Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-10-19


joying extensive revivals throughout
the south and southwest, and hun
dreds are being converted and joining
the church.
An old and worthy citizen died re-
Gently in town of 10000 inhabitants,
and not Protestant minister could be
had to attend the funeral services, rs
they We're all off on summer vaca-
tiOns.
The new Catholic Cathedral of st.
Patrick, at Armagh, Ireland, which
has been already some thirty years in
course of erection, and has already
cost about S350,OOO is now completed.
During the year 1875, the Mission
Board OF the United Presbyterian
Church in Scotland has donated to
missions in France, Switzerland,
Bohemia, Belgium and Canada an ag-
gregate OF $500.
The Protestant missionaries in
France report great progress in their
work. Numbers of the people have
been converted, and copies of the
Bible are readily sold among the
Roman Catholic population.
The contributions OF the cOngrega-
tiOns for the support of the Methodist
bishops have fallen far below the
amount assessed. The balance is to
be provided from the funds Of the
Book Concern as formerly.
The Jepish Messenger suggests the
holding of a Jewish Conference of
duly elected delegates from all parts
of the world. The idea is suggested
by the holding OF the Evangelical ALI
ance Conference in New York.
A party OF Mormon emigrants who
lately arrived in Paris, on their way
to America, were notified by the
authorities that if they attempted to
hold their religious exercises in pub
lie they would be expelled from the
city.
According to Baltimore paper there
has been a very general Methodist re-
vival in the church in the south, which
is still In progress. II reports more
than 2, 300 conversions during the week
ending September 9th. The number in
Alabama was 665.
The Catholic papers publish statistics
of Peters pence, from 1861 to 1868 in
elusive. The aggregate amount is H.
1910 francs. But since 1868 the
amount has reached, it is believed, 4OO,-
OOO, 900 francs, In 1870 it was 27l, 49,
600 francs.
The Bishop Of Exeter, England, has
discovered a novel, as we'll a. a useful
mode OF spending his summer holi-
days. He went to the parish OF st.
Breward, in the north of Cornwall,
liberated the vicar, DIR. Martyr, for
month, and took upon himself all the
duties OF the parish.
India sends as her representative to
the Evangelical Alliance the Rev.
Narayan Sheshadai, the noted native
pulpit orator of Bonn bay. Mr.. She
shadai Is Presbyterian, and is des-
cribed as a remarkable man, kwho. be-
sides the ordinary learning of HindoO
scholars, speaks English with cultured
ease and accuracy.
Methodism in the city and vicinity
of st. Louis has had an annual in
crease Of seven per cent. The Central
Advocate has figured it out that if the
same ratio of increase is maintained
for little over lOO years, the 1900
members in the st. Louis Conference
will have grown to 15,OOO,OOO.
Twenty -four young men Of the
Catholic order OF Christian Brothers
have just arrived in New York, whose
design is to Christianize our people,
by lab0ring as teachers in the Roman
Catholic Parochial schools. Ten more
of the same society are expected soon,
and sixteen Others before the close OF
the year.
Mr.. Spllrgeon says there ought to be
a thousand colportueres in England in
stead Of eighteen, the present number.
Last year they made III 900 visits and
many thousands of tracts
monthly. They are not ministers or
public speakers, but faithful workers
in spreading religious truth, and labor
ing to save souls.