The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-02-01
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
The Presbytery of Liverpool held Con-
ference recently g. consider the question OF
"lapsed" lrcsbyterians. The general feel
ing a. the Conference was that Presbytefi.
ans had made decided progress during the
last twenty years, and that the leakage from
The membership In many instances strength
ened Congregational Churches Ia districts
where there was no Presbyterian Church.
The suStenance of vital gospel preaching
aud persistent domiciliary visitation on the
part of ministers and elders were suggested
as the two best remedies for parties drop
ping OF from church fellowship, together
with revision OF the church's arrangements
as to seat rents, and providing the poor with
seats by meaus OF "seat tickets" to be pur-
chased in quantities by weather members,
aud distributed as necessity arose.
Mr.. Rathbone, NJ. r., addressed the prim.
tive Aethodists in Liverpool on Friday.
H. said the Primitive Methudists had a very
great claim on all NOn-con tormists, In con-
sequence OF their success among the work
ing classes. He added that this success
seemed to him TO be one OF the greatest tests
of The possession of what they claimed to
possess-namely, Christianity. lie could
not help thinking that one of the great
causes of that success Was owing to the large
part that the lay element worked amongst
the Primitive Church ITSELF their ministers
were not left to work alone, but were Join
ed In all branches OF their work from the
highest pOrtiou OF their government to the
work OF the church itself by lay members,
who took the most active interest In the
work.
PERSECUTION IN BOHEMIA On the six
teenth OF Decamber, in small city in Eas-
tern Bohemia, thirty-one persons were fined
81 80 each for attending a Bible service not
counected with. the STATE GhpGGho oyT The aaede
fourteenth OF December the attempt of the
few believers In Stupitz, near Prague, to
hold Bible service in one OF their homes
was frustrated BY tie police. On the first
of November the Austrian cabinet decided
that the Stupitzers might hold house Bible
services with invited guests, but tho needed
document has not reached these prosecuted
people. All this in Austria, whose cOnsti-
tuition grants religious liberty to all citl-
Zens.
Rev. G. +. Spicker claims as to the num-
erical strength of the Lutheran Church, 40
600 600. OF this total Germany furnishes
20, 900 coo; Austria in 1870, l,365,000; the
scandinavian countries, where nearly the
whole population Is Lutheran. 750O,0O0;
Finland, l,sO0,000: Holland, 10000; Russian
Poland, 100000. The Baltic Provinces are
almost entirely Lutheran. Russia, apart
from Poland and Finland, numbers l,9O0,-
600; France, 100000; the United States, B.
100000.
The American Tract Society has for years
prosecuted missionary colportage very sue
cessfuly among the cattle-ralscrs, Mexl-
cans. freedmen and other destitute people in
the great State OF Texas. Last year thirty
six colporteurs were employed there. The
Rev. George Whitfort, himself one OF these
colporteurs, and also superintendent, viii
! give his observations OF this work IN the
Collegiate Reformed Church, corner Forty
eighth Street and Fifth avenue next Sunday
evening. The Rev. John Hall, ID. d., will
preside, the Rev. DR.. Prime and others will
speak.
One of the wealthiest noblemcn OF Belgi-
um, the Comte de Grimbergen, died lately
at Brussels. 1t is SAID that before dying he
"had to invoke the Intervention Of the pub
lie authorities to be disem barrassed OF re-
lations who wanted To compel him TO die
with the rites OF the Roman Catholic reli
giOn." Among his legacies Is one for thf
construction OF a seaside residence Tor th'
children OF tho public schools.
At Cesarea in Cappadoca new mission
church has recently been erected. lt Is TN
first church editice built for the Evangeii
cal Christians OF this part of Asia Minor, ant
its pastor is The Rev. Kerope YakObian.
was dedicated At a meeting of the Centra
Evangelical Union in Cesarea, which wa
attended by five native pastors aud ovt
1000 people from Galatia aud Cappadocis
Rev. DR.. Jacob Ide, the Oldest Congrega
tional minister 10 America. II not In th
world, died at West MedwaY on Monday
the fifth inst, in his niBety-ffth year. II
was born at Attleboro, Mas. In April, l7S6
graduated from Brown University In l09
and from Andover Theological Seminary !
1912.
The Evangelical Alliance Of the city {
Hamilton, Canada, at its monthly meeting
; held September /. passed Il res oiutio
; strongly cOndemnng the Sunday excul
ions which have afflicted the city and neigt
borhOod, and appointed committee to de'
with the matter.
The Missionary Society of the PrOtestar
Episcopal Church employs IL white and
native missionaries among the Indian
with q helpers and cateehists. In th
> home field il supports wholly or In part q
> workers, including 10 bishops; abroad
has 23O woI kers, including 3 bishops.
An extraordinary religious revival Is
progress in the Rhine Valley, and anon
: lts fruits are two hundred cases of conve
= sioas In tie town Of Dusseldorf alone.