New-York tribune., 1876-02-26
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

| numbers 4,s13 persons.
| The churches connected with the Troy fres-
bytery have of 5s4 members this winter
| conference of the Roman Catholic bishops
of Germany Ia to be held at Fuda durDs the month OF
| April.
The movement in England to make Corn
wall an Episcopal see Is likely 10 succeed An ehdo"-
| inent of FL, 900 year ia already offered
The Rev. DIR. John w. Neyin, President OF
Franklin College Lancaster PENN and for years leader
in the German Reformed Church of this country mas re
| signed his Office
The proposition has been made in the PROT
estant Episcopal Church to erect Centennial monument
| IN Fairlnount Park ~ Bishop White ihe pfoecs win
| probably he carried out
church capable Of seating 600 persons ls
being built In Boston by the Italian Catholics IL IN 10
be dedicated to St. Leonard of Port Maurice, an Italian
saint OF the last century . -.
large Methodist Episcopal Church in Balti-
moro WAS dedicated by B hops Ames and Simpson feD
90 The body of the church win sest 1900 persons IL
| was erected at a cost OF SOo,Ooo.
Mr.. George Muller of the Bristol Orphan
Asylum has for several weeks been holding religious
services in Victoria Hail. Liverpool He Is 70 be sue
ceeded in March by the Rev. A. ~ somerviie OF oiseo"
| The WESLEYAN Missionary Society of England
ia organizing party " visit the MISSIONS IN Paris Man
| Florence Naples and Rome. The tourists, who are
friends OF the Society will start during the latter part Oh
| March
| The revival in Princeton College has affected
hye-sixths OF the students Religious meeih-s are MAIN
tancd by the students themselves aid mas Also Oeen
Snareh SSrs% " D''""'''"'N '
The Baptlst Memorial Church of Philadelphia
was opened Feb. 81 Tne building, which STANDS at inc
corner of B.oad and Mastersts was begun In IS4 III
has cost about $4,000 aud of green stone, with light
| stone trimmings.
Prof. Schem, orc of the best of American
writer's on Statistics, estimates the number OF tAe popu
iaou Of the globe under the government of Christian
rulers to be 6S5.A59,4l1 and the number uhuer non
| Christian rulers al : IL ,j52,Joo
The February meeting OF the Executive
Committee Of the Baptist Missionary Convention OF tins
state was held Feb. Il. The new applications for ad
were acted upon as the treasury Is already over
drawn 10 tine amount Of $1,000
The annual meeting of the Troy Presbytery
began In the First Presbyterian Church of that CITY, Fen
| 81 The Rev. DR.. Robinson was chosen Moderator
Among e questions brought before the Presbytcry was
| that OF the taxation Of church property.
The American Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Msslons sent the Rev Myron W. PnkeIton
to establish mission Ia tbs Interior Of Africa at point
| 200 miles beyond the Zulu Mission station. NJ Pnker
| ton will take party oi Christian Znlus with nm
The prcsbytcry of San Francisco has granted
the request OF the Rev Dr. CunnnShan to form new
church Dr. Cunningham resigned the pasiorate oi the
Tabernacle Church some months His proposal to
r-tub a an Litipn has excited hucu dlscussio
The Rev Judson Smith. Professor OF Church
History in the TucJlo cll Department OF ooerlin Co.
| ege ONO has been elected Principal Of VIII ton Semi
nary Eistnanpton. Mass in place OF the Rev Dr. Ken
shaw resigned. 1he Principal is graduate OF W-
| stOn.
! A UIugenOt Church has been organized IN the
neshborhoud 81 srylcr, ONO. The members are ffo'l
the southeastern part of France some OF them having
emgra;cd b. the Und states recently and others yea.
GyIcry
| Mr.. George Smith of the British Museum has
at eth succeeded ia obtaining Official permission
from the sultan OF Turkey 20 continue Ills explorations
AT Nincyeh. no has turned 10 London from Constin-
unope and - uAAins tie necessary preparations foF
| his ,np
The union of the English Presbyterian and
the United Frcs5y ytcran Churches OF England to be
celebrated Lycrpoo in May Itis reported that 10"
| gentleman ia tho NORTH intends to give the sum Of
900 ior church extension iu.d 40 his share Of the
The Week of Prayer, besides being extern
siyey obscr cd IN In gland, also observed IN Berlin
Ham .ure Vienna, Prague Amsterdam, and Christian
stait t-wcdeu) It Is universally observed In the foreign
mission II ions established by Tie American aud English
| Lyau~ ~clyd chGrchcs.
The formation of the Union Evangelical"
Church near Cincinnati. Of which the Rev W. C. McCune
l. the pastor, has excited some controversy The Rev
d. Thotuas H. Skinner claims that 1t II designed as the
beginning Of am INSTRUMENTATION denomination" aud
| s therefore to be rclrVbdtrd
The Legislature of the Isle OF Man has
passed liquor Law, Of the provisions OF which is that
any liquor-stllcr who continues to sell liquor TO an
| hahtuul druuAard after having received written
notice from bis wife children not TO do SO, snail be
| hAb.C to q NEe not exceeding AlO
| The Bishop of Olinda, Brazil, is reported to
he unwilling to yscate his see as settlement OF the &c
clesasticd difficulties between that country aud che
Vatican The Bishop, who II now in Rome has proposed
compromise. which IS 10 be considered by the Papal
| secretary ior Ecclesiastical AiILiis-
Tho Itlplist Church Extension Committee
have determined aid the Fifythrd Street Church. In
this city They propose raise sI2 000 thereby
ducing the mortgage on the property To $4,000 The
church viii then DE transferred to the Committee until it
| ID able 10 assume the s37 900 mortgage
| In connection with the Christian dcnomina-
ton In tn, country there Is Systematic benehcence
Society" members OF which agree set aside regu
lar portion of their incomes for benevolent objects The
headquarters the society which has been existence
| siN years. is AT Birmingham, Connecticut.
The sixticth anniversary of the Sunday
school connected with the Presbyterian Church Of
Albany celebrated Sunday Feb 20 Tuis is one OF
the three oldest Sunday schools in the city all Of which
were started 1916. When rst opened tIe school had
only sN schoais II has now upon ito rolls O2 solats
A meeting of the Young Mems Catholic
Union OF NewYork City is to be held March - to make
arrangements for attending the National Convention Of
Young Meu's Catholic Associations which is to be held IN
PhiIade phia, July l. At the annual meeting Of the
! Union which neld Feb H. the Rev John j. keane
| elected President.
The third annual meeting of the Catholic
Union of Ireland held IN Dubu. jan % the Presi-
dent OF the Union the Earl OF Grunar, being the
chair. An address delivered by Cardinal Cullen.
Resolutions passed to petition Parliament for the
mpruNemcut the primary oudtTy, and her cdu-
| cation of Roman Catholics IN Ire and
new method of preaching to the poor is
bens tried IN Philadelphia. house has been built
Meryine-st, near Diamond, where Sunday morning