The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1877-02-02
RELres0Us ErEas.

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The American bible SOD ty sent To
Kentucky last year, 2l,7Os books.
DR.. savage, the agent, raised for b.
BILE work, s2l, 500 II. Frankfort re-
mitted 10 the Bible Society during the
year, si2o.-[Frankfort Yeonan.
Tie rc~,pss q the Presbyterian
Board Of Foreign Missions to the
18th inst. covering eight months Of
the financial year. are ei4e,99l II,
being go, ,797 81 less than was receiv.
ed during the corresponding months
Of hfye"ri n ~
The resulis Of the continued busi.
ness depression Of the country, are
seen in the great falling Of in the
Methodist Conference collections. The
total loss for the year is sl3o,036 "a
Of Which he parest Missionary socse-
,y lcsss ss5,s07 ~ a. 81 A-.-
The receipts Of the Foreign Mission
Committee Of the Southern Presby-
terian Church to December ], com.
prising eight months Of the ecclcsias-
tical year, amount to es6,628 20.
This IL q, ,525 10 les than was given
in the corresponding eight months of
the previous year. The falling off is
mainly in the contributions from the
churches.
The ri i,hmond Christian Advocate,
states that the Southern Methodist
EpiscolNl Church in Virginia has As
many white memhss ss the BApsist,
prs-syterian ara BpiscopafC Churches
combined. According to the Rich
mond Di,pateh, the colored l,aptisis Of
that city number 1000 out Of a total
colored population Of 25,OoO. One
of the colored Baptist congregations
Is the largest in the CITY. .s
REVIVAL FRUITS. statistics
Of the churches show that during the
past year revival. have bcen general.
and that many thousand persons have
been converted in them. They have rais-
ed the increase Of members in the Meth
oiist Episcopal Church from 1900
in 1878, to $1,000; the Northern
Presbyterian Church reports the larg'
est gain since the Old and New School
reunion. viz: $4,000; and even the
Protestant Episcopal Church, hereto-
fore supposed to bs unaffected by re-
vivals, has incrrassd the number Of
its communicates by nearly "a, 600.
The Lutherans report gain Of about
81, 900, part Of which is due to the
revivals and part to German immi'
grafton. The statistics Of the wes-
lsysns in Great Britain show that the
eAecu Of Moody and Sankey's work
there are still felt. for .,heir increase is
four times as large as ID former years.
Tk Richmond Dispotoh gives the
following information: Number Of de-
Nominations in RicAs;ond. both white
and colored. including tho Roman
Catholic. i2. number ef churche., 50;
of church members. 26.840;
net increase for the year In all, 1888
member; number Of teachers and
pupils in Sunday schools, 1892.
They hgr-t body 10 the ri,y.
is tbs Baptist (colsea.) which
numbers 9,s22 meuber'; the Baptists
(whitel have 3,739 members. The
Methodists (white) have the largest
number Of churches. namely, 10, and
ATS church members. The Roman
Catholic population Of the city is Civ.
en rs 1883 persons. In respect to
to Sunday schools, those Of the white
are attended by 3. 2lSpYI
sons, those Of the cuiorcd Baptis'sN By
1883 persons, the Episcopalian schools
by 2,168, pcrsons. and the Methodist
schools by 2,ll2 persons. The Epis-
copal Church has in Richmond 1914