Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-05-13
CHURCH ITEMS.
BIZ rnR RET. wx. LusK, yR.
Next Sunday will be The Feast of P

tecost, called in the Christian year. Whit
sunday 1t was scT6pnIously observed by
81. Paul as shown in Acts lS:2l--9O:6 and
LIST Cor. 1868. 1t is observed by the whole
Christian Church, Greek, Roman and An
glican. The day is not White Sunday,
but Whitsun-day from the word PeRtecost
through the old Saxon name for the day,
P6ingsten. The canohical color is red,
from the color of points of fame" and in
dlcates the gift OF efficiency. Tie symbol>
ical lights are presented'in Rev. 4:5. indis
eating the sevenfold gift of the Holy Spir>
it. The day was the Inauguration of the
Catholic Church aud her Divine C0ni.ma.
tion. The lessons are many, and funia>
mental IN the Christian Faith, among
which Baptism and Confirmation arc
prominent as principles Of the doctrine OF
Christ.
The services a, s.. Tho,innas Church
next Sunday, will bc,--Mstins at ga. m,
Holy Baptism II desired, a sermon and the
HOY Communion at 1890 a. m.,--the
Litany and q chaiechetical examination
of the Sunday School at lao p. m.,-and
Evcnscng and sermon at 1870 p. m.
The Sunday School of ST. Thomas (Epis-
copalD Church, of this place, las lost one
fits brightest Scholars. On Saturday
morning. the sth instant, James L. Cor
bin, seven years of age, was removed by
death. Sunday at 8 p. m, the burial took
place, and it was beautiful burial In the
beautiful month Of May. The Sunday
was present at the grave and deposited
with The coffin boquet Of white flowers
and ever green's. He suffered greatly In
the last of his sickness, but now he rests
in peace.
The work of tbo Church 10 England,
for years past, has been gaining immense
ly. The multiplication Of churches and
schools has been unexampled. and the ac-
tivity OF the clergy, both Individually and
collectively, has wonderfully increase.
The Assyrian Church has appealed to the
Archbishop of Canterb ry for aid, and
wishes 10 be represented in the next Lam
beth Council. The Eastern Church vii |
be represented at Lambeth before she is
at the Vatican.
Not far from here, there Is = Sunday
School of the Protestant Episcopal Church
numbering one hundred and forty echolsrs,
that raises $3.50 year for missions That
place has no Michigan Street" for the ed
ucation of children, and no Saturdays OF
drunkenness and public rowdyism for the
amusement of grown up people.
The origin of the Ca,acombs is in no
way connected with healnendom. The
word is of Christian origin. and means
''down in the valley The computation
has been made that there are between
eight and nine hundred miles Of excavated
corridors in the caiacou.bs, containing
from six TO seven millions OF tho early
Christian dead. The inscriptions and sym
bols explain much ofihe first ages of the
Christian Church, and affords the Church
of the present day much beautiful symbol
ism and many expressive monograms.
The First Prayer Book of Edward VI,
which was substantially the sains as the
present English and American Prayer
Books, and which was the first English
translation Of the Liturgy of the Church.
was appointed To be used, for the first
time, on whilsun>day. 1919. The reason,
therefore that some portions of the Amer
ican Prayer Book differ from the English
translation of the Bible is because such
portions are an older translation.
The increase of the Protestant Episco.
pal Church. Notwithstanding the bitter
prejudice existing against her, shows q
gain Of thirty six per cent. above the in
crease of the population of the country.
Membership in the Church, Greek, Ro>
man or Anglican. is reckoned on the basis
of Baptism. The registered baptized pop.
ulation of Parish constitutes the Church
membership Of the Parish. The same prin-
ciple is true ola country. All baptized
persons ale regarded as members of. the
church and all members of the Church
who are confirmed are regarded as CONS
municaEis OF the Church.
The ;iatic of the Blessed Virgin Mary
in ST Michael's Church of this place is in
deed Very fine piece of siatuary, and is
worthy the highest praise as q beautiful
and finished work OF art
The Rev. Mr.. Mikels being absent