Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-06-20
Religious Intelligence.

have return ticket in my vest pocket.
-Ol City Derrick
Religious Intelligence.
As Prof. Swing is to take rest
from all labor until September, his
church in Chicago will be closed un-
til that time.
"All flesh is grass" remarked dry
preacher, in the midst of his weari-
some discourse. "Then guess you're
hay" half audibly observed a sleepy
fellow in one Of the wall pews.
The National Temperance Society
has received 50, $50, of which it has
disbursed $54,970. A balance Of SO
is better than the frightful deficiencies
which some Of our societies show.
The Northern Methodist Church
has more than doubled itself In the
past ten years. In 1865 it had 12,303
members and PA churches; now it
has more than 10000 members and
375 churches.
The will of the late Miss Catharine
Shepard, of Plainfield, VT, after CIV
ing S625 to friends, bequeaths the
balance Of her property, estimated in
the whole at from 81 200 to 81 800, to
the American Missionary Association.
The Supreme Court Of Massachu-
sets decides that man who gives
a note for church subscription need
not pay it unless he wants to, as
there Is no real @yalue received" In
the matter, and without that the note
cannot be legal obligation.
OF the forty replies received by the
CorgregationaIist to its question,
Zone sermon or two, on the Sab
bath?" the majority favored one SER
mon. Tie letters were from Congre-
gational ministers. All the writer's
favor some substitute for the second
sermon.
- The Rev. DR.. Wilmington, OF New
buryport, recently said In discourse,
that when he first came to Newbury,
more than sixty years ago, he could
have got intoxicated every morning
without costing him cent, as every
body he visited invited him to drink.
Two of the musicians in Queen
Victoria's service being strict Metho-
dists. refused to practice on Sunday.
They were dismissed. and she has re-
stored them saying: "I shall not per-
NIT any Of my people to suffer on ac-
count Of their religion; and shall not
allow any rehearsals on Sunday.
The Congregational Publishing So
ciety, whose house is in Boston, has
had a prosperous year. The sales
haye amounted to $63,114; the ex-
penses were s12,62s, which is one
third less than the average expenses
Tor ten previous years. There has
been no loss or shrinkage of benevo-
lent funds.
In Paris preacher told two Amer
can ladies who were tanning them
selves during his sermon that they
must either keep the fans still or go
out Of the church. They preferred to
go. They stamped out with much
show Of indignation, and scowled and
made unpleasant faces at the minis
ter as they departed.
A great lace house at Nottingham
England. holds a half hour daily
prayer meeting for its 800 employees
II these employees 60 to prayer meet
ing, they are paid for their whole
time. II they absent themselves
from the prayer meeting, the hall
hour Is deducted from their wages
unless they are on duty In the estab-
Hshment while the meeting is in
progress.
The Northern Methodist paper oil
Atlanta complains that, though Bish-
op Haven was In that city, the South
ern General Conference paid no at
tention to him, and did not extend
the customary invitations The Con
ference had jubilant session on fra
ternity, but evid emily considered tbs
Bishop q distur5er Of Israel, and
therefore, one to be discountenanced
Among the Aztec population Of
Mexico the Methodists are making
praiseworthy progress. The Rsy. Mr.
Drees is working among these PEG.
pie in the vicinity of Puebla and Los
Reyes, and reports that they give
him respectful and pleasant attention
The Aztecs are popularity supposed
to have little or no brains, but Mr.
Drees says that this is an error, and
that they are as well worth laborine
for as any other class Of human be-
ings.
In Honolulu, Sandwich Islands
regular Chinese services are held In
DIR. Damon's Presbyterian Church
The Rev. Sit Moon generally preache
to a large company of Chinese or
Sunday evenings, He is a clear
headed and energetic preacher, and