The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-11-15
School and Church.


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School and Church.
Seven years ago Methodism was
first introduced into the dOminions of
Brigham Young. Now there are six
Methodist churches and 10 Sunday
schools in Utah. .... ...... ... ...
If the Northern and Southern Pres
byterian churches were united, the sum
total of members would be 670,124. In
1861, when they parted, the total num-
Der of members in the united body was
300,S14. .n.-..
Archbishop Purcell of Cincinnati
says that the negro children in the South
might, and should be, gathered into the
Roman Catholic Church. He recon-
mends the establishment of Roman
Catholic schools for them. .
On Sunday, Nov. 3, the MethOdiSts
of New York celebrated the 1llth ami
versary of their first church service in
this country. The Bible used by Philip
Embury on the occasion of the dedica-
ton of the first church in 176S was ex-
hibited, and created no little attention
at the anniversary exercises e
Denver City rejoices in a religious
sensation growing out of the withdraw
al from the Episcopal Church, of the
Rev. William Gill, and his adhesion to
the Reformed Episcopal. The CORE
spondence between him and Bishop
Spalding, previous to the withdrawal,
is of rather tart character.
The London branch of the Mormon
hoe pl
ders, A priests, 20 teachers, 81 deacons,
and 891 lay members. The reports
from this country touching affairs in
Utah have greatly retarded the move
ments of the Mormon missionaries in
foreign lands.
The Cinnamon in San Francisco
have their religious trial-that of
the Rev. Swang Bung, for heresy. He
characterized his neighbors' joss as a
horse-thief This excited the leaders of
the abused congregation, and, amid loud
explosions of fire-crackerS and bombs,
the Rev. Swang Bung has been suspend
ed from the ministry.
The Roman Catholic hierarchy to
be re-established in Scotland by the
Pope, will, it is anticipated, consist of an
Archbishop and five Bishops. The
Archbishop of St. Andrews will have
his residence in Edinburgh, the sufl'ra-
gan sees will be Aberdeen, LismOre,
Glasgow, and Moray. The. Catholic
population of Scotland is about one
tenth of the whole.
The General Assembly of the Pres
byterian Church South has squarely
condemned all kinds of dancing. One
of the resolutions says: sc Some forms
of this amusement are more mischievouS
than others, the round dance than the
square, the public ball than the private
party, but none of them are good, but
all are evil and should be discountenanc-
ed, and we affectionately urge all our
Christian parents not to send their chill
dren to dancing-schools, where they ac-
quire fondness and an aptitude for the
dangerous amusement"
The latest religious wrinkle in To-
ronto is the holding of g full dress pray
er meetings." They take place twice
week at the houses of the weather.
members of st. James Church. The
guests come in full evening costume.
For about an hour the parlors are vocal
with prayer and praise, after which cake
and conversation are introduced. The
meetings are said to be exceedingly
penteei. The Rev. Mr. Rainsford, who
was last summer conspicuous at the
Tying Gospel Tent in this city, is credit
ed with being the originator of this novel
STYLE of religious service.