The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-01-08

been a complete and voluntary abandon
ment of the use of tobacco.
1.-THE Church of God" so called,
founded by John Winebrenner, is a de.
nomination of Baptists, numbering about
$4,000. They are Evangelical in their
doctrines and open communists in prac-
tice, and they have adopted the system of
itinerancy.
Prayer cures" is new phrase intro
duced into our periodical literature. 1t
has a very definite meaning, and claims
credence, says The Northern Christian
Adoocate, on the ground Of a number of
well-authenticated cases of physical cure,
wrought solely in answer to PRAYER, with
out any Intervention of visible means.
There is deep religious influence in
the Brooklyn Tabernacle congregation
Rev. DR.. De Witt Talmadgc, pastor5, wor-
Shipping at present in the Academy of
Music; 1900 and 1900 have remained to
the prayer-meetings after sermon on Sab
baths. Hundreds have arisen to ask for
prayers. Eighty persons already profess
to have found the Christian hope.
The Baptist Home Missionary Socic-
ty has 443 missionaries, preaching in IA
languages spoken by citizens of the
United States. There are seven theologi-
cal schools for freedmen. There are
about 500, 900 colored members of the
Baptist churches. The church edifice
fund aided last year in paving for 81
houses of worship,
of the 133,500 Baptists of Virginia
q, OQ are colored members, contained in
four associations. There are 351 colored
Baptist ministers in the State. They COM
plain loudly that they are virtually dis.
owned by the General Association of the
State. They report that three Of their
ministers were recently excluded from
the General Association Tabernacle, sim.
ply because they were colored.
Bishop Heber wrote the popular
hymn "FrOm Greenland's Icy Mountains"
one Saturday evening in the old vicarage
house OF his father in.law, Dean Shirley,
who needed it for special occasion. He
composed it in very short time, only
one word needed correction, and it was
printed that evening and sung the follow.
ing day in Wrexham church. The print.
er is still living who set up the types
when boy.
The German Reformed Church in
this country shows progress, but its ad-
vance is not rapid. In 1869 is members
numbered 1890; in 1873, 132,195. In
1860 its ministers numbered 52G; in 1875,
595. In 1870 its benevolent contributions
were 94,Ol9; in 1871, $G6,115; in 1872,
$3.50, 651. The increasing immigration of
Germans to the United States offers fine
Ill :<,l, Al. =. H.
improve.
"A Scotch minister, who had lot been
paid promptly by his palishioners, one
Sabbath morning, as he was entering
church, met one Of the most wealthy Of
his flock, and asked the loan of a SOW
ereign. 1t was willingly given him, and
he put it in his pocket, preached CAPT
tai sermon, and on coming from the pull
pit. handed the identical coin to the man
from whom he had borrowed it. why"
exclaimed the lender, ''you have not used
the money at ALL" ut has been of great
service to me, nevertheless" replied the
parson: Il always preach so much better
when l have money in my pocket" The
hint was taken, and the balance of his
salary was got together the following
afternoon.
OF the whole aumber of ministers in
the city Of New York, only sixty receive
a salary of $4,000 or upward, while the
number receiving over that sum is only
thirty, and only ten Of the thirty are paid
$40, 900 or over. Six of these ten are pas
tors of Episcopal churches. Twenty Bap-
fist ministers get from $1,000 to $1,000;
ten ministers Of the Lutheran Church are
paid from 81 900 to $4,000; forty in the
Methodist Church at the same rates !;
thirty in the Presbyterian Church rom
81 600 to $4,000; thirty-tive in the Episco-
pal Church from $1,000 to $500; and
ten in the Reformed Dutch Church from
81 goo to $4,000. 1t is safe to say that not
York receive salaries Of $4,000, while a
very large number do not get more than
half that sum.
"A writer in the Boston transcript says
that hindrance to successful teaching
by no means to be overlooked, is the
sprinkling all through our schools of
snowy teachers. Hardly building es-
capes without one or two. They do not
teach their pupils to think, but they have
a marvellous faculty of gliding over every
hard point in school life; they never &C.
knowledge a difficulty to be met or con-
quereu, thelr pupils revel IN elevated per-
centages, and they will meet you always
with the serenity of a May morning, daz-
cling you with wonderful specimens of
drawing, and exhibitions in music, and
ignoring always the existence of anything
in their class but positive genius
Industrial.
Several Of the jewelry establishments
in Attleborough, Mass, have discharged
some of their workmen, and others are
running only four days in the week. 1t
is claimed that this condition of affairs
is not due to lack of business, but to lack
of funds. 1t is not believed that this