The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-04-11
SUNDAY BEADING.

oniy zo,VVO fIotestant churcn members.
Mr. Talmsge sends an auto2ra ph let
ter OF thanks to every donor Of dollar
for his church debt.
Cardinal McClosky confirmed 1000
persons. mostly adults, in st Peters
Roman Catholic Church. New York,
on Easter.
The 100000 Coreans have never
had the Bible in THAR own tongue; but
the translation Of the New Testament
into that language j. half done.
The great fre in Chicago ia 1871
LETT only one church standing In ths
city. There are now, according to re-
cent enumeration. 2iS churches there.
Ihsse ara 3s7f Congregational
Charctss in atss iUnfted btStss, who.o
benevolent contributions las. year we're
81 .096. COL 43, and twAeas hose ex pond.
iiures wsrel$ls695:22S ST. .soee
Frsucis Murpfy. the temperance
advocate. WIS rendered ryeepiisn At
the Philadelphia Y. NJ. C. A recently.
and Bishop Simpsen rendered An ad-
dress Of welcome.
The first sovereign who adopted the
phrase. .'ln the year of .our. Lord" was
Charles III. Em peror Of Germany. S79.
1t Is now the accepted mode of desig.
mating the year in all Christian coun-
tries. 80
Rev DR. John Hall believes thst news.
paper writer's if given text could Of
ten write better sermon than some
ministers preach. It would he bad for
the newspaper business il they could
net
Sandwich Island Christians contrib
ute $N.0O0 annually for missicpary
purposes outside df their territories
Some churches average mere than 81
per member. One church sustains five
foreign missionaries.
Bishop Bcdsll Of Ohio. has instructed
the minister of HE diocese tn marry
NO corplr until it 10 sscsrtAiusd that
the marrias" will be legal and proper
in ali resi-" cts. and that neither party
h.. obtain~.i an unscriptuSal divorce.
A thurch in Madison. Conn. hss been
in existence 173 years. and has had but
six pastors during that period. No
minister has ever been dismissed, all
having Continued there till their death.
TIE church iitice hos been built three
times.
The Sun states that the Rev DR. John
Hall not only gsts asalary increased
to SIS. 1000. but = parsonage. rent free.
that cost $4,000 and would rent for
a ann Wn;.h choose th,t th;. xyA -
wealthy congregation not only knows
hew to make money but how to spend
it wisely and literally.
Bishnr Corrioan- nf tha Catholic
Diocese of New jersey. hss Issued
circular announcing that the debt of
the Church j. that State is~about $1.-
GOO. 900, end recon y nen1ing the lorna.
ton Of debt-paJing eocistie& ! with
monthly ps yments. instead Of fairs snd
festivals. which are apt to be attended
by improper excesses.
Pres dent Patton, Of the Howard
University, Washington relates hsw his
father. the late DR. VIM Patton, once
preached . sermon with only one
hsar-r for congregations. A ssvere
s"o" '.o -,
nome. Out VI IA.'un .en. 'u'"uss ="
the service sacep' .os s'ns.as. %Mu 10
ger in the front gslfory. A few days
aftervard the stranger called On the
pastor. ssyinG tkst be coad n0k lid
his mind 81 the truth heard aa tho
Lords day. He aooa united With the
ehnrch and vas for paaNv years . use
ful nsaAer. g
It 10 easy 10 psycsivey says The '0olfax
wv. T.) Gdssxs, when "a audience has
ii.,susd long enough e . sermon.
After the minister hss talked. very IN.
terestingly for . half hour. end the
congregation think he il about to close,
it is very aggra voting to have him start
of ON new lead; q least the casual
observer would think %, when he soc:
the main pillars sf The church pull on.
their watches, and hears the youth Of
both sexes breathe sigh. change their
positions and make Other. .unmistak liable
evid dsncss Of wsasissas. ON& brief.
pointed sermon, will accump mplls4 more
than dozen long drawn ess oasA
A poor old deaf man rsaidsd IN Fife;
he was visited By hie miniater shortly
aftsr coming % =. rnlpit.' me ninis.
ter said be vould often oall and zee
him: but time sent oa, aulDhe did not
visit hiu aeaia until two years after.
vAsn. hsppeiin9 ta no fatoueh ths
strest vhers tAs dasf san' vas living.
he ~ HE vifs 6 the DIOR Ard could
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