The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1876-03-09
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301 teachers and 1914 scholars. Includ-
ing four branch schools, the total mem
bership Is 424 teachers and Z, 614 scholars.
Since thisschoOl was founded !, 1872 teach
ers and 81, 324 scholars have been enroll
ed in its membership.
The North Carolina conference oftae
Methodist Protestant church has refused
By two to one to concur in the proposed
convention Of 1917, which has been cali
ed for the purpose Of consummating the
union between the Methodist Protestant
and the Methodist churches. These two
non-episcopal bodies were separated BY
the late war.
The Rev. DR.. Austin Phelps makes
an earnest protest against the limitation
Of the length Of sermons to thirty min
utes. He says that people do not make
such demands of other speakers. Mr..
Evarts spoke four days and 1Ir. Beach As
many more on the trial Of Dir. Beecher.
Edmund Burke spoke nine days On the
trial Of Warren Hastings Rufus ChOgte
once spoke three hours in defending q
suit for side-saddle, and again four
hours in q prosecution for stolen tuT-
key. It was the lstter speech thatmade
him famous"
We might exclaim, with Carlyle:
ssOhl easily guIlible public" when We
see that even in the enlightened state Of
New York Morm0nism is making some
advance. One Of Brigham Youngs
prophets preached in Williamsburg re
Gently, to q considerable audience, more
than half Of which was made up Of Nor
mons. The New York conisFeHeeof Nor
mons has 1T6 members. Not q large
number; but far too large when we con-
slider that practical adherence to theprs-
tended prophet means disObedisnce to
law, disregard Of moral precepts, as well
/. as violation Of Gods commandments
Nslg Y0rE Independent.
Rev. DR.. George Lansing Taylor
(SIethOdist) Of New Haven, recently eZ-
changed pulpits with Rabbi WechsleT, Of
the Jewish synagogue. 1t is said that
this is thefirst instance where a rabbi has
been invited into an evangelical pulpit.
e In announcing the fact the pastor said
, /" The press and the public are cordially
) invited to be present, to hear what a
Methodist pastor may have to say in IN
1 Producing an Israelitish rabbi 10 his con-
= gregation. and especially to hear what
t the learned and liberal and as / sincere
5 w believe, God-fearing rabbi may have
r to say for himself and for the good cause
of God and man"
4 ..BIr. Narayan Sheshadri has succeed
z ed in making his mission congregation at
, Ialna and Bethel among the most pro
1 gressiYe in India. He not only works
] hard himself, but has the faculty OF
d rousing those around him to do the
z same. Two bodies Of workers are en-
Z gagged in evangeIistic labOEs. The one
z confines itself to Ialna and the neighbOr-
y ing villages, going over the ground again
h and again. The other body of labOreEa
! carries the gospel over circuit Ofa hun
dred miles. Since his return to Europt
4 upwards of fifty converts have been
I added to the church. His people, form
ed into home missionary society, sup
I port an evangelist Of their own. The
1. young converts, banded into young
I mems Christian association, also send Out
: an evangelist among those Of their owl
4 age.-E Y. Independent.
\ A very valuable table Of the nnm
q Der of Protestant missionaries in China
4 Japan and Siam appears il the Chimes
Z Recorder. 1t Is complete Up to the yea
! 1874. In China there are 4S6 mission
i aries stationed 1T Al iInpoEtsnt points
4 One missionary has been III the field 70
i thirty-eight years. another thirty-One
\ and another thirty; the others 70
= shorter terms. In japan there are To-
q Protestant missionaries at stations. o
q the whole number, IA are ordained, ar
physicians, and 81 are women. In sian
1 there "A missionaries at stations. Q
. the 4S6 missionaries in China 2l0 az
h from the United States, 1914 from Grea
Britain, and 50 from Germany Of til
100 in Japan, 76 are from the Unite
ne States and IA from Great Britain. "A
ht the Protestant missionaries in Siam AZ