The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-05-20
CHURCH NOTES.

churches in England and Ireland.
1t is SAID that there is not a single in
fdel work in the Welsh language.
The total preaching power of tue Eng
lish Methodist churches amounts to
3s, 600 preachers, the great majority Of
whom are laymen.
There are twenty Christian churches in
Antananarivo, Madagascar, city Of
100, 900 population, Some of them hold
more than 1000 persons, and on Sunday
all are filed.
Within the last ten years the Metho-
dists in Cleveland, Ohio, and its neigh
borhood, have built more than twenty
church edifces, at a cost of something
over 100000.
In Kansas the average increase in
Presbyterian churches during the past
twenty years has been one a month.
Since last October it has been one a
week. Eight years ago this denomina.
ton secured its first ioothold in Texas
and it has thirty-sevcn churches, 900
COMMITMENTS and 1000 Sunday. school
teachers.
FOrty-nine members within a year
have been added TO a Christian church
in the Chinese village of Shia CHA
Tang. A heather temple in that village
was converted into a church about e
year ago.
The Oldest minister in the church OF
Scotland is the Rev. Walter Home, Of
PolwaIth, Berwickshire, who was or
dainCd in 1893, and succeeded bis father
rs the minister of the church at that
place.
In the city and neighborhood of Edin-
burg six churches are in course of
erection by the United Presbyterian
church. mother denominations church
building at Edinburg is also very nc.
tive.
Bishop Hare, OF the Protestant Epis-
copal church, confirmed 100 Indians last
year.
The Methodlsts are increasing rapidly
in Sweden. During the past few
months revival meetings have been held,
generally with large results. In one
place sixty new members have been
received.
Southern Methodism is strong in
Texas. 1t reports so, 400 members; 75e
local preachers; 537 churches, and 1856
pastors. The total amount promised
pastors was, last year, $685. ,2i4, of which
$5O,6S7 was not paid.
An English paper reports that an arch
bishop and two bishops of the sect
known as "Old Believers" have been
confined in Russian fortress for periods
ranging from seventeen to twenty-six
years, their only offense being that they
celebrated religious services according
to the rites of their own faith.
The kOravian prints detailed statistics
of the northern and southern districts of
the American province. There are in
the northern district S,2l2 communi-
cants, 1883 non-communicants over
thirteen years OF age, and 4 sos children:
in the southern district 1879 communi-
cants. The total of commandments, nom
communicates and children is 1920.
The number of persons dropped last
year was very large, amounting to 1872,
caused chiefly by revision of the church
books. The number dropped in 1876
was 262; in 1877, 33l; in 1878, 563.
The Congregational Year Book" for
1880 states that seventy -four ministers
died in 1879 of the average age of sixty
eight years, the seven theological semi
naries had 20S students, and there were
1874 churches-an increase of fifty-four
of which 1893 have pastors, 1893 acting
pastors, 900 are regularly and 6S3 irregu-
Iarly supplied. There are 1856 minis
ters and 3S9, 800 members, the net gain
Tor the year being 1896. Of the total OF
members 249, ,S49 are females and l2S, o.
males. The Sunday-schools have 437,
sos scholars. The benevolent contribu-
tions amounted to $l,O9s ,89l, and the
ordinary expenditures SO, 2,594, ,228.