New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-28


persons.
The various sects in the village Of North
Creek Warren County, apparently live in peace
and good viii toward each other after manner
someUfat remarkable. On the 3tst of March,
| the Roman Catholic, Methodist and Free WIZ
Baptist congregations Will hold union festival
| to raise money TO be applied TO the building or
| an Episcopal church at Raquette lake III tho
! AdirOndacks.
| II was King OckIya, of Brass, Africa, who has
| just died. that WAS induced thee years ago to
| give up his idols to Bishop CrOwther, who sent
| them 10 England. Since then he has been
regular attendant ut church, but it was not until
| lately that he promised to give up his numerous
| wives and to be baptized. During his late ILL
ness the idol priests begged him to IecaDt bus
| he refused 10 do so.
The total value of church property in the
country is placed at $5OO,000,000 Should it
| continue to increase in the SAME proportion AZ
in the past, il is est mated that it value III l9UO
will reach the sum OF $1,000, 600, or one
third more than the national debt The eccles-
iastica property in New York exempt from
taxation is valued at 100000.
Dr. Duryea's ministry in Boston has begun
under most encouraging circumstances. lt IL
said that never before have such conSrega,
tons crowded the church. and that pews ana
sittiugs were never IN such demand. AT me
recent sale of pews the first choice sold for
'rJ,OUO SIX Otilcis Drought S%5OOO tdCA, anu
three went for 81, 500 each.
The Chckcring Hail services. conducted by
the Rev. Samuel Colcord, are in the middle ut
their fourth year. On Sunday afternoons the
congregations are large, and the enterprise Is
now looked upon as firmly established. As
result OF these m setlngs, numerous conversions
and additions have been made to the various
evangelical denominations OF tie city.
TIE colored BAPTIST church in Augusta Ga,
has been divided m two as the IL suit OF grow
ing differences between the blocks and lnHi-
attOeS The blacks complain that their mnldito
brethren wee 100 assuming, ana me mlial Ocs
were dissatisfied because they tet that the con-
s!derauOn due to them was not given.
The six counties which compose the Pitts
burg, Penn, Denery of the Protestant ~ i~co-
pa Church, with population OF $1,000,
had ten years ago only two clcrgym'n ior
the four parishes of the district Sow there
are five resident cfsrgymcn, ssyeh parishes,
and eight Their points where church services
are held.
Recently n. Saybrook, Conn, grandson Of
the late Rev. Dr.. Armstrong one OF the INST
missionaries or the American Board to the
sandwich Islands, was chrisened hulanl,"
name sigmiymg From tie skies, ana thosen
by King Kalakaua |. who was playmate, 1t is
said OF the father OF the child.
Tie committee entrusted with the funds for
the pres NATION OF a pubic testimonial TO the
BishOn OF Manchester on the occasion OF hlS
marriage, have decided to devote the entire
sum raised 10 the foundation Of scholarship &c
the Owens College 10 be called The Bishop
Fraser Scholarship.
Jason Miller the co'oied sexton of the Con-
gregatlOnal church az G0itstOwD, New-itamp-
Shire has iust died after faithful service OF
nearly sixty years II is SAID Of him that IN all
this time he has failed less than ten times TO DO
present at al the services Of the church.
The Chinese Mission Schools of san Fran
cisco have $500 pupils on tier rolls. WIKI m
average attendance OF 1,}0O. Twelve young
men have gone ont FROM these schools 10 90
mission work II California, Oregon, the sand
Wich Islands and China.
Tie statistics of the Presbyterian Church for
the present year show an increase oftr iast III
i churches of 81; in sunday schools, l,164, ard
in money raised for home expenses, $50 ~.
| TIE t,tl of benevolent contribution was 81
O9S, 69l, aAd OF home expenditures, Soy l'%'o.
Preparations are in progress for the proper
celebration this " ar OF tie centennial OF he
First Baptist Church 4 Richmond. lhs
| church was organized IN 1880, while the British
! forces under CORVALLIS were N virginia, ant
| had al that time only fourteen members
OF one hundred and thiity-two delegates
elected 10 the Methodist General c inference,
eighty are presiding e de 5, nineteen arc editors,
and three ale u0a-iti leranis, While only thirty
three aIc pastors.
BIS or Beden has . very practical $ igce>iion
for diminishing the demand tOr funeral Sc:
mons lie thinks It would Iauid.y decline q
ministers would only speak the truth % Ill
such discusses.
Christ Church Of Boston, erected ln 1923.
i, older t!lu Any Cthef cHWcI ,d.iic" D.. '.aJ
city. is birle and several Payer Eo is were
presents from King George H. IN 1913.