Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-06-11
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

There is great indignation in Enniskil
len, Ireland, against the magistrates for
preventing by military force the Salvation
Army and Methodist minister from hold
ing open-air meetings on Sunday. This
action was taken because mob attacked
the Salvation Army" A memorial pro.
testing against this invasion of liberty of
worship has been sent to the Chief Secre
| tary for Ireland.
The Rev. f. Monroy, Methodist
preacher in Apizaco, Mexico, was recently
attacked as he was returning from preach
ing APP intmen+ ,sby mob armed with
swords and bludgeons, and injured SO that
he died next day. The missionaries were
compelled recently to leave Queretaro by
the violence of the populace, but the gen.
eral Government has promised them ample
protection if they will return.
The annual official financial returns of
the Scottish United Presbyterian Church,
just published, are the most favorable that
have appeared for some years. During
| 1880 the aggregate contributions to the
schemes of the Synod amounted to fl00,-
S55, being an increase of f25, 500 over
those of 1879, and Ell 600 over those of
1873. The income this year exceeds the
expenditure by Ell, 600, while last year
the expenditure exceeded the income by
fI4,0O0
The whole number Of Second Adventists
in this country is estimated at Sc. 900, who
exist principally in four divisions-the
Second Advent Christians, the Evangelical
Adventists, the Seventh Day Adventists,
and the Life and Advent Union. The lat.
ter holds to the non. resurrection of the
wicked dead, the first to the humiliation
Of those who die impenitent, and the sec
ond named to the conscious state Of the
dead and the eternal conscious suffering of
| the wicked.
| The subject of exclusion of members of
secret societies from the Church of the
United Brethren in Christ will come again
before the General Conference of that body
which meets in May. The discipline of
the body declares that secret societies are
evil in nature and tendency, and that when
any preacher or communicate becomes a
member of one OF them he shall be consid-
cred as having withdrawn from the Church.
| No secret society man can be received into
membership.
The "Alliance Israelite Universelle" is
extending its voluntary work of education
among the poor and ignorant Jews of the
| CliCDt. III pdet slA IiiolLiIb uibO SCfOpio
have been opened in the Empire of Turkey.
A preparatory school in Paris trains the
teachers for the Eastern schools, of which
there are now thirty three, in which there
are 6 300 pupils. Some 6S,000f. have been
raised toward establishing professional and
primary schools in Palestine as memorial
to M. Cremieux.
A conference of prominent Israelites was
held recently at Prossnitz. Hungary, at
which the Minister OF Public Worship pre-
sided. The meeting was held to settle
some matters of Jewish congregational
affairs in conformity to the new laws Of
Parliament. The points of dispute were in
reference to what constitutes Rabbi, and
the privilege of withdrawal from copgre.
CATION. One party rejected the authority
Of the Talmud, while the other accepted
it. 1t is said the matter was settled in
favor Of the latter party.
The Free Church Of Italy, according to
the tenth annual report, made little ad-
vance the past year. There are Ii or
dained ministers, a decrease OF 10 evan.
gelists, As elders a loss of | 20 deacons, a
gain of three; l,7S0 communicates, loss
OF 20; 254 catechumens, loss of IL 80
churches, a decrease of /; 81 out-stations,
a gain of 2. There was an increase Of
nearly 3,000f. in the collections, the total
being Is, 000f., and the expenditures LA, :
40Sf. OF the receipts, 80, 96lf. were from
| America