, 1881-02-13

brothers 0nderdonk, Bishops. respectively Of
New York and Pennsylvania. They wera
| succeeded by two brothers Potter, one Of
whom presides over the ecclesiastical terri
Gently, two Bishops Wilmer, Of Alabama and
| Louisiana, and two Bishops burgess. of
Maine and Illinois. And now the honor has
! fallen. on two brothers Paddock to watch
| over the spiritual interests OF Episcopalians
Cannon Farrar declared in the course of a
! g the name Of priest Is none SO immaculate
and none so beneiicent in the worlds history
| as to make us regret that the New Testament
| knows nothing OF any mere human priests,
Jews, WHO ridiculed lsaiahe The insult
| ing priests of Judah. Who smote Jeremiah
| Tie priest Pashur. Who threatened Amos ?
The priest Aulaziall. Who would have torn
Paul in pieces? The priests ;sst Of Jerusalem.
! WHO crucitied Christ? The priests Annas
and has,-lawfni priests, observe: and
acting in spiritual tribunals"
In suit entered in the Lake County, Ohio,
| court for the auietins Of title to the hlrtiafc
| Temple, the plaintiffs being the Reorganlzed
Church Of Jesus Christ Of latter-Day Saints
! in delivering Judgment said: That the
| Church in Utah. the defendant OF which,
| John Taylor, is President, has materially and
| largely departed from the faith, doctrines,
| laws, ordinances, and llsaEes OF SAID original
Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints,
and has Incorporated INTO its system OF faith
| the doctrines of celestial marriage anu
| plurality OF wives, and tile doctrine OF Adanl-
tiol worship contrary to the laws and con-
| stituti0n of said original Church,
on ssPupit and Pew reminds the reader
that setlsationalism in the pulpit is not an eX-
clusively modern fault. There was kev.
Josiah Dwight, minister Of the church in
| Woodstock, Cullll., a little less than 200 years
ago, whose style. Of wit one would NOT like
to commend for imitation. Speaking Of u1l-
| converted nlel, he said. that il they lever
| got to Heaven they would feel as uneasy rs
| slad up the crotch Ut white oak" Having
been formally admonisiied by his brethren
their repr0ofs with great meekncss, frankly
acknowledging his faults. and promised
| ntt|ncnt,' but, in prayer al parting, after
| returning thanks for the brothefly visit and
ahlno,li:iol,, hoped that they ''migilt SO hitch
| their horses on earth that they should never
kick in the stables Of everlasting salvation"
METHODIST STATISTICS.
The Methodist Year Book for 1881 presents
! the leading statistics Of Methodist bodies
generally III this c"untry, Canada, and En-
has l1,SW itinerant ministers, l2,475 local
preachers, and l.1,:}4, ,9,s lay members. Tie
eight other Episcopal Methodist Churches
swell these figures to :9:t9 ministers, 70, ~
non-Episcopal Methodist bodies, the Metho-
dist Protestant Cliu1ch takes the lead, with
1,3l4 ministers, 935 local preachers, and 1l3,-
! 4U5 members. The totals OF these bodies are
2,n3l5 ministers, l,GlU lay preachers, and lGt.-
st)7 nelnbYrs. \ general SUMMARY. Of Metho-
liislsa tirous silout the world, missions III
ciu1M, gives 81, 773l ministers, S5,lio local
| preachers. and 4G9s 800 members: The total
Methodist population is estimated ut :s;,4I',-
| tIlj. The foregoing figures include the
! United Brethren denomination.
] Tie II. Z. Church in this country has thir-
| teen bishops, ELL churches valued Ut SG;,-
s;;;s, ICY, 8 7S2 parsonaSes (yalned at S5,31G,-
71O). it las 10 III Sunday-scl,oois, with IT,,
| ars. One hundred and thirty-llne ministers
died last year, and ., $50 members. The Pub
| fishing Department contains q list Of ], f5o
| book and tract publications; its total sales
81 S:,5 Gt44G3 Gt;'4 81 Of this amount being the
| sales Of the Ntw York house.
In mission work the Church is very active.
| It has I'll American missionaries in foreign
fields and l,;s;6 local preachers, 8. ~ mem,
at S1,OlS, 7lS), l37 parsonages (yaluedl at at
| S15O,G07), S3U SundAy-scilools, with 10, S;G
scholars, and 25G daE-schools, with s,31G ,pu-
| pills. There are also 2,G4 domestic mission
! aries. The total contributions OF the denom-
| 49, |N1NS -~A ----
| 46',145.
| MooDY's sUNDAY-sCHooL.
| The following statistics of the Sunday
| school connected with Noody's Church dur
| ing the past year are not without Interest:
] Lesson leaflets given, 4l,ooo; Sunday-school
papers, 2O,010; Sunday scrap albums, 400;
! Sunday scrap pictures. 10000; Testainents
| sold fcheap), 500; average attendance, ,5ot; !;
| increase over former years, 3392, largest at
tendance (Dcc. 2G), 1,9o3; smallest attend
I MA nj
adults, IL; Of Intermediates, 52l; Of pri-
mary, 2G0; of officers, q; OF teachers, 20; OF
| visitors, H.
Many conversions are reported, especially
Number Joining the church, 40; number of
| teachers taken from adult classes, 25; nlnl-
| ber oi teachers from other sources, 10; NUM-
| Der Of teachers discontinued, Il; number Of
| teachers ut present, u.
! ate collections, $224G.7j; pEinnary class col
lcctlons. sG9.4o; other collections, $to.A3; to-
| tal, SsC44SS.2S, 2S
The expenses have been such as to leave in
| the treasury $50
Officers elected: D. l.. Moody and J. II.
| Hitchcock, Supcrintendcnts; 4. L. Tuckes,
First Assistant; E. kappeler, Second As-
sistant. Miss Z. Betz, Third Assistant: I:
| Mclean Secretary; WILLIAM Davidson. First
| Miss {. Peterson, Third Assistant; Prot. G
| G. Case, Chorister; Mrs. Case and Mr.. G.
| Eikenbeg, Organists.
CuURc1I-WoHK AMONG DEAF ArUrEs.
In the early part Of the present century the
| first school in America for deaf mute5 was
! founded at Hartford, Conn. Since then
similar schools haze sprung ZIP in different
parts Of the Union, till their number exceeds
| fifty. About 5000 pupils are in attendance,
! and about four hundred are graduated year
| ly For some years it was 4 problem with
! their educators how they should be provided
| for spiritually after leaving school; for tho
ordinary methods applying to hearing. Der
! SONS would be of 10 use to them. Mean
while the number Of graduates Increased.
! They were without spiritual care. Proyi-
dentially, in 1850, the Kev. Thomas Gal
! laudct, ID. D.. undertook the formation Of 4
Biblc-class for deaf mutes i'll the City Of New
J York Ills father was the founder OF the
| Hartford school, and he was thoroughly
| familiar with sign language. This class il.-
creased in size rapidly. In 1852 st. AIMS
| Church for Deaf Mules sprang into exist
c,lce as all outgrowtll. It stands On West
Eighteenth street, near Fifth avenue. Twcll~
! t. years later a society known rs the Church
Mission to Deaf Mutes was INCORPORATED,
! With bishop Potter, Of New York, as presi-
dent, and the Rev. DIR. Gallaudet rs General
! Manager. The principal object Of this socl-
! ety is 10 provide religious services for the