Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-21
SUNDAY GLOBELETs

! In Japan there are only Lightweight native
| O lristians.
| Rome has S65 churches church for every
day IN the year.
| Text for the last sermon before the sum me,
vacation: Il go a-tishing-John XXI:3.
shop Wells. of Wisconsin, sailed for
! Europe from New York last Saturday. and will
! be absent several IL onths.
| The SALARIES of The bishops of the Methodist
| Episcopal church S3,OUU each per annum.
and an allowance for hoase rent.
| The Presby terrain church south has declared
war against the Evangelists. 1t urges minis
ters not to allow them to enter their folds.
The Rev. Leonard ". Bacon chooses to re-
nam C,ngregationalist, and declines the cali
| OF the Third Presbyterian church, of Pitts
burg.
An elder of church in Elgin, Illinois, Sian
| dered his pastor and was excon II lni,ateI anl
| thrust out of the fold. Then the pastor was
| bounced.
The Rev. Thomas Harrison, evangelist. whose
| labors IN Baltimore ad led 400 converts to the
churches, Is coming West to make an evanpel-
lstic tour.
The bishop and clergy of the diocese of Buf.
Iato nave seat an ai1ress to tbs Pope, exo-es,
lns th.ir sao.nisslol to MS ses al a.s,n,f.r
his blessing.
What is faith7" asked Sunday-sehoo,
teacher OF boy scholar. He belon .ei to a
baseball nne, AMI replied, Betting on left
handed pitcher
! Inc Presbyterian mission at Pekin, China
mas been blessed with what seems to have been
genuine revival. About forty natives sought
Pardon and united with the church.
1t is announced tn, MIR. Moody. feeling the
need OF rest and study after Ave years of con-
slant work, will g, wtth his family to Balti .
more IN October, and spend the winter there.
! The subject of funeral reform ia much
! discussed one by the clergy lust now. mo
uo"efs Is as common an appendix TO funeral
notice nowadays rs mo cards" to a marriage
notice.
"A 'steeple chase is announced to take
| place at Cohoes Several contestants are to
climb a church steepie which is 30J feet high.
The victor receives $3.50, which is half u dollar
| a foot.
The Methodists of Danville, Pa, lost their
cnufcn under foreclosure and want 80, 20 With
which to buy it back again, az the purchaser ia
willing to sell. They willing TO run in debt
to pay their debts.
The Old School Reformed Coyenanting Pres
byterian church has hundred miners in the
United States and they are divided as to the
question whether they shall admit ministers of
other denominations to their pulpits.
Somebody has discovered in the prophecy of
Isaiah an allnsion to the railroad eating houses
of modern times: '.And he shall SNATCH ON the
right hand and be hungry; and he shall eat ON
the lett hand, and they shall not be satisfied"
The Christtan at Work speaks of some of the
young ministers as Theological calves that are
skipping all over the country, just turned loose
from the seminaries." Nevertheless, it kindly
adds that it will say nothing in disparagement
| of them.
/ The Baptists of the North are clean COM
pany. There are hundreds of godly men; nos
| a cigar IN sight, nor any sign OF the filthy weed
Ii does me good to the honored host"
| This ID Dr. Fdltons opinion of his brethren
| who don't tobacco.
The Right Rev. Ignatius Mrak has sent to
tome his resignation of the See of Marquette.
ne was consecrated ten years ago, but has had
very poor health ever since. He would take
parish or SIN iller diocese, where his strength
would not be taxed as it In now.
As II there were not enough theological sem
lnarles, the colored Baptists have bought prop
erty at Selma Ala. which to erect a new
one. Iney have just money enough to start
uncomfortably with, and the poor thing will
always be blind, miserable and in debt.
] When Edison gets through with the Metro
politan elevated railway, let him try his hand
on the metropolitan church choirs. If he can
bottle up the noise which some of these choils
make, and ship it to some distant and desolate
place, he will be doing a good Christian work.
The banner Baptist State in the North is
New York. with it's 1l2,O5O members. s72
churches, and S5O Sunday-schools. But Georgia
which is the banner State in the South waves
a considerably larger banner, having 1858
churches. with 1929 ministers and 205, BUG
members.
| Springfield (Mass.) Union: IAN earnest and
able Christian minister is now doing good
work In town noe many miles from Spring
field on salary of 500 year, $50 IF which
goes for house rent and all donations from
members of the society are charged against this
I salary account"
| The ,2O0,OtO Catholics of the Netherlands
have habit of sending annually to the Pope
| the proceeds OF the sales of all the old journals
and other waste paper winch they accumulate.
Last year the accumulation amounted to H.
0uJ pounds the proceeds of the sale of which
we've about O,OUJ horins This sum has been
| RENTED TO Rome.
| Bishop Cheney says that of the $4,000 peo-
/ pie in CnIcaso only $4,000 go regularly to
church. He says that many are driven away
| from the charcnes by the costly style in which
religion is carried on He advocates the bui d.
ing OF large and cheap places OF worship not
too magnificent for the poor people sad yet
| good enough for those of more ample means.
The Friends at Piainfeld n j., have built
neat and commodious new meeting house and
school house. The funds out of which Il q
school house is built have grown from the sum
OF S6G0 LETT Tor the purpose by some thrifty
old Friends in 1857, and put out at compound
interest ever since. Not having been in debt.
| the Friends have no clam to beng called flask
| ionable
| At their recent First Day School Union,''
held at Rancocas, N. j., the Friends discussed
| the management of their children and what
| they ought to be taught Among other things.