Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-07-18
Religious Intelligence.

The new Methodist Hymnal is just
ready for circulation.
Ex-senator Revels, pastor of the
Methodist church Of colored folks in
Indiana. has paralysis.
The Methodist Episcopal Church in
the United States will not celebrate
its centennial till Christmas day, 1884.
sphere Hyacinthe, who is lecturing In
Paris, draws only small and inferior
audiences. His popularity Is thing
Of the past.
The Bible has been printed In 30
different languages for the benefit OF
the aborigonees Of this country, and OF
Greenland, British America and Mex
leo.
The Baptist Theological Seminary
at Chicago, has a Scandinavian de-
partment, under charge OF a special
professor. who is supported by vol
untary contributions.
Hereafter the question Is to be
asked those applying for admission
into q Southern Methodist Episcopal
Annual Conference. Are you in
debt so as to embarrass your"
The colored Baptists of the South
are trying to help themselves to a
better education. They are making
efforts to establish a school to edu-
cate their preachers In Louisville KY,
and a theological seminary In Ala
bama.
The average salary Of the ministers
of the Irish Presbyterian Church
last year was 1925. Besides this,
many have means: furnished
them. The entire income OF the
Church was $4,000 in advance Of
that Of any previous year.
The Zurich Gazette. Switzerland. re-
Gently contained the following:
Church Of Fluntern.-On the occa-
sion of the national rife contest,
which will commence on Sunday
morning. public worship will be sus-
pended. The Council of the Parrish
There are said to be 1852 Scan
dinavian members in the Lutheran
Church of this country, Of whom 49,
600 affiliated with the General Coun-
Gil, $500 with the Synodical Confer
ence, $50 with the General Synod,
and 1851 maintained an indepen-
dent position.
After much delay, the edition OF
the Book of Common Prayer in the
Dakota language Is finished. 1t Is
the first instance Of the publication
Of the entire Prayer Book in an In
dian tongue. 1t is bound in cloth,
and has red edges to meet the pre-
vailing Indian taste.
The Canada Presbyterian Church
reports the receipt of $45,O67 In the
past year for home missions. The
expenditures were. $51 ,S57. There
are 100 missions, 335 preaching sta
tons. 102 churches, and 400 COM
municants. Aid Is also given to
about 40 congregations.
The seven Congregational seminar
les have IS Professors and 10 lectur-
ers- Thenumber Of students in them
all is 327. Andover has lost Its for
mer superiority In numbers, having
only 60 students this year to New
Ravens 102. The three schools west
ofNew England have only 70 in all.
The high esteem entertained by the
First Church people Of Buffalo N. Y,
for their excellent pastor, the Rev.
David r. Fraser, received fitting ex-
preston few days ago by present.
ing him with a thousand dollar draft
on New York, and through tickets to
Liverpool. England, and return, for
himself and family.-Er.
The Friends Of New England have
adopted some New measures In ad-
hitting women to equal vote In the
election Of officers of the yearly meet
ing, deciding that all oonveyances Of
real estate must be signed by both
males and females concerned, and al
80 voting that women are eligible
to the Offices of the Society Of
Friends.
In the Church of st. Katherine
Cree. London, the twenty sixth an
nual Flower Sermon" has been
preached. Everybody who attended
the services carried abouquet. A col
lection was made after the sermon,
the object being to provide fund
for placing In the church a stained
glass-window, to be called the Flow
er.sermon Window"
The Episcopal Society of the In
crease Of ministry declares its need
of $4,000 to meet obligations which
mature by the last Of August. This
Is the high Church society, which has
its headquarters in Hartford. The
corresponding society OF the Low
Church party halls from Philadel-
phia, and needs about as much
money as its High Church brother.
DR.. Alexander Winchell, Of SYRIA
cuse, has been missed from the
scientific lectureship Of Vanderbilt
University, because bis views on the
antiquity of man and on other sub
jects are considered by the Southern
Methodists to conflict with the Word