Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-19
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

A 'Society for the Propagation of the
Jewish Faith, with its headquarters in
Berlin. Germany, is new thing in Jewish
history.
In Scotland during the last five years
more new Baptist chapels have been built
and more debts cleared off than In the pre-
vious 40 years.
The report of the Pan Presbyterian
Council just issued gives the number of
this denomination in the world at about
g. 600. 900 of communicates.
Mrs. Valera Stone of Maiden, Mass,
gave the past year to educational institu-
lions of the Congregational denomination
no less than 81. 039, 80.
The death.hst of ministers of the Presby.
terrain Church has been very large since
the meeting OF the General Assembly nine
months ago. It numbers II, against rs in
the previous twelve months.
Dean Church's memorial asking for toll
Grafton for Ritualism in the Church of
England has received the signatures of no
fewer than 8, 538 clergymen.
The Protestant Theological College in
Paris has 81 students this year, of whom
"a are Reformed and 10 Lutheran, besides
IA who attend from without. The Theo-
logical College of Montauban has A
students.
The Church Times says defantly that
"the faithful clergy have made up their
minds not to recognize the Purchase and
Rldsdale judgments, or any Prince, prelate,
potentate or power that seeks to enforce
them.
Madagascar has 70, l25 church members,
nearly seven ninths as many as the
Congregational Churches of Massachu-
sets. The London Missionary Society
has 30 agents there, but nearly all the pas
tors are natives.
The Canterbury Convoestion has been
prorogued till May 18th. The upper house
passed resolution deprecating legislation,
and declaring that the authority to set lie
matters of ritual is inherent in the episco-
pal Office.
There are in New York 238 Congrega-
tional churches, and 10 in Pennsylvania,
with an aggregate membership of 81, $50,
and PAT ministers, of whom only 50 are
pastors. There were go received last year
on confession.
The Rev. Lord John Thyme, D. D.,
sub Dean of Westminster Abbey, is dead.
He became Canon at Westminster in 1881,
and was 50 years old. He assisted at two
coronations-tho of William ". and
Queen Victoria.
An auti-vivisection prayer-meeting was
held recently in Edinburgh, but number
of medical students made such noise that
the meeting was closed sooner than was
expected. There were singing, praying
and short address.
A special meeting of the Synod of the
Northern District of the American Province
of the Moravian Church has been called to
meet in Bethlehem, Penn, in May, to con-
slider important financial questions. The
regular meeting Of the Synod occurs in
1883.
Robert Arlington, of Leeds. has lately
offered the Church Missionary Society the
sum of f5, 600 for investment toward pro-
viding a fund for the maintenance of a
steamer and staff of agents on the Upper
Binue and Lake Chad. Grave fears are en-
tertained for the safety of the Society's
agents on the Victoria Nyanza.
The Prime Minister and Mrs. Gladstone
have each contributed the sum of ten
guineas to the fund for memorial to the
late Mr. Lowder, who was for some years
Rector of St Peters, London Docks. Il is
desired to raise SO 900, toward which f3,
900 has been subscribed, for psrochial In
situations and the building of clergy
house
Lady Harriet Bentinck, as sister of the
late Duke of Portland, receives by his will
about 5000. 600 per annum. OF her first
years income she has pledged $4,000 to
various Protestant missions and institu-
tons in Naples, Italy. OF this. $50 900
goes to the British Hospital and $50, 600 to
the Protestant school for Italian young
ladies of the better class.