Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-30
SUNDAY GLOBELETs.

Graetz's History of the Jews is being trans
lated into Russian
A japanese edition of the book of common
prayer has been completed
Bohemia had had an increase of 5000 in the
Jewish population in the past ten years.
1t is possible that many men become soon
verified Tor the sole purpose of getting an op-
portu nifty to brag of their deviltries.
The local authorities at Jassy are puttinr
every impediment in the way of the authorities
at Bucharest who wish to naturalize the Jews
The leading Methodist church in Toronto dis
missed its choir because it had been sinoino
"Pinafore." Only dismissed" theml WHY
didn't they kill 'em:
One hundred and thirty Indians were con-
irmed by Bishop Hare, of the Episcopal church
dur ing the last year, and seventy-three Indian
adults were baptized.
cts high time church and state separated
IN this country" remarked an old gentleman
who heard somebody talk about different de-
nominations OF postage stamps.
IA Iowa clergyman preached against the sir
of shaving on Sunday, and next Sabbath the
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IRE, and the congregation dispersed.
The Roman Catholic immigration into this
country from 1920 to 1875 numbered :. I5O.-
232. The number of communicates in that
church in the United States is reported az
6,500,OO
Dr.. John Hall, of New York city, saws that
the members of his church, whose church
edifce cost about 81. OOO, 600, have during the
past i've years. given more than its cost to out
side benevolent objects.
The Society of Friends, is, 1t seems. the re-
hgious denomination which ia, IN proportion
to It's numbers (13, G0G), the best represented in
parliament, there being no fewer than eleven
Quakers in the new house of commons.
The Catholics are complaining of the distri
button of Protestant Bibles in the city of
Rome. in all the principal thoroughfa-es
men are hired 20 walk up and down and pre-
sent those passing by with Bibles for few
solidi.''
writer in tie Noncontognist and IrdsDea-
dent states thai the various branches of the
Methodist family provide for the spiritual
wants of 3,1SS, 600 persons, or for nearly one
in eight of the whole population of England
and Wales.
An English churchman recently figured out
from his expense-book that he paid less to his
clergyman than to his bootblack A good mapy
churches on this side would keep out of debt if
their members would pay as much for preach
ing as for tobacco.
At one of the boys lodging houses in New
York these words are chaIked under the desk
where they have meetings on Sunday evenings:
BE short and lively" This is a good hint for
speakers when talking to boys, whether the
boys are poor or rich.
Who was Ezekiel? tasked a Sunday school
teacher of an intelligent-looking little girl in
one OF our city churches. The answer was
Ezekiel was one of the minor prophets, and
the son of Daniel Webster" This answer was
accepted without controversy.
The inmates of the monastery on Mount
Ararat had so little to do that old Satar found
work for their idle hands. The Prior and
several of his subordinates have been ar
rested on charge of making bogus Russian
money, both silver and paper.
On Sunday, May 8, Rev. MIR. Jones, pastor
of the Episcopal congregation at WalkerviIle,
Canada, preached farewell sermon to his
people, in which he announced to them that
he was about to join the Catholic church.
Since then he has been received into that COM
munion.
Bishop Stevens, of the Reformed Episcopal
church, reports that the movement is spread
ing among the negroes of South Carolina.
There are now 200 commandments IN seven
teen congregations. There are also six mission
aries. The bishop has just ordained three
deacons.
1t is said that preliminary steps have been
taken in Philadelphia for the formation pf a
new society among the Orthodox friends 1t
will be made up of those persons who have
been excluded from the other meetings for
causes, such as marrying out OF meeting, which
are not immoral.
There is something, says the London SzectQ-
tor, in the honeyed words which the Pantheists
OF the new culture use about Christianity that
seems worse than the bitterest sneers of the
old infdelity. They talk of very sweet thing
in religion, as they might talk of very sweet
thing In costumes.
DR.. Rufus Clark, at the Sunday-school cen
tennial, observed by the foreign Sunday.school
association in New York May 5, said the Sun
day-schoOl had become the greatest theological
seminary in Christendom, and the time had
come to make it ono of the greatest missionary
forces IN the world.
The pastor Of Presbyterian church IN
Washington city has caused a rumpUs In his
church by marrying Roman Catholic wife,
who still adheres to her former faith, although
accompanying her husband to church at times.
The pastor declines to resign. because he mar
ried one whom he loved.
Most of the shops in Athens have been kept
open on Sunday. Recently priest of the
Greek church has greatly exercised himself to
put this practice down. His sermons against it
were attentively listened to by the shopkeepers.
who have now agreed to keep their establish
ments closed on the day of rest.
Major Ann" colored woman who has just
died in South Carolina, kept her Bible con-
stantly by her in her market stall.
When visited during her last illness she always
called for the reading of the fifth chapter of
Revelation, saying: Read it right, for shall
know it if you make one mistake"