, 1881-02-20
GENERAL NOTES.

The Baptist mission III Germany reports
1874 churches 2G,656 members, 1,4G7 stations,
and 11,S13 Sunday-school scholars. The
churches raised Sc, 900 last year for church
purposes.
The statistical tables of the Lutheran
Church. just published, show a grand total Of
81, ,sG3 communicates, embraced in flfty-nino
synods. This Church now ranks third III
numbers in the United States
The International Committee of the Young
Mems Christian Association announce that
the next biennial meeting Of the Internal ton
in Cleveland, O., from May - to 90, 1881.
The Baptist Yearbook shows q Baptist
membership Of :, 22.G 81 III America, an in
crease of 1G;, ,a2G' during the year. The total
Methodist membership I'll the same field is
3,4SG, 00O III the United States, and, including
Canada, 3,G5t.G01.
Of the 296 Friends who died in England
ast ysa Se ae an1 az q M ys hs
tween 50 and 80, sixty-tiye between 70 and SO.
sixty between 10 and 10; tWcntY-clght died
under 5. The average was IS years month
and days.
4 recent decision Of the Second Congrega-
ton Of lndulgences declares that the ctilttts
of tie heart Ut st. Joseph, which has already
ful: and that, therefore. medals which cx.
hibited, together with the hearts Of Jesus and
Mary, that ut St. Joseph, are prohibited.
The Brallma Somaj, or Thestic Church Of
India, has now l30 churches scattered
throughout the country, with numbers rang
The schis,ns Of 1878 somewhat depressed the
activity of this body; but there are evidences
Of a new energy and spirit during the last
year.
In England and Wales there are ITO denoln~
nations, with 1900 places Of worship, and
upward of II, 100000 sittings There are 3',-
gymen in lie Church OF England. The conl-
muncants number about 3,Oo0, 900. and the
ooS,oo5 ssS5oSs 'uD0A' a'''''u''s' ~ '''l' = ~
An example of what may be done in the
way of Christian union was given in Biz
1ningham, England, OIL Sunday, Jan. IL,
Congregational, Baptist. Methodist and
sbyterian-rxchanged pnlpits in the eye,,-
ing. On Tuesday, Jan. 10, a united conl
munion-seryice was held, in which ministers
from these denominations took part.
The Yearly Unlucrsalist Register for 1851
shows that since 1871 the number OF churches
in that denomination has INCREASED from t;oj
to 739, the membership from 52a.o41 to 33,o4S,
shrink II from s;,4S54sas Is to so'S;7, o. 'fhc
olllluly-scnOOl membership Has 1ailt1 1TOn
Co. 757 in 1878 to IS, Isl. The number Of col
leges and academies is reduced from IA to II.
Philadelphia Presbytery, at its stated meet
ing last Monday, fell into the line of the
unanimous alternatives OH the -Asse,nbI5';S
Oyertures concerning the reorganization of
the synotls and the enlargenlentOf their pow
ers Not MANY III the Ir7sbyteries vote be-
fore their spring meetings; but we recall
New Brunswick, Bcllefontaine, Nassau, New
I York, West Jersey, Jersey City, as having
already voted in the affirmative.
At a recent prayer-mceting in Ashfield,
Mass, a member of a Congregational church
brought charge Of intideliry against the
pastor. founded OH his exposition of the
Bible account of the creation, i'll which the
clergyman explained thu SIX na5's rs periods
not Of twenty-four hoMrf; eacli,. but OF much
greater length, accordi39 to the widely re-
ceiyed teachings of modern scientists. The
congregation, with scarcely all execution,
sustained their minister and the name of the
dissatisfied member vas OIL Sunday dropped
from the roll Of tie church. at his own re-
quest. ......-..-...
ME NORTHERN nEASERY-
At the quarterly meeting Of the Northern
Deanery, there were present the Dean 1.-THE
Rev. DR.. Locke), the Rev. Drs- Morrison and
Jewell, the Rev. Alessrs. 7. y. Morrison, Jr.,
Arthur Kitchie, Edward Richie, uedlnan,
Kinney, Street, Courtney, Perry, Lytton,
Knowles, Fleetwood, Smith, Pardee, and
THOMPSON. The Rev. c Ellis Stevens was