The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1876-04-20
ECCLBsLAsTICAL.

There are six disciple preachers in
the Kansas legislature.
The Shakers Of England are greatly
shaken over the beard question"
Rev. w. FL. 1Iilburn, the blind
preacher, is to sail for England this
month. on lecturing tour.
There are said to Be seysnty-tWo
Arabs preparing fer the Roman Catholic
priesthood in Algeria
The Rhode Island hOusa. Of repre-
sentatives has passed bin taxing the
property Of religious institutions.
White and Bliss, the evangelists,
will soon conduct a series Of services ia
Selma and Montgomery, Ala.
The Methodist Recorder has a sub
scriber eighty-fve years old, who earned
the money to renew his subscription by
chOpping wood.
Rev. z. w. Warren, pastor Of First
Baptist church, Atlanta, has been called
to the care Of the First church, Rich
mOnd.
The preachers Of the United States
cost s12, 1000, 900, and it is the hardest
earned money in the eountry.-St. Louis
Christian.
The old Methodist church in San
dersville, Georgia, has been pulled
down. The oldest inhabitaDt doesn't
remember when It was built
The board Of missions Of the Meth
Odist church, south, viii hold It's annual
meeting Friday and Saturday, May 5th
and 9Th, at Nashville.
The bishop Of London has given
great ofense to the High church party
because lie refused to allow the bishop Of
Tennessee to confirm in London church.
Jonathan Lips, Of Carter county,
Tenn, was born in October, 1777, being
now in his ninety-ninth year. he hiss
been a consistent member Of the Bap-
fist church seventy-seven years.
A Christian pound weighs sixteen
Ounces-down weight a Christian yard
is thirty-six inches-cIOth not stretched;
Christian ton Is two Thousand pounds
not /" estimated, but weighed.--Star
in the West.
Certain religious women in New
York city are moving among employers
to induce them to pay their WOrkmen on
Mondays, instead Of Saturdays, in order
to lessen the Saturday night and Sum
day drunkenness. This plan Is adopted
by number ofmin corporations in other
cities, and has been found to work well.
The Moody and Sankey meetings in
the New York hippOdrOme seem to drive
in a practical direction. A man in the in
quiry meeting the other night confessed
that he was a professional thief, and was
overwhelmed BY a sense Of his sins, and
one of the men convicted Of sin and con
verted was a car-Conductor who had long
been in the habit Of stealing. Like
Zaccheus he is now bound to make resti-
tuition.
The Third Unitarian church in Chi
eagO has provided kindergarten service
for the children Of parents who attend
the morning worship, and who must stay
at home or leave their children to the
care Of servants unless some such ar
rangement is made. The teacher is ac-
compIished in the work, and takes charge
Of all children between the ages Of three
and seven from 1915 to 11:45 O'Clock,
until the parents can meet them in the
church parlors.
One Of the Peripatetic bOOtblaeks Of
the city, while shining the understand
ing Of a gentleman, said, looking up from
the boot work: Some rich folks are
mighty mean; when I'm done they just
give me three cents or 50, and walks OF
/ tell you what, if God was quick tenn
pered. some folks would get hurt" Just
50; the boys theology was sound ~ the
catechism; it is Of Gods long suffering
that we are not eOnsumed.--N y o.
server.
When Bishop Tuttle (Episeopalisnl
and his fellow-missionaries went 70 Utah
! in 1867, not one minister, and only one
church and twenty-six communicates
were to be found in his whole jurisdie-
ton, including Montana, Idaho and
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