The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-11-30
GENERAL CHURCH NOTES.

GENERAL CHURCH NOTES,
The number of christianlzcd Jews in
England is set at 1000 very liberal esti-
mate, it is thought
A Mennonite mission is about to be es-
tablished among the Indians Of Kodjah
Island, 600 miles west of Sitka.
"A sermon recently preached by Mr..
Sturgeon was in number his fifteen hun
drcdth. The sermons have all been pub
lishcd
In town in Tennessee two Methodist
societies are at loggerheads about little
church building valued at only 5000. The
Methodist suggests that the societies take
up collection to build another church just
like the one in dispute.
The death is announced OF the Rev
DR.. Gillian. of InChiman, RentrewShire, at
the age OF eighty. He was moderator Of
the general assembly of the Scottish church
in 1873, and representative preacher ofScot
land in the ensuing year.
The San Francisco tax collector, find
ing it impossible to collect the tax on a
Chinese institution, levied on a wooden
god found in the building, god Of I'M
portance, apparently, Judging from the
prompti,udc with which its votaries pro-
duced the money to redeem it.
DR.. Gordon Hall, Of Northampton.
Mass, who was attacked with hemorrhage
while reading hymn in Bingliampton a
short time ago. has since died. Dr. Hall
was born at Bombay, in India, and his
father, a missionary there was one Of that
famous "Haystack Band Of Williams
College. who founded foreign missions.
Though the influence Of two colored
missionaries sent to Bakunda, Africa, BY
Mr. Surgeons church last year, all the
boys in the village Of 1000 people have
been sent to school. When very SICK last
April the king made his will, commenting
his youngest son to the care Of the mis-.
sionarics and commanding his subjects tu
obey and protect them and their wives.
DR.. Loyick Pierce, who died recently
in Georgia, was the father of McthodiSm in
that state. lie entered the ministry in
1904 and went to Georgia as early as 1903
During the war Of 1912 he served rs Il
chaplain in the army. A, one time he
practced medicine, but his late years were
devoted TO the ministry. He WAS til,
father of Bishop Pierce of Georgia, Born
in l1Sj he had reached the age Of ninety,
four.
- Rev. Dr. Armtagc, Of New York, say,
Spurgeon makes no bones" Of taking wha
material he wants from the sermons o
Others But he doesn't become so saturated
as to omit the punctuation marks. Indeed
Sturgeon will say, half this discourse 90
from such an excellent divine; and it is no
unusual for him to give notice that mex
Sunday the congregation will be indebtc,
to such or such source for two-thirds o
the sermon they may expect to hear,
Sunday, Esd, the novel service Of dcdi
eating church to Spirituaism took plac
in Quincy Some years ago Mrs, DR.. Mcl
rick, after the death Of her husband,
wealthy and respected citizen, became
t convert to Spiritualsm and determined t
| erect church or hall to her husband
$ memory. 1t is fine building on Mort
Fifth street A. J. Fishback oflcatcd i
the dedication. Many of the note
4, mediums Of the country We're present, no
q ably. Mott, OF Memphis, Tenn. The cdifc
is called Mcrlck hall, and is dedicated ,
f the good of humanity.
d.; Mr.. Alcott's declaration that Emers
- is. in the full sense Of the words, Chri
h tlan theist, was made, it seems, in the Pre-
enc, OF Mr. Joseph who, Cook has takcnit