Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-05-17
AMONG THE CHURCHES.
rus VARIED NEws AND COMMENT
Items OF General Ihtsrtts-Ih. presby .
ter,ans MIthodi,t, and Morav,ans- In
Conference ana IN Oongreg alton


Tho statistics Of tho Protestant Motho-
die: church show trat there are IS confer
cuces, with |, 400 itinerant and g11 local
preachers and 1875, Gil church members.
There arc Sl3 church buildings aud par
sonagCa, valued t 81, 9SS, 400. The church
has l,6Si Sunday schools, with IA 222
Cill ,ofs and 50 222 scholars. Missionary
collections in 1888, 81, 40 collections for
ministerial education IN 1888, 81, 1873 !;
churches built last year, o. (; value, slSl,
l6j average value, si,pJ7 parsonage
built last year, 29 value, s25, 23i.
Ia tho African VI l.. conference in Bal.
tI,uOro Rev. I. I'll. Jackson read frater
nal letter from the Methodist Episcopal
church. a lively debate ensued, some of
tho members objecting to receiving the
letter. The Methodist Episcopal church,
1t WAS said, scnt personal delegates to
some clutches and only greetings to the
African Methodist Episcopal church
Many of the members seemed to consider
the action OF the Methodist Episcopal
conference in sending greetings and not
| delegate an insult.
l21 Presbyteries have voted aflirmativcly
on tho revised book Of Discipline, but 30
! OF them except to the dictOu of general
! rules OF evidence. 50 that, although the
| book is adopted as a whole, this section
/ is approved by a little less than one half OF
. th PreSbytcries. The overture ON Tcduc
ed representation has received 81 affirm
atiro votes, as far rs is known Is de-
fcated.
The board Of foreign missions OF tn
Presbyterian churches announces that its
receipts during tho year closing on the lst
Of May wcro sG9l, ,5SS The expenses ot
the year have been 1000, iG2 Tho work
douc for missions at home and abroad by
the Presbyterian church the past year wa,
as follows: Foreign missions, 1901, $50
Home missions, S626, 42S, - Total sl,3lS,
Ol622
In tho Presbyterian general assembly
in Saratoga, committee OF ten was
decided upon relative to q reversed bpOb
Of discipline also . committee from eaot
synod an reducing representation. stand
ing committees were announced, RuC
reports from the various boards we're
So omitted.
Bsmarak is avenged. lie once wat
r"primanded for whtsthug on Sunday in
scotland. lie will now learn with grim
satisfaction that member of a SCDtCt
Uuited PreSby terrain church, having beer
elected to otli3e of elder, has been refused
urdluatlon by the session on the grouuC
that he took walk in the county or
the sabbath afternoon"
The Moravians have Just been ceobrat
ilg their 421th anniversary. This leaves
ths Eiinburg tercenteuary far in the rear
The Morayiaus claim 10 be the oldes
Protestant sect in Christeudom. The!
are able to 90 back TO the year 1857.
The chimes of tue little EpiScapa
church Of Gambler, Ohio, are "swoet bslIg
itugled out of tune So far as the inhabi
;an,s ate Concerned. They say they ar,
wiling TO endure their share Of bell ring
ins, but W hen 1t comes to striking tht
quarters, or living l,ll6 strokes day
they kick, and they ever will kick.
At the commencement OF the NOraviaI
theological seminary 10 Bethlehem yes
terday Ois + Reideubach, of Lititz, mad
au address Ou Esther"
On Thursday evening tho Comcuiau Lit
erary society celebrated It's teuth anuivcr
sary. Rev. J. NJ. Uark. Of Lancaster
delivered al address on What aud Hov
10 Read"
Tae Presbytery Of Philadelphia Mort,
has u good report 10 the history Of quartz
century OF her lite Tho record shows a
, average Of a new church each year durin
this period of her existence.
"tf angels ever condescCnd 10 walk tn
earth it is when clad in the form of goo
mothers, says an eminent writer.