The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-03-16
CHURCHES AND MINISTER'S.

THE Alabama Baptiss are engaged IN
AN earnest effort to cndOw Howard col
Icge at Marion,
A GRAND gathering Of English, Ger
man and Swiss Protcstants is contcm-
plated to be hcldin Gcneya,in the spring.
THE general conference Of the Original
FrccwilI Baptists, of North Carolina,
contains 50 churches, 80 ministers and
$500 members.
THE largest salary paid a preacher in
New York city is to DR., Morgan Dix,
$4,000 a year, and Drs, Chaplin and
Hall get SIO 1000 each,
BisllOp MARvlN on. f. Church
South) has consented to write the life Of
Bishop Andrew, and wishes to collect
letters written by him.
THE republic Of Costa Rica grants re-
ligiOus liberty to all scots and religions,
II has q population Of l,OOO,OOO inhabi-
tants, and but one Protestant minister
in all the land,
NINE Methodist missionaries are under
appointment for foreign fields, and will
shortly sail for their respective missions.
One goes to America, II to Bulgaria,
four will Join the Bombay, Bengal and
Madras missions, and two are for the
India mission,
THE London Times has Il letter from
Constantinoplc, which gives the details
Of great suffering among the American
christians from the cruelty of the Tur-
kish rulers, and the unrestrnincd rapinc
Of the Koords, Many Of the christians
are protesting conversion to Islamism, in
the hope Of escaping oppression.
FOREIGN exchanges report r~cyivals in
the west Of Ireland, were 800 persons
have protested conversion; in Australia,
where the wonderful stories come that
/ 200 bavc been lately converted; and in
the eastern part of England, under the
preaching ofthe Rev. Mr.. Henry Marley,
who was in this countrylast winter.
THE opinion prevails in certain quar-.
tors in England, that the Jews, with the
RothchiIds at the head, propose purchas-
ing the Holy Land OF Turkey, with a
view of going there in a body. With
many, the restoration of the Jews to the
land Of their fathers is regarded as an
event indicated by the finger Of pro-
phccy.
POpE PIUs has been setting u common
dabIc example to philanthropists by
building Il number of tenement houses
for poor people in Rome. Each house is
divided into thirty-twO convenient, COM
Portable, well ventilated lodgings Of two,
three or four rooms, each compartment
having II kitchen, and all rented at u
moderate rate.
THF North Carolina conference of the
Methodist Protestant church has refused
by two to one to cOnCur in the proposed
convention Of 1877, which has been
called for the purpose Of consummating
the union between the Methodist Pro-
tCstant and the Methodist churches.
These two non.cpiscopaI bodies were
separated by the late war.
QUITE Il business indulgence was going
on during December, in Spain. For the
cheap price of three reals (iorty ccnts)
pardon was granted for all past sins and
for those of 1876. The indulgenccs are
printed in antique style, and 90 by the
name of buldas. The pains RENTED are
those of purgatory. A discount Of thir-
ty-thrcc per cent. il allowed on indul-
gcnCcs for the dead.
The baptist Year Book for 1876, is
out. 1t gives reports from 925 ~as,ocia.
tions in the United States, in which
there are 2l,22j churches, with 1917
ordained ministers, and l%,5lj,3OO mem
bers. During the past year, 1851 were
added by baptism, Probably the statiS-
ties Of about 1000 churches are not in
cludcd in this exhibit, as no reports were
received from some 800 associations.
ACCORDING to the hest and latest 10
man Catholic authority, SadIicr's Ro-
man Catholic directory for 1876, the
Catholic church has in the United
States one cardinal-archhishop ten other
archbishops, fifty bishops, five thousand
and sevcnty-tour priests, six thousand
five hundred and twcnty-cight churches,
chapcls and stations, where mass is rcgu-
larly said, and a Roman Catholic popu-
latiOn of about six million.
DIR. MITCHELL estimates the Protcs.
tant converts gathered in India during
1874 ut 1000, with 5000 more in Bur
nah and Ceylon. The chief progress has
been among the aborigines, especially the
kolS and Santals. Among the more
prominent conversions to Christianity
have been those of Il prince and two
princesses in Travancorc. And among
the khaSsias of Sylhct, in northern
India, the Welsh Calvanistic Methodists
have labored with much success.
THE great Sunday school at Stockport,
England, i. famous everywhere. Its last
report showsin its main school three hun
dred and one teachers and three thou
sand six hundred and fourteen scholars.
Including four branch schools, the total
membership is five hundred and twenty
four teachers and three thousand seven
hundred and two scholars. Since this
school was founded four thousand nine
hundred and n%incty-two teachers and
cighty-ninc thousand three hundred and
twenty-fOur scholars have been enrolled
in its membership.
PROF. SCHEM, of the Methodist Re-
view, publishes the following figures:
Total population of the earth, 1896, Si2,-
900; under christian government, $685.
I59,4ll; under non christian govern
mcnts III 3S2,jS9; total area of the
earth by square miles, 52,O63, 40; area
of christian governments, 32,Il9,9l5;
area of non-christian lands, 1862, sos.
According to Prof. Schem, nearly two
thirds 0fthe christian states Of the world,
as estimated by population, are under
Protestant rule, or the general sentiment
of the people in them is favorable to
Professionalism.