, 1879-01-12
THE CHURCH IN GENERAL.

coventry Street anu North star Churches in
Aurora Turner Hall, on Milwaukee avenue.
The remarkable religious movement in Tin
| ncycl1y, India, which has added 1000 converts
to Christianity SO long ago as last summer, con
tinues.
AIcssrs. Pentecost. and Stchbns will COM
mence their labors in this city Oh the 18th.
They will lead the MONDAY prayer-meeting in
Farwell Hall every day.
Two lots have been secured and the prelimi-
nary steps taken to erect 4 house OF worship
for tho new church recently organized at
Brighton Park in the southwestern suburbs of
this city.
The Baptists Of Scotland number 8,163, wor
Shipping in eightY-one churches. They are 1850
ciated In q union which has already erected
fourteen chapels with sittngs for TO- 900 persons,
at cost Of s297,175.
Portsmouth, n. H., at town meeting held
Sept. 25, 1864, "ordered that cage be made or
some other means be invented by the sclectmen
to punish euct as sleep or take tobacco on the
Lords day out Of the meeting in the time Of
the public exercises"
There is noted large falIine-off in the num-
ber Of candidates for admission to theological
seminaries connected with the Presbyterian
Church. The Secretary Of the Board Of Educa-
ton finds that there is q marked uniformity in
this respect among the institutions.
DR.. Stuart Robinson proposes q plan for the
reorganization Of the Presbyterian Church OF
the United States in several General Synods, in-
dependent OF each other in jurisdiction. but con-
federated in General Synod, which shall have
charge Of the department Of benevolent work.
The clergy Of St. Patrict's {R. CO., Quebec,
have been conuu2ting vigorous crusade against
dime novels and sensational literature, and have
contlscated and burned great quantity OF the
obnoxious stuff found ii their parishioaers'
possession. Some Of it having been borrowed,
complications have arisen.
The Baptist Church in Paris, France, ia now
composed OF ITO members. At least tWo-thirds
are converts from Eomanism; so says the Dup-
tist Weekly. Tue Rev. D. G. Potter visited this
church last summer and found seventeen
Freuchmen in it. DR.. Hoyt. of Brooklyn, says
the members number seycuty-two-
The Foreign Committee of the Protestant
Episcopal Church have before them at this time
no less than lourteen applications Tor missionary
appointments. Four OF the applicants are cler~
Gy1nen, four physicians, two laymen, three
women, and one Is q candidate for orders. The
Committee, however, lack funds to employ more
than one man for Japan.
The scrintural, ecclesiastical, and civil laws Of
England differ very much on the question of d.
yorce and remarriage. Every Bishop is law
unto himself in his diocese on this matter. The
Church of England Workinsmen's Society has
addressed memorial to tile Archbishop OF Can
terbury asking that the laws on this point be
made uniform.
The week Of prayer at the Park Avenue
Methodist Church was unusually interesting.
An intense religious feeling perVaded tho we'll
attended meetings. 4 rutnor got wings tue
past week that the pastor. the Rev. s1F. Nc
Chesney, was about to resign, It seems there
was nothing in it. Indeed, the church could no.
well spare so active and efficient pastor
IT. pnf ga r.
had q falling out, to the great glee OF the
Church. Bishop Sugdcn, who was ordained BY
Bishop Gregg only last spring, has repudiated
bis superior, who, he says, is starting scheme
which has 'sno sanction from the Reformed
Episropal Church as existing in the United
States, Canada, Bermuda, and Great BritafD.''
The annual convention OF the Diocese OF Al
bany will be held ia that city on the 14th inst.
Bishop Doanc, who has recently returned from
Europe, will On that occasion deliver an address
On the Lambeth Conference and his after visits
Oh the Continent. The Bishop is very enthusi-
astic over Pere Hyacnthe's new church work in
Paris and the Protestant Episcopal Church mis-
sion in Rome.
It is said that Pope Leo XIII. ha ffleter1nincd
tn create twelve new Cardinals. In that event
another red hat will probably be sent to the
United States. Archbishop Purcell, Of Cincin-
11ati, was thought to be q likely person for the
honor Of the rcd bcrettn few years ago, but his
cytrcn.e age and his recent unfortunate financial
complications will PROBABLY stand between him
apl any fayors from Rome.
The Boston Catholic Cathedral will compare
With that OF New York III dimensions, though
not in cost OF exterior elegance, the former be-
inn :N;t tce1 long aud l1U feet wide at the tran
sc,t. and its spirc 800 feet high; the latter 32
feet long, 10 vide at the transept, and the tow
ers destined to be 3223 1cct high. The Cathedral
in Boston occupies over It, ,000 square feet-;no.e
than an acre OF land-and takes more space than
those Of Strasbo1rg, Poseu, Salisbury, Vicura,
Venice, aud Dublin.
gentleman OF standing, employed On Bos-
ton daily paper, had occasion to take letter
from the Congregational church OF which ne
was member to another OF the same order. 1t
was. however. discovered that he was accustom-
ed to do 4 little newspaper work on Sunday land
his letter was declined. lie WAS accustomed TO
WORK uuIy an hour or two in bis office, but that
was deemed OF sufficient importance to cause
his rejection One Of tine churches in Lowell
RECENTLY excluded Il barber VINO, i'll accordanee
with the almost universal custom, kept his shop
onrn an hour or two on the Sabbath. What
about shaving ones self al home on Sunday
morning, When it can be as we'll done Oh Satur- |
day!
A pamphlet just issued by the English Wes-
1eynn Conference office gives the following ap
nrox;lnatc estimate Of the provision at present
mnde il, England and Wales Tor the accoulsnOua- !
tion Of worshipers by the various religious bodies:
tSnti8gs. |
Church of England. ........ O. 2Do wv
Wesleyan Methodists.-.. *..'' i, ~. -
CougreIutl0nalfSts - ~ cG9
H1uLlatk. t11, ooC
Other religious bodies... l. o6u, 1o3
Toto1. ,.......... 49,. IL 531, 400
There is also given statement OF the number
~ %hora 1o Ina c