, 1879-06-22

Persia, il, COO III Palestine, 1G,0W iu Smyru
anu 1U,500 III Anatalia and the Turkish Arch
pclago. There are beside $50 900 United Greek
and 2. .763 Lebanon Latins. Last year it is sui
that 9,341 adults were converted in China.
At meeting OF the Paris Municipality q fe
DAYS ago, attention was called to Cathol
edition ol ''Uncle TOMS Cabin,'' copies {
which had been distributed as prizes even in
secular school, coutain;ug notes. according I
which slavery is not contrary to natural orde
and some laborers would be happier II stavc
An assurance was giycn that such works woul
oe cxpunged from the prize catalogue.
The annual meeting of the General Con
mtttec OF the Chicago District Camp-Grouu
Association, consisting OF the pastor and on
lasman from each charge, will be held on ths
camp-gro,tnd, Friday, June 81, 1870, ut 10 o'cloc
d. m., instead Of the 24th, a. before notified, 10
the purpose OF fixing the time for the mex
| annual camp-mccttnG, and election Of trustees
The train leaves the Chicago d Northwestern
| depot at o:30 a. N.
The French Protestants, numbering abou
0o,000 souls, have contributed for home ant
1orelgn missions nearly Loo, 900 francs, or one
Quarter OF the sum which the great Roman
Catholis Propagation Society has raised The,
sustain foreign missions in the south Of Africa
| IN Senegal. AMI in Tahiti. They have been On
couraged IN their home missions by the appear
auce OF an increasing disposition among the peo
! pie to listen to Protestant teachings.
| 4 writer, quoted with approval and indorse-
ment by Prof. Max' Mueller. says: "Tl,e state
mens that there are nations and tribes whict
| possess no religion rests either on inaccurate
observations or on 4 confusion Of ideas. Nc
tribe or nation has yet bcen met with destitute
Of belief In any higher beings, and travellers whc
asserted their existence have been afterwards
reluted BY facts. It is legitimate, therefore, tc
call religion, IN its most general sense, an uni
Versa1 phenomenon Of humanity"
Work is resumed on the RomaI Catholic Ca.
thedrai In Brooklyn with the expectation that
the building will he finished In two years and q
haI. The expenditure thus far is for land,
$4,000 and for material and work about $50,
oGO. This includes tho beautiful chapel on the
Clernont avenue side in which regular service.
are held. The original estimate for the cost OF
the completed cathedral Was. 81, ,009 000 but this
was made when prices Of all materials were
much higher than now. 1l4rcc-quartcrs Of a
million will probably do the whole work in er-
celent style.
Recent events at Saratoga have shown that
the best way to hold 4 religious assembly or
convention Is no. to sponge upon the house
holders for lodgings and meals, but to let every
delegate pay his dollar day alta boarding house.
Both by the Prcsbyteriana and the BaDsists this
experiment was triedawith some miseiyings lest
it should prove failure. Its complies surgcss
was grcltcr than tho most sanguipe had cx-
pectcd. This has revolutionized the business of
entertaining religious bodies. Hereafter. the
brethren who cannot pay their dollar daY or
have it paid By those who send them will hare
10 stay at home.
a body OF Wesleyan ministers near AIauches-
Ter, Eng, have adopted resolution Of com,
ptainr against ciergymen Of the Estab ablishcd
Cnutch; Some OF The clergy are friendly to
them, they say, but others By their policy and
teachings have increased the difficulties OF
Methodism and hindeTed Its prosperity. s'Doc~
trines arc taught and practices prevail which
Punish ns3Uy1f. ,Y7fl1 tlov
societies are formed, one condition Of member
snip being pledge never to enter u Noncon-
fprmst place Ut worship. There are instances
OF persecution, md the clergy are in many places
seeking bY subtle means to undermine us, and
to alIenatc our people from u.s."
SWEDISH LuTuERASs.
The twentieth Swedish Evangelical Lutheran
Augustana Synod, now in session at the I'm
nl8nuel Church, corner of Sedgwics and Hobbie
streets, has 123 ministers, 302 congregations,
Il, o0U communlcants, and represents, with the
families and Sunday schools connected With the
last Thursday, and will be in ses sion until next
Friday, when it is expected they will have finish
ed their business for this year.
The services to-day will be communion ut $50
2; m: Sermon bg the Rev J. Fremling, from
Stockholm, Wis, at 1880. At D. N. ten
young men will be consccrated to the ministry,
one Of whom will 90 out as missionary to the
Comauchc Indians, in the Indian Territory. The
evening service, at 1880; p. H., will consist of
addresses to- the Sunday school by the Revs.
Carlson and Tcileen.
4 BALLAD or RRooELTE AND LONDON.
LONDON, June 15.-This morning the Rev.
Mr.. Talmagc preached to an enormous con.re-
cation at the lslfngton Presbyterian Church. d
icnsc crowd blockaded the streets. Half mile
before reaching the church, the carriage Of the
reverend gentleman was lifted from the ground
and carried bodily to the church.
There was spry preacher in Brooklyn did dwell,
He had but one pridc-'twas the Taberna-kel,
And there, every Sunday, he stood On his head,
While his elegant legs they ges-tic- u Ia ted.
The Prcshyteree it arraigued him for trial
Dead waters need stirring up once in q Ewhia1-
And this demonstrated that most every brother
Had led like trooper and cheated come other.
rhcy gave in verdict which Van Dyke incensed,
TWAS twenty-five for him and twenty against;"
Calmage hoped up and cried, ~ lamented too
7or 'cording to TINT, I'm an innocent coonl''
Therefore. " he continued, I'm get on ship,
Anl 20 tn Lon hondon, likewise to Enrip;
III climb in some pulpit and show them that We
nm preach like st. Paul in Anlerica-eet'
Ie found eighty Thousand surrounding the church;
they grabbed up the horses and carriages and all.
And shouted - Hurrah for the Brooklyn st Paull"
lis month he unfurIed and he wav- ed his limb;
And the audience shyly inquired, Ills that hint
Ie is like saint and his gestures delight us !
le ain't like st. Pau, but he is Ike st. Vitusf"