, 1877-02-11


physically and otherwise qualified. but wanted
fa M9Ga aeked ath mor
willingness to work Hence we Waa III IL Poslt1on
RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY.
THE CHURCH IN GENERAL.
A rood Scotchman has counted the promises
in the Bible and finds the number TO be 10000,
anv one Of which is a heritage worth possessing,
but all may be ours.
Last Sunday Bishop F'a1lows received into St.
Paul's tRcformcD Episcopal Church thirty
three persons Most Of these came from the
Protestant Episcopal Church. There is another
large class ready for reception
"Watcl.-nisht ~ services. after the Methodist
pattern, have been adopted By the Anglican
churches i'll London known as d" advanced
Mr.. Spurgcon also held watch meeting in his
tabernacle on New-Year's Eve. 1twas attended
by great crowd.
The Secretary of the Presbyterian Board OF
Relief for Disabled Ministers states that - the
! poverty OF many Of the families aided By the
Board is so extreme that they sye Obliged to
| anticipate thoir appropriations In order to OBJ
| tain the bare nccessaries OF iilc'
Twcuty-two persons we're nd1Atted to full
membership in the Fourth Unitarian Church on
| Sunday last This little society, OF which the
Rev, j. 7. Sunderland is pastor, has grown Won
dcrfully since their removal to the new quar-
I tiers ut No. $50 Cottage Grove avenue.
Bishop Andrews is to preside at the annual
meeting OF the preachers Of the Methodist Epis-
| coual Mission Churches in Italy, to be held In
Rome, commencing March :: III T!fty persons were re
the ;. Military" Methodist Episcopal Church at
! Rome.
The CONGREGATIONAL Church has sixty-four
| pastors in tue State OF Vermont-one less than
| Inst wear. During the year six have been In
stalled and seven dismissed: Ihs a. l4ngest @ Z set
| Drake, who has entered Oh tho fortieth year Of
his pastorate at RoYaltop.
Dr. Dlackall has been engaged in collecting
and cs>Ilating the Baptist Statistics OF Illinois
for the use Vi the General Association. lie llus
made pretty thorough work Of It Il and Eye, as
SS4 churches, 6l,l6i members. He tells US
that Of these there arc 36,a34 males and =, S442
females.
| Mrs, Cady Stanton relates how she with other
ladies educated young man Tor tic frespJtc-
rian ministry, had given him new suit. bea-
ministerial garb, and, Of course, we're AL agos
to hear their protcge preach. Imagine their
dismay and disgust when the Young man an
es sS Sshtz r geu5 s net ksnR
unto them to speak,"
branch of the English Church Union having
adopted a resolution In relation to tue case OF
air. Tooth, in which it is declared that any
sentence Of itlAibtion pronounced by any court
| sitting under the Public Worship Regulation
at is spiritually null and void p and that any
| minister dlsrcgardi1ig such Inhibition Will pc
sustaiuednr the Church Union, Bishop Words
worth has written 4 letter disappearing OF sucf.
nositjou. He contends that the authority OF
tbc Crown over all elereynen Of the State
Church is unQuestionable.
4 lady giving IN account of Sunday schools In
| New York says that Mrs. Isabella Graham
sturtcd the first modern Sunday school IN New
York City at g." "treenwicll,'' and soon all tne
denominations had their own. IhcyWere called
church Schools and we're not, strictly speaking,
Sunday-schools. She thinks that the pupils
| were at first chiefly orph3ns Of the Revolution
ary War, aud were educated ~ t!ie various
| churches, and had their own cateclism6 and
church forms, observed some uniformity Of
dress, and were counted charity scholars.
Jerusalem contains about 5000 or 5000 Jews;
| there are more in North Africa than In Judea.
In Italy and Spain there are very lew. In Great
Britain they are IN the propoftloh % OF one ~
there are 1000: in Germany, including Alsace,
Lorraine and the Polish provinces. 81, ,0o0 in
Austria, 1,3si, Goo, one-third OF them occupying
Gailicia, Of whose population they Wlll oe ma
cTeasc. in Russia there arc 1s20 100; in the old
Kingdom Of Poland Jews are IS per cent Of the
po. -.,.:.i 49, a,,,o.,,o of ,e1r;no
mhe sanddstes S fer the M ministry
is regarded as a!l open question Is SHOWN ~ ~
publication the EyanGesai Eaqcn1oh. smnhia s1 q
hpsc9pai t9sine ., nnpsn xewt
which are two essays, 1ah1!'9 % opposi i n,5"s =
Thc question ls thus state4 noes !. 'eru ertsnt
destroy the a nanaea Ga ea' for Hoy oders
PseunRlafy RaG r no e Washh,1rn Of New YORK arcue
the the Rex 1sass GoGn the nesp
tive VI these essh5s' resented re v ali thc are
e that ''each Wf!tcs mas preseheeo al 'ns @As"
ments Oh Ills sde'"
E The Rev. 9. U. hehners ne" e1atSei Has,,, tn' -
Tompktns avenue Gonra.,9na, t e. cnsncrn,,s I'm
Brooky @ Is lenop TO pe made sstab
the faet that after .a Sx ons ,nnnths spcnt
searching Tor pas es t ,pnrtn inberent 9cfc
c discovering ana felnedylng t1o ltineteut uI!see
h in the church auditorium ana TOUT mouths us.
practical Tork tall ocinE ~ 1ery y1alv sa;