Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-18
LGLOBELETs.

The Rev. L. V. Hilton, of Boston, has ac-
cepted the passionate of the First Presbyterian
church at Denver Col.
There are two branches of the Reformed Ennis
copal church in Canada. One has twelve con-
gregations, and the other but one.
State associations of the Con, repationaI
churches will be held as follows: Michigan. at
Detroit, May 10, and Illinois, at Alton, May "a.
The Rev. Fred SwentzelI, for many years "a
Methodist minister at BelaIr, Ind, has become
a candidate for the priesthood in the Episcopal
church.
The bishop of Londons fund received the
past year. upward of 100000 with which five
new churches were Arched, and have been con.
secrated.
Ill-health has compelled the Rev. Robert Pat
terson to resign the passionate of the Central
Presbyterian church, Cincinnati. He is now
in San Francisco.
Great preparations are being made for the
laying of the corner stone of the new Anglican
cathedral at Truro. The prince and princess
of Wales are to be present.
The sale of the seats of the Union Park Con-
gregational church, Chicago, Rev. F. A. Noble,
D. d., pastor, was very successful. IL Is
Thought that it will net $4,000.
little girl in one of our public schools the
other day had occasion to parse the word
angel" Coming to the gender, she stopped
dismsyed and asked her teacher if 'dbere are
any men angels
The annual report Of the Church of the
Latter-Day Saints presented 10 the recent con.
ference at Plano, shows the church numbers
1887 communicative increase Of 651 over
| the previous year.
A japanese edition of the book Of common
prayer is said to be nearly completed. II is
being prepared under the supervision of q
mixed committee of English and American
missionary societies.
The Rev. Noah NJ. Wells, the oldest Presby-
terrain minister in this country, died on the 4th
inst. at Erie, Monroe county, Mich. He was
So years old. The first Presbyterian Church Of
Detroit was organized by him.
The bible has been translated into 226 differ
emit languages, and the copies circu-
lated amount to $4,000, 600. More than
seventy barbarous languages have been en-
dOwed with grammar and literature.
The Rev. Arthur Foster, of the Methodist
Episcopal church, for many years a resident of
Baltimore, has been called to the pulpit of the
Reformed Episcopal Church of the Redeemer,
in that city, and will enter upon mis- duties at
once.
The Third Presbyterian church has fOurished
under the pastorate care of the Rev. DIR. A. E.
Kittredge, and now there is work for an as
sistant, but the difficulty is to find man who
| can fill and will accept the position.
A few days ago Norwich, Conn, man
bought chest of tea in Providence R. l., and
on opening found stone inside weighing
nearly eleven pounds. He remarked that the
weighs of Providence were very mysterious.
Father Chiniquy, of the Presbyterian church
of Canada. since his conversion from Romanisn
| twenty-One years ago, claims that he has been
instrumental in the conversion of 25,0U0 per-
sons, including eighteen priests. he is now in
| Australia.
David X. Junkiu, D. D., pastor of the Pres
| byterian church in Newcastle, Pa, died recent
ly at an advanced age. He was graduate of
jefferson college and Princeton Theological
seminary, and was for some years professor Of
belles-lettres in Lafayette college.
The bishop of Oxford. in reply to letter of
the church mardens of Clemer, asking him not
to accept Canon Carriers resignation. says he is
unable to see any grounds for refusing to &C.
cept the resignation. He expresses regret
that Mr.. Carter's services will be lost to the
church.
The death is announced of the Rev. Thomas
Creigh, d. D., well known Presbyterian min
lister. He was for nearly fifty years pastor of
the Presbyterian church at Mercersburg, Pa,
which was the only pastorate he ever held. BE
was a member at the last general assembly at
Saratoga
The Rev. f. D. Moore, pastor of the first
Presbyterian Church of OoVington, Kentucky,
preached that Sunday laws were contrary to
| the teachings of the Bible and common sense.
The Presbytery has voted unanimously that
the sermon was heretical. and Mr.. Moore has
resigned his charge.
A negro woman near Chesapeake Bay lately
made an amusing reply to Wall street specu-
lator of a religious we'll as duck shooting
turn of mind. care there any PresbyteriAns
in this vicinity?'' he asked. well, massa,"
she answered, II amt heard of none of dem
bein' shot this season."
The British and Foreign Bible society, the
first to circulate in Mexico has distributed no
less than one hundred thousand copies in that
country. society has been established in
London to collect money for the Church of
Jesus in Mexico, which was organized by the
Protestant Episcopal church.
In recent letter from Garibadi to Baron
Swift the president of the society of Atheists
at Venice, occurs this paragraph: II wish that
Italians would understand that the atheism We
| profess is synonymous with freedom, reason
and science, and that it aims to destroy the
worst of human plagues-clericalism."
Recently, a petition was presented to the
| legislature of Rhode Island IN behalf of the
| Free Religious society of Providence asking
that its minister might be allowed to solemnize
marriages as other ministers do. The petition
was rejected ON the ground that the society in
question did not believe in personal God
| The Rev. F. W. landlord, of London, Ont,
''the most eloquent preacher and popular leo
turer in Canada" and pastor of fashionable
Congregational church, is charged with drunk
| enneee, emoebSieWenb anu Deecnerlsm' 1ne
accusers are two of his deacons. landlord
says he has been indiscreet, but not immoral.
The Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episco-
pal church ia the most costly of its denomins-
ton in Baltimore and 1t has the most fashion
able Methodist worshipers. 1t cost $400, 000
and has been for some time carrying debt of
100000. The Easter collection realized this
amount, and the stately building is now paid
/ for.
The prefect of Paris has already begun TO