Omaha daily bee., 1882-12-30
RELIGIOUS.

At New ALBANY, Indiana, the Firs
Presbyterian church has elected q board O
~deaoonesses.
The revival 10 the Cincinnati Methods
churches has resulted In Abs conversion
and 1,005 additions on probations.
The number OF Congregational cburohe
In the western part Of the State Of Penn
sylvania has doubled during the last seye,
years, and the time seems ripe for tn,
formation OF . State association.
At the seventy-eighth session Of the oil,
testament revisers, held In the Jerusalem
chamber. Westminster, the COMPANY fn
ished the second revision of Job and pro.
ceeded with that Of Proverbs to ohapte,
xvi :18.
The finest building on this continent 1,
the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Mexico
II WA built 800 years ago on the site .,
the Aztec temple. and gold was used by
the ton and precious stones by the thou,
sand In It's ornamentAtion.
The Russian Chapel which has been
supported by the Russian government .,
new York for thirteen years is to be clos
ed. The pastor, the Rev. Nicholas Bier.
ring, states that this action of the govern.
ment Is for economical reasons.
It Is q remarkable fact that within the
last two weeks two pastors have been in.
stalled In chicago over Congregational
churches who were far from being up 70
the old standard Of orthodoxy upon the
subject Of future p~unishment, DR.. Soudder
and MIR. Emerich both agreeing In the one
important point of indulgipg hope for the
sinner who dies in his Sins.
The Churohman complies the following
Qlm m ATv nj ota tfaffnu al 49, D-
Episcopal church for 1882 from "rhe
Church Almanac" and "Whittaker's
Churchman'S Almanac" for 1883: Number
OF dioceses, As; missionary districts lin.
Guiding Africa, China and Japan, 10:
bishops, &c; priests and deacons, $50:
whole number vt clergy, 3,575-iucresse,
70.
The Lutheran communion registers a
large increase the past year. It's totals are
now 3.429 ministers. . gain of 1S9; 6,1SO
congregations, or 1856 more than last year:
and 7S5;787 communicates, an increase Of
47,4S5. These communicates are distri.
buted among the different bodies a. fol.
lows: SJdodical conference, 2sS. III; gen.
eral council, 235, 002; general synod. 1928.
229j independent synodB, 116, or.
A skotch Of the churches Of New Haven.
Conn, printed by The Register, shows
that the Catholic denomination has in.
creased 10 membership during the past 40
years more rapidly than ell the Protestant
denominations combined, having now 7
churches and q, 800 members, against /
church and 300 members In 1912, while the
Protestant churchcs, numbering az in 1S42
and having 1921 members, now number 81
and have Ii, 29S members. The Congrega.
tional church was the largest Protestant
organization 40 years ago and il so now,
but Its relative increase IL much less than
that OF the Methodists. E~piscopalians and
Baptists. The Congresationalists have
grown from 10 churches with 2,Sl4 mem.
bers to 10 churches with 5,5l7 members,
the Methodists from 2 churches with $50
members to IL churches with 2, 795 mem.
bers, the E~piscopalians from Q churches
with 75 members to IL churches with
1856 members, the Baptists ffom 1 church
with 462 member. to 3 churches with !. 1928
members. The l Universalis It church had
DO members In 1912, and now has 1923.
Instead OF l Jewish church with IS mem
bers, there are now 3 with 1879 members.
The Lutherans and Second Adyentists,
which had no churches 40 years ago, have
2 each, tho former with 200 members.
the latter with 95. The population OF
New Haven has grown from 1883 to
6S, 500.