The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-28


Testament has been carried as far as
the 18th verse of the 23rd chapter Of
Ezekiel.
twenty-five years ago there were in
Connecticut and Rhode Island only eight
Roman Catholic priests, and now there
are one hundred and forty.
AN earnest move is being made in
Europe to secure the blessings Of a Sab
bath of rest, in the interests of laboring
men and of morals.
"A controversy over the use Of the
Bible in public schools has arisen in New
South Wales. Strong opposition has been
shown to the daily reading Of it.
Bishop WhippIe confirmed twenty
four Indians at the White Earth
reservation, July goth, and ordained
two fuII-bIooded Chippewas to deacon's
orders.
Prof. P. P. Bliss and major D. w.
Whittle, the Chicago revivalists, are at
Salem, Mass, and will shortly start a
series of revival services in that ancient
city.
The bishop of Rochester, England,
when he takes possession Of the new See
at St. Albans, to which he has been elect
ed, will have the very comfortable in
come of $4,000.
The Sunday-school union of the
Methodist Episcopal church has author
lied the distribution of 10000 copies 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 K.
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 it's 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
Ko, and he has been settled over the
Yungfuh church of forty members, near
Flu Chau.
The late A. T. Stewart is to have
church erected in his honor at
Garden City, Long Island, which he
built. The ground for it 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. He appeals to the
presbytery for restoration.
"A conference of the Evangelical
Alliance, under the direction of the
British branch, is announced to be held
at Geneva, for the pNrpose of promot-
ing better Sabbath observance among
the people of the continental states.
Two Jews have been elected to the
italian senate. This is another " foot
print in the sands of time" as no He
Drew ever held the honor before. A 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 Wesleyan Methodists of Great
Britain, with a membership of less than
i've hundred thousand, gave last year for
he 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 a
lead. What makes the difference p
Watchman (Episcopal.)
The joint commissioners appointed
~ the general conferences of the two
chief Methodist denominations of the
United States, to adjust all existing
in order to remove all OBJ
,tacles to formal fraternity" between
hose two churches are to meet at Cape
May, n. j., August Is, as formally an
bounced in the Methodist Episcopal pa
lers north and south.