New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-03
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

Mr.. Edward Kimbal raised $4,000 in
Providence last Sunday, to pay of church debt
The Sunday school Assembly at Round Lake
was successful that another will be held next year.
The growth in strength of the English
Liberation Society is shown by the constant increase Of
income In the first year Of its exstence-1S45-ts
income 81 OOO for the past year its income is re-
| ported officially TO be &16,353.
A quarrel in the town of KalIsch, in Russian
Poland between the Jews and Roman Catholics has re-
suited In death OF several persons and the arrest OF
| over 200 The trouble began with the complaint thar
more privileges were allowed the Catholics than the
| Jews
The ffty-third annual session of the Uni
versalist Convention of the State will be held at SYRIA
euse commencing August 81 aud continuing for three
days. The Rev. C. W. Tomlinson will preach the occa-
siona sermon number OF educational matters WILL be
considered by the convention.
Mr.. SpurgeOn is i'll again. His church is
however engaged in preparing to celebrate the compile
ton OF the twcnyhfh year OF his pastorate 1t is pro
posed TO $4,000 testimonial Mr. spurgeOn
declines to accept this mOuey himself but wishes it
to be applied the endowment Of the almshOuses now
| supported by the church.
The falling off in the contributions to the
Presbyterian Board of Education is great that ac
cordng a statement OF the Secretary, Dr. Poor the
appropriation condihonally promised, must be reduced
oneourth For two years this board has succeeded In
meeting no more than three OF its four quarterly pay
mens It's debt is $4,000; the number OF Its beneficial
| Ties is 1896
The annual meeting of the Church of Eng
land Defence Association, the opponent Of the Liberia
ton Society," was held I'm London, June 90 The Earl OF
Dartmouth presided. The receipts for the year 1877
| were stated 20 be 1885. The annual report dwelt
chiefly upon the burias question. The remedy proposed
was the providing OF uncoAsecraed burial gIounus oI
| NOnconformsts.
The statistics Of the Irish Methodist Church
were reported at its conference to be: 1880
members. 297 chapels, 266 sundayschools with 2,417
teachers and 2Os6S scholars The income Of the Home
Mission Society for the year was a93SO Inc deaoml
nation larger I'm numbers, the union OF the
Primitive Mehodsts was completed during the session
| Of the conference.
The London Congregational Union has lately
collected statistics Of the relative proportion Of Church
stings in London the inhabitants In London proper
which has population 1900 900 persons, the Church
OF England provides accommodations for 57S.05s per-
sons and the other churches for 5Oss6s, or total OF
500 persons In order to provide for SO per cent
OF the population, the estimated number who ought to
attend church. nearly million more OF sittngs Is re-
! quired.
| Upon the the 2Sth of July, 1928, 1913 per-
sons Joined the First Presbyterian Church Of Cincinnati
as the result OF a great reyiyal the sem-centennla OF
the day has just been celebrated by the church Tue an
nlversary service consisted Of sermon by the Rev. Dr.
samuel wilson, son OF the pastor OF the church in 1925
and addresses by other clergymen A letter read
from one OF the two evange-ts who had conducted the
revival the Rev +. A. Ross; Mr.. Ross, now very old
man. lives In Alabama.
The decision of the Supreme Court of Hi
uois which confirmed to Bishop Cheenys congregation
the title to their church property although they have
gone over TO the Reformed Episcopal communion. has
called attention 70 the form OF deed the Protes
tant Episcopal Church. Three proposals have been
made a. That the bishop OF each diocese be made cor
poraton SOLE and the church property vested In him. ~
That trustees be appointed Ia each diocese Tor e same
purpose 60 That the diocese be made legal corpora
ton with trustees, as the vestres are now the trustees
| OF parishers.
The fifth annual meeting of the "Charity
Voting Reform Association" held IN London upon
July H. The object OF this society Is to do away with
the present method Of voting In the recipients OF many
OF the great English charities, aud TO correct other
abuses OF administration. Mr. Gladstone was the prln-
cipal speaker this years meeting, which was very
largely attended In the OF his address he said
that the applicants for position charity in the
deayor 10 secure H. often spend among them as hch as
| the position was worth.
| The details of the plan adopted by the Prot
missionaries In JaIan for the translation OF tho
entire Scriptures, have been published. Each Mission
represented In recently held Toxic Conference Will
elect Of It's members TO upon permanent COM
mittee. The permanent committee Will appoint the
tmnsatlng committees, and also committee Of reys
ton Upon the completion Of the translation OF any book
IL will be revised. aud upon the approval OF the perma
committee adopted. IL Is hoped that this plan will
leading terms employed.
DR.. Edwin f. Hatfield has issued in advance
of the publication OF the minutes OF the Presbyterian
General Assembly, the statistics OF the church for 1873
They 81 synOds us Presbyteres 636 candidates.
33l Hcentiaes, 1907 ministers. $50 installations POI
pastoral dlssolutIons 5000 churches, 1927 members
added on examination 81 1873 members added by certl
cate, 567 s55 communicates, 509,ss2 members Of sun
dayschoos Since 1874 the total OF communicates has
been: 1874. 495 GA 1878, 5O6O34 1876, 535. 90;
1877, 1884; 1878, 567s39. The contributions In
were SIOOSO526 Most OF this decrease Is In the item
OF current congregational expenses
A rich bishop in Australia is about to give
the bulk OF his fortune TO his diocese Dr. Tynell, OF
the diocese Of Newcastle Is bachelor OF seventy and
has his purpose TO boqueath 81 600 600 for
charitable uses. He will devote 100000 TO the
bIshopric $4,000 TO increase the incomes OF arch
deacons and eanons 100000 for clerical stponds
$50 900 for supernuaed clergymen $25 600 for sick
cIergynen S125 900 for additional supply Of clergy.
aud 100000 for education. This ynst fortune has
been accumulated In sheep and wool raising. Bishop
Tynell has been In Australia over thirty years.
DIR. j. p. Thompson, formerly of this city,
and now Berlin presented 10 the late Berlin Congress
the following points desirable to be embodied In tho
new treaty ~ That Protestant Evangelical Chris
tans shall have equal rights and protection In their
faith and worship with their feowcitizens OF other
forms OF fifth (2l That schools colleges aud the press
connected with foreign missions shall be left unob
strcted and that all persons and property belonging
10 the shall be under the protection Of the law
Cl That absolute and uncquivOcn freedom OF religion.
even 10 the extent OF openly changing ones religion,
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