The Evening critic., 1882-09-02
Religious News.

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Religious News.
Chicago has thirty.four Lutheran
churches.
The revival influence in Texas is spread
ing like prairie IRE, and South Georgia is all
ablaze.
The Presbyterian Church at Haddon-
field, N. J was dedicated on Tuesday evening,
August 10.
Governor Colquitt, of Georgia, 1t is said,
preached nne sermon at villa Rica camp.
meeting Sunday before last.
Rev II. d. Page will enter upon his du-
Church, Culpeper, Va, tomorrow.
In Kentucky the Methodist Church has
25,006 members, and tho Methodist Church
South 81, 710 members in the same State.
Two German theological schoolsa are main
tanned by the Prcebytorians, one at Bloomfield,
In New Jersey, and the other at Dubuque, In
Iowa.
Bishop A.W. Wilson, of the NJ. L. Church
South, Is booked for n missionary mass.meot-
Ing at Union Camp ground, South Georgia,
September H.
Governor Pitkin, of Colorado, delivered
the address on the occasion of tho laying of
Denver last week
The late John Magee, .ir., of Watkins, N.
y, has left by will $4,000 for tho erection OF
i've Episcopal churches In New York, pennsyl-
The Rev. ]. III. Robinson, of tho Meth.
odlst Protestant Church at Paterson, N. j., has
resigned his charge in order to give his whole
attention to politics.
The Methodist Protestant Church, which
for many years took no part IN foreign mission
mission home in Japan.
Despite ill.health and the infirmitics of
ngc Bishop George +. Pierce, of the NJ. E.Church
South, recently preached powerful camp
meeting sermon In Georgia.
@Whereas only twelve priests aud twenty
Catholic churches were to be found In Dakota
In 1880, there are now forty-three such
churches and thirty.seven priests.
Rev. G. G. Penick, missionary bishop of
tho Episcopal Church, has nourlshing board
Robertsport, In Liberia, West Africa.
According to the estimates of the Nash
Vile Christian AdrOcdte there is one member
OF the Methodist Church for every nine per.
sons In the white population OF that city.
Missionaries in the South think that
kitchen kindergartens, which arc doing 80
much good for the children of the North,
should be introduced throughout tho South.
A novel charge of indiscretion is pending
against rector of oxfordshire, England. He
ia accused Of kissing his hand to a fair but sus-
ceptible young woman while he was perform
ing divine service.
The 400th anniversary of Luther's birth
Will occur on November 10, 1883, and the
commends that the entire German nation
unite in celebrating the event.
The Catholics are making determined eli
forts TO convert the people OF Central Africa to
their faith. Already more than nfty mission.
aries have gone from Algeria to Equatorial
Africa, and the Pope is urging greater efforts.
The Rev. Hugh Mcclure, of the class of
1871, Kenyon, after sojourn in the ministry
OF tho Presbyterian Church In Canada, has
been ordained deacon in the Episcopal Church,
charge u
York.
There are seventeen colored confer.
ences OF the Methodist Episcopal Church In
the United States including 1,071 churches.
worth 81 ,S43, 233, with 1S0,570 mcmbers, and
having 2SS parsonages, worth SlO7,5Ol. In
1864 there were only six conferences, with
20,664 members.
The percentage of net numerical growth
in the foreign mission fields OF the United
Presbyterian Church last year was moro than
seven times that of the church at home; and
| this Notwithstanding the fact that the home.
growth was proportionately larger than that
| OF almost any other Northern church.
A new sect, called the Chosen, has been
started In Michigan. They believe In commu.
| nifty of goods, but each individual Is allowed
to retain $4,000 for his own use, any, sum be-
| yond that being divided among the brethren
| 1t Is found that they do not gain any converts
among those whose property has reached the
limit, and no dividend has yet been made.
In 1s40 there were only three small Ger.
|
| with total membership Of only l50.' In 1851
| the German Baptist Conference was organized
In Philadelphia. There were tRen SIX
churches and six ministers, with $50 mem
| bers. Now the German Baptist churches In
the United States number 10000 members
Low Foo, Chinaman, when converted
| under the labors OF Dr.. Graves, at Canton, sold
himself as slave In order that no might IS
| to Demerara and preach the gospel to his fel
| low-countrymen there. And this he has done
so successfully that he now has church oil
| two hundred converted Cinnamon, who are
| supporting missionaries among their own
| people.
| The Wesleyan Conference, which has just
been held In England, had stirring discus
| sion on the revision of Its baptismal service
The revised formula leaned away from hap
tismal regeneration, and therefore toward
| Professionalism. The revised service was car
ried by large majority, but liberty was glyer
| TO tho oppoSers OF this service TO use the old
form II they chose.
The "Rehobeth" Methodist Protestant
Church on Spencerville Circuit, Indiana Con
| ference, was dedicated to the worship of Goo
few months by the people OF the old Bcal
Creek Society and the surrounding commun
ity. 1t Is located one mile and q half west o
the one formerly occupied by the society II
DeKalb County, Ind, six miles southeast o
Auburn, and like distance northwest o
Spenceryille.
DR.. o. p. Fitzgerald, the. able and es
teemed editor OF the Nashville Christian Al
|
for his church and for all young Christian
readers In the publication OF u little manua
entitled ''Christian Growth" 1t is q series o
attractivcly.written chapters, or short dis
courses, covering all the chief elements ant
incidents OF tho religious life. II is Just tn,
book u pastor would desire TO place in the
hand OF the young convert. II is published b!
the Southern Methodist Publishing House, a
so cents.
| The pastor of large church in Avon
dale, one of tho suburbs of Cincinnati, re
Gently determined to stimulate the zeal of hi
rather lukewarm congregation In n new way
He accordingly placed n box at n convention
point, ana invited his people TO drop into 1
during the week questions upon any subJec
| which Interested or perpexcd them, promis
| Ing TO answer their Inquiries as best no wa
| able at the Wednesday evening meeting. TIL
| night came, the questions were read, discussed
and answered 10 the manifest pleasure ant
instruction OF those present. This exercise
| was repeated on several successive Wednesda,
evenings, the questions showing a sirgularl,
thoughtful and intelligent interest In spirit
ual subjects. At last, 10 the surprise OF all
the pastor announced that the exercise woulI
| be discontinued. lie then went on 10 explain
that tho inquiries had all been propounded b,
himself no member OF the congregation hay
Ing placed single question In the box.
|
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