, 1877-07-08

The English Qhakcrs are going to send two
missionaries to this country.
During the ldst ten years Presbyterian
churches have been established in Kansas ut the
rate Of one q month.
At least fifteen African Methodist Episcopal
Churches in Texas hare been burned by incen-
diaries during the current year.
The English company of New Testament re-
yiscrs are NOW engaged upon the second re-
vision of the Acts Of the Apostles.
II has been calculated that for every pound
sterling England spends III missions she receives
ten in trade, and 1t is believed the same ratio
will hold good i'll the Unitcd States.
St. Paul's American Episcopal Church in
| Rome has received IL carlton of twenty-thrcc
bells from Louyain, Belgium. and they were r,lng
for the first tune OIL the day Of the Popc's
jubilee.
The Rev. c. E. Hodson q naval chaplain, the
| Rev. F., F, Faggc, Vicar Of Aston Cuntlow, and
| tic Rev James A. P2o1a, rural curate, have
| scccded FROM the Church Of England and Joined
| the Church of Rome.
A bill las been introduced into Parliament
| providing fnr the erection OF four new Bishop
|; riics in England. The new Sees are for Liver
| pool, Southwell, Wakefield or Halifax, and New
Castle, These are in addition to four Bishop
| RIGS recently erected.
| The Wesleyan sunday-school onion Of Great
| Britain has issued H. very encouraging report Of
| Of scholars enrolled is 725,31a (an increase Of
Is coo for the ycar), OF whom GU, 600 are men,
| bers of the churches or OH trial. The teachers
| and officers number 1l3,533.
The Ir1sl, Presbyterian Church has mission
in India which, during the last three years, has
numbered about 100 conversions, Or as many us
| during the thirty previous years. Its field EN-
braces SIX principal and six branch stations at
/, which ten ordained European missionaries arc
| ]atorng There are more than l, ,700 scholars III
/ the mission SCHOOLS.
There arc 10000 Teton Indians and about
| 12 OuO Mautlans wl.o live in Standing Rock re-
riun, and who are exceedingly dcsirous that
| Catholic ministers shall be sent them. One or
| the former, sent by Sitting Bull, Travelled 700
| miles to Duluth, Mimi. to request that the Rev.
| j, B. N. tiuiu should visit them OR send some
| one else in his stead.
| pilgrimage Tor France. It will halt ut Paray le
| Monial, Nutrc Dame in Paris, Argcntcuil, Is
| soutloun, Lourdes, Toulouse. Lyons, and Mar
| settles. Its object is to promote Catholic
brotherhood or reunion of the Militia of Jesus
Christ. It's members will wear the badge,
| namely, tile white metal cross, of those who
i serve n the Catholic Crusade.
The Bible Christians are a Methodist body
found in the Dominion OF Canada and Grent
| Britain, but notin the United States. The
/ Canada Conference, recently in session, report
cd the following statistics: Eighty-onc itnerant
ministers, l97 lay preaeher's' 3'' : ls3 churches, 10
other preaching places, ,'93 church ne members
1854 Sablatil-school teachers. and $50 schol-
| ars. Increase in church membership over last
years, $50.
| The co1ore} Presbyterian Church at Macon.
| RI i in .onncrtit,n with the Northern Presby.
| t.ri'an Church hut tnu Southern Presbyterian
| congregation {white), Of Macon, of which the
nv ~ CIisby is pastor, to show its Christian
! Fellowship. rave them II lot and some of tue