New-York tribune., 1878-04-13
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.


The Bethany Presbyterian Church of Phila-
dcpha Raised last sunday $4,000 for the payment Of
It's dcb
On Friday, March %, the Quincentenary of
John Wycihe was celebrated Ia London with very in
tcrcstinG ceremonies.
The Lyman Beechcr lectures before the Yale
Divinity School, for next year. will be delivered by
Bishop simpson OF the Methodist Episcopal Church.
The Baptist University, of Chicago, has
made its first payment OF 900 the mortgage debt
OF 100000 10 the Union Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany.
The General Council of the Reformed Epis
copal Church meets In Newark y. j., May :. This
church has eighyOur ministers and four bishops
IN the United States
Last Fall the sum of SIS, 900 was subscribed
to pay off the debts Of the American Board OF Commits
siOners for Foreign Missions the amount already paid
IN for this purpose Is Si9,9sG.
1t is announced from Rome that Father
Beckx General OF the Society of Jesus is seriously
ILL., Father Beckx ia eighy-two years Of age, and has
been the head Of the order since 1858.
News has arrived in England that Lieutenant
q. shergold Smith. the chief OF the Victoria Nyanza.
Mission sent by the English Church Missionary
ciety, and 4. NJ. O'Neill, have been murdered.
The American Bible Society will hold ITS an
versaTy this year in Richmond Va the 18th OF May
very cordial welcome Is promised from the Virginia
state Bible Society aud the people Of Richmond.
The Rev. DR.. w. X. Williams is about TO
deliver series of lectures In Association Hail. topics
related 10 the early mddlc-ago history OF Chris
tany. The first lecture Will be delivered April ls.
The C0ngregdtiOndlist publishes a list of
churches which have in the three months past
paid of their debts. As large as the list is Il Is incom
pete the exact figures would make nearly 100 churches
Mr.. j. H. Gordon, the popular lecturer on
the dsestablishment OF the English Church. whose de-
parure for New-Yurk was announced. died Hts
remains after arriving here, were sent to England for
interment
A proposal for the union of the Irish dis
estabshed) Church and the Presbyter Church Of
land made 1t is received with some favor In
both churches but is hardly likely to be generally
proved In either.
It is said of the Reformed Presbyterian
Church in this country that 1t has but six Doctors Of
Divinity The colleges of the denomination do not
fer the title on anyone the ministers who bear 1t have
received II from other colleges
The reports of the Liberia Methodist Eps-
copal Annual Conference have been received They
show l,944 members, 1876 probationers 20 churches,
valued at S3OGlO, and 80 sunday-schools with 1867
scholars sXteeu preachers were stationed.
The International Sunday-school Lessons are
printed with notes and explanations, every week, in the
Hawaiian language The translator is the Rev. Lorenzo
Lyons who has been connected with the Sunday ysch0os
| OF the Sandwich Islands for forty-siN years.
| At his last Monday morning lecture, Mr.
Cook announced that expunged one OF
he had commented with much severity The mover Of
the expunglng resolution read extract from Mr..
| Cooks lecture
The people of Dexter, Me-, have been so
impressed by the herosm OF Mr.. Barron the cashier of
the bank who died rather than betray his trust that
they have determined build church a memorial Of
hiui Mr.. Barron was deacon OF the Congregational
| Society OF Dexter.
The seventh annual meeting of the Woman's
Baptist Missionary Society will be held in the Fftythlrd
|
April II and ls. Reports will be received from Gen
era aud State secretaries and conference OF state and
| other secretaries Will be held.
A bill has been brought into the British
House Lords for the creation Of four Sees. New
castleonTyne will be formed out Of the diocese Of Dur
ham SOuthwcll out OF Lincoln and Litchneld; Halifax
or Wakefield ont OF Ripon and Liverpool out OF Ches-
Each See will have an annual revenue OF s3,6OO
The $4,000 needed to provide fre-proof
building IN Philadelphia for the library and valuable
papers Of the Presbyterian Historical Society has been
occurred The successful accomplishment Of this under
James g. Craighead formerly one OF the editors OF The
ErangdiSt,
The Aberdeen Presbytery of the Free Church
OF Scotland expressed the opinion that the views OF
| Professor Robertson Smith the inspiration OF the
books OF the Old Testament though directly In con-
act with the conesslon' are dangerous and unset
Ting" This decision will bring the ease before the Gen
cral Assembly, which meets next month.
The following is an abstract of the work
done by the American Sunday school Union during its
nyfourh year. ending last February: New schools Or
ganlzed l3S with ,227 teachers aDdi ,707 scholars;
schools aided BIOS, having 1879 teachers and IA
900 scholars; amount Of supplies given, ST. 600
| The Anniversary will be held in Philadelphia In May.
The PrOcurator of the Holy Russian Church
has reported the Emperor that at the end Of 1875
had 3s,602 churches, including cathedrals; H. 500
cbapels and oratores ss7 arch priests priests den.
cons and precentOrs and SO 800 900 members OF whom
| 20 100000 are women and 27500,00O men. The in
come of tho Church for the year 27S Ill roubes
| OF tho nominal value OF S9,39Sf25.
Major Whttle and Mr.. McGranahan are hold
ing very successful meetings in Worcester, Mass The
churches having proved to be too small TO seat tho
crowds attending the Mechanics Hall has been opened
Mr. Pentecost has been holding revival services In Mid
dletOwu, Conn.,; Messrs Moody and Sankey are still in
New-Haven, where the tabernacle Is filled as often as IL
! is opened Mr.. h. z. Hammond goes to Columbus Ohio
| week.
The order of business of the International
Sunday school Convention which will be held at Az
lanta April IL has been arranged under four heads
| Business reported. defined furnished and promoted.
Under the rst head will be embraced reports from the
Executive Committee, the Statistical Secretary the IN
ternationa Lesson Committee. and States and Proyn-
under the second the true basis OF Sunday
work. relations TO other agencies etc under the third
lessons and the qualifications OF teachers; under the
fourth, methods OF promoting Sunday-school work
through conventions Institutes, normal classes etc.