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also a college and theological seminary at 

 Causenburg, which is the seat of the Consis- 

 tory. They have also two preparatory high- 

 schools, and there are day-schools connected 

 with each of the congregations. In these 

 schools there are 5,000 students. 



The Unitarians sustain a flourishing mission 

 in British India. It was stated at the meeting 

 of the National American Unitarian Confer- 

 ence by Rev. Mr. Dall, the founder of the mis- 

 sion, that the eleven years of his missionary 

 labors among the Hindoos have produced 

 encouraging results. Through preaching, 

 schools, and the circulation of religious tracts 

 and books, a broad and solid foundation has 

 been laid upon which to build still greater 

 success. The field over which he has travelled, 

 and made himself acquainted with the con- 

 dition and needs of the people, extends about 

 2,000 miles north and south, by 1,500 east and 

 west. The calls for the writings of Channing, 

 Clarke, and others, 'is constant; and the op- 

 portunities for access to the native mind call 

 for increased exertions in strengthening the 

 mission. Great reliance is placed upon the 

 educational agency, for releasing the people 

 from the bondage of ignorance and superstition. 

 When he left Calcutta, ten schools and three 

 chapels were established there. A collection 

 of over $2,500 for the benefit of this mission 

 was taken up by the National Conference. 

 The statistics of the Indian missions were, in 

 1868, reported as follows: Calcutta schools 

 and missions conducted by Rev. C. H. A. 

 Dall, missionary of the American Unitarian 

 Association ; assisted by Dwarkanauth Sin- 

 ghee. Madras mission conducted by Rev. 

 William Roberts; supported in part by the 

 American Unitarian Association. Salem 

 school -and mission under Joshua Anthony 

 Paul; supported in part by the American 

 Unitarian Association. Secunderdbad school 

 and mission under V. Elisha; supported in 

 part by the American Unitarian Association. 



UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST. The 

 church has five bishops. It supports 3 laborers 

 in the foreign field (Africa), 99 in the frontier, 

 and 140 in the home field ; total, 242 an in- 

 crease of 31. The missionaries receive $67,- 

 389.94, an average salary of $316. 



The following periodicals are published in 

 the interest of the church : The Religious 

 Telescope, the Children's Friend, the Mission- 

 ary Visitor, and the Frceliche Botschafter 

 (German). The following are the names of 

 the literary institutions : Otterbein University, 

 Westerville, Ohio ; Hartsville University, Harts- 

 ville, Ind. ; Westfield College, Westfield, 111. ; 

 Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pa. ; Lane 

 University, Lecompton, Kansas ; Western Col- 

 lege, Western, Iowa. The church has also four 

 seminaries. 



A " United Brethren Historical Society" was 

 organized, in 1868, in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. 

 The second article of the constitution states 

 the object of the society to be "to collect and 



preserve information, manuscripts, documents, 

 relics, paintings, portraits, books, pamphlets, 

 medals, objects of curiosity, and any thing, 

 whether ancient or modern, that relates to the 

 origin of the aforesaid church, or any portion 

 of its history." 



The Almanac of the United Brethren in 

 Christ, for the year 1869, publishes the fol- 

 lowing statistics of the denomination : 



There are 2,268 Sunday-schools, with 16,057 

 teachers, and 106,002 scholars. The number 

 of meeting-houses is 1,334, and of parsonages 

 25. The collections, etc., were as follows: 

 Preachers' salaries, $262,093 ; missions, $29,- 

 150.73 ; conference collections, $4,383.67; Sun- 

 day-school purposes, $27,125.36 ; Bible cause, 

 $3,916.42 ; church expenses, $191,284.43 ; pub- 

 lication fund, $1,344.70; college fund, $6,683.- 

 64; total for all purposes, $525,681, an in- 

 crease of $106,961.88 from previous year. 



UNITED STATES. The fourteenth amend- 

 ment of the Constitution of the United States, 

 which removed all distinction of color in citi- 

 zenship, was fully adopted during the year. 

 The number of States was thirty-seven, of 

 which twenty-nine voted for the amendment. 

 The Legislatures of Ohio and New Jersey passed 

 resolutions respectively withdrawing their con- 

 sent to the amendment. "Without deciding 

 the effect of these proceedings, the Secretary 

 of State, as required by an act of Congress, an- 

 nounced, on July 28th, that if the resolutions 



