Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-28

GrsTAvE DoEE is engaged upon pic
ture PAINTED On a colossal scale like the
majority Of his scriptural subjects, and il
lustrating the text. "Come unto me all
We that labor and are heavy laden
THE Moravians report 30,ss3 communi-
can:s in America, Germany and Great
Britain, ALI increase Of 264 durin. the past
year. This total does not include the
communicates in the mission field.
MANY Jesuit Fathers who have been cx-
pcllcd from France are now in Rome. They
have rctitioncd the Pope to assign them to
an apostalate on the Eastern Missions, or
wherever their missionary labors will be
most advantageous.
ONE result Of the publication OF Dean
Buchanan's hiding in Detroit has been the
collecting Of indubtablc proof that DIR.
Launcelot Younghusband, IL. d., an
Episcopal clergyman there, has been acting
as his agent for the sale of diplomas, five
having already been traced to him.
REV. ROBERT J. NEvIN, ID. d., of Rome
who is visiting his parents at Cacrnarvon
place near Lancaster, and who is announced
to preach in st. Johns Free T.. +. church
tomorrow, is the we'll known rector of St..
PauIs Within the Walls in the Eternal
City.
So rapid is tho progress Of Christianity
in China, that DIR. Lcgscc, the professor
Of Chinese, at Oxford, England, says if tho
present rate of conversion of the Chinese
to Christianity continues, by the year 19l:;
there will bc 26, ,OOO, 600 Of church members,
and, 1000, 600 of protesting Christians
in the Chinese empire.
TIE seven largest Congregational
churches in this country arc Plymouth,
Brooklyn, 2,549 members First, Chicago,
1888; Central, Brooklyn, 1,O4S; Broad
way Tabernacle, New York city, 9G8 !;
Church of tho Pilgrims, Brooklyn, 9GG
Church Of the Disciples, Now York city,
l OiS HHSI. OUCElll, OuIO, StC.
A LEADvILLE gambler advcrtiscs in
hand-bills as follows 'Kcno, as played 1T
Wyman's, is a very honest, upright and
religious game. 1t is religious because
Wyman don't allow any ono to swear or to
make those vulgar expressions sometimes
used in playing keno. 1t is respectable bc-
cause tho Rev. Mr.. Talmage was in tho
other evening to sec the game. Wyman
has no noise or trouble, because he treats
all his customers to the finest liquors and
cigars free also a hot free lunch three
times day. Therefore there is nothing
for any ono to quarrel about"
THE International committee has issued
a Year Book Of Young Mems Christian
associations throughout the world. 1t
presents in compact form the present con.
dition Of tho enterprise, and its work fol
the past year. 1t contains reports of S2j
associations in North America, 285 in
Great Britain and Ireland, 65 in France, II
in Belgium, s93 in Germany, 4O6 in Hol-
land, 204 in Switzerland, 70 in Sweden, G
in Italy, s in Spain, 1 in Austraa, IL in
Australia, 2 in India, 4 in Syria, 3 in South
Africa, 2 in japan and each in Madagas.
car and tho Sandwich Islands. The Amer.
lean associations arc most numerous and
excel also in financial strength and in work.
ing force. They hold property in buildings,
furniture and libraries, worth more than
So, QUO, 900. The Christian communities of
this country have contributed during the
past year $4O0, 900 for their support. This
is more than for any previous year.
THE preservation Of tombstones and
monuments is an important question in
view of the great interests involved. Pro-
fessor Geikie, in paper read recently be-
forc the Royal society Of Edinburgh, re-
corded the results of certain observations
on the weathering of monuments in grave
yards, for the purpose of measuring the
rate of degradation by atmospheric in