The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-15
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

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Unnariars has been sitting in the
Church of the Messiah. New York city.
PrestdentJ. Harsen Rhodes. responding
to the address OF welcome. said I'VE
come together as a Christian body with
olt written creed, but with these car
dinal principles in God. faith i'm
man, and faith in Immortality. For the
just there is freedom to think and de-
eide on man 5 relations to his Creator"
According to the annual report read by
Secretary ID. Morehouse. the work OF
education was at present one Of the
best for Uuitarians. During the last
year the Conference had gained seven
and lost two ministers. The report Of
the Women's League gave 200 as the
number of members. The report Of the
treasurer showed receipts 1864. 81,
and a balance on hand OF
SS.7l0.3i. The number OF delegates
present was thirty.six. The Conference
seems to have fallen afterward into
philosophical discussion as t. whether
the Cnurch was the guardian Of all
truth. The Rev. Mr.. Calthrop. OF SYRIA
cuse, took this position, and would
widen the term Church SO as to include
such saints as Moses Montedore and
Buddha. Perhaps the most important
tendency of the conference was indi-
Gated by the report of the Committee
Oh Conference Enlargement in favor of
inviting all churches in the Middle
States, Baltimore and Washington, to
join the conference. The committee
advised that II be called the Conference
Of Unitarian Churches of the Middle
States ami Canada.
THE Presbyterians have theological
school at Saharunpas. India, in which
they are practically solving the ques-
ton of sell-suppOrt in the missionary
field. From this seminary seven trained
native preachers have recently proceed
ed, and the native churches Of which
they become pastors guarantee the pay
ment OF their whole salaries ia every
case. This is remarkable fact, and
we should like to hear of It's parallel in
other quarters OF the missionary field.
The growth of missions has been large
ly hindered by "a policy which is not
apostolic. st. Paul claimed support
from hi converts, and native congrega-
riaus are teaching some Of them, to pay
the minister.
The will of l.. b. eaton, the eccentric
farmer, of S.euben county, n. Y. has
been declared valid by the court. His
four hundred acre farm will be divided
into ten acre lots, and forty homes for
widows and old maids above the age Of
thirty five will be erected thereon. Tho
colony is to be known as the Eaton
Home The value Of the estate thus
bestowed Is about $4,000.
WHILE the Roman Catholic Church
has grown Of late years numerically in
New England, it is said the priests have
great difficulty with the younger mem
bers, on whom the prIeslly yoke sits
heavily.
THERE are moro than 80, 200 Chinese
in san Francisco. They form nearly
one seventh OF the city's population,
and il is computed that they send Sl2,-
OO0, 600 a year from their earnings to
emma.
A LoSGFETLow Memorial Park, with
terraces, is nearly completed along
Brattle street, Cambridge, on the oppo.
tite side from the familiar yellow house
which was the poets home.
EUGENE LEyERING has offered twenty
thousand dollars topromote the work Of
the Young Mems Christian Association
at Johns Hopkins University. Balu
more.
The Methodist revival now in pro-
gress in Salt Lake City is capturing
many Mormon converts from Scandina-
via, who have but recently entered
Utah.
john CRERAR has left az, $50 900 to
Chicago for public library, from which
are to be excluded dirty French novels
and all skeptical trash"
The Central West say that ia Oms ha
there are twenty thousand youeg men.
Just twelve hundred of them are
church members.
The Swiss government has prohibited
the holding OF meetings BY the Saliva
ton Army, AID has closed the halls &C.
cupied By it.
1T is sought to est ,blish hospital in
Wheeling under Protestant auspices,
as the one there is controlled by the
Catholics.
ARAB journals have three correspon.
dents in Paris. all wide awake and
watchful TO the interest Of Mohamme-
danism.
THE annual income Of the Edinburgh
> National Bible Society 10 one hundred
r and seventy thousand dollars.
S Or three hundred and fifty paper,
published in London tif,y are religious