The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-16
p,,-,cIoUS NEWs

As the rasp1+ If the interest created III
Chicago Inv NJ noody's preaching, the
churches of 4Lat city are receiving large
accessions to their members. On a re-
cent Sunday the first Presbyterian Oh
which the Rev. A. E. kittridge Is pas
tor, added to IS roll of members one
hundred and sixty-one persons. Tins Is
but one instance. Churches oil other
denominations show like signs OF pros
perity. i
The Question whether the basis OF
fraternity adopted by the northern ana
southern joint commissions last summer
and which was oacceptable in the north,
would be eouslly acceptable in the
south, is by this time definitely settled |
The southern conferences, as they sue
cessively meet, express approval with
great unaniuity. The North Georgia
conference declares It's "protol nd graft
tude to God for endowing His servants
the Commissioners with wisdom to for
mulate the existing sentiments of
fraternity in language at once honorable
to both churches and acceptable to tins
conference"
The clergy of Prussia have a social
duty imposed on them which Is peculiar
to that Kingdom 1t is that of reconcile
iation, if PRACTICABLE, of parties who con-
template applying to the courts for di-
vorce. Every demand of legal divorce
must be PRECEDED by an appeal to this
peace tribunal. The law on this subject
dates from 1874, and has been practical
success. In the seven old Prussian pro-
vinces, which have a population of H.
coo. 600, there was in 1873 1925 couples
that desired separation; in 1874 there
were 7430. In 1873 there were, out of
the whole number, 1929 couples recon-
ciled; in 1874, 2GSS. These reconcilia-
tions appear to be mostly permanent; in
1873 only about six hundred couples APP
peared before clergymen for the second
time III 1874, about five hundred. In
every case the parties first appear sep
arately before the clergyman, and after
ward together.
Mr. Lewis E. Jackson, who has for
years given close attention to the relig-
ious statistics OF New York. has com
piled the following table: The Baptists
Of the city number thr;y-nine churches
and l., 35l communicates; tho Consrega-
tioualists, five churches and 1906 COM
munican,s the Episcopal Mcthodists,
fifty churches and 10, COS COMMITMENTS;
the Protestant Episcopaliars. sixty
churches an l656S COMMITMENTS; the
Presbyterians, forty churche- and II, 1914
COMMITMENTS the Reformed DUTCH,
fourteen churches and 5299 communi-
cants Missions, and other protestant
churches represent about 5000 COM
municauts. There are IN New York
three hundred and ninety-six protestant
churches and missions The protestant
population OF inc city hardly exceeds
800, 900.
The progress Of christianity in India
receives a fresh illustration in the fact
that the Methodist Episcopal church
has organized there a second conference,
the south Indian. II consists of twenty
four preachers, and takes in both Bonn
bay and Calcutta The public meetings
of the conference, held at Bombay in
November, were attended by Hindo0s
Parsees, Nohammed9us, and christians
a religious body not much known, but
very active, is nc .seprcll Of the seventh
day adyentists. They have at Battle
Greek, Michigan, publishing house
college, and health reform institution
Another publishing house Is located at
Oakland, California In circulating the
issues of their press the adventists dis
play an unusual degree of energy.
Bishop Whipple, in a letter to the
Churchman OF January l3, complains Of
our new treaty with the Sioux Indians
as a fragrant breach of national faith
Being member of the Sioux commits
sion, he speaks with authority. The chief
points of the new compact are, that.
when placed on their reservation, these
Indians shall labor or have no govern
ment rations, that each one who com
plies with the necessary conditions shall
have title to his land, and that they
shall be governed by the laws of the
United States. The bishop charges the
last Indian war to our own disregard OF
our promises. We make treaties only
to break them at pleasure. Sitting Bull
was not included in the agreements of 1858,
but might have been kept peaceful had
therenot been great laundering. DIR
Whipple, whose whole heart is enlisted for
theIndians, thus concludes Ihis story
"The peacepolicywould have been q per
feet success if the system had been reform
ed. Even without government, without
law, without personal protection in prop
erty and life, it has done more than was
done in any previous period of our
history. One thing l beg of all christian
men to pray God to incline the heart
of the nation to deal rightsously with
the scattered remnant of the Indian ma
tons under their charge. ask breth-
rem in the ministry to preach such a
revival as the old prophets preached, 'to
undo the bands of wickedness.'
OF the 10000 Chinese in San Fran
cisco, about seven hundred! and fifty at
tend the evening mission schools. Three
hundred have joined churches. Seven
hundred are members of christian
societies aud are studying christian
doctrines. Nearly 1000 regularly attend
sunday school.
CINE BIRDS or CILIFORN1I.
About the first thing noticed by an
'astern sportsman upon arriving at San
Francisco during the season allotted to
he pursuit of game is the immense
locks of ducks, teals and mergansers
which dot the surface of the bay in
very direction or fiji the air with the