New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-04-15
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

1000 members
Two Mormon missionaries from the United
States arrived in Tasmania the latter part Of January
They commenced their mission by holding scices in
According 10 The Boston Congregatonalist
the Rev ID. Bevan is likely to be called to the Brick
Presbyterian Church, ON Murray Hill. and VIII probably
accept the call.
A proclamation has been recently issued by
the Sultan Of Zanzibar fOriddlng the passage through
his territory laye caravans their way TO the sonau
cO8st.
Only one-quarter Of the $50 Baptist churches
iu tue state OF N6w-YOrl have contributed TO the HGme
Mission Society OF tho Church during the fiscal VOC
le75-lo76.
Two chapes for tie use of the Summer
visitors are to he built at Rye Beach, n H. one
is to be a Protestant Episcopal, and the other
Union chapel -.
One hundred and thirty Mennonite families,
recently from Russia have settled in the neghborhood
of Mountain Lake Cottonwood County, Mimi Among
the number are five preachers.
On Palm Sunday april 81 between eighty
and ninety Roman Catholic Churches twenty-five OF them
IN the diocese Of NewYOrk, were supplied with real
palms. They obtained IRON Charleston :. =.
The Alumni of Princeton Theological Semi
nary viii hold their annual meeting Aprn 20 large
attendance Is aniiGpted Papers VIII be read reviewing
the woik OF the seminary during It's entire history
1t is announced that the Rev. A. {. Kilt
redge of the Third Presbyterian Church OF Chicago has
received call 20 the church Madson-aye and fhty
seyenh-st, of which the Rev. DE- Ganse was formerly
pastor. d, ,
Bethany College, in Western Virginia, founded
by Alexander Campbell likely to be lost TO the Chris
tian denomination for want OF means TO meet claim OF
$4,000 against it, strong appeal for help Is maze TO
Its alumni and friends.
Az the meeting of the PIesbyteIy of Louis
VILE KY, April g. a committee was appointed TO devife
system coporage for the distribution OF the works
of the Presbyterian Board OF Publication i'll the noun
tain districts OF tue State
II is stated that the Centennial Commission
has gwen TO the Pennsylvania Bible Society the right to
build Bible Pavilion in the Centennial Exhibition
grounds for the purpose OF circulating the Scriptures III
AL tae languages wnich Will be represented al inc IN
LibitOn.
The annual convention of the Hebrew Board
OF Delegates win be held in the rooms OF the Young
Mems Hebrew Association, Philadelphia, on Sunday
MAY 2I The Board organized in 1893. The congie
cations thfOuguOu the country VIII eject theH ueieS"0S
tnis month.
The Chinese chapel at Virginia City, which
was destroyed great fire of last October IS TO Dc
rebuilt the money having been given for the purpose
A n,ht school for Chinese is to be connected with the
MISSION, which Is under the care OF the froVes'dh' EI
copal Church.
The thirty-sev enth session of the English OId
Testament Revision Company WAC held March "A. The
revisers took into consideration the suggestions OF the
American Committee upon the book OF Deuteronomy,
and carried revision OF Jeremiah as lar as he %s
verse Vi the alta chapter
According to the English Baptist Handbook
for 1876 the statistics denomination in England
are as follows Churches, 1920 chapes 3,54 pastors
In charge 1857; members, 263i29; ounday-schoot
sch lars, 372.242 These figures show an increase OF
S.75l members and 2O,3lS SCHOLARS
The Christian ColpOrtage Association OF
England dulns 1872 SOLD ny means OF its cOrporemS
57l2 Bibles 10000 books and $4,000 periodicals Nine
tenths Of this printed matter sold to poor persons
principally at fairs markets and in publo-nouseS Inc
Society now employs % cOpOrleuis.
The visitation of the towns of Maine 10y
delegates from the Young Mems Christian Association
stil going on aud will continued through the month
OF MAY. More than 700 persons have been led through
tails agency TO enter upon Cris,iau me- Dste' Oon
yontiOns VIII be neld during tne summer.
1t is stated that the King of Ashantee has
written to the English Weseyans, requesting tnen to re-
sumo their Mission aseomassie, his capital One OF the
Wesleyan missionaries in Western Africa To go TO Coo
masse to make the necessary Arrangements The climate
OF the is said to be much healthier for Europeans
than that OF the coast.
The second annual meeting of the Michigan
Unitarian Conference began Kalamazoo April A. Tae
opening sermon was preached by the Rev Brooke Her
ford of Chicago upon The Christ OF the Gospend tie
Christ Of tire cTeeds Upon tie second day OF the $50
sion addresses were delivered upon T4s Pres'y Office
The subscription III Great Britain for the
endowment fluid the proposed Bishoprc of Cornwall
now amounts 30 a11 900 TIE necessary for the
dowment rs $4,000 Since 1910, sl52,oO0 have been
raised in Cornwall tor the building and restoration OF
Anglican churches, and lSl such churches nave been
either built or restored durng this time
The Church of England is making arrange
rnents to send missionary expedition TO LAKE Nyassa
similar the Scottish mission expedition now az the
lake. hpat for the navigation Of the lake is partly
built, and a medical missionary and some mechanics
have been engaged The entire amount of money needed
for the expedition has not yet been subscribed
The receipts Of the Dutch Reformed Foreign
Mission Board to April were $45,552 The Board will
need $24 800 additional by the I'd OF May in order to
meet the appropriations Of the fiscal year. which
amount $4,000. The receipts OF the American Bible
Society for March we're and for the year up to
Ma eli 81 1927, l9s. The volumes issued TO the
same date were 6o4,4-S
The Philadelphia Conference of the MethO-
dist Episcopal Church upon the last day of it's session.
April g. passed a series Of resolutions upon the obsery-
ance Of the Sabbath In these the Conference expressed
its approval of the Sunday closing Of the Centennial Ex-
hibition and condemned the Sunday exhibitions Of the
Philadelphia loOiogleal Gardens and ths rulhlh2 Oh
There are in Boston seven churches for
coored people four Baptist and three Methodist Dis
sessions have arisen in the Joy Street Baptist Church.
which have led TO the withdrawal Of portion Of the
members and the formation Of q new body. The Joy
Street Church was founded in 1sOSe In the days OF
slavery il the great gathering place OF the coiorcd
R Rs Of the city, ana S"' ''''H 'AD'D '
The tombstone to the memory OF the daugh-
Ter OF the Rev Mr Keet Wesleyan minister, has been
finally placed in the parish ehurchyard Owson Ferry,
England The public fund for the payment OF the legal
expenses of defendant in the other noted eceleas
teal suit which has just besn settled, that OF jenkins
agt Cook" now exceeds 200 Mr.. jenkins. the plain
tia has issued request Tor public subscriptions toward
his expenses.
In the go lighthouses and % lightships of
the United States provision has been made by tie
Government TO furnish keepers and their families