The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-03-26
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

RELIGIOUS NOTES.
The Southern Baptist convention will
meet at Atlanta. Ga, May s.
Nearly 400, 600 copies of the new Methodist
Hymnal have been sold.
The imperial government in China has
ordered the closing of the Buddhist hummer
: les.
General Litch6eld, the United States con-
sui at Calcutta, is president of the y. NJ
c. A.
The Calvinis.ic Methodist church has
fiourishing mission in Northeast Bengal,
India.
Astonishing cares are reported from West
Haven, Conn.,, through the agency OF prayer
ana oil.
The pope has proclaimed a universal iubi-
lee and indulgence on the anniversary of his
election.
New Hartlsnd. Conn.,, has the Hottest
church ediice in the State-1, 200 feet above
tide water.
Kansas Congregationalists are raising So
600 for home missions by a contribution of
81 per member.
The young ladies OF Plymouth church,
Cleveland, are successfully operating kim
dergarten school.
II.
cepts the vicarage of Hackington, England,
at salary OF 3, 100-
There is no time when it is so instructive
to read the hymn book as when the contri-
button box is being passed.
The Catholic bishops of st. Hyacinthe and
Ottawa sailed together from Liverpool for
Canada on Ash Wednesday.
The Roman Catholics have 80 churches in
ST. Louis, II OF which are German, is Ital-
ian, Bohemian and colored.
There are over 200 English and American
periodicals. on file at the reading rooms of the
New York Suuday-school association.
In Calcutta there are 1919 Hindoo temples.
III Mohanmedan mosques, 81 Christian
churches and two Jewish synagogues.
Rev. w. Tranter, who has been an English
Wesleyan preacher for 20 years, died Febru
airy 81, at the advanced age of 102 years.
None of the Methodist churches in Chicago
and only few OF other denominations, now
use fermented VINE at the communion.
The United States Presbyterian Board of
Missions has sent to its mission in Egypt,
Miss Bella Strang, who is but II years old.
The American Bible society Is said to have
so changed its attitude that the Baptists
are concluding they can in the future CO.
operate with 1t.
There are some men in the world so mean
that they skim the milk at the top and then
sigh because they can't turn it over and skim
it at the bottom.
Rev. William Johnston, pastor of the Pres
byterian church at East st. Louis ILL.,, has
been appointed to the charge of the Protes-
tant church and schools at Sidon, Syria.
The Methodist missionary society of Cam
ada calls loudly for financial help. 1t has
496 missionaries and paid agents in the field,
but its treasury owes upward of $6S, 600.
The Established Church of Scotland and
the free churches are at issue on the question
of running street cars in Glasgow on Sunday.
The former sanction the practice, while the
latter oppose it.
Trinity church, Melrose Mass, was lately
entered and robbed OF part of its communion
service. The church was robbed in a SINH
lar manner about three years ago, and, the
indications are, by the same parties, who are
evidently familiar with the premises.
The Sunday law in regard to trading was
enforced in Newport, Rhode Island, Sunday
week ego, for the first time in upward of a
rooms, groceries and stores have been acsus.
toned to keep open till 8 o'clock on Sunday
morning.
The British Wesleyan Methodists set ou
at the beginning of the year to raise special
fund of 81, 600 900 for church building, debts
ETC., one quarter of which they hoped te
raise in Great Britain and the rest Throughout
the world. But already two districts II
London have contributed more than the
quarter, and now it is expected tina
81, 00O, 900 beside will be raised. This is noble
giving in hard times.
Assgacious charity which has been adopted
in Philadelphia is worthy of imitation else
where. A committee of gentlemen pur
chased coal at wholesale and distributed
among the poor classes in retail lots, but a
wholesale prices. The committee gave thel
time and trouble gratuitously. 1t is pro
posed to establish similar system for gro
ceries and so forth. Miss Morgan, the wei
known stock reporter for the New Yor
Times, has under consideration somewha
similar plan for g cooperative market
New York City. Her proposition is to asse
.ciate so heads of families who will pay 1
$25 each to form a fund; these stakeholder
to be supplied at their residences with tn
choicest cuts at moderate profit above tn
cost, the coarser parts to be disposed of I
poor people at cost; thus providing wit
wholesome meat at very low rates lare
class of the community now compelled ,
live without meat or to consume only thu
which is worthless or even of dangeror
character.
FASHION NOTES