Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-05-10
AMoaG TIE MANY DENOMINATIONS.
What ia doing on In the Great Church
WOTld-A Month of Numerous Re
lIgIOns Conferences.


On the last day of December, 1884, it
will be 500 years since John WycIffe died.
On the 2lst day of May is to be celebrated
the dcnunciatiOn of his doctrines, which
took place some forty-two years after his
death, in obedience TO the council OF Con.
stance
Concerning the repOH that new syna
gogue is to be erected for the better
convenience of up town Hebrews IN Phila.
delphia, the JsuiSi Messenger thus
comments is this 10 be encouraged ?
Let us build places of worship as they are
needed. Those we have already are not
overwel supported why build more ?"
Tha Protestant churches OF New York
have thirteen Chinese schools, with an
average attendance of $50. In the nine
schools Of Brooklyn there are 24O scholars,
with AZ average attendance of l7j.
Ia the Canton Of Geneva, DR.. Gosse, an
archD Dlogist, has discovered by excava.
tion, the remains of q Christian chapel,
which he supposes to belong 10 the seventh
or eighth century, the earliest period of
Christianity in that canton. Christianity is
older than Calvanism, even in Calyn's
own home, . fact which some forget.
1t is noticeable that three of the most
| important standing committees of the NJ.
| f. general conference are presided over by
| laymen-the Book Concern, General Clin-
ton B. Fisk Church Extension, by Amos
! Shnkle and Sunday School and Tracts,
tP G.. Gi!!ett. Hon. Oliver Hoyt was
urged to serve on another committee as
chairman, but he declined.
| An interesting account has been re.
Ceived from the Rev. G. +. Warren, OF
Osaka, of a meeting in that city in con-
neCtlOn with the Luther cOmmemOration.
More than 600 japanese were present
including largo number Of medical men
lawyers and officials occupying high posi-
tiOns under the government. A Japanese
speaker gayo short account of the great
dress on the result OF his Luther's) work
Fancy" Mr.. Warren writes, "in thil
far off corner of the earth, company OF
japanese Christians, not one of whom tel
years ago was Christian, joining to cele
brato the 4O0th anniversary OF Luther
birthday"
a Busy month
May is crowded with important ecolesi
astiCll assemblages. The general confer
enCe of the Methodist Episcopal church i
now in session the general conference o
the Methodist Protestant church meets il
Baltimore May 10 the general conference
Of the African Methodist Episcopal churcl
II now in session in Baltimore the genera
conference of the African Methodist Epis
Copal Zion church in New York; tn
general synod OF the Reformed German
church in Baltimore the Southern Bap
tiSt convention in Baltimore the genera
assembly of the Presbyterian church meet
in Saratoga May 10 the Southern Presby
terian church assembly in VioksburR
Miss, May 10 the Cumberland Presby
terrain assembly 10 McKecsport, Pa, Ma
, 10; the United Presbyterian genera
assembly in st. Louis May 2S the genera
eldership of tho Church of God in Woos
ter, Ohio, on May % next month tn
general synod Of the Reformed tDutch
D church meets in Grand Rapids, Mich,
/ June A and the L resbyterian allianc
, holds it's third general council in Belfast
Ireland, beginning June "a.
methOdist Union.
Tho various methodist branches In Ne,
Zealand have taken steps towards a unior
0 Last year committee was appointed /
> meet and draw upa basis of union. Tn
statistics prepared aud published by tina
> committee gave the following figures
Churches - Wesleyan, All Primitiv
. Methodist, 65 United Methodist 80
, Bible Christian, 3. Adherents-W Wesleya
30,544 Primitive Methodist, ., 600 ; BIB
Christian, 375, Ministers-W Wesleyan, SS
Primitive Methodist, l8. United Metho
dist, IL Bible Christian, 2, The commit
l tee has found no difficulty in getting o
; harmonlously 80 far, aud there is now
fair prospect for union. 1t is proposed 4
! tho event Of union taking place to dro
tho name Wesleyan"