The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-23
RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY.

RELlulUUS
Greece contains 6,522 Protestants to
6,013 Roman Catholics.
Italy contains SO, 4so Professionals and
1894, 600 Roman Catholics.
Six Chinese converts were baptized
at the First Methodist church, Oakland,
Cal, last Sunday.
The General Conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church of Canada,
meets at BellevilIe, Ontario, Aug. "a.
The Congregationalists of Ohio report
go churches-a decrease Of one; 40
ministers-an increase of three; 23,057
members-an increase of 33S.
The United Presbyterian church of
Scotland reports this year 1921 54
. communicates, an increase Of about
1900 since 1875. There are 534 con-
gregations and 81 Sunday schools.
Mr.. Sankey has accepted an invita-
ton to go to England, and will sail in
the latter part Of September. 1t is ex-
pected he will remain there for some
months, holding services of song.
1t Is announced that the Episcopal
House Of Bishops at its meeting this
month will proceed to elect a Bish-
op for Arizona and New Mexico, n
missionary jurisdiction . vacant.
The annual meeting of the English
Church Union, the Ritualistic Associ-
alton, recently held in London, re-
ports the number of members now on
the books as 2,576 clergy and 14,053
laity.
The eighth session of the national con
ference of Unitarian churches will be
held at Saratoga next month. One
essay only will be read at each morning
session, and the discussion upon it will
be opened by two previously appointed
speakers. b.
The First Congregational Church at
Madison, Conn, was organized in 1707,
and has had only six pastors, no one Of
them except the present one, had been
settled over any other church. 1t has
never dismissed a pastor, all having
died while holding office. Ct
Thirty-seven of the ninety-one an
nual conferences of the Methodist
Episcopal Church which have held
their sessions since January l report
6I6,594 members and 1927 proba-
t%ioners, 1877 churches, 90 Sunday
schools and 1926 Sunday school schol-
ars.
The Colored Baptists of one of the
Petersburg, Va, churches are certain
jy deserving Of credit. They have main
tanned their church organization for
more than a hundred years, and are to-
day the largest colored congregation Of
that faith in the south, and havs just
laid the foundation of a handsome new
edifce. This does not look much like
relapsing into barbarism.
The Reformed Dutch church has eos
churches, $40 ministers, TO- 13 COM
m~unicants. CAS- Sunday schools, ard n,
641 scholars. The contributions of the
people for congregational purposes
: amounted during the last ecclesiastical
year to s7s7, 41G. 40, and for religious
and benevolent purposes TO 1905, 79s.
There is an increase In the latter Of "a
per cent. upon those of the preceding
year.
"
Advantage sto be taken of the pres
ence in England Of so many American
and colonial bishops TO hold diocesan
missionary conferences. The bishops
of Hayti, Iowa, Saskatchewan, Nebras-
ka, Ontario and Long Island are to at
tend a missionary conference at Liver
pool ON September 9th, and speak ON
1.-THE Condition and Progress OF the
Cmrch in the United States and Brit
ish Dominions of North America"