Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-11-03
CHURCH TIE us.


ri rHr REV. VIM. LusE, IN.
A parish soci.bIe of st. Thomas Parish
will be held next Thursday evening at
the residence OF ]. b. N. Klihger. This
evening at the residence of e. {. 5. Todd.
The sociable last Thursday was attended
by sixty -one persons and was exceedingly
social in its character. The closing por~
ton will rot soon pass out oil mind
MARY had little lamb" etc,
Quite q number of Churchmen are oc.
casionally in Plym outh on business....
The Peru Republican contains the fol-
lowing local-"We call attention to the
advertisement of The Churchmen' in am
other column. 1t is finely printed. ably
conducted paper and is one of the very
best religious Newspapers of the coun
try" IAN Anglican Church cathedral
is TO be erected in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
To ''go to Halifax" will not be so bad
hereafter. :. There is an excellent church
school for young ladies at cleveland,
Ohio. ....T The Bishop of Columbia announ>
ces the destruction by fire of the Angli>
can Church cathedral In Victoria. -.
There are eight parishes in San Francisco.
end Grace Chuich has house OF worship
that will compare favorably with any in
the country. 80. The Rev. Mr. Mcfarland,
missionary of the Church in Polynesia,
speaks very encouragingly Of missions
there THE cornerstone of q large
number of churches was laid on "All
Saints" day-many parishes taking the
Iame OF the day....In the Samonan is
lands the Anglican branch of the Church
has $4,000 adhereuts. One Church mis-
sionary society of the Anglican branch OF
the Church has 10000 persons under its
training in Northern India, and ut one
point in Southern India l2,73l..... The
Episcopal Church of this country estab-
lshed the first anti-Papal mission in ia
pan. The European governments pro-
pose TO exercise the right OF rejecting the
decisions of the coming Papal council If
opposed to the civil laws and the spirit
of the age....St. Luke's (EpiscOpal) Hos
pital, New York, has had one thousand
patients the past year st. AIMS church
Brooklyn, has put up house of worship
costing 500, O00......St. Ambrose Church,
Montgomery. Ala, has increased its mem
Der Of communicates the past year 900,
and contributed for charitable purposes
sl7, 200. The diocese of Georgia has
put up an exceedingly fine monument
upon the grave Of the late Bishop Elliott
in Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah.
A new church has been built by one man
in Troy. New York, at cost of $4,000.
Such an instance is by no means rare
among American Churchmen now days. :.
Archbishop Trench is one of the leading
spirits in the rcawakened Irish Church.
The difficulty of translating the Scrip
lures INTO the poverty stricken jargon of
the Chinese is illustrated by the trsnsla-
ton of the familiar school-boy declans-
tion-"My name is Norval; on the Gram
plan Hills my father feeds his fock"--"My
name b'long Norvsl. Top side KEN
Cam-pian- NV fadel chow-chow he
sheep. 1.-The School board of Cincin-
natti has passed resolution prohibiting
religious instruction the reading Of re-
ligious books, including the Holy Bible
in the common schools Of the city. The
first appeal OF the Church to the state for
assistance was by the African Bishops
in the year 3l5, six months after Constan-
tine had issued the celebrated edict OF
Milan proclsiming federation for the
Christian Religion. Since then Church
and State, except in the United States,
have been more or less united......T The very
pleasant compliments that have on re
peated occasions and in various ways
been paid TO the writer of these Items by
the editor of the Plymouth Democrat
are very highly apprecia,ed-coming ss
they do from one whose friendship hsi
long been priced on account Of its gentle
manly character, and from one concern.
ing whom the leading papers of Northern
Indiana speak in tae highest terms Of
praise on account Of his ability, good
judgement, and superior social qualities
"All these words are purely bright,
Shining in sincerest truth"