Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26
Religious Intelligence.

Religions Intelligence.
The. Moravians have fourteen con-
gFegatlons in Jamaica, W. l., with
4,8OS communlcants.
The report of the state Of religion
made before the Baptist Convention
brought out the fact that the additions
to the Baptist Churches of Maine dur.
Ing the past year have been greater
than In any year since 1853.
Rev. Benjamin Labaree, the we'll.
known American missionary in Persia,
reports that great revival has swept
through the churches there, such as has
never before been known since mis-.
sionaTies were sent 10 that country.
The work has been conducted princi-
pally by tho native preachers.
A correspondent OF lions Herald
writes: "The attempt TO hold District
Conferences in New England is q fail
ure. In small districts, with fifteen or
twenty appointments, with travelling
facilities for going early and late tv
and from the seat Of the Conferences,
they may be sustained, but not In dis
tricts having forty or City charges"
Statistics Of the three provinces of
the MorAvian Church for 1876 show q
total of 1886 members. This is ex-
elusive OF the "Diaspora and the For
eign Mission" The German Provinces
consist Of 26 churches and 7,79l mem
bers the British Province contains 40
churches and 5,l72 members; the
American Province contains rs church.
es aud l6,0S0 members.
According to the Chinese Recorder,
there are elk missionary societies ope-
rating In Pekin, which was first oc-
cupied as a missionary station by the
London Society In 1861. The other
societies now represented there are the
Church Missionary, the American Pres.
byterian, the English Presbyterian, the
American Board, and the American
Methodist societies. The London has
the largest number oi membership.
The latest statistics Of the American
Baptist Missionary Union present 6
summary of 1873 missionaries under III
care In Asia, 8 being In Japan, 10 IN
China, Is among the Teloogoos in In
. dia, II in Assam, and "a In Burmah
In the same countries II has GAL NATIVE
/ preachers, 42S churches, with q, ,431
members. In Europe the Union hal
r stations In Sweden, Germany, France
j Spain aud Greece, and sustains 5 mis-
i sionaries, 956 native preachers, 79(
. churches, with 63, AS members.
r The missionaries In Madagascar
Z made the frat translation of the Blblt
n in Malagasy in 1885. In the rlsInI
s against Christianity which followed
o and which resulted In driving tn
n missionaries from.the country, nearl.
d oil these Bibles were destroyed; bu
d some were buried and thus preserves
y until the missionaries were permitte
C 10 return and resume their dutiet
e This Bible Is now being revised. Tn
work has been going on two year
aud is participated In by three mi
sionaries of the London, one Of Ii
Propagation of the Gospel, one Of Ii
7 Quaker, and two Of the Norwegia
. Missionary Societies.
O The Roman Catholics arc maxim
}. special efforts just now for the convel
O sion of the Indians. They organized
}. two years ago, the Bureau OF Catholi
Q. Indian Missions, which appeals 10 th
ii faithful for funds aud publishes amt
:. ally accounts of the missions. Th
}. Catholic Review, in an editorial on lh
c. second annual report, says; "The n
m port also chronicles the increase whic
D. has been made in the number {
3. churches and schools among the Ii
4. dians during the four years since IL
IN Catholic Indian Bureau has been In e.
ID islcnce. In 1873 the church had onl
ia two boarding aud five day schoo
(. among them At present there al
1s eleven boarding schools, kept by ST.
ters of Charity, brothers, or by priest
If aud seventeen day schools, There al
o. also fllty-threc churches under success
30 iul administration, aud the total nun
M Der OF missionaries and teachers h
ne increased within two years from l.
Of to 1877"