, 1880-02-08
GENRAL. NOTES.

| The Free B5tlsts. III NoIll Calolilla luas-
ber about q, y, Of whom 1000 are colored.
The Con,egationalists. Of Massachusetts
have 5os cMches, 655 ministers, and church
memhers,p Of 81, ,787.
The Rttimore Methodists contemplate the
aet,h1;sment Of a Centenary Biblical In
stitutobr the education d the colored peo-
pie. +
Ty Italian Government seQuestrated and
| soN between 1861 and September, 1873, $780,
5riots of church property, for which it re-
eiyed 546, IT, 4S1 lire.
!. The Catholic Diocese of Ottawa, Can, is to
Ibe erected into an archdiocese. Tue new
.proyince will he known rs that OF Ontario,
and the suffragans will be Bishops OF Hull
and Pembroke.
The few Old Catholics in Austria are said
to be greatly embarrassed. They recently
applied to the Minister Of WGfship tor sthte tatP
the State could not afford it.
The alliance tells a good story On West
Side Presbyterian preacher, who recently de-
livered powerful sermon on the Sunday
papers. While detailing their alleged iniqui-
ties, he remarked, "Why, this very morning
I read in one of them dlsgracefui scandal.
In the British army there are 100000 men
who declare themselves to be members or
some religious utllolulHs'e!oA' " Icy. ~
SEQ are returned as belonging to the CHURCH S;Il
OF England, 7,125 are Presbyterians, 3,B5
WESLEYAN and other Pr0teStantS, and 1O,6E3
are returned as Roman Catholics.
About one-ffteenth OF the Catholic pop
ulation of this country is taught in Catholic
schools, or upward of 100000. pr this num-
ber Of scholars 81 4o2 are IN o ScnooiS IN New
There are lao Catholic schools in Cincinnati,
with Is, 416 scholars, but only 1t schools Ill
Boston.
The American Committee on the revision
of the Bible have completed the second re-
vision Of the Apocalypse. all the rest or the
New Testament having been p RreI1ously; t;1 nm, mn
edition Of the New Testament next year, in
com1ne1noration OF the fifth centennial Of the
Wyckliffe translation.
The London Christian Hera& has ex-
planned the cause of the lay disaster to IT'S
own satisfaction. Itsays: "The catastrophe
at Dundee may be regarded as Judgment men Of of
Sabbath observance like Scotland, commit
the outrage of violating the sanctity of the
Lords Day by unnecessary railway travel
ing.''
The Young Mems Christian Association
has arranged for the next lecture IN their
course, and it will be delivered THURSDAY
Prot 1E' + ". VT Fisk, Z of The Union Park Theo-
logical Seminary: His S subject viii !, BE- 13e .The
Relation Of Character to Success" TICKETS
admitting ladies and gentlemen can be OBJ
tained free at the office Of Z. n. G. A., l5o
Madison street.
DR.. D. S. Gregory, President Of Lake Forest
a{fdyecda 9pyefsy IN m FarMe @sSdi afGsF Ha e' s
% aAfatthew's Gospel.'' d large audience was
nresent On last Sunday, and the lecture was
llighiy commended. 4 pleasant feature in
connection with these lectures is the q song y!
service q 9Th af g. Was Gb na e f BIS @
choir will lead.
Elder Rounds, pastor Of an Advent church
at Portsmouth. n. r., has completed chart
ESQ feet long, on which is the result OF seven
Ct hard gca g cst M preses ec@s fo?s IN SEP
durinr which time tall nations will be con-
yerted, and at the end Of that time the world
viii be- destroyed and rebuilt, and we reign
forever in Paradise"
Bishop Littlejolln, Of the DIOCESE Of Long
Island, has prohibited the Rev. J: w. Sparks,
an English Clergyman, from conuqctmg seIy-
Ices for small nrncpay Gn o
cede1s c5has from st. LaKes Church, in Clinton
avenue: Brooklyn. Mr.. a Sparks is an ut11,: uttra
Rector Of St. Luke's GhurfcIM fIi, curing tne 1eeole
health Of its Rector, Dr. ullef.
The newly-founded Welsh mission on the
cnnro River is making encouraging progress
in ali its operations. It was started only a
few months ago. wit five five missionaries
rennrted. while q fourth, who returned to
Start s away H again. This mission is qndenon,,
national and intends to work among 9 col
ored people who have never yet been evan
gelized.
ave has risen in the Lutheran Synodica
Eon}erence, Il is charged that the publica
lions l OF the Missouri Synod, which represent:
he HES @stGictest type Of Lutheranism and nearly