New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-12
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

! A Protestant church of no one denOmina-
ton will soon be built in Marquette County, Michigan,
and an iron mining company has contributed $1,000 TO
aid ID the work.
The fist missionaries ever sent among the
Dakota Indians sent out fortyfour years ago and
were PrcsbyteIians Ten Presbyterian churches have
been the outcome OF the work
Among the soldiers III the British army in
Zuuaud are sixty seventy Natal irs who are pro-
Tossing Wcseyaus and every morning and evening they
hold prayel-meetinas in their camps.
The colOred Baptists of Alabama have sus-
tanned selma, during the past year. theological and
normal school with 252 students, and have not only
keut Of GeDt for cureut expenses. but have paid
1000 uslr- toe purchase price W tlcbuldugs and
/ gr uId-.
| Mr.. Surgeons congregation has eighty col
poreurs engaged the wOIk Of the church, resulting IN
/ visits every month to about $1,000 families. During
the past year 10000 tracts were distributed gratu
tousy and over $1,000 realized from the sale Of
/ vista for the year was 926290
So far as can be judged, opinions Of Dr.
Talmase vary as widely in London as they DO in New
York ard Brooklyn, and is undoubtedly true that lie
has failed to impress at all deeply the intelligent
and refined Engsn classes. Nevertheless he attracts
Great audcnces and has already engaged 10 deliver in
the chief cities OF tie Kingdom twenty-five lectures for
the sum Of $1,000 500 each, the proceeds 10 DC de
voted to the Young Mems Christian Association at
Leeds. When he introduced to a London audience
the person who made The introduction spoke Of
him as the "greatest wOrd-pantcr the age has pro-
duccd an expression winch may mean much or little
accordingly one admires the thing painted
The new rector of st. Andrews Episcopal
Church in Harlem the Rev. Francis Lobdc, for ten
years the rector Pau's Church in NcwHayen and
in his recent farewell sermon he gave some interesting
statistics of the ten years work. The number of
mons delivered 9O7 which is only 10 short Of two
for every Sunday in each year But at the same time
he delivered in the ten years 137 addresses. which sup
Piled the yearly deficiency of - sermos and lett ad
dresses TO spare The calls he made IN the ten years
numbered $500 or more than a call and a half a day.
Sundays included He baptized 40 persons, confirmed
800 married 23S couples ana ofciated at Isl funerals
The Roman Catholic Church in the Eastern
countries Of ASIA where Professionalism has compare
lively feeble footing, and where little more than half
century had scarcely any at ALL now reports at Its
missions fewer than 1O9 bishops, $3.50 priests, and
2s35 GG3 nominal converts. or these converts there
are ss7,474 in India, 772.412 In emma, and 1862 II
Japan. More than 5000 additions made in China
last year. The carly missions OF the church these
countries from the days Of Francis Xavier very
successful; the close OF the last century, by
breaking up the societies in France and Italy. they
declined until little life remained in them. Since then
n society for the Promotion of Faith has abOrcd
very zcsously to ground that had been lost
the figures here gwen illustrate tho splendid success
which has followed the work.
The church in Mexico of which the Rev.
Dr. Chauncey Riley was made bishop few days ago at
Pittsbufg Is known the Church OF Jesus aud the
only Protestant church in Mexico. II organized
about fifteen years ago by former Roman Catholic
priest named Aguilar. and Catholic layman named
Hernandez who desired 10 reform the evils which had
grown up the old Church, aud accepted their model
the Protestant Episcopal Church Of tho United States
Aguar led few years afterward, and leader
sought for in this country. The Foreign Board de
CHUNG TO establish the mission, DR.. Riley on his
own responsibility aud mainly at his expense. went
10 Mexico and took up the work. He soon gathered
together the scattered flock OF Agilar, obtained from
the Government OF the sequestrdted conventual
churches, ard brought over TO him Dominican friar
named Aguas whom the Catholic party had employed to
oppose him with arguments. The two men labored to-
eetner very eGectualy, and ia the efforts OF CahO-
hes TO destroy their Church several of the
clergymen are said TO have been assassinated.
In 1871 Aguas chosen bishop Of the
Church. but died the next yoar before he had been
consecrated. commission TO ts'r .laIEc a. t''
Church was appointed In 1874 by thu House Of Di-,
IN the United States, and it has since had active
OF lis affairs. Bishop Riley now relieves II OF tEls i
sponsbility. The Church at present Is In prosperous
condition IL has nnyseyen congregational nine day
schools IN which 200 children are iaughii 5000
communicates and large number Of unconlrmcd
attendants The service s In the main similar 10 that OF
simpler.