The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-03-21
RELIGIOUS.

lNf FNNAN'AN htiliti"N "'ffff'tt''f ' '
meet IN Atlanta, on the 18Th Of May
Rev. J. VI. Bruce will preach here next
Sunday, and alao the ith Sunday, At II o.
clock. AN.
Mr.. John G. Young will conduct Bible
reading Al the Presbyterian Church To-
night. let every body attend.
There are over ixty-seven thousand
Sunday. schools in the country, with an ag-
sreeate attendance of 100000 children.
Rev. \. q. Pond, Of Kirksville, will be-
gin series Of meetings at Halls Gap
Church, Friday night the 2sth. Services
Afterwards both morning and night
Union Communion Services will be held
At the Presbyterian Church on the 9th
Saturday and Sunday ofihis month. Revs.
Archibald and EaIsss, and perhars other
minister, will be present
Methodists aud Bapiists were pi lneers in
Iowa al the same time. While the former
now number 5000 members the latter
have only 5000, and il3 Of their churches
are said to be without pastors.
Rev. W p. Harrison has been reelected
Chaplain Of the Lower House Of Congress.
Or. Addison, Of Washington, and DR.. Poi
al, d Baltimore, are cauidates for the
Chaplaincy Of the Senate, which !. worth
5000 year.
To some ladies who asked Pope lleo'-
permission to dance during the late Carni-
val, he said eco, my dear, and enjoy
yourselves in an innocent dance, only don't
keep up too late your papas and mammas
when they want to get home again
The Catholic Church has purchased
twenty-five acre. Of land near the southern
railway depot, at Somerset, Ky, for which
$50 per acre was paid. The improve
ments will consist Of College, Church
and Cemetery II Richmond Herald.
Rev. J. q. Bruce, presiding elderof Lex
ingion district, reported to the Conference
at Somerset that he has l6 churches gen
orally paid for, 100 members added the
past wear, and two churches built. lie
travelled i,26O mile and never missed an
appointment
Rev. George q. Barne- meeting in Nash
willie, has resulted 80 far, in li6 comics
sions. The congregations, though oompar-
atively small during the week, are very
large on Sunday, and a growing interest i
manifesting itself Mr.. Barnes is conf
dent that his labors will be rewarded with
an abundant harvest Of souls, and Is pa
tiently toiling on, sowing in tear to real
in JOY. We are glad to learn that Mis-
Marie. who had been suffering with n Sc
we're cold has entirely recovered.
The Northern Methodist Conferenc'
} which convened at Somerset on the l2th
was ably presided over by Bishop Scott
Sixty members were present, and owing Il
the crowd and the smallncss Of thei
Church, the services were held in th
Court house. The Citizen Issued an extra
announcing the appointments for lsf''-sv
from which We ace that Rev. j. G. Brno
ia continued as Presiding Elder ofthis, thu
Lexington District K. T, Stevenson goe
7, to Danville; J. G. c. Thompsan, to Dan
willie Circuit: J. Godby, to Highland 5. {
Pollard, to Somerset, and j. 5. Taylor, I
Jessamine and Garrard. Rev. j. NJ. Cool
4 who has iillcd the Highland appointmeI
+ for the last four years, Is sent TO Bethel.
One Of the largest audiences We has
ever seen at the Presbyterian Church, e.
cent on an extraordinary occasion, gathe
: ed last Sunday to hear Rev. J. l. Barn
preach from the subject christians ma
Dance or "Bible defence Of Dancing b
=, the Church member who went with q
hope Of hearing excuses framed for his
her little irregulariiy, was woefully mist
J. Ken. BY numerous references to passag
e in the Bible where the word dancing d
~ ours. he showed that il was strictly re
re pions performance, and had no earth
H. similitude to the modern round dam
- which he pictured in it, most hideous enc
We nifty. His text was a part Of the 4th vel
~ of the Srd chapter Of Eeclesiastes, in CO
M nection with the Slst verse Of the Is
TO CHAPTER Of LIT Corint hian-.