, 1880-03-28
GENERAL NOTES,


GENERAL NOTES.
The Congregational House in Boston has TO- 900
volumes and 100000 manuscripts relating to
Congregational theology.
The Presbyterian Theological Seminary at
Danvtlle, KY, with a full Faculty and library
Of 900 volumes, rejolces in six students, all
told.
The Standard calls the detachment OF the
"Salvation Army" now in New York; a unique
and somewhat grotesque band of religious re-
formers" It fails to see the need OF the move
melt.
The Middlesex Congregational Conference at
it's recent meeting In East Hampton, Conn.,, re-
solved - that we greatly deprecate the use Of
tobacco In all its forms as demdralizing in its in
tluence and injurious to all human interests
It is stated that at the close of last year there
we're in the world 10, ,207 members Of the Order Of
1,5. since 1859. OF the whole number, 2,104 are
missionaries, and the rest, ,103 are occupied in
teaching
The Atlanta fGa.) Baptist Seminary has ninety
students Most of the freedmen under its
charge are studying for the ministry, and some
Of these are making her0ic efforts to obtain un
education. One Of them had to sell his over
coat. Another tried living on one meal day.
Tho wife OF another takes in washing to sup
port him. Another worked for some months rs
u cook.
It seems that the missionaries in New Britain
who wero some time ago eaten by cannbas
we're natives Of the Fiji and Tonga Islands. and
were themselves descendants. of cannibals. This
is said by some rigid expounders Of Old Testa-
ment law to throw light on the Biblical stute-
ment that the sins Of the fathers shall be visited
on the children even unto tho third and fourth
generations.
A missionary tour around the world was some
time ago undertaken by two members Of the So
ciety Of Friends in England. Mr.. Isaac Shnrpand
completed their mission in Africa and almost as
fully III Madagascar, and the hitter gentleman
has just returned to England Mr.. Sharp pro-
coed to Australia, and thence return home by
why Of America
a series Of sermons on "Ingersollisn - is now
being delivered by the Rev. Irving 4. Scarles in
the South Side Christian Church, oakwood
first lecture Of the course was given on last
Sunday evening to large and deeply interested
auenS It s confidently f1 believed % that much
Of tho series will be given to-night;, subject,
1.-THE Bible Needed" Free seats and cordial
invitation to all
The Moravians are small in numbers, but they
a specially Of missions. at their recent mission
ary meeting in London, the Rev. ]. B. Kane,
Secretary, stated that one member in every
forty-five is engaged in the mission work. i
gentleman present bore personal testimony to
the devotion of tho missionaries in going to live
and die in the most uncongenial and cherries
spots in the world, in order thnt they may preach
Christ to their fellow-mcn.
would either puzzle or satisfy Tyndall: The Sun
says: sit is gravely asserted ut the Fulton
street Prayer-1nceting thnt a lGdy has been
the sale Of {. piece of real estate. She had to
sell this property by n certain day, but had no
bid for it. She asked four of erfriends to unite
o'clock. They did SO for two months not meet
ing personally, but only in spirit. At last bid
for the property came, and in few days the
negotiation was finished.
York in regard to church property and u sage.
4 majority vote can change the form Of wor-
ship in any church or synngos and the minor
church majority decides in favor Of intro
ducing the Protestant worship, the question is
settled for TINT community. and the minority,
II vote can change a Baptist church into Il
Methodist one, and q Presbyterian church can
swallow an Episcopal one # it can only secure
would seem ut this distance that this law inter
fercs with the vested rights Of the minority, for
the reason that the contributions made By the
latter are for specific purpose, which cannot
be set aside.
1916, ,000, 900 have been expended III church pur-
poses from voluntary contributions by people
connected with the Church Of England. Three
thousand five hundred and twenty new churches
have been built during the last thirty years;
$50 church schools have been established by
the National Society since 4 ISL q; ~ beside e.. the s
have been spent in the metropolis on churches,
schools, and ho1ne-misson institutions in the
lust five years. The aggregate amount cxpend-
ed By tho English Church on missions TO tho
coonists and the kcathon Is over s. 000 IL
year The philanthropy of the Church is fur
ther e1cmplttcd in numerous special gifts ana
in the establishment Of funds for tho social,
moral, and religious improvement Of people,
parishes, and ministers.
In the course Of discussion in the Philadcl-
phia Methodist Conference, u Clergyman stated
that Bishop had demanded and received S3Oo
for giving Il certain church the preacher whom
they wanted. Thereupon Presiding. Elder
Thomas stated the case us follows: When the
matter came before the committee 6;s, OF tn the
ter told them that il they got the minister they
asked for it would crowd another man to the
wall. Then the committee offered the S5o0 as
supplemental salary for his support fn another
churge. The same church-Trinity of Philadel-
phia-did /. similar thing few years ago The
pastor thus secured was the Rev: pr: Everett :,
ministers By the payment Of supplemental sala-
rics,'' and another rather bitterly remarked,
:. The churches Of the greatest wealth can nave
their wishes complied with at all t1mcS
TIE POPE AND IRELAND.
A Washington special to the Cincinnati Com
rncrclal says that Mrs. Gen. Sherman has written
d letter to the editor Of local paper to defend
his Holiness the Pope against newspaper com
mcnts bcatlse he has given nothing to the suffer-
ing in Ireland, who are almost c1clusiycly NJ
herents Of the Catholic faith. Il cable d'spatch
the other d.y suited that The County OF Armagh, ,
pence, and the comments referred to were to
the effect that this money might better hase hs
poured into the oycrtlowlng Golfers OF the vat
lean, from which nothing bad as yet been con-
tributed. to the starving Catholics in Ireland.
Mrs Sherman states that the cable is not trust
are not to be relied upon when they refer to the
Of the CATHOLIC CHURCH b9t shs 5efsss Ter ito to
closes a copy, who suited that '' the tidtngs OF
the suffering in Ireland have beyond measure
distressed the Holy Father and he bus decided
to devote % the aid Of tho poor IN Ireland h the
sim Of 10000 irc" a lire is less than ~ cents.
S Which b. makes the proposed contribution Of the
Pope mot yet ade 1esS thap * and yff me
q single county in Ireland No suffering exists
In Armagh County, from which this contnoution
comes. but in the adjoining County of Monaghan
the suffering is very greht-