New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-12
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

?rsburg Virginia where Large crowds attend his
! preaching.
Dean Stanley has placed in Westminster
Abbey = stained glass window, in memory OF Ills de-
ceased WIFI.
| The Jubilee singers have been entertained
at Pofsdan by the Crown Prince OF Prussia. They go
next TO st. Petersburg.
The Rev. Joseph Cook is engaged to make
Ieetnring in the West next Spring Erie Cleve-
land Toledo Detroit Indianapolis and other cities VIII
he visited.
| Since the departure of Messrs. Moody and
sankey Providence. services have been continued
IN the Hall By the Rev George f. Pentecost, VINO
| is assisted by Mr.. stebbns
| Public drunkenness Las decreased in Troy
fully go per cent shown by the records OF the police
The number Of persons In that city who have signed the
| pledge Is now stated 10 be 1900
The Sixth Methodist Episcopal Sunday
School Congress will be held Cleveland Ohio. January
49, in connection with the anniversary OF the Methodist
| Sunday School Union. which occurs at that time.
The Presbyterian Board for Foreign Mis-
sious has in its receipts fallen behind last year The
falling Off to the present time in receipts Of all kinds,
except legaces 10 S33 800 The receipts from lesaces
| were larger in 1877 than In 1870.
The receipts Of the Foreign Mission Board
Of the Reformed DUTCH Church from May 1. 1877 To
December 81. 1877, were s2o,Gs2, al increase Of
1896 the period Of the year preceding. The
! present debt OF tho Board Is $4,000.
Union Theological Seminary in this city has
l45 stndents. Besides the Lectures Of the Faculty
special delivered by Professor Theodore W
Dwight on tho Relations Of Civil Law Ecceslastical
AHairs, and by Dr.. Willard Parker on physical training
The standing committees Of three Protestant
Episcopal doccscs-Ken;ucky, Louisiana and Southern
Ohohavc refused TO assent TO the election OF the Rev
DIR. Seymour 70 the Epscopae. Several dioceses, and
among them New York. have. through their standing
| committees, sl,uihcd thcir ASSENT.
| I'm lao af tv of puia
emieran,s sailed nom this port to Liberia, under the
auspices OF the American Colonization Society The
present Misunderstanding population Of the colony is
estimated to be 10000. The British ConsuGeneral for
Liberia Mr.. Rdiston, has expressed the opinion that
Liberia has made greater progress in forty years than
made by the first settlers ~ Virginia III the same
period az Time
The Cburchmdn of this week has an edit
ria on "Ecces istical yagrancy" It's definition Of the
term may De gait eTed from the following sentence
Every sunday witnesses the advent into many city
chu-ches especially those which rendered most at
tractiye by the singing the preaching. OF great
throng 81 eecles vlgrants or IN The psrance OF
the sections 'rounders They might be called religious
samplers" cite, ETC.
DR.. Nurdock makes the fol wing statement
OF the receipts Of the Baptist Foreign Mission Union
From April l. s77 to January l. 1873. they were -.s.
G3s fopshe period Of the year preceding. tn, y
S7gyi3. The appropriations for the current fiscal
| year, up January !. ISIS. are s2ij,s6s. About
$4,000. obtained by hpn Of this year. VIII meet all
claims. The receipts thus FAR reported encourage the
| hope that the yeIr win close without debt
The South India Methodist Episcopal Con
ference WIS held Ia caostta beginning Navaunher II.
The place II assembly the new church IN that ely
which viii seat 900 .. Much Of the work VI the
conference Is among toe Englshspeaking population.
II was resolved To sc collection In each congre CATION
the money to De applied 20 the expense Of conveying
/ preachers from america 20 India Applications for
ministers were received from the cities o; Rangoon
BLfoda. Lahore, and NHFris
The General Theological Seminary of the
Protestant Episcopal church In This city, has -i1,y-uue
students on ia roll OF TIT, number drytwo grahu
ate. OF colleges. special lectures delivered this
| year by Bishop Huntington on Preaching; by Pro
! hessor Drisscr, OF Columbia College. the Sep
tuaeut; hy Professor Thonas Ergieston. jr. Of The
Science to Rel son.' and bJ DR. : Austen Pcarce, on
Music.
Father Curc. the cx-.Jesut, has in press a
! book c,ll~i The Modern D.,siIence between the
Church aud Italy Considered Ia Reference TO = Par
tcu,r Cirruinsttnce- u contains eight chapters OF
which the fourth aud NH upon Possible Concord
bet ween the Church aud italy. and Political Austen
tons" Catholic Journalism. the svahu. and Lihc ra
Cathules" The Archbishop OF Florence has required
Curr to .nbuif nj, book 10 ;he examination of
the r,cl'-id-ilcHI authorities
| The dcbt-payng movement now going on In
HE churches exces vigorous discussion. Objection Il
made 10 the ~ sunday for suen purpose. u IA
piled that Tie rert OF tEe payment OF urp ~ VI pWcHch
church life. The Presbyterian Church OF Montciir
December 80, pau debt OF 10000 The First Presby
terrain Church Of East Orange paid Sunday last debt
OF Si2 800. Counting the churches In San Francisco
pledges have made in about twenty -iOr churches
FOR the paymen; Of over three quarters Of million oi dol
lars
Mr. Moody began his meetings in the Hart
ford Rink early last Sunday morning with audience
OF 500 pcrsons. In the afternoon aud evening great
crowds attended SAYS The Hartford EreHfng Post;
Every available foot OF room in the building
pled and still several hundred persons len ou
neccssitang an immo overflow meeting no the South
Daptist Church. which was conducted by the Rev. Drs
Crane and Dodge and the Rev Messrs. H. D. Northrop
and H. Meredith. Altogether 10000 sttings
pied during the day. Mr.. Moody has omitted
afternoon etings during this week on account o the
condition Of bis health. The noon and evening meetings
ncd since sunday have been largely attended
According to the censusof New York for 1873.
there were nj that time within The bounds " the state
u 400 church organizations 62i3 church edinces and
siings iu churches for 2j37 40 persons. The total
Of church property SlI7 j97,i5O The average
p,d to clcrymen Is $3.50, ana the total paid S53O- sol
The Mrtholists have l7-5 organizations the state
the Baptsts SD and the Prrsby terans 1Os. The Meth
odsts have snss for 6l93s2 persons, Roman Catholic
stlngs for 3s722G, and the Presbyterms situgs for
333ii2. The Roman Catholics have jf~ II members
AL baptized persons being couned); tie Methodists
lsO7s2 tie Presbytcriaus II 900. and the Baptists
1000 Comparing the denominations ~ To property
Roman Catholics. s22 6G- 0-O the Prcslyerans 80
1910. The three denominations wBcn lay the larg
esi salaries are McDd>ts. 81 1877 SIS; PrcaJYtcr
S9JO.77O; Protestant Episcopaaus, SslU.S12. These
fact. are given summariz, by hr Bapist Weekly
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