Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-05-28
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

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RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
The Rev. Charles II. Stitt, d. D., of the
Reformed Church of Bayonne, N. j., is
dead. He was graduate of Rutgers, and
entered the ministry in lS4S.
A Welsh Baptist church of twenty-six
members has been organized in Patagonia.
They have sent to Wales for pastor.
Baptists now have four churches in South
America.
The German Evangelical Synod of North
America, which represents the State
Church Of Prussia, has 25S congregations,
402 pastors, and "a, 600 scholars in Sunday
schools.
Ancient Nazareth is now the site of an
| orphanage under the supervision of the
| Education Society of England. 1t has
| been opened four years, and there are in it
now thirty-six girls of ages varying from 4
to Is.
The Rev. James W. Dale, D. D., we'll
known Presbyterian minister, died re-
Gently at Media, Penn, aged 6S. He
graduated from the University Of. Pennsyl-
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Princeton and Andover seminaries.
In the appeal of the Rev. A. H. Mackon-
ochie, the House of Lords has affirmed the
Judgment that he was legally suspended
from his office and benefce. The effect of
the Judgment is that Mr.. Mackonochie is
suspended for three years.
One of the English Archbishops recently
said in the House of Lords 6 The narrow
notions OF all churches have been their
ruin. 1 believe that the Church of Scot
land, though not as perfect as ours, is as
true Protestant Church as the Church Of
England"
| There are now SO clergymen economically
connected with the Episcopal Diocese of
Missouri, and two others resident and do
ing clerical duty in it the largest number
ever known in Missouri The parishes
and missions are more nearly filled than
ever before.
The Rev. J. E. Clough, Baptist mis-
sionary in India, in letter dated February
18th, at Ramapatan, says: Last Sunday
over 1000 came to camp. In the after
noon we baptized 273, on Monday 1872, and
yesterday Thursday l77-making 1876
baptized sincewe left Ongole. "
The Second Advent Christians are more
widely spread over the country than any
other Adventist body. There are two
| publishing associations-one in Boston, the
center of the churches of The East; the
other in Chicago, the headquarters of the
churches in the West They number in
all about so, 600.
The Rev. William Taylor has sent some
forty missionaries to South America since
1878. The missionaries both preach and
teach, and draw their support from the
people among whom they labor. The only
expense involved is their outfit and passage
money, which is betrayed by voluntary
contributions.
The programme of the May anniversa-
ries in London includes some seventy soci-
cites, beginning April 18th and closing
nounced are the Lord Mayor, the Earl of
Shaftesbury, Lord Radstock, the Rev.
Joseph Cook, the Earl of Aberdeen, the
Earl of Chichester, Prince Leopold, the
Archbishop of Canterbury, and Earl
Cairns.
The Chesapeake Presbytery of the South
ern Presby terrain Church has overturned
the Assembly to appoint a committee to
confer with a similar committee of the
Northern Assembly, if appointed by that
| body, as to cooperation by the two As
semblies in the work of foreign missions,
and report results of said conference to
future Assembly
The Bishop of Anglers made weighty
| argument in the French ChamberSagainst
compelling the clergy to do military duty.
] The proposed rule, lie said, was in opposi.
| ton to caponical law, and there was an in
compatibility between religious and mill
tary service, as the convention itself
ackno wledged. His speech was, however,
without avail.
There are now SS7 churches of the Estab.
lished Church in London, gain of Is the
past year and of ITO in the past ten years.
OF these SS7 churches, 43 have daily CON-
munion, 397 have supplied choirs, 3l7
have free seats, 80 have eucharistic vest
ments (a decrease of / since 1881 ii use
| incense, 81 altar lights, and in 234 the
eastward position is taken.
The Congregational church in Dorset,
VT, is referred to as conservative church.
Pastor Pratt has been minister there for
25 years. His ehorister has started the
tunes for 80 years. One of his deacons
has held office for 40 years, and another for
over 90 years. The Sunday school super
intendent has held his position for Is years
and one of the teachers has taught so
years.
A London paper says of DR.. Cuyler,
who has been preaching in Newman Halls
church, that his voice is clear and
strong, but the nasal .intonation which
characterizes our American cousins is very
marked" AS DR.. Bevan is going back to
London after having been in New York
few. years, the same paper says sc We shall
see if he has caught the nasal twang of
the Americans.