Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-18

Z Inc Rev. w. A. HendrltkSOn, OF WatertOWn,
Wis, has accepted a call to the Presbyterian
church of Brooklyn, Iowa.
The Rev. ]. NJ. Greene, Of West Brighton,
Staten Island, is going to northern Mexico to
enter upon missionary labors.
| The pope has given his appreciation to
series of school books prepared for the Catho-
lie schools in the United States.
The Episcopal bishop of Mississippi has
recently received the degree of LII. D. from
the university of North Carolina.
Native Baptist churches in Burmah are car
rying the gospel into the territory of their
neighbors with gratifying results.
wealthy German Baptist has bought an
old convent on the Island of Capri, Italy, and
a small Baptist church has been organized
there.
Mrs. Robinson, a Presbyterian missionary
among the Greeks, has just finished transla-
ton of the Epistle to the Romans in that
language.
There are over fifty million gallons OF whis-
ky stored in Kentucky warehouses. It is evil
dent that the Kentuckians do not celebrate st.
Patrlck's Day.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary society
of the Methodist church south has now $50
auxiliaries, with 21,33S members, and rejoices
in treasury balance of $9S,7S5.
A little girl in London Sunday school, be-
ing asked why God made the flowers of the
field, replied: "Please, ma'am, suppose for
patterns for artificial flowers"
DIR. Short. the Episcopal bishop of Adelaide,
in South Australia, will resign his bishopric
at the end of the year. He has held the ap-
pointment for thirty three years.
Inquirer: "Is it wicked to 60 fishing Sun
day, if you don't catch anything" 1t is hor-
ribly wicked. You've no business to waste
time, and profanity is always wicked.
The weight of testimony goes to show that
the Roman Ultramontanes are responsible for
the recent disturbance in the holy city over
the removal of the remains of Pho Mono.
There are 900 white Baptist churches in
Mississippi. with So 900 members. Of these
churches only ten have preaching every Sum
day, and of these only six are self-sustaining.
A synical benedict says one gets an adequate
idea of the desperate straits to which Ruth
was reduced in the land of Moab only by re-
marking that she clave unto her mother-in-
~.
Hine Kin, converted Chinaman, who has
been student of the Lane Theologicalnni-
versity, is now in st Louis, engaged in work
ing up revival among the Celestial residents
at the west end of the big bridge.
The missionary income of the established
Church of Scotland has been reduced from
$50, 1000 to SIS, 600 per annum, and the mana
gers think that much of the missionary work
will haye to be thrown overheard.
The Rev. O. A. Hills, D. D., of Pittsburg,
has resigned his charge, and is en- route for
Santa Barbara, CAL, for two years stay, in
the hope that the milder climate of that re-
gion may prove beneficial to the impaired health
of his wife.
"Mother," said a falr-haired urchin, 81
don't want to go to Sunday school, want to
go fshln'." "But the fish won't bite on Sum
day." "Well," responded the probable future
President, ',Tll risk it, anyway. Maybe there's
some like me-"
The king of Greece has sent letter to DR..
John Hill, of the Protestant Episcopal church,
congratulating him on having spent fifty
years in Athens engaged in the work of fe-
male education, and heartily commenting the
results Of those labors.
A Philadelphia divine was lately cheated out
of his fee by mean fellow who promised to
call next day, but the reverend man got even
with the defalter by advertising the wedding,
adding to the announcement: "No cards, no
cake, no cash, no certifc ate."
The colporteurs of the American Bible So
ciety in Georgia and Florida have visited dur
ing the last few months 1850 families; and
found $4,000 (the majority of whom are color
ed) without the scriptures. Forty-three thou.
sand volumes were distributed.
Slip of the tongue: A worthy deacon in q
town not far away gave notice at prayer
meeting, the other night, of church meeting
that was to be held Immediately after, and I'M
consciously added. "There is no objection to
the female brethren remaining"
A Scotch minister went up to Edinburgh
once to prepare harmony of the Four Cos
pels. "Sandy," said some one to humble
parishioner of his, "where is your pastor"'
"Ah," replied Sandy, she's gone up to Ediu-
burgh to make four men agree who never fall
out"
Strange impertinence. Pastor-"Yes, Mrs.
Brown. Taking into consideration the fact
that the Smiths hardly ever pay their pew
rents, it is strangely bad taste on their part to
sing 90 loudly hnd throw such JUNCTION into
their prayers" Mrs. Brown-"Quite too ter
| ribly shocking!"
When he returned to his seat in the theatre
and said he had just stepped out to see some
Cone, she gravely responded, at must have
been the Evil One, and when the young man
asked "If she saw the cloven-foot, she turned
up her pretty nose and said: 'No; but smell
the Glove in BREATH"
| A new version: A little boy who had at
tended funeral was asked by his mother
what the text was. He replied "He's dead,
and they went up the road" This was the
boys version of the passage in Ecclesiastes:
"Man goeth to his long home, and the
mourners 60 about the streets"
NLit,le Phil, a bright 5-year-old, is afraid Of
thunder. During the recent hot spell his
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