Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-06-27

During the seven years ending JAN
uary 1, 1878, Bishop Burgess, of the
Roman Catholic diocese OF Michigan,
has confirmed 1926 persons.
As many as $4,000 copies of the
Presbyterian Hymnal have been sold.
A large-print edition for the use of
old people has been prepared.
st. Paups Cathedral, London, was
begun and finished by one architect
Wren; under one master mason
Strong; and during the episcopate Of
one Bishop OF London-Compton.
A year ago the Unitarian Church
In Washington d. c., numbered only
$50 members. 1t is now increased to
nearly 500. The increase is largely
owing to the beautiful new building.
Objections having been made to
the practice Of clergy Of the church
OF England holding retreats" new
name has been adopted. Clergymen
so minded now have ~quiet days OF
spiritual retirement"
Rev. William Tranror, OF West
Hamham, Salisbury, England. COM
pleted his one hundredth year May L.
He entered the Wesleyan Ministry in
1903, seventy-five years ago. He did
full duty forty three years.
The United Presbyterian Assembly,
which met at Cambridge, Ohio, sane.
toned the appointment Of women as
assistants to deacons. 1t, however,
stipulated that such women should
not be organized into sisterhoods.
The Wesleyan Mission to the
friendly Islands. in the South Pacific,
instead Of being charge to the So
ciety now contributes about $4,000 a
year to its treasury. Freely they
have received, and now as freely they
are giving in return.
The Chinese Sunday school OF the
First Presbyterian Church of San
Francisco, has just celebrated its
tenth anniversary. About $50 Chinese
were present, and an Overlooking au-
dience listened to an address by Mr..
Jee Gam, and DR.. Mclean. The
Stockton Chinese school has had
sixty-four scholars during the year.
The British contributions to for
eign missions the past year were very
large. The Church of England raised
$2.129. $50, the joint societies, $7S4, TAO;
the Nonconformist societies, 1,5O3,-
S55; the Scotch and Irish Presbyte-
rian societies. s791,740; the Roman
Catholics, $50. 1896; making a grand
total OF $5,243,41O.
The Southern Presbyterian Church
has again failed to adopt the Revised
Book OF Church Order. The vote Of
the Presbyteries was twenty-nine for
adoption and thirty-two against. or
the latter, thirteen asked for further
revision, and in Difference to the wish
OF the Church, the Assembly, by a
large majority, decided that the book
should again be sent down to the
Presbyteries.
The question having been raised
whether or not missionary work is
favorable to longevity. the Examiner
and Chronicle gives list of nineteen
missionaries to heather countries,
most Of whom lived to advanced ages.
Carey died at seventy two, after a
service OF forty-nine years; Judson
at sixty-two, after service OF forty
one years; and Gulick at eighty, after
a service Of fifty years. So it does
not seem that a missionary life must
necessarily be short one.
Cooperation between the Northern
and Southern Baptist churches is
now proposed on a novel plan. The
Homo Missionary Society of the
Northern church proposes to pay part
OF the salaries Of missionaries to Ia
Dor among the colored folks, and let
the Southern church pay the rest,
and do the overseeing. Unless some
such arrangement as this Is made,
the probability is that the work will
not be done among the negroes, for
funds are very scanty with the South
ern Baptists. l1tl4 III O.
Pastor Monod, in an address on
French evangelizatton recently, said
it was mistake to think that the
people OF Paris-and they fairly rep
resent the people Of France-are gen.
orally far gone II their opposition to
the Gospel. -Somesof~ them are; the
newspapers are, but the common peo.-
pie are not-%st present. atleast. The
great obstacle is their profound ig-
norance Of Gospel truth; but they
may be reached, and are reached. He
says there is a strfsing movement in
France toward Professionalism, espec-
tally among thinking men.
The United Presbyt Assembly
passed resolution approving the
Office OF deaeoness In the Church. 1t
resolved, THAT while the Assembly
does not find in Scripture sufficient