, 1873-02-02

/ MISCELLANEOUS.
piux IL. has witnessed the death OF On
hundred Cardinals during his pontidcate OF
quarter OF century
The Roy. DR.. Jessup writes from Beyrout
Syria, that it is his belief that the communicate
Of the Greek Church there will so over en- mass
-The population OF tho Lutheran Churcl
throughout the world is estimated at from fort,
| to fifty millions, about ono-har Of Protestant
Chrlstendom.
General L. H. Aver, Of South Carolina,
former member OF tho Confederate Congress
has concluded to devote himself to the Baptis
ministry, and is preaching with great acceptance
Tho golden wedding Of the Rev: William
Suddards, D. D., OF Grace Church, Philadelphia,
has just bcen celebrated Ho has peen pastor
! Of that church for the last 50 years, being The
longest pastorate Of any Episcopal clergyman oi
| the city.
Shanghai is the stronghold Of the Roman
Catholics in China They have q large cathedral
there, besides houriahing mission establish
| ments. Their adherents in and around the city
are said to number so, 900.
The First Congregational Church in Colum-
bus, OHIO, have adopted tho freo-aoat system,
| and weekly collections to meet the 8a1ary and
current expenses. AL members Of the church,
and all other msles who pay 81 a year, and fe-
| males so centg are entitled to membership, and
can vote on all questions brought before the
church.
Statistics have been collected from thirty Of
! the principal colleges and seminaries in the
United States showing that out OF G, ,291 students
o716 arc members of Evangelical churches, and
/ 1883 are studying for the ministry. compare
J tho year previous shows that while the percent
age of protesting Christians has fallen of, the
proportion Of students studying for the ministry
has largely increased =
!. Mr.. Spurgeon advises every congregation to
!. give their minister rest They need not send
them to Jericho, but let them have little leia-
ure, go thnt their brains may be refreshed. In
addition to the charge of 1000 members and the
orphanage, he has weekly average Of 50olette
to answer.
!, "a colored Presbyterian church has been
organized at Mount Pleasant, Ala. The MEM
bers Of this church we're formerly slaves of Dr..
James u. Whitherspoon, and we're carefully
:" in tie principles Of the Presbyterian Church,
BY their owncr." t..
A Methodist divine, the Rev. Mr. Gorhana,
does not Disguise his conviction that " When
! men die in their sins they so to place Of ever
lasting burnings aud that there God Almighty
fortunes them alive so long as God Almighty
|. lives"
Two benevolent female members OF the
Presbyterian Church at Mooers, N. Y, surprised
the parish and themselves mutually, the other
day, by both attempting to present q silver COM
mulion service, all suitably engraved, to the
church on the snmo day. Each had kept her
plan n'littlo too ely.
The Roy g. S. Barstow, Of Keene, New
4A~A141E''AAA~s A%~9
for fifty years, and still retains his relation to
the congregation. During tins nail century ne
has preached at home Or abroad every Sabbath,
with but eight exceptions, when he WAS pre-
vented By sickness.
The Rev 3; a. IsaacH, pastor OF the Forty
fourth Street, New YORK C!ty. Synagogue, cele-
brated his 7oth birthday On the 18TH oy sermon,
as @ basis for which he read Psalm &c, 8, 10
- For al! our days arc passed away:
Te spend OUT years as tao lnas Is to1o; 14e
aays OF our years are thfee score ana % ten. ne
aa1u "hen ne came 80 TINS country, 80 yeaIb aSo,
there we're 9ut three synagognes anq no Engns9
preacher. Uur1ne ms ministry ne naa marr1ea
otz couples, some OF tnen being cnndfen OF
1t very often said that the Jews are rapidly
losing all local interest," IN Palestine, and grow.
lng n2ta ana more 1nanerent 70 Inc thought or
Ienhao1tlns II. feInaps tnls nAy oe 1tne OF
snen stI as nooy' yet mere gre so1ne lnoicatons
11a! mere Is an increasing 1esare 70 SEQ me lano
ona ~ anoI ahna' th 10y nD tnslF
nr7., 1on5 apon' @ ete a luturo. ne numosf lesuing