The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-01-19
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

ran churcn, OF Greenfield, Ohio, thu
other day -r
Rev A III Elder, late of McKeespors
Pa, has received call from the United
Presbyterian church of New Lisbon
Ohio. -..---.. ... 60. en- -
The Rev NJ Whitehead having clos
ed siX-year pastorate with North s al
church, Chicago, takes charge Of tht
church at South Belvidere, III.
/ Rev W 7 Clarke, recently editor O.
the Golden Age, and now on the New
York Graphic. retires from the Unitar
ian ministry, and will hencefortt
devote himself to literary pursuits. -
/ The official statistics of the Methodis,
Episcopal Church report the increase o.
members for the year at fl ,732, the to;a
being 1922 291. The number of chur
ehes is 15474, a decrease of 15S.
The resignation of DR. Asa D Smith, 4 !
the past eleven years President Of Dart
mouth College, whose rendered resigns
ton was once refused, has finally beer
accepted by the Board of Trustees.
/ Rev EP Hammond, having closed a
successful revival campaign in PhiladeI
phia, is now lahoring in Newburyport
Mass. Eight churches unite in the
meetings. which are veil attended. ~
Rev DR. Nevin Chaplain of the New
Episcopal Church in Rome, says The
tower is finished, and is singularly beau
tifpi. On recent Sunday there were
6O) to 500 Italians present at evening
PRAYER.
The first book ever printed in Pales
tine has just made it. appearance from
the-printing Office established by the
Rothschilds and Sir Moses Aontefiore in
Jerusalem. 1t is a work treating of the
Holy Land. <. saH p s-r 81
The Committee on Foreign Mission.
of the Protestant Episcopal Church have
published their Epiphany Statement
Appeal" to the bishops, the other clergy
and the laity of their church. They
will need $4,000 next year.
The Scotch Presbyferians have
taken up the question of temperance
with great vigor. The Edinburg Pres
bytery of the Established Church has re
quested clergymen upon the last Sun
day in December to preach against the
custom of drinking upon New Years
day.
The seating capacity of the Moody
and Sankey tabernacle at Boston has
been enlarged to accommodate 6oOC
persons, ins cad of GOO. Three choirs
of $50 members each, are to lead the
singing 1t is expected that the meet
ings viii be opened about january A.
Tue English revisers of the Old Testa
ment have held forty one sessions. They
have carried their revision as far as Eze
kiel Xiv. II. The English revisers O
the New Testament have held sixty-fve
sessions At their last meeting they
reached the sixth chapter of Hebrews
During the Centennial Exhibition
there were sold at the B be Pavilion
upon the Exhibition Grounds, 334 B.
bles, S,4S9 New Tes;aments, and Is 331
portions of the Bible. In addition t.
,hese sales % 600 copies we're distributed
of little book containing Scripture
in 164 languages.
The first religious newspaper issued
IN the United Seates was the Herald q
Gospel Liberty published at Portsmouth
n III, by Rev Elias Smith. 1t is nov
published for the Christian connection
at Dayton, o, and has a circulation o.
about 5000. Rev Jacob Shuey, who ha.
been its editor for twelve years now re-
tires.
The Standard Of Chicago Baptist saws
that the report Of 5000 converts gather
ed by Mr. Moody in that city is great
mistake. I'VE have heard" says thi;
paper, estimates Of 600. which is regard
ed by candid workers as too high" The
Standard places high estimate upon
the work of Mr. Moody in the Northwes.
aside from the direct result of additions
to the churches.
The International Sunday-school Les
sons ior 1877 viii differ from those o.
1876 in one respect. The change from
the Old Testament to the New will be
made once in six months, instead Of once
in three months. The Old Testament
lessons extend from the death of Solo.
mon to the final captivity of Isreal; the
New to the end Of the book of the Acts
of the Apostles. vsE .--'fzT % ~
The Methodist papers report that re-
Gently while travelling on the cars in
South Carolina, Rev Drs Cooke and Web
sier, of the Methodist Episcopal Church
were assaulted and insulted by members
of the rifle clubs. They were ordered
10 leave the State. DR. Cookies hat wa.
taken off his head and slammed over his
face, and it was by the greatest forbear-
ance that they saved their lives
Beginning with this month an import.
ant change will take place in the method
of supporting the Methodist Episcopal
bishops. For years they were supported
out Of the proceeds of the Book Con
cern; from 1872 to 1876, partly from
:hese proceeds and partly from the con-
tributions Of the people. After January
1877, the Book Concern will not pay any
money on their account beyond their
travelling expenses. An appeal has been
sent to the churches tosupply the neces
sary funds. -s..- ~. --
The Methodist have made steady pro-
}gress in Germany, writes = correspond.
ent, since they entered it, though they
had many dificu ties to encounter
They were met by hostility on all sides
bigotry and envy on the part Of the cler
gy, prosecutions, imprisonments. and
petty police regulations" During the
year there has been an increase of 9 min
listers, geo members, 81 churches, 3s
Sunday-schoo s, and 2O65 Sunday schoo
scholars, The whole number of mem
bers is 10224, who contributed during
the year $4,000. ts
The Independent. reviewing the re
ligious events Of 1916, says: The yea
1876. has been quie, and uneventfd
one. 1t has not been the misfortune O
religion to be mixed so largely will
questions of politics as in former years
and the topics which were excitedly dis
cussed year or two ago in the secula
press of America and Europe has passeC
from the domain Of controversy. Th'
churches have not, however, been idle
They have given increased attentionant
in the aggregate, larger means to th'