New-York tribune., 1877-08-04
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

vices OF the Round Lake SuhdaS -schooi 'onsie'' o
The English House of Commons has refused
by vote of 2O4 to I43 abolish church rates In Scot
land
The London Tablet of July 21 says that
"the runors concerning the reported ihealth OF the
Pope are without foundation.
The Connogatioanlist takes much pains to
prove that President Seeye of Amherst College does not
hold 10 Menarsoni.
The Moravan Missionary Ship Harmony,
left London for its annual voyage to Labrador on June
26. This ship makes tour OF the coast stopping at all
the Missionary stations.
1t was stated, ut one Of the recently held
Temperance Camp Meetings. that onC-dfth OF the popu-
a,on of New-Hampshrc, and one third Of the voters
have signed the temperance pledge
The life of the late DR.. Wilson of Bombay,
of the distinguished scoth missionaries of India
has been written by DR.. Dun. the we-known Scotch
missionary. and will shortly be published
Since the commencement OF their task, the
English revscrs of the oid Testament have held forty
five each of several days duration They have
gone far a. joel, lst chapter, 1th verse
The eighth annual Convention of the Young
Men's Christian Association of Indiana will he held al
Indianapolis. August 1919. The state sunday School
Convention ga vii! he held at Athens, August 2l
20.
Lieutenant l.. y. Young OF the British Royal
Navy vino conducted successfully the mission exped
ton 10 Lake Nyassl, II now Wtlhk au account vi TIC
Journey and the settlement OF Lyinestonla, the new
mssiOu station
The Clerical Insurance Society, just formed
by Episcopal Ministers of tic diocese OF Mas
sachusetts limits membership TO persons under ory-hye
years Of age ANY one OF the insured may aitertweny
years. draw out his insurance, II needed as pro
vision iOr old age.
Mr.. SpurgeOn has sent out two evlngelsts
from his Pastors Training College" to maHe tour
through the United Kingdom. they began at Dubln.
where they preached TO large audiences IN the Metropo
ifan Hall A hree-yeeks' united service was recently
begun ia Dublin
The English Presbytrrius propose to put
up two churches oxford and Cambridge, cost not
less than SO, 600 Thc scotch churches asked to
help Oh the ground that Scotch Presbyteans students
found in The two Universities. THcre IL also
gesion OF the erection OF Il Presbyterian College at OK
IOrd
The death is announced of the Rev. Joseph
Caldwell. who has IL missionary Of the Reformed
Pre- teriau Church Northern India for nearly forty
years. lie died at station On the Himalaya Noun
tains. May go. Mr.. Caldwell noted for his very
extensive knowledge Of the yerAacdlar languages OF
India.
The journals of the Convention Of the Prot
estan Episcopal Diocese OF Albany just issued gives
the following statistics 1O3 Priests; i Deacons !;
Combinations during the year. loG5 COMMITMENTS.
slS5,27s
A Methodist Missionary Convention for the
Milwaukee District, WISCONSIN, held for two days
Milwaukee, beginning Juy 80. The topics discussed
were The Relation Of sunday TO the Missionary
Cause" Is the Omnibus Collection Desirable 20 THE
Cause Of Missions N Nominlly Christian Countries, etc.
Bishop Merrill presided.
The Annual Camp Meeting at Lake Bluff,
near Chicago. opened with clss-leaders Convention
The topics discussed THE suhPasorate, its Ma
uIre and Duties, and its relation Ia the Itucraucy;"
he rcla Of ia a. sut-
torate etc" Among the preachers announced were
Bishops Merrill, Harris OF tIe Methodist Episcopal
Church, and Cheney OF the Reformed Episcopal Church
The New Hampshire Bible Society, whose
annual report for s7G77 has us appeared, has been in
s1ty-s& years. In that time the total receipts
have s2jGOG for tie past year the receipts
$G533 Daring 1876, eighty nine towns canyassed
and 1854 families visited In this State the county
sanzat0ns we'll maintained; bequest of $1,000 Is
still before The courts for settlement.
The Calcutta Alahommedans have appealed
to their fellow subjects OF all crecds for contributions to
aid the sick and wounded Turkish soldiers. one Ma
wab has subscribed 2l 900 rupees this fund 50
Christians a0d Hndoos have not responded to the az
peal Teegraus concerning the progress Of the
read IA tt mosques ~ calcutta aud the Ec~s o IdrAis
successes Is received with demonstrations o. joy.
At Il recent meeting of the Royal Geographic
cal society OF England resolution unanimously
adopted, declaring the "sats.action with which .be
meeting viewed the cohtuuOus aud earnest cJTs OF the
scN'idl ssiVh"i! 9oSe'o' ~ i"'o"hH ia INC i"'lh-Va
o. LIVINGSTONE 70 spread tne hunai1iAs innneH'' 'i
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In1in ror.Wr,d,l@ tl 1fric,n ,"'o'. a.
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and the Rev :. Rogers, the Louon Missionary ~oclc-
ty aud their families returning home from Mada-
e4scar on the steamer CA,huete 9f Ge British inJia
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