Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-12-29
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os,ss,s ~ tire Nessosai Aesas~y Of ne
sissy Rsesasd n new Yerk.
The Nstlcnsl Academy Of Theology wos
founded II New Yosk On Thureoey o .
oonveution os theological professors. The
theology - . so.s0ce on The basts Of she
following principles;
First-Ths recognition Of the Bible -
body Of writings prepared b. men undee
the supernatural influence Of the Holy
are the nnsi rule OF doctrine end psa0sicA
Beoond--Ths recognition Of pess9ual
felssionship 70 Christ through repentance
and faith and Of depeodenCe upon the Holy
Spirit - the divine and therefore scientific
conditions for The right Interpretation Of
Third Tho recognition Of pathological
and historical laws - the sole humeu
methods for discovering the fac:s OF The
word, from which faCts sloue the ind duoucne
and deductions ere 10 b medA All
methods Inconsistent with these ere 10 b
A constitution and bylaws wsre adopted.
The following ofnoors were elected Pfosi.
dent, Professor James BtSane, ID. D., Of
Drew theological seminary; Woe president
Professor E. v. 0erhaYt, d. d, OF the thso.
logical seminary Of the Reformed church,
B. Buell. sdsa H;s'Se senoo 'e q
theology; secretary, Professor O. ID. Hart
Yanft, ID. D., Hartford theological oeni-
nary; treasurer, Professor r. Gardiner,
d. d, Bsrkely divinity school, Mlddletowr,
Conn.
RKLI0IOus INfHLLlaENcE.
The Lutheran church In growing rapidly
In the United 6tateA In 1870 the number
Of 0ommuniCanta In that tdonominati0n IVES
lee than 100000. Now there are over
The Methodist episcopal church Of the
United States set out two years sgo 70 raise
- million for missions' meaning thereby
for homo and foreign misslons. Lsst year
II succeeded, and, encouraged BY success.
l':sd ed up iss standard and n.sa .hs line e !,
announced thst Il 10 again over the "million
line"
Bishop McLsren, Of the Protestant Epis :.
copAl diocese Of Chicago, lainented, In the
course Of IN ordination sermOn few day 9
ego, that the sermon has become the Idol
and the pulpit the altar In too many
churches, and that the proposed preacher ID
not viewed ~ much from the standp point Oi
avn no preach the truth 7" ~ Will he
draw" Tho good bishop appears 70 favor
some other work than "Kobcrt Elsmere "
o. q book OF texts.
ing to Whittdker's Almanac for 1889. hss
20 dioceses, 10 missionary JurisdictiOr Q. 90
bishops, 8,768 priests aud deacons. The
baptisms for 1888 numbered 60, 709; con.
nrmstions, 80, 600 The whole number ol
compartments IL 450, ,052; of sunday school
soholars, 342, 431 The contribution
amounted 10 sll, asa, ,6N. Tho increase oi
commandments 10 upward OF II. .0C0.
The following siatiaiios sre taken from
the almansc for 1859. just issued by the
American board Of foreign missions. The
thirty foreign missionary societies In the
United States have an income OF e3 900 967,
l,103 stations, 1854 out stations, 8Z7 malo
aud 200 female missionaries, 3 6i7 native
helpers, 2,246 churches, with l747S cOm.
municents, OF whom q ,g7s were added last
year, .. .s64 schools, with Isl, ,995 pupils.
The year just drawing To close haa
bsen Q quiet one In the reliA iouh world.
Many conferences, denomiDationai and In
terdenominationai, have been held, and
there has besn the usual activity In church
and missionary matters ; but the history o.
tho year has no extraordinary features. TtS
revival Influence In this country has beer
less marked than In the fiv8 preceding
yesrA but the churches have not failed tC
report q net increase OF members, aud
there has been no falling on In benevolent
contributions.