Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-01-22

The st. Louis CAristian Adoocate has
no ear for music, and complains that q
church choir Is sacrilegious when the
line "We are going home to die no more"
is rendered, 'We're going heme to Dinah
More, to Dinah More, to Dinab More"
The pulpit of Rev. Mr.. Collyer's
church, Chicago has been removed to a
central part Of the room. The reason is
thus given in the Interior: "Mr. Collyer
says it is impossible to help sinner or
hurt a saint hundred feet distant, SO he
removes his breastwcrks near the middle
Of the church"
in the Waldensian valleys Of France
is Sunday school that meets at five
O'Clock in the morning, because many Of
the scholars through the day herd the
cattle on the mountains. Is not this earn
cstness? May not some Of our tardy boys
and girls learn lesson here? Especially
those that grumble about early rising!
The religious practices of the Prince
of Wales are creating considerable useas-
mess among Protestants in England. He
and his wife are often seen attending pub
lie worship at All Saints, one of the most
ritualistic of all the London churches.
The Roman Catholics are already pre-
dieting that the Mass will be re.establish-
ed when he reaches the English throne.
The mere memoriZing of the words
of scripture is not necessarily Of advan-
tage to a scholar. Many child can re-
peat texts Of the meaning Of which he
will never have conception. Their
committal has exercised his memory
They are Of no further service to him.
Bible texts have meaning even for chill
dren. 1t is wrong to load the childs
memory, to the neglect of the child's un-
derstanding.
"A general summary Of the statistics
of the Protestant Episcopal Church OF
the United States for the year 1878, shows
that there are Sd Bishops, Bishop elect,
3 OBS priests and deacons, 3S S32 baptisms,
1854 combinations 24G05l communi-
cants, 10,S19 marriages, 20,053 burials,
1876 ordinations of deacons, 81 ordinations
Of priests, 30l candidates for orders, 49,
702 Sunday. school teachers, 223, 200 Sun
day-school scholars, $7,1S7,417.17 contri.
buttons.
---"Since the Goth of September, 1870"
says the Roman correspondent Of the
Catl.olic Reutew, the "Pope has never put
his foot out of the palace of the Vatican;
he never admitted to his audience a Min.
ister or a Senator, or a Deputy attached
to the Court of the Quirinal or Of the
service of the italian Government. He
never accepted farthing from the in
vaders, and lives only by the aims Of the
faithful. The Italian Government tried
by every means to induce him to accept,
but the reply was constant denial"
He is poorly qualified to superintend
a Sunday school who is not as familiar
with the days lesson as any teacher in
the school, 1t is well when the supeTin-
tendent leads the teachers meeting,
teaches his teachers, memories the les
son, TO recite Ii with the entire school at
the opening of the school session, and
reviews the school on the lesson at the
close of the school hour. But where he
does not do all this the superintendent
can and ought to be familiar with the
lesson. He is not ready to take his place
in the school until he has studied it.
The chief business of the school for the
day is with the Bible lesson Unless the
superintendent understands that he Is
sadly deficient in fitness for his place.
N. Y. Independent
The Roman Catholic Church is max.
ing numerous converts In India. The
propaganda has staff in that country
which has for its chief the Archbishop
of Goa, under whom are no fewer than
nineteen Bishops in Dartibus, with be.
tween 800 and 900 priests. The returns
made by the Bishops bring the total of
believers to little over million, being
four times the number Of Protestant ma.
tive Christians. Indeed, the Goa diocese
alone is stated to contain 100000 Catho-
lies, or number slightly exceeding that
Of the Protestant converts of all India.
This particular district, of course, is an
exceptional one, for it inherits the fruits
of the zeal of former Portuguese mis-
sions.