The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-06-04
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
Nebraska has 6s Methodist churches.

Nebraska has 6S Methodist churches.
Vice President Wheeler is Presbyterian.
Cardinal Newman is suffering from pneu-
MONA.
A Kentucky minister hanged himself be-
cause he thought he was a hypocrite.
Wisconsin pays annually over SIS, DOC, 900
or liquor and 81 600, 80 for her schools.
The Presbyterian assembly has been in
session at Saratoga, n. Y, during the past
week.
The total issues of the American Bible
society during 63 years amount to 36,O52, l69
copies.
Rev. and Hon. Mr. De La Matyr preached
in Baltimore Sunday on the Life and Times
of Daniel.
Bishop Ames never wrote q book, and
never would preach in the presence of
reporters, if he knew it.
The Scotch Presbyterian church raised last
year "a, 836, $40. 1t had also large increase
of congregations and members.
Rev. W. l.. Gaylord, of the Third Congre-
gational church, Westfield, has voluntarily
reduced his salary from $2,250 to 1000.
Rev. Henry A. Stimson. for 10 years pastor
of Plymouth church. Minneapolis, surprised
his people on May IL by offering his resigna-
ton.
Professor E. B. Coe, of Yale College, is
said to have accepted call to the Collegiate
Reformed church, New York, at a salary of
$4,000.
The Lutheran Deaconesses institution at
Pittsburgh, Pa, has received beQuest of
100000 from the estate of the late Emma
Strecker.
Rev. DR.. Rylaud T. billiard, distinguished
Baptist minister in Kentucky for upward of
so years. baptiz I'd some 600 persons in the
course of his ministry.
Four thousand dollars were collected in.
the Southern Baptist convention at Atlanta
on the 18th inst. for the Theological Sem
mary at Louisville, KY.
The subscriptions for the Charming Me-
mortal church, Newport, R. L, amount to
$50 1876. Philsnder Shaw, of New York, has
presented a costly memorial window.
Under the Ohio Sunday law, ferrymen,
emigrants, toligste keepers, Seventh-day
Baptists and Jews are exempted from the
observance of the Christian Sabbath.
There are 131 Protestant places of worship
in Philadelphia and 10 Catholic, and yet the
latter, by a recent actual count, has 80, 653
worshipers, while the former has only 4, 14O.
DIR. Alexander Clark prays the Lord to
deliver his church from that cold conserva-
tism which stands with folded arms and
elongated face, and solemnly winks at inhu
manities."
DIR. SomervIlle, the Scottish evangelist,
who recently returned from an evangelistic
tour in Australia and New Zealand, is about
to visit the continent OF Europe on similar
mission.
PHILADELPHIA has 564 churches and mis-
sion stations, of which 96 are Methodist, "a
each Presbyterian and Episcopalian, 81
Baptist, Al Roman Catholic, So Lutheran and
Is Friends.
Kate Field is of the opinion that where
ever there is church there should be a
theater, for 1t is as important that man
should be entertained as that he should be
instructed"
The second Sunday ia June will be OBJ
served by the Methodists as "Children's
Day." Collections will then be taken for
the benefit of the education fund from
which poor students are helped.
The Southern Methodist church has an
Indian conference, with 1852 members.
Several other denominations have Indian
missions which have been successful, and
which call for increased efforts.
4 young Polish Jew of Baltimore, named
Stern has been converted to Christianity,
and Is preaching the gospel with success:
among his countrymen and coreligionlsts
in that city and other parts of Maryland.
DR.. DroIlinger, according to the last report.
from Rome despairing of the success of the
Old Catholic movement, has offered to make
his peace with the pope, but is not willing
to accept the terms that have been indicated
TO him.