, 1877-08-19
GENERAL NOTES.

The kaflir Bible is undergoing revision, th
Board OF Reyisers having already beld twenty
five sessions.
The State Baptist Missionary Society Of Ill
nois Is In pressing need Of $1,000 to pay th
missionaries and settle arrcara.cs.
The aforavian Society for the Propagation
of the Gospel among the Hcathcn ~ will hot,
its annual meeting at Bethlehem, Pa, on Aug
80.
New Episcopal Bishops are declared to be in,
perahvcly needed for both Idaho and Montana
Utah being alone sufficient to dcmanu the enttr,
energies of%auy one Bishop.
Tie whole number OF pilgrims to Rome during
the Pope's episcopal jubilee was l7,2l0. Ths
largest number from any one country was fron
Franee-6ooo. The United States sent 5oo
A petition for tho repeal OF the Public Wor
ship act, signed by large uuDber OF the clergy
| and laity Of the Church Of England, has hceu
| laid before the House Of Lords by Earl Nelson.
| In October OF next year there is to be atneetin.
Ut AugIicans, Baptists, Prcsbyterians, and other
nonconfornlists, on the subject Of foreign mis-
s1Ous, to confer together i'll regard to their vart-
| GUS modes Of procedure.
There is 10 bc gathering OF the Liberal or Sci
| entitic Rclig1onists near Waicot, n. Y, during
| this month. Among the leaders expected to
| be present are tic Hou Robert IuccrsolI Of IL
linois, George W. Julian Of Indiana, and others.
Communion plate at SU cents au ounce, s40u
orgau at SS00-that's the way the pastor OF the
''Church oil the Holy SAVIOR" in New York,
/ entorccs the Scriptura1 alagc "Pay u,r that
thou .owcst u against hfs impccunious society,
by the Sheri1f's AID.
The negotiations between the Vatican and
Russia respecting the settlement Of the COM
p|ants OF the Roman Catholic Church OF Poland
have advanced SO far rs the appointment OF
Commission bv the Vatican to make a formal
statement Of its position.
The Interior fnsinuates that the PRESBYTERIAN
farmers who followed its advice aweek or ten
days ago will get from, s to 25 cents bRshc!
more for their grain than the unrcgeHGrate
Methodists and Baptists- Probably 81; the
PresbyteEians are the elect.
The Interior, in reply to correspondent who
wanted to know the whereabouts of the "wat-
fng-placc Of the jews" says that there are two
OF them: Judge Hilton's hotel at Saratoga. and
the base OF the old wall on which stands the
Mosque of Omar, at Jerusalem.
At tue session of the Colorado Methodist Con-
ference, held in Denver last week, d resolution
WAS offered requesting the Bishops to send to it
nothing but able-bodicd mcn, and to give each
transferred minister trial of one year, in or
der to test his ability to perform frontier
work.
The receipts Of the Presbyterian Board of
Foreign Missions from May to Aug. were
s,ooo' Against a. s4s,su lof tae sane @ period last
yeat. lhis i5 exclusive OF $3o,ooo IN one dona-
tlon 10 Pay on INC dcot M the treasury. The
81 odd less than Tor tic sanc m;;nt1, in 1s3S
49,. c.,., ,,-,..
lHae "1s oaiuuel NoouY, fosk tMe.}
gland 130 years ago. He wrote book with the
cheerful title OF IS The Dolcful State OF the
Ua..u, @ ~. tspecaa1!f Saa socn u go 70 Helt from
uact sns u'sPsi ~ atSu ~ tncis apnre-
AN"AoA - e''~ @N1As" ~1"pf'No7s 40 4'e1'e''
Inc new aesotlonai DOOR sn Of toc unsSersalists
Is enase ~, ra m eita ~ edaGi 4h says tat -
p5ep.us .oI "GtN ns siA.ee tne I llusElSs u az
ehufcues aug 81 ~ ases % eae InuFcn. Inc
prayers employ LUG language ol ~, ,ChrySostum,
lheooolc rarker, Hannah Wore, JafnGs Martin
eau, ano other SAINTS a1l4 iaynen IN ail oenom1-
aatlo"s " '''e S4t' 'atlau eno1e"'
Dr. Montfort says that Glasgow has more
The worid. Inere are IN ali 15?, OF which tie
Established Clhirch mas ~ Free Church, 10;
limited f5esoytef1ad', a. Co'cnantcrs, L; United
Original Seceders. :; Morrisonttes, TO- Besides
dcnominations. The city has population Of
half q Million
During the past year the Southern Presbytc
rian Church had an increase Of 36 ministers, 3i7
communicates, and 81 places OF worship. There
has h; been decrease In benevoent & contributions
nc LULA! ~ contiluutlons 1of o!o WIS > Ill.,
971; for lSU 81, l3s,6Sl. The whole number OF
ministers and iicentlatcs is l,ll5; OF churches,
l,s.W; oi communlcants, lE@,55o; OF Sunday
school scholars, 6o,6A'
The faeu1ty of the Ohio Wesleyan 17nivcrs;tr
have eIectually stopped dancing among their
students. Arrangements had been made this
year Tor dancing at some OF tue fraternity
banquets at commencement, when the faculty,
learning the 1act. POSITIVELY forbade 1t OH pen
atty Of dlsnissnG the undergraduates and re-
fusing to graduate thu seniors who should Gu
gage in such festivities
When reltr;on and politics ret mixed tn
gcthcr, the product is likely to be sonewhat
ambig,,ous onc. 4 clerryman in Maine ,ri, IS
also q candidate Tor Office, exclalms: May |
eiod hurl to the ucepest hell the authors OF our
financial policy" Does he desire US to under
stand that these are bis opinions On the national
currency question, or tnat he doesn't get his |
salary aFlyf-d01a'scs. 4
The nosition Of Catholics in sornc of tbo so,tr
American States is not m cnyiah]c nnc inst
now. The Archbishop Of Quito has been mr1r-
iere1. three or four Of the Bishons in COLOMBIA |
1ayc been expelled from the country, and
monk in Buenos Ayrcs has been shot while say
ng mass Most OF these troubles are attributed
% the agency Of the Free Masons, with whom
here is very bitter quarrel
The St. LOUIS D1obe- Democrat denounces the
Rev. " ". Doyt]. LATELY i,,durtcd tn til" nas+nr-
lie of the Second Bantist Church n W tha; p c;tv
Is = clerical slm,ficrer' for saving thai nnt n
M 00l inhahtan1s RI st. ionts & nn,r nh,',t
q I'M are protestants Tnc rost 80 mo,ioi;a