The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-15
THE CHURCHES.

The Irish Church estate will finally be
worth about $50, GOO, 900, against which there
will be charge OF $3O,OO0,000.
| The Oldest Roman Catholic parish In New
England Is that OF st. Mary's, Bunker Hill
which Is about to celebrate Its semi centenary
4 Nearly $1O,0O0,0O0 have been contributed
since 1870 toward the sustentation fund OF the
dtsestablished Episcopal Church of Ireland
Father Hyacinthe has addressed petition
| to the French government asking for recog.
milton and a subsidy for the Gallican Catholic
Church, which he is trying to organize.
The Pope is said to have given the Duchess
Of Madrid hopes that her grand-aunt, Nine
Elizabeth, Louis XVI's sister, who was gull
lotined May 10, 1894, may be beatified.
Mr.. Spurgeon's pastoral silver wedding was
celebrated recently at the Metropolitan Ia
bernacle, London, by a gift Of 10000 from the
congregation. He proposes investing 1t for the
poor.
According to Gov. Sir Arthur Gordon, Of
the Fiji Islands, 102. 900 out of total popu-
lation OF some 10000 Of the islands attend
the Wesleyan chapels, and most Of the rest
attend some other place Of worship.
The wilLof the late Gardner Colby, of Bos-
ton, leaves about $461, 900 to various Baptist
Baptist Missionary Union gets $4,000, and
the Newton Theological Seminary 100000.
Two Jews, the first ever sent there, are at
the Quebec prison OF st. Vincent de Paul. The
officials were at a loss how to provide for
their spiritual wants, and, says the Montreal
Gazette, to settle the matter they we're given
the choice OF embracing the Protestant or
Roman Catholic faith. After little congid-
Grafton they decided to attend the former
chapel"
The English Methodists are excited over
the conduct of Mr.. Langhorn Burton, land
lord OF the village Of Bag Elderly, who has
refused to allow religious meetings, which
have been held there for thirty years, to
be continued any longer, and threatens t0
eject bis Methodist tenants If any attempt is
made to resume the meetings without first
gaining his consent.
All the English missionary societies report
a. decee a; receipts the past year: The fall!
ness. The Church Missionary Society Low
Church, Anglican1 loses upward OF S70.l 600. its
income being upward OF $500, 900, instead of
upward OF 81, 100000. The society asks for a
special contribution OF $4,000 for It's Nyanza
mission, In Africa. -
progress In Great Britain during the past
fifty years. In 1929 there were only At priests
and 449 chapels. Now there are 1903 priests
and 1122 chapels. There were no monaste-
RES, converts and colleges in 1929, but In 1869
60 were % monasteries, 232 converts and
~ colleges, and further Increase has been
made since 1863, though the amount of it is
not reported.
In 1910 there were two Sisters Of Charity ID
France; In 1878 there were 100000. or these
10000 belong to 225 congregations that receive
ana nurse the sick or instruct the young;
there are other congregations the members Of
which tend invalids at their own homes.
There are 600 other authorized communities
with 10000 members, while there are 200 reli-
glous associations not authorized by law,
whose 1900 members are vowed to care for
the poor and suffering.
According to the Chicago Tribune this is
the way In which souls are saved In that city:
"a few young girls belonging to west side
church have set about noble missionary
work to increase the attendance on their be-
loved pastors ministrations. They go out
just before the evening service hour and lure
young men to follow them, pilot their victims
In by q harmless-loo king side-door, and give
sinners DESTROYS OF turning from the error OF
their ways, and before those young men have
recovered from their shock Of surprise and
disappointment they find themselves slowed
away In front seats between trustworthy
and being prayed and preached at
by the officiating clergyman In a manner
which for dlrectness discounts that of |
Nathan"
The denomination which calls itself by the |
name OF Brethren" Is Ia sad |
worry over the style Of headgear worn by the |
sisters. some congregations excommunicat-
7d certain Sisters for wearing peculiar hat
d fashion not contemplated by the .Breth-
zen. Inc sisters made great stir about iii |
The subject Is to come up for settlement; 81.
ne annual meeting OF the Brethren in q few
lays. These people are quite humorous HI |
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