The American Missionary — Volume 36, No. 3, March, 1882Various
Religion
The American Missionary — Volume 36, No. 3, March, 1882
Various
Congregational churches -- Missions -- Periodicals; Home missions -- Periodicals
—New York.—There are 489 churches and missions of all
denominations laboring for the spiritual welfare of the City of New
York, of which about 400 are evangelical Protestant churches.
—Chicago.—The number of churches in Chicago has increased in ten
years from 156 to 218. The Congregationalists and Presbyterians
have each lost one church in that time.
—Omaha.—The largest Congregational Church in Nebraska is at
Omaha. During the past year 49 persons were admitted to its
membership by its pastor, Rev. A. F. Sherrell.
—Ogden.—The influx of Mormons to Utah is indicated by the fact
that more than 2,000 recruits left Liverpool for that Territory
last summer.
—San Francisco.—There were 1,682 pupils enrolled in the schools
of the A. M. A. in California last year, of which number 140 were
hopefully converted.
—Sandwich Islands.—A $6,000 church for the Chinese has been built
at Honolulu, $500 being given by a Chinaman who was formerly hired
out for $4 per month.
—Yokohama.—The Reformed Church in America has at its Yokohama
station 158 members, 8 preaching places, 3 Sunday-schools, 131
scholars, with a boarding department.
—Hong Kong.—The Mission of the Basle Society at Hong Kong has 145
communicants. The London Missionary Society has 32 missionaries,
native and foreign, at the same point.
—Calcutta.—A sect of Hindoo dissenters has recently made an
attack on the idol of Juggernaut. They profess belief in Hindoo
deities, but do not respect their images.
—Bombay.—The native dispensary of the St. John’s Mission,
Bombay, has an average attendance of about 60 patients, who are
read to daily by the missionaries of the English Church.
—Cairo.—The Mohammedans at Cairo have a very extensive
training-school, in which 10,000 students are taught annually the
doctrines contained in the Koran.
—Naples.—The Wesleyan Methodists sustain regular preaching in 96
preaching places in Italy. In the Naples district they have 575
members and 196 probationers.
—Rome.—The Free Church of Italy has 15 ordained ministers, 15
evangelists and 1,800 communicants. Its theological college,
attended by 16 students, is situated at Rome.
—Turin.—The village of Bertrolla, near Turin, in Italy, has
renounced Romanism and accepted the Protestant faith. The
archbishop suspended the priest and closed the church against the
2,000 parishioners.
—Paris.—In Paris there are said to be 89 Sunday-schools, with
7,596 scholars. The international series of lessons is used in 32
of these schools.
—London.—Three Congregational churches in the north of London
have opposed the application of the Salvation Army for permission
to occupy their chapels as centres for religious work.
—Liverpool.—Bishop Ryle has delivered a strong charge to his
clergy in consequence of the existence of a body of churchmen who
seemed determined to un-Protestantize the church.
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