The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-05-16
RELIGIOUS.

Rev. Geo. o. Barnes has closed his Kip
ley, Tenn, meeting with PCS confessions,
and gone TO Fulton, Tenn.
Rev. J. NJ. Bruce has returned from At
lanta, much pleased with his visit. He
will preach at Lancaster next Sunday.
Rev. 7. Dewitt TAlmsge has been ac-
quilted by the Presbytery Of the charges
Of faisehood aud heresy. by vote Of 25
to 10.
Rev. ]. S. Sims, with the assistance Of
Revs. Deering and Reid, will commence a
protracied meeting at the Methodist Church
next Sunday.
Bishop Ame., Of the Northern Metho-
dis, Church. who died recently, lel good
sized fortune, hut not cent Of il was will
ed to any religious or charitable insiitu-
ton.
The average salaries Of ministers in
fourteen OF the Southern Methodist Con-
ferences Is s572, and the average amount
paid is $43S. The deficiency is nearly "a
per cent
-Four thousand dollars were collected in
the Southern Baptist Convention while in
session at Atlanta. Ga, for Theological
Seminary at Louisville. The body adj
journed on the 18th. to meet at Lexington
in May, 1880.
The General Baptist Association Of Ken
lucky, will convene in Winchester, next
THURSDAY, 22nd. The Louisville, Cincin-
natl and Lexington X. X. will sell tickets
to delegates at one and one-third fare for
the round trip.
On the 10th Of June, aprotracted meet
ing will commence at the Christian
Church. Elder Tibbs, Of Mt. Sterling, will
assist Elder Joseph Ballou. This NOTES
Is given now so as to guard against con
ficting with the meetings Of any other de
nomination.
The officers and teachers Of the Nletho
dist Sunday School are arranging for AZ
Excursion and Picnic for the scholars, tC
take place the latter part Of this month
It will be decided next Sunday, whether
the excursion will he to Maxwell SPRING
or to the Towers.
Deering Camp Meeting will be held Al
High Bridge, beginning Wednesday, May
2isi, at 10 O'Clock, A. NJ, and continue one
week. On Saturday, the cath, there will
be Sunday School Encampment, to which
IL = III I.....fu.ttoua a.. fnwffaI
The c. S. II. r. will run special trains dn-
ring the meeting.
The sixty-third annual report Of the
American Bible Society. shows that the re
ceipts for the year were si62,2Ti, an excess
over the previous year Of 81, $40, and thai
during the year there were ,ed6,95s Bible'
manufactured, and Of these si9,sl4 wer'
issued at home, and 23s,Oi0 abroad. The
issues OF the society during sixiy-thre'
years are S6.O52,i6 copies.
sadlers Catholic Directory reports FOL
the United States, l Cardinal, II Arch
bishops, So Bishops, $3.50 Priests, 5,5s'
churches, rs colleges, 577 academies, near
" 1900 parochial schools, Si5 charitable
institutions, and aCatholie population o
$3.50, 900. The tablet says more churche
were admitted in 1878 than there were il
the whole country in lsi5, when there wer'
/ 675.
The General Assembly Of the Southern
Presbyterian Church, met in Louisville
yesterday. II represents twelve synod'
sixty -four Presbyteriea, l,ll7 ministers an'
lioentiates, las candidates for the ministry
1873 churches, 5.l2s elders, 3,452 deaeon'
ll4,b7s Communicates and 6s,l2i Sunday
school children. showing an inerease @
churches and membership Of over iih
per cent. The contributions 10 all Object
reported last year were 81, 0S0,97i.
While waiting ior the train at a static
in West Virginia, few Sunday morning
ago. We wandered among the mountain
ill quaint little building, which We n
cognized al once a. a "meeting-house," va
reached, and impslled rather by euriOsi,
than by more eommendable spirit, ~
entered. The preacher, one Of the Oh
fashioned sort, with the peculiar mass
twang, was laboring away with great d.
voutness, while at intervals ill-mannere
young men would get up and march on
The old man stood il until patience cease
to be a virtue, and when long, gawky ia
dividnal started out, he sung out, "No'
let the neat uglie-t man co. He did ne
20, however, and the old brother WAS bo1l
end no mors that morning.