The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-08

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The English revision 6f the Oh,
Testament has been carried as far a
the 18th verse Of the 23rd chapter o
Ezekiel
An earnest move is being made il
Europe to securethe blessings of a Sab
bath of rest, in the Interests of laborins
men and of moras.
A controver4y over the use of the
Bible in public schools has arisen in New
South Wales. Streng opposition has beer
shown to the dailyreading of it.
Bishop Whipde confirmed twenty
four Indians at the White Earth
reservation, July goth, and ordained
two full-blooded qiippewas to deacOn's
orders.
| Prof P. p. Bliss and major D. w
Whittle, the Chicago eviyalists, are at
Salem, Mass, and viii shortly start a
series of revival services in that ancient
city
The bishop of Roehester, England,
when he takes possession of the II
at st. Albans, TO which he has been elect
ed, viii have tie very comfortable in
ccme of $4,000.
The Sundayscheol union of the
Methodist Episcopal church has author
lied the distribution of 600 cop'es of a
tract by Prof Taylor Lewis, entitled
"a Plea for the Sabbath"
/, Mr. Reuben Polk, a colored man
and an old servant of president James X.
Polk, living at Columbia, Tenn, has
given five dollars towards memorial
window" in honor of his old master.
The Southern Methodist Episcopal
church has appropriated 100000 to
foreign missions for the current year. and
laid aside 81, 800 for one of its bishops to
visit China and other Asiatic fields
The first Chinese pastor in connec-
ton with the American board was re-
Gently ordained. !His name is Ting Long
10, and he has been settled over the
Yungiuh church of forty members, near
Fu Chau.
The late 4. T. Stewart is to have Il
memorial church erected in his honor at
Garden City, Long Island, which he
built. The ground forit has Just been
broken formally by Judge Hilton and
Rev. Mr.. Hepworth
Mr.. T. NJ Stewart, Philadelphia,
was recently dropped from the rolls of
the North United Presbyterian church
in that city because he belongs to the
Odd Fellows order. lie appeals to the
Presbytery for restoration.
a conference of the Evangelical
Alliance, under the direction of the
British branch, l. announced to be held
at Geneva, for the psfpose of promot-
ing better Sabbath Observance among
the people of the contiDentGaT statcs-
Concerning the recent refusal of the
Episcopal state convention of South Car
olina to admit a colored church in
Charleston, the interesting fact is men
toned that the bishop argued strongly
in favor of its admission, and a majority
o. the clergy took the same position, but
the lay members bitterly opposed it.
Two Jews have been elected to the
Italian senate. This Is another " foot
print in the sands of time" as no He
brew ever held the honor before. \ few
years ago the Jews had no political
rights in Italy; now every right that
appertains to citizenship IS theirs. The
world is still moving on.
The First Presbyterian church of
Dayton has made unanimous call for
the ministerial services of Mr.. Benjamin
B. Warfeld, a member of the last grad
uating class of Princeton seminary.
He is a grandson of the late DIR. R. J.
Breckinridge, and has been supplying
this church during the summer.
The Wesleyan Methodists of Great
Britain, with membership of less than
five hundred thousand, gave last year for
the work of their missionary society nine
hundred thousand dollars, or nearly two
dollars per member. 1t can not be
claimed that the Wesleyan people are
richer than those connected with our
churches; yet the contributions of our
people average less than forty cents
head. What makes the difference p
Watchnaan (Episcopal)
The joint commissioners appointed
by the general conferences of the two
chief Methodist denominations of the
United States, to adjust all existing
difficulties" in order to remove all OBJ
stacles to formal fraternity" between
those two churches are to meet at Cape
May, n. J., August 16, as formally an
nounced in the Methodist Episcopal pa
pers north and south.