, 1880-09-26
GENERAL NOTES.

The number Of native Christians in India
| is about coz, GOO,
The annual meeting of the American Mis-
slonary Association will be held at Norwich,
Conn, Oct. 12-14. 49,:
The Chicago Presbytery will hold its SEMI
annual meeting in eJefferson Park Church
next Monday at 1880 u, M
The Woman's Presbyterlal Foreign Mis-
sion Society holds Its annual meeting nexa
! Monday at 1880 q. m, in the Jefferson Park
Church -,
| There are in Russia about s. 600 churches
exclusive OF the great cathedrafs in the large
cities The services are conducted by 31,7l3
| priests and Il, ,s57 deaeons. -. e..
! The Paris Voltntre says that the Catholic
Church establishment Of France costs that
country SIC, coo, 600 annually, instead Of S10,-
100000, as has been generally supposed
Some Baptist missionaries, while laboring
there was not single school-house, and the
people were unable to either read or write
There are thfrty-fve foreign missionary
societies In the United States, twenty-five in
the British Empire, and twenty-five IN Eu-
rope. The SUM annually expended by these
societies is about $1,000, ,oO0-
+ The last religious census in France shows
that there are IS S., ,703 Roman Catholics,
4G7, ,531 Cavinfsts, So III LutheranS, and So lis
of other Protestant denominations. The Jews
number about 50, 600, and $1,000 are attached
to no church.
RobbIng churches is prosecuted in Canada
Church in London was Recently broken into
nieces. aud the coins and documents ab-
gtd stracted. A liberal reward is offered for the
detection Of the sacrilegious vandals.
The last blue book Of the British Wesleyan
conference gives the 1olloWlhg statlsllcs.
Members, as9,1l; on prooanon, o.,345, MIN
1s1efs; % nie, On tlaae si efhdaf ShppgEGa Gennrss
viii he hc1d IN T'ondon Sentember. 1851.
The Second Presbyterian CHURCH Of
U1puque. t1e hex. -. !. 5alIeli, nast9.:
ce:eolotea is tWenty1nLIn anniversary on tns
M M19th ana aln msE t4o leunl9n was very @
sTE 40 tne v
tlclpants.
The International Surday-School Executive
Committee, with other Committees at home
ana aoroaa, nave 4nlted ln teeominenane s 1a 1le
that sunday @ and MONDAY, oet. l. ana y, ne
day-schools throughout the world. A pro-
gram OF exercises tor the Two days VII! De
Wiuely dlstTlouted through the sunday
school organizations
doubtless the oldest II its Eind-has list been
found in Calabria. The manuscript IS IN
(;reek. wrftten In silver lerteEs on purple
parchment and ornamented with eighteen
scenes from New testament history and for-
ty portraits OF prophets. It is believed to
date from the close OF the fifth OF the begln-
ming of the sixth century.
The Nethodfsts have in Germanv and
Switzerland 11.8Sf members: gnin aeainsf
last wear nf a.: travelling minfsters Il: 10.
cal preachers. 50: chaneS. without narson-
sges 10. VIII I1aarsnnanes x. narsnnnnea
II: Snndav-schnnls. 3r5e nfficers and trach.
err 1.I: schoinrs. 25ss7. Volumes in
Thrarr 3s8. whnla amcnnf ~ cnnrr,hn.
tions to benevolent objects, FL, SOC marks.
A Connecticut wffa and danehtar left thu
chnrch which fha husband and father aD
tended and hiref a new in another. He re-
fused tn nav the rent and was sneti. and
inst .Indee has decided that the husband wa5
mt liabie for the rent. It Is to be feared thai
none If the family have been much benefited
In THAR tanners Nv chnrch~goi1r. nor has tho
church which sned for is peW-rent much
claim for sympathy upon Christian people.