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Tur RELIGIOUS WORLD.

The evangelist, Henry Marley, is
meetingwith great success in England.
The Talmud says that hospitality
is the most important part Of divine
worship"
St. Johns Episcopal church, Chilli
Gothic, Ohio, has transferred itself to
the Reformed Episcopal church.
\ new Baptist convention is to be
formed, embracing North Louisiana,
Western Arkansas, and Northeast
Texas.
Rhode island has about two thOus-
and more scholars in her Sabbath
schools than she has children Of a
school age.
Among the ''reIics" Of Emanuel
Swedenborg, purchased by DR. Tafel
for the disciples Of the seer in Ameri-
ca, are six snuff boxes.
On Sunday, Nov. IA, all the negro
preachers in Alabama had orders to
pray against liberalization Of the new
Constitution. Whom Or by whom the
orders were issued has not been made
knows.
Although several prominent B2p-
lists favor open communion, they do
not 90 so far as certain ancient prose
lyters: "The mouthsof the commun-
icants were held open by q wooden
engine while the consecratcd bread
was forced down their threats"
The minutes Of the General Assem-
bly, give Philadelphia thclargest Pres
byterian church membership in the
United States. There ere seventy
three congregations and 22,720 COM
r1rnicarts New York has thirty-sev
en- Presbyterian churches and 1914
COMMITMENTS.
At the recent session of the Penn
syIvania Conference Of the Christian
Connection, three messengers from the
Susquohanna Universalist Associa-
tion appeared and were most cordially
received, and in return the Christians
appointed three delegates to the Uni
salist Association in 1915.
Arius is said to have been the first
religious teacher who a7ailed himself
Of popular melodies to ihdoctrinate the
people, "beguiling the ignorant by
the sweetness Of his music into the
impieCy Of his doctrine. ""Arian sing
ers used tc parade the streets of Con-
stantinople by night until Chrysostom
arrayed against them a bonj of or
thodox choristcrs."
It has been proposed in England to
raise one Of the towers Of Bristol Ca
thedral, which is now being restored,
as a memorial to Bishop Butler, the
author of the Analogy Of the Consti-
futon and Course of Nature" DR.
Butler was bishop Of Bristol from
1873 to 1850. His remains lie in the
cathedral, where two monuments have
been erected to his memory.
The annual meeting of the Baptist
Union Of England has been held at
Plymouth. The address Of the Presi-
dent of the Union, the Rev. Alexan-
der Maclaran, of Manchester, was up
on the weak points in the Baptist or
ganization in England. There are in
England 1888 Baptist churches, with
lS5, 760 members. Of these churches
1874 have less than 100 members.
Someof the pastors are starving on sal
aries as low as 600.
Reports from the Scottish National
Sunday School convention estimate
that $4,000 scholars were in the sun
day-school Of Scotland and $4,000
children in the land who did not at
tend. The American plan Of furnish
ing school-rooms was highly recon-
mended. Special services for children,
Che service of song. soiree, prizes, etc;
and ether practical points were discus
sed. The convention IS pronounced
the most successful ever held in Scot
land.