, 1881-12-04
THE CHURCH IN GENERAL.

! The Gear is regular churchSoer, and very
! fond Of sucred music. He maintains TWO tine
cnoirs ut Pcterhof.
It's estimated thar the thirty-three mission
nry societies at work in Africa have secured
upward Of $1,000 converts.
The Methodist Episcopal Board of Education
received lust year sa,22i6 and aidel abou, l0D
students who are preparing FOR the ministry
by vote of the Baptist Deacons at Menlocia,
Ind. 4 figure of Venus which had been en-
hrnlderca on sctecn by tue pastors .daughter
was deciared untlt to be sold At the church fair.
The Tennessee Diocesan Convention OF tho
trotestant Episcopal church reports thirty -follr
clergy, thrty-two parishes, nud a,1;;S commune
cMnts. The conrHattons dnrfnY the year were
The American Unitarian Association has taken
steps 70 have Il new conluentarys1n tue Old and
New Iestanenf5 nrepnred. 1t has also ap-
pointed Il missionary to labor among the Scandi-
narlans Of the West.
The number Of Baptist associations In Alu-
batna is hfty-fye, with l,+::r5 churches and IT,
WO members: Besides these are the coiorc'l
churches, With 9l,0lN members, making a grand
total Of tGd,0U Baptists III tho State.
The Friends appear 20 he atil slowly tlecreas-
bud .om members; now it has 5,d'0. In 1871 the
New England yeArl3 meeting had 1iiaetr-iive
ministers ,, 'tud 44 msnoerT; now It hs IL min
years, therefore. satn Of seventeen ministers,
tyelvc ciders,- and !; loss Of four members.
The Americnn Delegates to tho Ecumcuical
Methodist Cnnferencc have united in It call fur
4 centennial conference to DC hrtu In December
!SS4. Tue centennry'pf the organization Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, 10 he composed Of
representatives OF aIl the Methodist lranchcs In
the United States. 1t is probable that the confer
e.ace will bt held In Baltimore, where i I7Si tho
Methodist Eptscopai Church WAS organizcl.:
The excitesncnt ever Confederate botids has
oeen turned to good account By. rho Methodist
'Gn,1rch'in Eirgsllns. At recent session Of tho
Virginia AnnuNl Conference or the Methodist
other tsay. resolution adopted THAT this
conferences approves Nf the action OF ltrotller
John Norton. Of Tie City Of Richmond trepre--
Treasurer OF tho late Look and Tract Society OF
tho Virginia Annual Couference). In dIspostuR
of $al,i;p III Confederate bonds, the property u
said society and tender 10 hin, our thinks FOR
trni9sacuou." Provision was :hen nude for the
investment OF the proceeds. Sl40.S0.
The sale Of Seats tor the next year of the
Central Church will begin tomorrow morning ut
me noxIouce Of the Central Music fail, und for
present. eW~holt3ers Of securing tho seats they
now occupy tor unOther year. On Monday, Dec,
~, and thereafter the sale Will be open 10 the
general public. and those who desire to obtain
sttttilgs shpNfd remember this dnte, rs the steady
lncreASe II, the sale of seAtS each year. and tho
urge congregations which crowd the auditorium
every SMbba1h are unfRiling indications oy the !
attachnent of tho people 70 Prof. Swing, and |
the!r interest in the work OF the Central Church
Organized only six years ago upon the brold |
anu l!bernl basis which was Its fundamental |
principle, the church now has SU0 members, md |
nus constantly wsdened its sphere of 1nbor hay
ns our'shlnE S1ntty- schools in the Nurth und ]
" est sections Of tho city. The proceeds from
Lhe annual snle Of seats are Amply sufficient TO
nest ail expenses. and to lend support, without /
hc aid OF the contribution box, to numerous
,narttable r institutions and other worthy objects