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tloll mas Dcen organized at LUCKNOW,
India.
Archbishop Perche, of Now Or
leans, La, has translated the relics
of ST. Fortune at st. Sauveur's
church, Lockport, La.
The first Catholic chapel built at
the mission Of Sierra Leone, West
Coast Of Africa, was erected at Rio
Pongo in July last.
A new Wesleyan church has been
opened in Rome. 1t is exactly op-
posite the palace of the Cardinal
Vicar.
Tho chiefs of tho Cherokees,
Delawares and Seminolcs are all
members of Baptist churches. In
two cases the chiefs arc pastors.
A very large number of American
ministers are in Europe, in attend
ance on the different religious
councils there.
Rev. A. Jaeger, the converted
Jew, who was for some time teach
er of Hebrew in the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary, has
joined the Episcopalians.
The Rev. Charles w. Quick, the
editor of the Episcopal Recorder,
has left the ministry Of the Protest.
ant Episcopal church, and been re-
ceived into the ministry of the
Reformed Episc opal church.
Some peoples religion is just like
wooden leg. There is neither
warmth nor life in it, and. although it
helps you to hobblo along, it never
becomes a part of you, but has to be
strapped on every morning.
The Romish bishops of Holland
md Belgium have memorinlized
their respective sovereigns to in
tervene in conjunction with other
Powers III behalf of tho pope's
temporal power.
Dr. Abel Stevens. the historian of
Methodism, is to become pastor of
tho Union church of American
Christians ut Geneva. Switzerland.
which has been served until quite
recently by Rov. Leonard w. Bacon
There is perhaps no State where
the Roman Catholic church is
making more rapid progress than in
California. New churches, schools,
hospitals, &c. are springing up
everywhere. Many Thousand doll
lars ore annually sent to the Pope
for church uses.
The now "Metropolitan Temple
in San francisco is progressing
finely. This magnificent building is
designed for the use of the Baptist
church, under the pastoral care of
Rev. 7. S. Kalloch. One memke"
gave 100000 toward it's construc-
ton. 1t will cost over 100000.
The Board Of Missions of the
Methodist Episcopal church has
held it's usual monthly meeting. DR..
Nelson, the treasurer, stated that
the Indebtedness of the society on
April 80, 1876, was S166,O86 81,
while on April 80, 1877. it was
S10S.G1G G1, showing reduction of
the debt Of $57,462 G6.
Tho IWoa,cc says that "the
Baptist translation of the Bible into
japanese astonished the Japs with,
In those days came John the
Soaker, preaching the soaking of
OF repentance Repent and be
soaked, every one of YOU The
Japanese language has no word to
express immersion.
At n recent convention of Hindoos
held at Benares, India, after A.
thrilling speech by Kaloo Suragee
on the drunkenness and moral
degradation of people in Australia
and other English colonies which
he had visited, 5000 rupees were
subscribed to send Brahmin mis-
sionaries to those places, and
Suragee will translate portions of
the Vedas for their use. This ia
evangelizing the evangclizers.
The Episcopalians are not even
as successful in their African mis-
SONS as the Methodists, and the
church has of late years lost very
much OF it's former interest in that