CHINA. 



CHRISTIAN UNION. 



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MISSION ART LABORERS IN CHINA. 



MISSIONARY LABORERS IN JAPAN AND 8IAM. 





NATIONALITY OF THE MISSIONARIES. 



CHRISTIAN CONNECTION. The Chrit- 

 tian Almanac for 1877 gives a list of 1,263 

 ordained ministers of the Christian Connection 

 in the United States and Canada, who are dis- 

 tributed by States as follows : Maine, 65 ; New 

 Hampshire, 39; Vermont, 19; Massachusetts, 

 40 ; Rhode Island, 14 ; Connecticut, 2 ; New 

 York, 156; New Jersey, 11; Pennsylvania, 

 66; Virginia, 10; West Virginia, 2 ; Kentucky, 

 9; Ohio, 228; Indiana, 194; Michigan, 62; 

 Illinois, 105; Wisconsin, 36 ; Iowa, 128; Mis- 

 souri, -27 ; Nebraska, 7 ; Kansas, 20 ; Canada, 

 23. The total number of unordained ministers 

 is given as 828. The Register gives the follow- 

 ing list of schools and seminaries of the Con- 

 nection : Union Christian College, Merom, 

 Sullivan County, Ind., Rev. T. C. Smith, A. M., 

 president, with six teachers ; Antioch College, 

 Antioch High School, and Ohio Free Nor- 

 mal School, Yellow Springs, Ohio, J. B. 

 Weston, acting president; Weanbleau Chris- 

 tian Institute, Hickory County, Mo., Rev. J. 

 Whitaker, B. S., principal, with three assist- 

 ants ; Proctor Academy, Andover, N. H., Rev. 

 Alva H. Mori-ill, principal ; the Eaton Family 

 School, Middleboro 1 , Mass., Amos H. Eaton, 

 principal ; the Christian Biblical Institute, 

 Stanfordville, Dutchess County, N.Y. ; Starkey 

 Seminary, Eddytown, Yates County, N. Y., 

 Prof. B. F. McHenry, A. M., principal, with 

 six teachers. The publishing-house of this de- 

 nomination is at Dayton, Ohio, and its news- 

 paper organ, the Herald of Gospel Liberty, is 

 printed there. No statistics are given of the 

 number of church-members connected with 

 the denomination. 



CHRISTIAN UNION. The General Coun- 

 cil of the Christian Union in the United States 

 met at Providence Chapel, Hancock County, 

 Ohio, May 31st. H. Ellis was chosen moder- 

 ator. A resolution was adopted, providing 

 that a General Council shall be held once in two 

 years, at such times and places as shall be by 

 itself determined, which council shall consist 

 of all the members of the churches of Christ 

 in the United States, and shall have supervision 

 over the interests general and common to all 

 the bodies represented. The following pream- 

 ble and resolutions on union were adopted : 



Whereas, It is our duty to God and man, from time 

 to time, to define our position, that all may know 

 why ; as a body of Christians, we take our position 

 outside of all denominations in laboring to secure 

 unity and build up the cause of true religion ; and 



Whereas^ Sectarianism has never been defined by 

 men sustaining sects in its true light, or its evilt 

 seen by such in their real character ; and 



Whereas, No member of a sect, who justifies sects, 

 can be in a position to put forth to the world the 

 truth aa to the evils of sectarianism and its remedy ; 

 and 



Whereas, Religious organizations and religious 

 thought shape society : and 



Whereas, When the Church falls into great wrongs 

 in theory or practice, society has lost its true light 

 and balance- wheel, and is driven on into infidelity 

 and corruption by the very power that should have 

 led it to life, and steadied and guided its forces: 

 therefore 



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