calvin
, istic Methodist church, has. just beer
, buried in the, parish churchyard. Tbs
/ vicar instead Of ofsnsiyeiy planting him
. self upon his legal rights, followed tn
t hearae accnmnanied bv 4 brother yica