, 1877-11-18
H. cmcAeo rR1RnNE: SUNDAY

terfering with the wearing OF low shoes, the use
Of plaid trousers, or the carrying Of walking
sticks. Nor was any notice taken of the simple |
habits OF wiIlfully eating cold pic and peanuts.
The religious societies have had very good re-
ceipts the past year, notwithstanding the dull
ness OF business. Fifty-oue Bible, missionary,
aud educational societies report aggregate re-
ceipt& Of SS,0l2,l30.
The total amount raised by the Protestant
Episcopal Church the past year for home and
foreign and city and diocesan missions was
s7S3,637, and the amount contributed for all
church purposes was $3.50, HIS.
The annual Convention Of the Sabbath-School
Teachers OF Scotland was held Tor two DAYS in
Glasgow in the SECOND week OF October. The
number OF teachers in the country was estimated
at 4. 600, and the scholars at 10000.
A French delegate to the Pan-Presbyterian
find you convulscd over the question whether
YOU shall sing hymns or not. In France we are
absorbed with the question whether there is q
Cod or not."
The Seventh-Day Baptiste are prosecuting
missions in Europe with considerable success.
They have lately organized Il church Of fifteen
members in Haarlenl, Holland, and have other
congregations in Frame, italy, Switzerland,
Prussia, Sweden. Norway, Denmark, and Great
Britain.
One hundred and six Churches chapels, and
missions iu San Francisco give one place OF
worship to every 5000 people, exclusive OF the
'sstrangcrs within the gates" and services are
conducted in French, Spanish, Russian, Se1lndi-
nayian, Italian, German, Hebrew. Welsh, En-
glish, and Chinese.
The Wesleyan Methodist Church Of the United
States was organized in 1913 US distinctive|y
auti-slayerY body. Its publishing house is at
Syracuse, n. T. There are III Its service 500
ministers, distributed into sixteen conferences
The Church organ IS the american u esfeyd'i,
published at Syracuse.
The report for the month Of the Presbyterian
Board Of Foreign Missions is as follows: Added
to the church among the Seminoles, 3; in Chitl-
mi, China, 4U uud many inquirers; i'll Canton,
Il; in Petchaburi, SIAM IL; in Bonita. Africa,
/ in Corisco, Africa, T.; in Bogota, South Amerl-
ca, 8; in San Lorenzo, Mexico, L.
The Northern and Southern Presbyterian
Synods aru getting ahead OF the Assemblies in
tue matter OF fraternal relations. Tile Synod
Of Baltimore has sent frateTnal delegates to the
SYNOD Of Virginia. aud when the Synod of Ken
tucky met recently. in Covugton, many Of the
Northern pulpits were filled by its delegates
The Committee appointed BY the Southern
Presbyterian Assembly to investigate the ailnirs
OF the publishing-housc ut Richmond found that
the Secretary conducted the business i'll very
sloyenly and irregular manner, mixing uD his
private with his official business They do not
believe that this confusion was from any wrong
or unworthy motives. They propose to sell the
The first census of the Dunkards, or German
Baptisrs, has been completed. and they are
found to number about 10000. They are an
obscure denomination, but comprise many
wealthy and enterprising men. They believe in
trine immersion and feet-Was!ling, and DO not
pay thetr. ministers any salary IN pennsylsya- "a,
MIA they have sixty-nine churches, with IA .S6l
members. They are also numerous In Onio-
The first installment of Ur5ulinc nuns banish.
ed from Germany has arrived in England, and
founded q religious community at Grccnwlch.
Thcy were banished under the Falck laws, from
Dunderstadt, in Hanover, where they have becn
established for about zoo years. They belong to
the original aud oldest branch or congregation
Of Ursulines namely, that OF Paris, founded in
1919. 4 few more arc yet to arrive from Ger
many.
The Lutherans arc to hold III Philadelphia
sort Of Church Congress or Dict to begin Dee
q, and continue several days. REPRESENTATIVES
from ut least three of the four general Lutheran
bodies in this country will read essays. The
chief aim. IT the Diet is By free ant full dis
cussion OF Church subjects to bring the various
| bodies of Lutheraus into more ultimate rela-
are the Rev Drs. F: ". Conrad, Seiss, krauth'
| Morris. Rcpass, Brown, and Wedekind, OF this
| city. Dr.. Morris will preside.
| The Canada PRESBYTERIAN Church has had q
| rapid growth in the last seventeen years. LII
| 1860 there were seven distinct organizations.
In 1sGo and IN lsa6 there were uli1onS' 1 anu III
1873 great union, WHICH eoraGeo I'LL eAsept ~
tue antt.uni1n "a. na.1 NJ co,Ieme nn,s
thau num' hore five and a eixth in Manitoba. The
Chnrch has now four missions, sustained at ar
ANIMAL rost OF $4,000, and wel1-organfzcd
hnme missions. extending from Newfoundland
| tn tne Rocky Mountains, sustained at an
n,,ui cost Of S4U,OO0.
IT. T,s ,c.na,,.t savs. u r. ,s dif,;cn1t to mite
Inc in1noust snSn ;S,,.cbes - ,hiadv hco,1sc #
TWO Meshoulst , snulrue d.,.,, ,iaw Sev.thress
LOOKS IKE rn;! .aSrn uoMn ani tThrG street; Rock.
the f1ISt rs ehureA n ,oa ano ,,rta1 rnGer tn: new
loru, ~: os.;si uso r1,,,r'.1, W. ini3,.e that
nau's w. na,,.n3ot;on can. after tits one.
any neeessnt, NY Thn vsnerahl,. Homer
&c aeconp.tstor str ~ ~. Centennial, and viii
bring about chemical union Of the two parts
| If ANYBODY eau. We hope to report more OF
this sort of contraction; the nominal hall icon,
tanning tue whole) is better than the nominal
| whole split into two struggling churches"
| r,.. p.o.h,+a-;.n ehnrch of Enr1and nov.
lne 1aes - 5Ss canerc9aTi,ns d;yi,ied into ten
consists ~ 80 naI1s, nne-h.if nj thc o5S churc
presnsaeiles. fr,.hni'1 and the Insurance on tic
ouuo1nss ~ =! 81 1s e., IN m The debts upou
sanle ;lloun.s ~ oTnot,nt IN n11 IN S5N1 t)(N
.. .n @ ano oant If whirh s On the churches III