RELIGIOUS NEWS | AdventAI

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Feb 7, 1878

RELIGIOUS NEWS.

There are, it is reported, 1,500,000 people in London who never attend a place of worship.

Three ex-priests are now ministers of the Presbyterian church in Canada. Three others have recently renounced Romanism, and two more have written, expressing the desire to enter the service of the same church, thus making eight in all.

It is reported that the largest ordination service ever held in America was that at the Grand Seminary (Roman Catholic), Montreal, Canada, December 22, 1877. On that day, forty-five priests, and thirty-one deacons and sub-deacons were ordained. Many of them were from the United States.

Francis Murphy, the Irish temperance reformer, is having great success in Springfield, Mass., and Moody the revivalist is expected there in February.

Dr. Somerville, of the Free church of Scotland, draws large crowds to his revival meetings in Australia. In Sydney his Sunday and evening audiences run from 4,000 to 6,000; and the noon prayer-meetings had an average attendance of 1,000. The number of inquirers after the evening meetings varied from 70 to 290.

Several weeks since a notorious gambler of Fort Wayne, Ind., closed his gambling-room and announced that he had determined to reform. Recently an immense audience, composed largely of sporting men and saloon keepers, gathered at the Baptist church to witness his immersion. Previous to the ceremony he made a very eloquent speech, which moved his listeners profoundly. He depicted his past life, and urged his old associates to follow his example. His sudden conversion has caused a profound sensation, for he has been the leader of the gambling fraternity in that place for years past.