Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-10-22
RELIGIOUS.

There are ls3 missionaries Of both sexes
in Japan.
Secret prayer is power to the soul
that uses it. Cultivate it as pearl of
great price.
Youth is the best time to form charac-
ter, and the Bible is the best book to aid
in the work.
Quiet benevolence flows from a heart !
filled with love. God sees the act and !
will not fail to reward.
Do not try to build yourself up by
pulling others down. There is room
enough here for all of us.
There is no gold nor jewel, nor spark
ling pearl equal to the ornament of a
meek and quiet spirit"
Never speak disrespectfully of your
neighbors. If you can not speak well
of them, please do not injure them.
1t is a great thing to see our mistakes,
greater still to confess them, greatest of
all to set ourselves to correct them.
Spurgeon sold his house and moved
into another at the advice of his physi-
clans, but rheumatism troubles him
yet.
Copies of the New Testament in jap
anese have been placed in the schools of
Yokohama by order of the authorities of
that city.
The Roman Catholic church In Rus
STA, Poland not included, has one arch
bishop, four bishops, 1864 priests and
1897, 77s Catholic souls.
Rev. DR.. John Waddin gton, the emil
nent English divine whose Geath is an
J nounced, received the degree of D. D.
: from Williams college.
The briefest biography ever written of
mortal man is given in the Bible in a
single immortal line: "And Enoch
walked with God, and he was not, for
God took him."
Some of the benefces in the Church Of
England are supposed to yield enormous
incomes. There are but few of these in
J comes. There are about 600 benefices
g which are worth from $1,000 to S25OC
each; 5000 from $500 to $1,000; 1000 less
e than $500; l66 less than $3.50; "a less
f than $l25; 8 worth so, and worth $40
The ministers who have the best benefices
t receive many gifts from wealthy church
D members.
Robinson Crusoe has never been con.
sidered in this country an especially re.
ligious book. In fact, when it has occa.
: sionally been found in Sunday-school
libraries il has been criticised as being
h hardly religious enough. But the mu.
: nicipal council of Paris has been exam.
: ming the book, and has concluded tc
D strike it off the list of prizes awarded the
+ school children. The fault found with
f it is that when Crusoe is cast on the
f desert island he offers a prayer to God.
i The annual conference of the Reor
ganized church of Latter Day Saints has
recently been held near Council Bluffs
u about twothousand members attending
L These annual conferences transact bust
Z ness for all the churches of the faith il
y the United States. Their decisions rem
u dered on any questions arising from an,
church or district are final The presi
!, dent and bishopric, three in number, ant
e the quorum of twelve, or as many a
e possible, are always in attendance ant
n have the conference in charge.
I AS far as can be ascertained there ar
3 in Great Britain and the United State
u more than 5000 Congregational churches
IL 1887 ministers and about 10000 mem
e bers. In Madagascar there are ia
~ churches, with 10000 members and $50,
L 600 adherents. The London Missionar,
IL society, the American Board and tn
= American missionary association to
u gether employ 6567 missionary agents
" English and native, representing abou
; $50 churches, with $4,000 members
II They expended last year ST., 1923, 272. TIL
u whole number of Congregationalists in
\ Guiding members and adherents, stats
ticians variously estimate at from seve
h to eight millions.
IL There are two reasons which operat
= so keep some of the very best men in on
X churches out of the pulpit. One is til
I, censorship of self-constituted critics an
II committees; the best men will be free
Z; The other is the prospect of a struggl
u with narrow income through life an
u facing of poverty in old age. Bot
le troubles are exaggerated by fear. TIL
IL minister can be free if he is brave; an
y only the brave are ever OF anywher
II free; and if ministers are neverrich the
J are seldom reduced to pauperism. New
y eltheless our churches could do nothin
> more sure to attract to the pulpit tn
81 best young life of the church than, first
II, to maintain their elderly of prophesy
ii ing" and, second, to provide some ado
u quate and sure provision for such 4
become worn out in the service of til
ministry Christian Union.
The provincial synod of the Canad
Episcopal church has adopted the ne'
y" name of 1.-THE Church of England |
4 Canada" 1t establishes foreign and
~ domestic board of missions, and make
Us nayv nrovisions for missionary worl