Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-06
SUNDAY GLoBELErs.

The Michigan Congregationalists have 2a4
churches. with membership of 1921. This
IS net gain of 1,559 over last year.
The Methodist church of Hyde Park, Mass.
has reduced its debt of 5000 to $4,000: that
at Winthrop has paid its debt of "a 900.
Rev. j. A. Durkee has resigned his passionate
at Guelph, Ont. The church voted him 5000
extra on retiring and much regretted his leay
ing.
-Four ministers from the Methodist Episcopal
church have joined the Oregon Congregational
association this year as ministers and licen-
tiates.
A Universalist church of thirty members was
organized at Usage, Iowa, month ago by Rev.
b. +. Bowles, who goes to pastorate in San
Francisco.
part of the $4,000 gift recently received
by Andover Theological seminary has been ap-
propriated to the long contemplated renova-
ton OF the old chapel.
The Baptists of Charlottetown, Prince Ed.
ward island, are building neat brick church
edlhce which they hope to have ready for wor-
ship before Christmas.
DAubigne's great work on the Protestant
Reformation, begun more than forty years ago,
will be completed in few days by the issue of
the concluding volume.
Inc Eplscopalians are building a handsome
church to the memory of ST. James, in New
bedford Mass. They hope to have it in readi-
ness tor worship in a few months more
Rev. Mr.. Springer says that she will not lee
ture or preach for money" We don't see why.
He writes for money, for the Christian at Work
recently maid hi f,r ,
buttons.
quiet has been restored in st. James Church.
Hatcham. The vicar abstains from incense and
candles, and, in obedience to Lord Penzance's
order, the six paintings the panels of the
altar have been planed out.
The Wesleyan Mission to the Friendly Islands
IN the South Pacific, instead of being a charge
! to the society, now contributes about $4,000
year to It's treasury. Freely they have received
and now as freely they are giving in return
The number of Congregational churches IN
vermont Is 1877, of which sixty have pastors and
lGo acting pastors. The total additions the
past year have been 1.094 making total net
gam OF '9f, and an aggregate membership of
1881.
The Brooklyn Tabernacle church is begging
IN England for its lay college enterprise, and a
| re" weeks ago suffered Judgment by default to
De entered against it for S544.25 debt, interest,
and costs, which one of its officers advanced. as
the treasury was empty.
The Presbyterian press are now discussing
the weighty problem whether the Roman Cath
Ole baptism will hold valid in a convert from
that church to Professionalism; or, in other
UnrHc Oh, l.
oilc church be rebaptized?
At the First Congregational church at Will
Transport the treasury is too low to admit of
the services of pastor, newspaper con-
tanning Talmage's sermons is taken and one of
the sermons is each Sunday read from the pal
pit by one of the brethren of the church.
Sal, cried girl looking out of the upper
window of small grocery and addressing an
other girl who was trying to enter at the front
door, we We all been TO camp meetin' and got
converted; so when you want milk on Sunday
you Ii have to come around to the back door,
Bishop Coke, of western New York, thinks
that Chateaubriand and Pere Hyacinthe were
the two greatest French orators. The same
prelate contends that the Roman Catholic
church Is but creation of the Council of
NNN' tSiAA otA'o lto LII )eItIHcuU ClhlilS nave
no foundation"
A liberal friend of the English Church Mis-
slonary society, who has always contributed
large amounts for missionary work has offered
Sl25.OOO to the society, to be invested for the
development of the native church in India
From another person comes an offer of 925, 900
for similar object.
The Moody tabernacle at Chicago now shell
tiers the Second regiment of that city, includ-
Ing some cavalry. They occupy portion of
the basement, and the stamp of the temporal
war-horse is heard beneath the platform
wherein the heavy tread of the spiritual war
horse was heard during the winter of l976-77.
American Episcopaiians are somewhat divid-
ed In opinion concerning the value of the late
Lambeth conference, in which so many Of their
bishops took part. 1t purely private as
sembly. and yet it undertook to issue an ad-
dress to dIoceses and people who not rep
resented nor interested in their private chats.
BishoH Herzog says the Old Catholics of
Switzerland number 10000 members and sew
enty-hve clergymen, and that within brief
period he has confirmed 1000 young people.
Compulsory confession has been abandoned
among them, and it is left to each parish to
say whether they will receive the communion
in one or two kinds.
Rev. G. Huebener, pastor of the German Lu-
theran church in Middletown, was some time
ago accused by Mrs. leila of having taken
undue liberties with her daughter, a young girl
fifteen years Of age. After full investigation
of the matter the board of trustees of the church
fully exonerates Rev. Heubener, and Mrs. leila
withdraws the charges.
Time is sometimes slow but always sure in
bringing about its revenges. When Richard
Coeur de Leon conquered Cyprus IN I'LL, he
ordered that no Jew should be present at the
ceremony which completed the conquest. To-
day, eight centuries afterward, England covers
Benjamin Disraei with its proudest honors for
having given it repossession.
There is talk of organizing an effort in the
Protestant Episcopal Church to break down it's
exclusiyeness, and place that Church in effect
i've cooperation with other Protestant Chris
tians in Christian work. This would probably
be an herculean task, but it would be one of