, 1880-08-08

minis Correspondent and the Protestants o
Rome may have been needlesly alarmed 10
i their future status there.
| GENERAL NOTES..
The Illinois Convention of Uniyersalist
will meet in Joliet Sept. Z.
Under tie direction Of the American Bible
Society, colporteurs are engaged in distribut.
ing the Scriptures among the soldiers Of the
Chinese army.
A gentleman has presented to the Genera
Assembly Of the Church Of Scotland, in Vic
toria, check Cor $50, 900 in aid Of building q
divinity hull. and another has made gift o1
$500 900 to found q Uniyersityin South Aus
tralia-
The Temperance Workers in Illinois arc
| requested to meet In council! at Springfield
Wednesday, Sept. !, to consider the subject
of forming an organization of oil the TEN;
| perance forces in. the State, without regard
| to former organizations among males OF
| females.
! There are in Minnesota seventy-fye Baptist
| churches which have 10 houses OF worship.
Instead OF being troubled with mortgages
and floating debts, these churches simply hire
halls or rooms in which to meet, and conduct
| their affairs on a plan which combines econ
only with independence ,...,:- ~
| The. Clerical or Roman Church, party in
| the City Of Rome is now protesting against
the permission extended to: Protestants to
scrtnd tint # the Church shou1d rrenin Ks
ascendency over the civil power every Prot
estant church would be expelled. -. -
The Rev. DR.. Fisch. Of Paris says that
4,Q00, 900 copies of the Scriptures have been
sold in France; that all the young nen in the
army have been taught to read the Gospel of
John, and that 50o,0 0o0 young mon know that
GospA by heart; and that 100000 soldiers
driven into Protestant Switzerland during
the late war have returned to France, each
with New Testament and: various religious
tracts: .~-- -,
According to the Rev. james O,connor
on % the Decline in that Stafe , and in the Wesf H
olics In the East to know how many have
been lost to the faith in the West during the
last half century. In Nebraska alone, with
its sparse population. the humber thus lost
has no more bitter enemies to-day than those
children OF Catholic narents:u
,n,. ..
which is the principal evangelical engine Of
the Congregntfonalists, IS annoyed by a]l I'M
pending debt Of nearly $4,000. it appcals to
fl1c fh,irches fl send hetwcn,, ,,ow p,'1 ria
inst n. ~ Sonto,,ior e,,t,;n;sn+i, o" u e
onet,35ne o' ~ ap,aha = & t
- ~ s.~S AAN-*'t %AsA
Tree from anaebtedneSs- Inc Secretary says
that the field has never been more fertile in
good results than now. For the new year
Which begins on the lst Of October large
plans for Increased usnfnlness have been de-
yised.
French Professionalism has three home
missionary societies. the Central Society, the
Evangelical Society and the Interim Mis-
sion. Rpnrcspnfntiyes ~ those snc;atins ara
a9,nr+ ~ ,,;sif th;s o,u,trS- ,,,;+i, ~ <.;,,. ~
~ WI % entS a. 1ousty ~ VII. t!ew @ TO
aWak"hlns interest," III tne ni0Ve1henL LOT the
feSlGims 1im ISgeneratlGa M Of France ad ct
the money Which may be raised III this coun-
try shall be expended through the agencies
Of the three home missionary societies mem
tioned. to he l,nawn nc '"Tha Sar;cnn
Tha ~ .,;..a.s.. ~ = ...sao- " ~
ali worIt1Iv aIiot5nns m one nther ,r lIG
iy things mutual RELIEF societies come in for
their snare Of condemnation. The chief rea-
ara i tup o9nI s,,t yort i; 1fse socetles sl1ui
the Theological Faculty Of St. fIonis. s.Res-. ~
cause Christians should enter into nn ar
far 4S s1r,t wnlcm "ouia compel them to ask
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