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rieveld , and twice in Holland's Patent , dn such particular Lord ' s days as shall be found e 6 nvenient .- ^~ VIII . The name by which this church'is designated shall be The Reformed Christian Church . * - * -
Upon these principles the Reformed Christian has been actually organized . 4 C John Sherman , Minister . " Epkraim Perkins , > pl , " Amasa Palmer , £ ^ Aaers *
« Joshua Storrs , ? Deacons . < l Abner How , $ Prencb Protestants *—It seems to have teen asserted upon good authority , that the number of Protestants is rapidly increasing in various parts of the French territory , in consequence of the union of Geneva and the German provinces on the left bank of the Rhine with the
French empire . The Protestant Pastors in the country places receive an allowance of about iool . a year , and in cities about double the sum- A Protestant seminary is proposed to be
established , by means of voluntary subscriptions and annual charity sermons among the community throughout the empire ; arid very little doubt is expressed of their ability to erect and maintain the establishment proposed .
French Missionaries in China *— -The following particulars have been transmitted by them to France : — « The Christian religion continues to make a progress in the province of Sutchuen : between 5 and 6000 inhabitants have embraced the faith in the course of last year , and upwards of 6000 children have been baptized . The toleration of the government , and the manner it conducts itself
towards the Christians , gives us great hopes of the enjoyment of peace . Under the new Emperor , we no longer experience any more persecution . The Mandarins no longer receive any of those complaints which used to be made by the Pagans against the Christians , on the score of religion . Religious
assemblies are held in public , and without any obstacles from the governors of the cities . A Christian in Tonquin , having refused to contribute towards a Pagan ceremony , was obliged to leave a silk manufactory where he was employed , hy the collectors of the place ; but the former bringing his case before a Mandarin , the latter said to the
defendants' Sihc £ the Christians do not demand any thing of you for the exercise , of their i ^ ligion i you ought not to compel them % o pay for yourV ^ # another district ,
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YJkP a Christian having refused to contribute to a comedy which was partly a- panegyric upon the idols of the country , he was beaten by the collectors . The governor of the place heard of the circumstance , arid ordered each of the offenders to receive fifteen strokes * by waif
of chastisement for abusing their authority with a view to compel Christians to contribute to a ceremofiy * contrary to their religion . The extent of territory ** now so large , and tbe Christian settlements so numerous , that there is a great
want of instructors . At present there are only four missionaries from the seminary at Pads , including the Bishop , and nineteen Chinese priests . Great exer * tions are making to establish a national clergy . "
Christians of St . T £ < wwtfJ . — -Mr . Bucha ** nan , in his book , just published , on the expediency of an Ecclesiastical Establishment in India , gives the following account of this sect , whicfi would almost lead one to wish , that , instead . of « gthe Church of England , converting them , they would convert the Chfirch of England . They live in considerable numbers on the coast of Malabar . Their
remote ancestors are supposed to have been converted to Christianity by the apostle Thomas , and their descendant * have been the objects of persecution by idolatorsj Mahometans , and Christians * They are now under the Briti-h government . The manners of these Christiana
are truly simple and primitive . Every traveller who has visitecf the churches itt the mountains , takes pleasure in describe ing the chaste and innocent lives of the native Christians . The congregation support each other , and form a kind of Christian republic ; they retain the officers described in the New Testament a *
belonging to the primitive Church , namely , overseers or bishops , and elders * The bishops and elders settle all dispute * among members of the community according to the apostolic precept , and thus they avoid the- disgrace of letting a cause between Christians be decided by heathen judges . Their discipline is correct , their morality pure ; both would
do honor to any Protestant church in / Europe . At certain seasons , the Agapse , or love-feasts , are celebrated as in ancient times . On such occasions they prepare delicious cakes , called Appans , made of bananas , honey , and rice-flour . The people assemble in the church-yard , and arranging themselves in rows , each
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Religious and tAter&ry Intelligence * 443 S
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1806, page 443, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1727/page/51/
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