The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-11
Religious Intelligence.

Religious Intelligence.
The Presbytsry Of Wilmington. N.
O., resolved thai. under ordinary
circumstances, no minister be allowed
to act 80 . stated supply to tbs same
church ioT 3 longer period than two
years."
The Methodist Quarterly ReUieW says
of DR.. Newman Smyth: "As nearly
az we can grasp bis aurora borealis il
is almos ast fellows; be is rather Ar.
menisn than Calvanist in his thodicy;
his doctrine of inspiration is Color
idgean; his atonement is Bushnell
liam; his escbatology is restoTationism.
+ We are disposed TO ratify
hiF Armenianism, to be liberal to bis
inspirstioniem, to demur to his atone
ment, but to donate his restoration
ism TO our UuEiversalist friends,
where it belongs"
The Congregational Year Book for
1882, contains the usual annual re-
cord, list of societies and ssninsries,
and the annual statistics of churches
and ministers. The summary is az
iollo1s:
Total Congregational churches,
8, 804; with pastors, 877; with acting
pastors. l. 981; supplied by licentiates,
ETC.. 157; unsupplied, 789. Total Of
Congregational ministers. 3,713; pas
toral work, 1858. Total OF church
members, 38l, 691; males. 12S, O6O;
females, 251. 1922; absent, 81, l22.
Added last year, by confession, H.
81; by letter. II, 235; total, %, $40.
Lost last year by cath. 5, 664; By dis
mission, 9,454; ny discipline, 1850;
total. 17,178. Arksnrss Is added 10
the list Of states having O0ngrega-
uonal churches. The year shows q
oct gain OF fifty nine churches, G net
ioes 10 membership of 2,635; a net
gain 10 Sabb+th schools of 2,735;
net increase OF reported benevOlence,
1874 S35.9 2; t,tsl reported, 81, 227, ;
l08.24- The apparent loss in church
mem bersbip is due to dropping out
al Olt eatlmste of unreported Welsh
churthrS.
The Pail Mall Gazette says: THE
hurial Of MIR. Darwin IN Westminster
Abby has not uDDa,urslly led Fren sh
lOurL a!ids to draw comparisons very
much IN favor of England between
the attitude of the church in relation
to science in this country and across
the Channel. La France recalls the
fact that Monsignor Dupauloup re
fused to cit III the Academy by the
side Of NJ. Littre, and wonders what
the wits of the sscristy who have
cracked so many jokes about Darwin
and apes will think of the honor paid
to the great naturalist in the Abbey
Church OF Wetminster. It may be
remarked th.t in Paris the strife be-
tween science and the church is so
bitter that not only would no French
biehop have ofio ated at the burial of a
man of science like Mr.. Darwin, bot,
if, by miracle, such a prelste were
to be found his presence g: the grave
would be sufficient to ensure the sb-
sence of all scientific men from the
cemetery.
The Rev. Page Hops has at a
Unitarian conference In Liverpool
spoken these words in favor OF the
salvation army: He did not believe, ,"
he said, shat people followed the
teaching of the army because q more
'helIish hell' and a more 'devilish
devil was preached, but because they
found in that army, in spite Of it's
vulgarity and a great deal of non
sense, there was at the heart Of II a
very splendid. beautiful and earnest
Christian effort to save the drunkard |
and cure the wife heater" In this |
DR.. Hopps is correct. The object lie |
noble aud Ohristlike, although the
methods may be Objectionable, and |
in some instances indecorous and
rude. and no such religious movement
characterized by these idiosyncracies
has ever in the history of the church
commanded such respect and com.
mendation from the representative
press, men and churches of any age.
Ckis is especially noticeable in the
clergy and papers Of the established
church.