Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-03-28
Religions Intelligence.

Religious Intelligence.
The debt OF the Missionary Boar,
Of the Methodist Church, on the 31s
OF January, was s1S1, ,S3464. This will
be greatly reduced by the spring con
ferences.
The Church OF Scotland has finall,
decided to begin mission in China
A missionary and some colporteurl
are under appointment, but the sta
tion has not yet been chosen.
The German Reformed Church il
the United States has six synods
forty five classes. $50 ministers, 1,36s
churches and 146,991 members. The
additions by confirmation during the
past year were 9,341.
The whole number OF men included
in the clerical profession in England
and Wales is 1882; in the United
States it is 1852; in Russia, 253,0S4
in France, 153, 3,629; in Italy, 10000
and in Spain, 3l5,777.
Rev. Charles S. Weaver. Baptist, OF
Richmond, r. l., has completed his
fifty years in the ministry. He has
been well enough to preach every
Sunday during that period until the
last summer. He has been settled in
six different places, and has baptized
over 1.000 converts.
The International Sunday School
Convention, at Atlanta, meets April
17-19, will be attended by about 4O0
delegates. and will last three days.
During the week of the Convention,
a Sunday School jubilee will be held
at Oglethorpe Park.
Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn, is
now in the hands OF the American
Missionary Association, yet it has a
large number CT Methodist students,
four Of whom, once slaves, have re-
Gently graduated and have sailed for
Africa under the auspices of the As
sociation-
or the Southern Methodist Bishops,
Bishop Paine has been in the episco-
pal office thirty-two years; Bishops
Pierce and Kavanaugh, twenty four
years, Bishops Doggett, Wightman
and McTyeire, twelve years, and
Bishop Keener, eight. The General
Conference, which meets In May, will
elect two or more new Bishops.
In England and Wales there is one
clergyman to 71S Of the population; !;
in the United States there is one to
each S79: in Russia there is priest
to each 323 OF the populations; in
France there Is one priest, monk or
minister to 235 laymen; in Italy there
is one to 143 OF the people, and in
Spain one to a.
Spurgeon's Church in London is
one OF the largest-if not the largest
churches in the world. 1t has
5,045 members, OF whom 296 were re-
ceived by baptism the past year, the
net gain being 100. Next year Mr..
Spurgeon will have completed the
twenty-fifth year Of his pastorate of
the church, and celebration OF the
event Is to take place.
So successful have the temperance
reformers been in Illinois, that Peoria
has 1900 persons enrolled in tenn
perance clubs; Bloomington has six
reform clubs; Belvidere has enrolled
half its populations. and Joliet has for
two years maintained Monday eve-
ming temperance meeting which has
crowded the City Hall.
Services have now been held in the
Hartford Rink for nine weeks, with
out any abatement in the interest Of
the people. Mr.. Pentecost, who sue
ceeded Mr.. Moody as preacher and
manager, will continue in charge un-
Ill the end OF this month. Many new
members have already been received
by the churches of the city.
The Rev. FIavius Josephus Cook is
the the son of a farmer living near
Ticonderoga. AS a boy, Mr.. Cook
was familiarly known as "Flave." He
was always fond Of books, and, when
very young, wrote and published a
history OF his native town. When he
was about sixteen he gave his first
lecture. He gave frequent talks to
the country folk, in the neighboring
villages, and was very popular as
speaker.
Professor Austin Phelps states that
the common assertion that "the sons
OF Christian fathers are generally
worse than Others" is disproved by
statistics. He gives the following
items: "In a certain New England
town of some thousands of people,
the records OF the Christian families
were once examined thoroughly to
test this question. The proportion
OF the children of such families who
became religious men and women, as
related TO those who did not, was
more than five to one."
DR.. VIM. NJ. Taylor. of New York,
expresses the opinion in the Christian