Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-06-06
Religious Intelligence.

Religious Intelligence.
Every workman on the Paris Expo
sition Building has received a present
OF a Bible in the French language.
There are thirteen different demon.
nations of Methodists in the United
States, aggregating membership oil
3,315,OOO.
There are now forty Roman Catho
lie parishes within the municipal
limits of Brooklyn. A new one has
recently been organized.
1t is stated that Christian minis
ter who has been latoriug during the
past year in the central part of the
State Of New York, received but 81
for his years survives.
The church of the first universal
list Society Of Cleveland, o., has
been sold, under the hammer, foI
six thousand one hundred dollars to
w. A. Mack, of Norwalk. The edifce.
q few years ago. cost twenty-four
thousand dollars.
The effect OF hard times is notici-
able even in the price of baptismal
pants. One Of our Baptist exchan-
ges offers them to Baptist ministers
for$2. so per pair less than the former
price. They are advertised to be
made OF the best material and are
guaranteed to be perfectly water
tight.
The Rev. Charles Tamerlane Asst
ley, Vicar OF Gillingham, England,
whose living is worth $3,400 per an
mum, besides free house and fifteen
acres Of glebe land, has just resigned
his incumbency and intimated his
intention to withdraw from the
Church OF England, because he con-
siders some of it's doctrines and
practices are drawing many under
the influence OF Romanism.
An Orphan Association has been
formed in Madras to aid the Basic
Missionary Society to bring 5000 OF
the newly-made orphans in India
under Christian instruction. The
plan is suggested to other Missionary
Societies as being one Of the most
hopeful that has been opened for
bringing multitudes of the youth OF
India under the influence OF the
truth.
Aslately as 1872, the late Bishop
Selwyn, Of New Zealand, expressed
his opinion that the active exercise,
strict diet, and regular habits de-
manded in training for boat racing
had fitted him for the hard physical
work of his New Zealand diocese. At
the close of 1869, twelve out of six
teen oarsmen who rowed in the Ok
ford and Cambridge race of 1929
were living.
The Universal Peace Union, COM
posed largely Of Philadelphia and
New York Friends Of both sects, will
hold its twelfth anniversary In
Poughkeepsie on June 8. It's annual
meetings have been held heretofore
in New York, Providence, and Phila-
delphia. 1t will utter its emphatic
protest against the late and prospec-
tive war in Europe, and our own per-
petual wars with the Indians on the
Western Plains.
At the session OF the Friends year.
ly meeting OF Philadelphia, answers
TO the accustomed queries showed
that the Friends arc neglecting the
weekday meetings on account OF the
~cares of the world" and that they
are departing from that plainness of
speech which the society enjoins. 1t
was recommended that Friends alb
stain from Intoxicating liquors and
stay away from places OF amusement
The SO schools contain, it was repor-
ted, 1902 children, of whom less than
third were Friends.
Mr.. Dwight, OF Constantinople i,
writing to the Missionary Herald,
presents cheerful view of present
prospects as to missionary influence.
He says: Long closed doors are
opening. and opportunities Of seed
sowing are multiplying. / think
all missionaries are finding that the
events OF these days are giving them
constantly new lines Of influence.
Messrs. Locke and Jenney, at Samo-
kov, binding up wounds Of Turkish
soldiers in the hospital, have become
known and respected by the Turks as
never before; and the escape of the
city from destruction, which has
been ordered, is perhaps due, under
God, to their presence in it."