The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-12-14
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

Mr.. w. C. Jones, of England, has
given $4,000 for Anglican mission
work in India
There are 1T Roman Catholic mis-
'sionaries among the Indian tribes in
this country.
The Southern Presbyterian Church
has 1, III ministers and ia, $40 commu-
nicants.
"A Roman Catholic Missionary and
Educational Institution has been opened
at Fort Augustus, Scotland, which,
when completed, will have cost $780,
600.
"A Hindoo scholar, Raj Bahadoor
Dadora Pandurung, has become a con-
vert to the Swedenborgian faith, and
has published book in explanation
and defense of Swedenborgen's views.
Evangelist Moody will preach at
the Baltimore City Jail every Sunday
morning during the winter.
"A Chinese Tract Society, organ
lied on the principles of the American
Tract Society, has been founded at
Shanghai Its board of managers is to
be half of foreign missionaries and half
of native Christians.
"A new departure for the Friends.
At their recent annual meeting in In
diana the services were opened with
prayer and singing a hymn, and closed
with prayer, singing the long-meter
doXology, and the apostolic benedic-
ton, very similar to other churches.
The best and latest authorities give
the whole population of the world as
1,423,917, 900, and, as to religious dis
tinctions, divide this number as follows:
Roman Catholics, 100000, 900; Greek
Church, 90,000,000; Protestants of all
sects, 101, 100000; Jews, 1000, OOO all
others, 955, $4,000
The Methodist has discovered 1000
families of Brooklyn have left the
Methodist Episcopal Church, most of
them being those having financial and
social strength. 1t further says that
SO per cent. of these ex-Methodists give
but one reason, and that's the "change-
ableness and uncertainty of the pastor
ate"
1t will now be seen how much vi
tality and energy the Old Catholics of
Switzerland have. For the last five
years they have enjoyed the favor of
the civil authorities, and have had
great advantages over the mother
Church. Now both bodies are placed
on the same footing. Able Michaud
has resigned his position as Vicar Gen
eral under Bishop Herzog, for what
reason is not precisely known.
1t was found recently in Cincinnati
that while there were at least 10000
men in the numerous saloons and beer
gardens of the city Sunday night, only
12,4S7 persons attended all the Protest
ant churches of the city Sunday morn
ing, though the Catholic churches made
a much better showing. OF the II, 4S7,
the Methodist churches had 2,575, the
Presbyterian 2,211, the Baptist 1,10S,
and the Protestant Episcopal 1,116.
An effort is making in the Re-
formed Episcopal Church to do away
with the observance of Lent as church
fast. At a recent conference of clergy
men in Philadelphia it was decided to
recommend the policy of abandoning
the service to the General Standing
Committee on the ground that the in
diligence in worldly pleasures before
and after Lent is increased by way of
compensation by enforced abstention
during the season of fasting, and upon
the further ground that uniform mod
GRAFTON of life is the Church's great
need, and that this may be better Sc
cured without Lenton observances than
with them.
The anniversary of the American
Missionary Association, held at Taun-
ton, Mass, during the last days of Oc-
tober, was largely attended. The year
has been prosperous. The debt has
been reduced $4,000, leaving only
$22,500 to be paid. The total receipts
for 1878 were $l95,601, the expendi-
lures $188,079. Great attention has
been paid during the year to normal
schools, the demand for teachers among
the freedmen being very great There
are still 3,250,000 persons in the South
unable to read, over million of them
voters. Five new churches have been
organized; the present number sup
ported by the association is sixty-four.
The next anniversary will probably be
held in Chicago.
The Beef-EXpOrtIng Business.