Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-02
SUNDAY GLoBELErs.

The Rev, s. ]. Mckee, of Lockport, III. has
declined the call to the Congregational church
at De Kalb
The First Presbyterian church of Buffalo has
extended a call TO the Rev. Fl. D. Ganse. ID. d..
of st. Louis
The Methodist mission in Mexico has peti-
TONED the general conference to erect 1t into
an annual conference
The Rev. Henry III. Morey, of Logansport,
Ind, has accepted a call to the Third Presby
terrain church of Indianapolis.
The Virginia Bible society is about to make
perfect canvas of the State for the purpose
OF ascertaining how many homes are without
bibles.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of
the Methodist church, organized in 1863, has
now $3.50 members and an annual income of
$66,843.
The Baptist Publication society propose to
inaugurate Sunday school work as soon Us suf-
fcient books and tracta in the Spanish language
can be printed.
Last Sunday the Rev. Theodore L. Cnyler
celebrated the twentieth anniversary of his pas
torate of the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian
church. Brooklyn.
The Methodist Missouri conference reports
,7S4 members and 2,9i4 practitioners. I4S
local preachers, 1876 churches, and Il, GIG sehoI-
are in Sunday schools.
The Rev. DR.. J. s. Hutton, for nearly fifty
years one ofthe prominent pastors of the Dutch
Reformed church of New York. died suddenly
of disease of the heart few days ago.
The Christian Leader intimates that The
tramps VINO cell themselves the Salvation army
were sent to New York as reprisal for the al
Fiction of Talmage's visit to England"
During March the American Baptist Mis-
sionary society received S11S,1s5, winch will
enable it TO pay all current expenses and re
duce the deficit of last year some $1,000.
The Stewart cathedral at Garden City, Long
Island, is rapidly nearing completion 1t is
expected that the edifce will be dedicated
some time this month by Bishop LittleJohn
The Rev. George Chainey, of Evansville, de-
clares that he is not a Christian, and that he
will never pray again. he believes all the
hymn-books should be consigned to the rag
man.
The Rev. Arthur Foster, of Baltimore. has
withdrawn from the Methodist denomination
to accept the rectorship of the Reformed Epis-
copal church of the Redee-ner II Washington,
ID. G.
census of the Society OF Friends shows
that it has about Sc. 600 members of whom &c.
$50 are in the United States and Canada, l4,725
in England, 3,94S in Scotland and $500 IN 9th
er countries.
Of the IA, 600 Methodist Episcopal ministers
in this country, there are, according 20 the
Methodist, only eleven who have blots OF their
names, and three of these hare beea condemn
ed unjustly.
In the territory OF Arizona, with popula-
tion OF $4,000, there are only FIVE Prote
ministers and only four Protestant churches.
The churches have total capacity thaS does
not exceed 1000.
Mr.. Gladstone, in MS speeches in Scotland,
told the people that the disestabllshmen4 Of the
kirk was matter which concerned the Scottish
people. If they Enthusiastically expressed wish
to have the kirk disestablished it would be
DONE
The general convention of the New Jsrusa-
lem church will meet in Portland, Me-, June
Is. The notice states that no pledges are made
to provide for the entertainment OF the dele
gates, which is an innovation on the pxsctice
of the church.
Two of the missionaries on Lake Nyanza Will
arrive in England this month accompanied by
three of Mtesa's Uganda chiefs, who bear letters
from MESA to the queen, The troubles be-
tween the missionaries remaining and the king
have been settled.
The next Protestant1 Episcopal general con-
vention will be asked to erect new missionary
diocese on the Pacific coast to be called the
diocese of Boise and Walla Walls, and TO include
contiguous parts of Oregon and Washington
and Idaho Territories.
When the Rev. H V. Gardner, of Ham
mondsport, N. Y, preached his farewell sermon
a few Sundays ago, all other churches IN the
town were closed in order to give their con-
gregations an opportunity TO manifest thear re-
spect for their retiring rector.
The Episcopal bishop of Ontario has suspend
ed aclergyman for partaking of the conamun-
ion in the Presbyterian church. The clergy,
mans aged mother is member of that de
nomination, and he acted thus to please her
going forward at the time she did.
little girl once said that she would be very
glad to go to heaven, because they had plenty
of preserves there. On being cross-exaznined
she took down her catechism and triumphantly
read: "Why ought the saints to love God?''
Answer: Because he makes, preserves and
| keeps them
Jones had been reading in his Sunday morn
ing paper about the walking match, and at
church, when the minister read about the vic
tory that Gideon won with an army of three
hundred men, selected because they Tapped the
water, he couldn't help thinking that Gideon
won that fight by about three hundred laps.
The Women's Bible Readers society, Of Phil
adelphia (EpiscopaD reports for the past year:
Visits made, 81, 1876; religious exercises held,
81 $50; books, papers, etc., distributed, AZ OO1;
church members added, 1872; induced to attend
church, 720: Bibles and Testaments given, 5S5:
situations or homes found, 1913; money given,
1874. &c.
When clergyman withdraws from the Prot
estant Episcopal church and enters another
communion, if he returns he must spend three
years lay COMMUNICATE before he can re .
sumo his ministry. An effort is to be made to
have this cannon amended, as it is believed it
works injustice to many and injury to the
| church.
The ancient royal charities, the queens
Easter bounties. have been distributed at the