New-York tribune., 1877-06-02
RELIGIOUS INTELLIG ENCE.

Major Whitte will occupy the Boston Tab
ernacle Sunday evenings during tine month oI June
The Progressive Friends begin their yearly
meeting June T. The place is the usual one Lonswood,
Chester County, Penn.
Next Sunday, June 9, is the 50th anniver-
sary the Epscopatc Of Ne Pope. II Will he celebrated
with imposing ceremonies IN Rome.
The 1G7th anniversary of the death of John
Eliot the Apostle the Indians. observed in the
churches of Newton Mass, on sunday. May 20.
A Sunday-scloo Assembly to be held in the
Yosemite Valley. California, in 1879 is announced Dr.
j. H. Vincent the responsibility OF It's orsanza-
ton.
The PRESBYTERIAN ladies of Philadelphia have
undertaken to erect a surgical ward IN the dcnomina-
onal hospital % that city, Tie oi 81 600 FOR that
puruose las been contributed by Mrs. john A. Brown
The English Weslcyms have been increased
by 900 new members during the past year. This is
larger increase than they haye reported for some years
past Their Foreign Mission society report, lne addi-
ton OF 5000 now members at the mission stations
Another Methodist Episcopal minister in
Brooklyn has changed his church relations. The Rev.
Thomas r. scer has accepted call TO the Park Congrc
gatioua Church OF that city MI sicer IA the son Of the
Rev. Henry scer, famous preacher ~nIong Methodsts
OF the last gcneraton
Mcssrs Moody and Sankey's last service in
the Boston Tabernacle was held on Nay 20. There
was social reunion OF the choir and The ushers on
Saturday evening, May 90, at which Mr. Moody
present About 1000 persons attended the reunion.
Major Whte OF Chicago is 10 preach III the Tabernacle
every sunday evening during June.
The seventh annual report Of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society Of the Presbyterian Church.
Just issued pamphlet form states that so missionaries
and 1I7 Bibe-readcs and native teachers employed
in IFS service Three hundred and fortyseven scholars
and scholarships individually supported l0l schools
taught by assistants. The missions Of the
cicty are ~ India, SIAM emma Japan, Pcfsia SYRIA
Africa, and North and South America.
The Foreign Mission Committee of the South
crn Presbyterian Assembly Ga,ey in session at New
Orlean reported the receipts TO be for the past year
S55I21; tie receipts Of the sustcntation fund were
$9Is7 Eighteen presbytercs reported missions to the
freedmen within their bounds there also theologi-
cal school for colored Tuscaloosa, Ala The Pub
hcaton Board is embarrassed Tor want of funds Tnc
next session Of the Assembly will be held at Knoxville,
Tenn.
At the recent session of the General Confer
ence Of the Church OF the United Brethren. held IN West
field Ill., the Rev. Messs. j. j. Glossbrenner j. Weaver,
j. Dickson NJ Wright and n. Castle elected bi,h-
ops The first three had previously held the Office The
Rev j. W. Hott elected editor of The Telescope, the
OF the Church, published at Dayton, Oho; the
Rev. W j. rhuey was chosen flnancai Manager OF me
Publishing Housc, and the Rev. d. h. Ficknger. Nils
slonaTy secretary.
The boards of the Reformed Dutch Church
in charge Of its missionary and other charitable work
have closed the fiscal year ending in May satisfactorily
The Domestic Mission Board received $50 900 for
general purposes and s. 600 for the chuIch-bullding
fund. F0rforeign missions SjS000 has been obtained
from all The total Of contributions to missions
Is 900. From 40 to 80 young have bcen in al
tendance upon the theological seminary, considerable
increase upon former years.
The American missionaries in Japan have
for been engaged in the Translation OF the
Bible into japanese committee. whose headquarters
are at Toxic has charge of the Old and with head
quarters Yokohama has charge Of the New Testament
NH. of Dr
j. G. Hepburn Of the Presbyterian Board the Rev. Dr.. s.
H. Brown Of the Dutch Reformed Church. the Rev d. c.
Greene Of the American Board, and three japanese as
sIsttnts. The Gospels AMI the EJi,es 10 the Romans
ton OF the Acts has just been finished.
The recent dcfalcatiOn of the Secretary of
the Southern Presbyterian Board Of Publication has
called attention again to the question "whethcr IT is
FOR the Church 10 engage in boOkmsking, which
wolves not only large permanent investment OF cap
tai also the risks and losses incident a we'll
conducted business" The Christian Obserger Southern
Presby yterian cites the example OF the Boston Tract So
ciey, which not many years ago was involved IN debt,
and rcorganized It's business by doing all through
tracts with Responsible bidders. This society now
no e1pcnses except for the salary Of Secretary.
The 2O0th anniversary of the formation of
the parish OF the Old swedes Church swanson-st,
Philadelphia, held in that church last sun.
day. May 27. A historical discourse preached IN
the morning by the pastor the Rev. Snyder B. Shines
The first minister whom Tue congregation had over them
was the Rev. Jacob Fabritius, German from New
York. who delivered his first sermon in blockb
upon the site OF the church, Trinity Sunday. 1877 In
1897 cergymen sent from Sweden and 1900 the
present edihce built. II was at the time Of s
ton the finest church Philade phia Tomorrow sun
day June is the I77th anniversary OF It's dedication.
The Hon. Neal Dow, who has been travel
inc in North Carolina gives very encouraging account
of the wOrshpers the churches Of the coored people,
but he found preachers wholly unlettered. Those
"whom saw" says Mr.. Dow, could read little im-
perfectly, but not in way convey any clear Idea Of