Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-11-29
Religious Intelligence.

RIGHTEOUS 1nteinSehces
The topic for discussion at the Methodist
Social Union, to be held at Saccarappa. Dec
|. is the "Relation between the Pulpit and
the Pews."
Rev. Herbert Tiden has resigned the pas
torate of the Baptist church in Lamoine and
accepted a cordial call to the pastorate of the
Baptist church ut Bar IIarbor.
Quite a revival interest is manifested in
the Free Baptist church in this city. Several
have profess ed conversion and the number Of
nquirers is increasing.
In the Main Street Baptist church, Bruins
wick. four boxes have been placed at the
doors to receive the "cent-a-week' contribu-
tons for Foreign Missions.
The Missionary Herald counts up over
So 900. 900 given to the missionary enter
prises of the Presbyterian Episcopal. Baptist
Wesleyan and Congregational churches, by
only dozen givers within the past year.
At the international Convention held at
Atlanta. Ga, in April, 1878, there were re-
ported from Maine l,2o0 schools, $4,000
teachers and officers, 10000 scholars; max
ing total of %. 900 in attendance, and show
ing that 1000 had been received to the
churches.
The first stone of the Cologne Cathedral
was laid August 10, l24s. and it is thought it
will be completed in another year. The two
towers have now reached their last stage, and
have only to be fitted with their massive caps
of solid stone work. For this purpose two
great scaffoldngs have to be erected at a
dizzy height one of them. however, already
approaches completion. When the caps have
been finished then still higher story will
have to be added to the scaffoding, in order
to fix on the tops of the caps the gigantic
foliated crosses, almost thirty feet high,
which are to crown the towers. The opera
ton will, it is expected, be performed next
spring.
In New York on Sunday. Nov. lG, J. V.
Mcnamara, formerly priest in the Roman
Catholic Church, was installed as Bishop of
a new society to he known as the ''Independ-
ent Catholic Church.
The anniversaries of the National Baptist
Societies are to be held next year in Sarato-
ga. n. Y.
The woman's National Christian Temper
ance Union has recently closed its sixth an
nual Convention in Indianapolis, Ind. In
these six years it has grown from eight States
To twentv-three fully organized States includ-
ing the District of Columbia and one Terri
tory. The number of its members is about
10000.
The latest American ecclesiastical statistics
are given by DR.. Schaff, in his paper read
before the Evangelical Alliance at Basic, in
September. The membership of the regular
Baptists in the United States is 2, 1902 ,034, and
of all Baptists, 1855, 22l. The membership
of the Episcopal Methodist church, North is
l.709,95S; other Methodists, LIS, 092, or a
total membership of 3, 1923, 050 The nominal
membership of either of these denominations,
that is the number of those who are con-
nected with Baptist or Methodist families,
and attend Eantist ar Mpthodist churches is
more than that of Catholic chu, ches. The
number of Roman Catholic priests in this
country is $3.50. The number of Bap-
list ministers, is 20,292, of Methodist min
listers, 23,562. The number of sttings in
Roman Catholic churches reported the last
census, is 800 ,5l4; in Baptist churches, t.
$50. 1876; in Methodist churches, 6.528, 200.
The amount of church property held by Roman
Catholics, according to the same report, is
SGo9s5, j66; by Baptists, $4l.60s, 1913; by
Methodists. 500 S54 l2l.