Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-06-07
THE HERALD.
Religious Items.

Tho Roman Cathollcs OF OallIor-
mia have 125 priests and 100, 900 po-
pulation.
1T is said that 500, 900 Californians
arc uncoDnoctcd even nominally,
with any religious body.
M. Guizot's health is rapidly fail
ing. His death would prove a great
calamity to tho cause of French Pro-
testantism.
There are no less than from no.
900, 10 800, 900 colored children re-
ceiving instruction in Roman Catho-
lie schools in the South.
The Methodist Conference at
Burlington, VT, has passed resolu-
ton against holding open camp-meet-
ings on the Sabbath.
Not one of the members Of
colored Congregational Church in
Chattanooga, Tenn, uses tobacco in
any form.
In this country there are $50
Young Mems Christian Associations,
and, 1,400 in the world, with an ag-
gregate membership of 100000.
The first Sunday School organ
zed in the United States, as far as is
now known, was in the State of Pen
nsylvania, in the year 1747.
There is at Nashville, Tenn, an
institution for training colored
preachers, under the care of the Rev.
w. Philips, a graduate of Brown and
Newton.
Rev. j. +. Holton, Of Boston,
writes that in many OF the fairs for
churches and benevolent objects in
Massachusetts, the laws against
gambling are violated.
The Jewish rite forbids the sexes
sitting together in church, but the
synagogue at San Francisco has ..re-
Gently voted, SO. to "a, to conform with
modern usage in this respect.
"A motion has been carried in the
British Parliament to appoint CON-
mittee to enquire into conventual
and monastic institutions" The
measure has produced a great amount
of feeling in Catholic circles.
AT the tipo Of the adoption Of
the Federal Constitution, eleven of
the States expressly acknowledged
the Christisn.religion in their consti-
buttons, and the other two made sub
stantially the same acknowledgment.
The Congregationalists are
adopting the principle that deacon
may be voted out of his Office by the
same power that voted him in, when
ever u change is regarded desirable
for tho good of the congregation.
The Established Church of Scot
land asks OF Parliament $85, 900 this
year to supplement the salaries of It's
poorer ministers. The Free Church
gives all its ministers living salary,
and asks no iavors.
The Memphis Baptist says 1--WE
must unhesitatingly pronounce tho
present woman rights movement to
confer upon woman the right to rule
over men in Church and State as pur-
ely anti-Christian aud infdel."
Tho Federal Government of
Switzerland, alarmed by some at
tempts of the Jesuits to introduce
themselves again into the country,
has reminded the cantonal authori-
tics thai the Order are excluded
from holding Office in church or
school.
Rev. IL. w. Beecher says that
instead ofgreoting the brethren with
a holy kiss, rs Paul exhorted the
Thessalonians to do, the sects OF
Christendom have hitherto treated
each other as if the command was
"Great the brethren with holy kick"
Tho National Christian Anti-So-
ciety Association is to meet at Gin
cinnati, June9. All evangelical bod
les sympsthizing, literary institutions
and all friends of this reform, with
out distinction Of race, color, sect or
sex, are invited to attend.
Rev. Robert, Hall, the great Bap-
list minister Of England, when asked
how many sermons preacher could
conveniently prepare in a week, re-
piled off he is a man Of pre-em-
inent ability, one if he is man Of
ordinary ability two if he is an ass
six"
Tho whole Bible is now publish
cd in fourteen of the principal Ian
guages of India, the whole New Test
ament in five others, and some books
of the Old and New Testament in
seven more, so that the Word of God,
in whole or in part, is printed in no
less than twenty six of the living Ian
guages Of India.
As DIR. Dwight once passed
through q region of very poor land,
he said to farmer: "Sir perceive
your land here is not very produc-
tive" "No, sir" said the honest
farmer, "our land is Just like sslf-right-
eousness." "Ah! how is that ?"-
Why, the more 8 man has Of il the
poorer he is ,"
Rev. DIR. Guthrie, of the United
Presbyterian Church of Scotland, has
introduced into his service the novel
ty of having his people stand while
singing instead of sitting, and bow
ing the head in prayer instead OF
standing erect. For these innova-
tons he is likely to be arraigned be.
fore the General Assembly on q
charge Of heterodoxy.
MARK LEMoN.--Lemon, the humor.
ist, one Of the founders Of Punch, and
editor Of that paper ia its palmy days,
is dead. He is the author of about
sixty dramas, including "The Serious
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