The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-11-13
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

They have a Chinese Sunday-school IN St.
Louis.
Washington, D. G., boasts because 1t has
103 churches.
Some people are unkind enough to call
Brother Talmage the "Pellce Gazette" OF the
pulpit.
Kansas has over three hundred Baptist
ministers within her borders, and she is not
21 years old.
One a minute is the rate at which the
American Bible Society can print bibles with
its new fast press.
Rev. Robert Collyer, OF Chicsgo, is proud
of the days when he worked at the anvil and
turned out horse-shoss.
The attendance of the Protestant churches
of Chicago amounts to $4,000, and that of the
Catholic churches TO 10000.
Forty thousand people in Chicago go on
Sunday to the Prott s ant churches, and
nearly as many to the Catholic.
Mr.. Sankey, accompanied by his family,
has arrived in Liverpool, and contempiates
making religious tour of England.
DR.. Mckay, OF England, who so thorough
ly pleased his hearers at the prophetic con-
ference has gone to Philadelphia.
To-day will commence the week of spe-
| cisl prayer for Gods blessing upon young
| men. 1t will be observed throughout the
| United States.
The Rev. Edward Kimball, of church debt
paying fame, is resident of Chicago, and a
| member of Lincoln Park Congregational
| Church of that city.
Tho Rev. s. Bourne's lecture at Hacken-
sack, N. J., on "Why Did Marry" did not
pan out well. The girls came to the conciu-
| sion that it was because he was too shy.
| The Primitive Methodists of England are
| considered the poorest Christian community
| of that country, andyet they raised last year
| $3.50 900 for missionary purposes.
| If Noah had foreseen the future and killed
the two mosquitoes which took refuge in
| the ark he would have rendered some OF the
strongest words In all modern languages un
necessary.
| Bishop Harris has transferred the Rev
| Davis w. Clark, son of the late Bishop
Clark, from Cincinnati Conference to Ohio
Conference, and stationed him at Broad
Street Church, Columbus.
The Rev. A. K. Burnell, OF Chicago, ha
Just returned home from trip around The
world. Mr.. Burneil made the tour on 81 900
which was a present from New Yorf
banker. He was gone one year.
| At the beginning of the present centurI
there were only six Jewish congregations il
| America 1t Is estimated that now there ar
st least 8, 900 cougreg cations and nearly 800,
600 Jews, in the United States alone.
The historical library of the Presbyterian
Church In Phiadelph phia is the richest ant
best collection of Presbyterian material il
the world, and $4,000 has been raised 4
!, purchase or build suitable structure TO con
tain and preserve 1t.
: American funerals with their high pyrs
mids OF flowers and undertakers bills, whic
leave the relative poor for years afterwarC
deserve all the ridicule and censure whlcl
some of our most intelligent ministers ar
, giving them.
, The Chicago Tabernacle, the scene {
! | Moody and Sankey's labors, is about BEN
, converted into a five story building. whic
the owner will rent for stores 1t is said ths
6,0OO, whose pamss have been registered
. | were converted in this building.
The American Board spent $3.50, 600 durin
the year just closed in its l6 missions az
, 60S preaching places, and its 2iS churcn'
and $40 missionaries 1t also paid of s4S
600 of Indebtedness, and now calls for sou
o 600 for the current missionary year.
One of the sundayechool lesson writer
/ | speaking of Lazarus a. the gate OF Il
rich man, calls him ''the poor liberated be
gar" For description which combines e.
e haustive comprehensiveDess with unerrir
accuracy, "poor liberated beggar is una
g proschable.
O There is hardly church in Europe tn
has any carpet on the floor or any other Sc
than rough pine benches or coarse straV
bottomed chairs. America leads the wor
in providing comfortable and elegant aceoT
modations for those who feel II a cespera
q duty TO be religious
- The Congregationaist says: In the toV
,, OF Blank Is a clergyman of a statistical tu
- u OF mind. He has a record OF the attendan
y at every service OF his church for doz
iU wears or more Recently, Ia closing the 8
~ vice, he gave the benediction thus: It
grace of God be with you ali. Eighteen"
= The Rev. W. X. McHester, ID. D., presidi
d elder of the NJ. + Church, and his estmst
Is wife celebrated their silver wedding az th
rd | residence in Vincennes, Ind, Wednssd
ir evening. There was large attendance
ir | guests and numerous display of preser
among others a handsome silver coffee u
bthe gift of the members of his conference.
IT. If there is Que SIN which people protest.
er to be Christians have that is greater and m
he common than all others, it is the sin of
w. pressing the poor We know of a rich m
ms chant in this city, q man prominent In
IS church, one who prays loud and long on
95 public occasions who pays the poor won
by who trim and put together the imme
quantities of pantaloons made in bis est