The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-04-13
CHURCH NOTES.

The congregational Methodists Of Geor-
gla are able to support their own news
paper
The pope, who had already made the
Cathedral of Quebec Basilica, has made
that OF Ottawa a Minor Basilica.
In Wurtemburg, Germany, the ancien,
custom survives of repeating the Lords
prayer at the toiling of the vesper- bell
The Baptists report $4,000 members of
their denomination in Asia, of whom 90.
900 ate connected with the American mis-
sion in Burmah.
The BISHOPS Of Ely and Peterborough
have protested against the sanction by a
committee Of the Lambeth conference of
Father Hyacynthc's proceedings at Paris
The pope has sanctioned preliminary
steps for the Identification of several French
missionaries, a mandarian, and twenty-five
other natives, who were martyrs to Christ.
ianity in China and Cochin China between
1920 and 1860.
The Rev. Samuel Scoville, of Norwich,
n, Y, is said to be an eminently practical
Christian. In teaching his two sons recent
ly how to cut wood he cut his ankle severe
"; no permanent injury is likely to result
from the accident.
Bishop Spalding, of Colorado, writes
from Denver an appeal for financial assist
ance in the work Of the coming year II
will be greater han ever before owing to
the large immigration expected during the
spring ana summer.
Drew Theological Seminary has now no
incumbrance. Within the past year over
$4,000 has been received from Phlladel-
phia. At the recent meeting of the
Philadelphia conference 81, 200 was raised
as contribution to help complete the en-.
dowmcnt fund of the Bishop James protes.
sorship.
Bishop Gilmour Of Cleveland, has con-
demncd the Irish World of New York, as
a journal antsgonistic to true Catholic prin
ciples, and has forbidden the faithful in
his diocese, under pain Of cXcommunica.
ton to send their children to public schools
where Catholic parochial schools are easy
OF access.
The members Of Free Methods,
Church, at Toledo, o., believing that all
christians should wear some distinctive
badge sport wide red ribbon inscribed
with crosses on their breasts, while Camp
bellite revivalist, at Austin, Tex, pricks
"the saving mark" an emblem, in India
INK, on the arm Of every convert.
A missionary after thirty years Of service
in India in building school.houscs, largely
with his own hands, complains that on re-
turning to America he finds churches in
large cities which cost 100000 and $780,
900 and a secretary OF his own foreign board
receiving a salary of $4,000, when the
oldest mission in India "s really dying out
for want Of men and means"
Rabbi Wise, of Cincinnati, has written q |
letter on the question Of mixed marriages |
in which he announces the following die
lum; "Thc congregation of Israel cannot
-elinquish her conviction, cannot forget her
history and cannot rcpudiate her religion;
,cncc she cannot sanction the intcrmarriagc |
Of jew and Christian unless the latter en-.
BRACE the cause and faith of Israel"
The Few. w. Branks, minister of Tor.
,hichcn, Linlithgow died few weeks ago
Vt illness accelerated by the failure of the
city Of Glasgow bank, in which he was q
Few beyond his immediate
friends knew that he was an anonymous
nut highly successful writer on religious
subjects --onc Of his books, "lIcavcn and
Home" having had sale Of over 100000 |
'opics. The anonymous character Of his