Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-06
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Can0nsourg, Tor so iobg q time profess
or of ancient languages in Jefferson
College, passed his eighty fourth birth
day recently, and on the succeeding
day started in u snow storm to fill an
appointment to preach.
Ali Souls Church, new edi6ce,
Unitarian aud the only one of that de-
domination in Washington, ID. c., was
dedicated on Tuesday evening.
Fifty churches have been built and
paid for by the colored Baptists Of
Virginia during the past year.
The Ames Methodist Episcopal
Church of New Orleans, the only white
English Northern Methodist Church
in that city, will be sold at Sherifi's
sale unless it raises $1,000.
The aumber of Old Cath bic priests
in Austria has been reduced to four By
a recent death. The Synod will meet
in the spring, but there is little likeli-
hood of the election of bishop.
There are over 100000 Baptists
in this country at the present, Of whom
more than one tenth of the whole num-
Der, l99, $50, are in Georgia.
The Episcopal Church lost sixty
four clergyman by death in 1877; and
of the 43 whose ages are given in the
Churchman'S Almanac, the average
age was over 81 years.
The Church of England has 10000
religious edifces, including 30 cathed-
rails, 10000 glebe houses, 81 Episco-
pal palaces and 1000, 900 acres of land
much of it in good condition for tillage
The annual income is S36, 100000.
DR.. Begg, Scotch Presbyterian.
who leads the crusade in Scotland
against innovations in public worship,
classes among them instrumental music
memorial windows, changes of posture,
the singing of hymns aud the obsei vance
of Christmas. In the Edinburgh Free
Presbyterian he recently moved an
overture to the General Assembly for =
bidding these obnoxious practices, but
was defeated by vote OF "a to 10.
At late Communion service held
in St. Paul,s Lutheran church, VIII
iamsport, Pa, Rev. T. F. Reeser, pas
tor, 80 persons were added to the con-
gregation.
As a result of extra services held
for several weeks at Bethlehem Pres
byterian church, Sidney, N. j., 95
have been added to the church, on ex-
animation.
The Congregational Church ediice
at Hannibal, Mo. will seat about 800
people. 1t cost $40, 900, and is prob
ably the most elegant church ediice in
the State outside of St Louis.
In Beaver Utah, several well-known
Mornons, having become dissatisfied
with their own faith, now attend the
chapel of the Meth 1dist Episcopal
church. The Mormon Bishop has tried
in vain to prevent the change.
The first Congregational church,
of Kalamazoo, Mich. joins the number
of churches that have paid their entire
debt Its burdens have been running
more than twenty years.
The Lehigh Street Baptist Church,
Richmond, Va, the Rev. J K. Garlick
pastor, has the largest white member
ship of any denomination south of the
Potomac river.
The Evangelical Association, Ger
man Methodist body, has eighteen con-
ferences in this country, and flourish
ing conference in Germany. Accord
ing to the latest statistics, it has S2S
itinerant and $40 local preachers, and
los, ,0l3 members, of whom 10, ,399 are
set down as "newly received the past
year, out the net increase was about
5000 1t has 1851 churches, valued
at So, ,233,97l, and it raised S67 ,4SS
last year for missionary purposes.
1t Is stated that the Free Will Bap-
tist denomination is fast disintegrating,
holding its infence mainly in the back
towns of Maine and New Hamphire.
The larger portion will 90 ultimately to
the COngregatIonalists, with whom now
they more readily assimilate.
Bishop Haven, of the Methodist
church. has issued his call for volun-
teer missionaries to 90 to Africa. He
wants to send the men out at once, one
to take charge of the Monrovia Semi
nary and another to take charge Os the
interior work. Rev. Joel T. Osgcod
will sail for Liberia next month.
A Pottsvilie divine requires all who
come late to church to enter by the
altar doors A most excellent idea,
for now the congregation needn't strain
their necks so much in looking around
to see who is coming in.
The Sunday school of the First Eng
lish Lutheran church, Of Dayton, Ohio,
is about 40 years old, and has mem
bership of 675.
Rt Rev. Bishop Eoley, of Chicago,
has been the recipient of a fine Berlin
carriage and span of black horses
valued at $4,000, FROM the clergy Of
the diocese.
The Dutch Reformed Church, of
which Rev. De witt Talmage was pas
tor was burned at Syracuse, n. Y,
Saturday. Loss $50, 900; insurance
S25, 600.
st. Bernard's spire, Cohoes, n. Y,
is to have a cross nine by FIVE feet and
made of l 800 glass prisms. Through
the interior of the cross are to be pro-
jected numbers of gas jets, which will
be lighted by the agency of an electric
battery.
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