West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-03-23
RELIGIOUS NEWS.

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The Presbyterians are doing good
missionary work in Alaska. They
should not be left alone-Herald.
Among the good men laboring in
that inhospitable cline, is Rev. S.
II. Young, son of DIR. Young, of our
city, whose departure some years
since, our people well remember.
This fact should give Parkersburg
Christians special interest in the
work there.
Mr.. Mark Firth, who recently
died in England, left 100000 to
various Evangelical denominations
to be expended in Christian work.
A skeptical father wrote the
words: God is nowhere" His lit
tie daughter just beginning to
read words of one syllable, read them /:
-"God is now here"
The Richie Democrat saws: "a
fine organ mysteriously appeared
in the Presbyterian Church few
days ago, sent here from Wheeling
by friend and member of the
church who has been temporarily
sojourning in Wheeling, whose
name is D. McGregor."
So you see it is our worthy Sena-
tors good fortune to be thoughtful
ly generous, as well as earnestly
right on the temperance question
"The traffic in intoxicating drinks
is becoming intolerable, and some
thing must be done. Let there be a
move all along the line."-M BIB,
Hinton, ". Va.
"What can you do, Bro. Bibb :?
What can any of us do, but mourn
and weep? "-Religious Herald.
While Bro Bibb works, can't you
at least pray, Bro. Dickinson?
From the statement of the Gener-
al Book Committee, of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, presented
at their meeting, in New York dur
ing the month of February, we
CLEAN the following figures:
The New York Christian Advocate
circulates $4,000 copies weekly
The Western Christian AdvOcate,
Cincinnati, 21,797; The North
Western Christian Advocate, Chica-
go, 17,549; The Central Christian
Advocate, St. Louis, 1926; The
Methodist Aduocate, 1896; The
Christian Apologist GERMANY, 49,
142. These are weekly papers, max
ing an aggregate weekly circula-
ton Of 131, $40. Then there are the
following additional official week
lies-those published directly under
the control of the Church-North-
ern Christian Advocate, Syracuse,
IN. Y; Pittsburg Christian Advo-
cate; California Christian Adoocate,
and South Western Christian Advo-
cate, New Orleans. There are also
ffty-three unofficial, or independent
papers supported by the M. E.
Church, many of them being the
organ of Annual Conferences.
Among these are such as the New
York Methodist and lions Herald.
The total aggregate circulation OF
the papers of the M. E. Church is
about 100000 copies weekly. The
Quarterly Review has circulation OF
$500; The Sunday School Journal
Ga teachers monthly circulates
100000; The Sunday School Advo-
cate, Ga semi-monthly for children)
has attained circulation of 174,-
900, and Berean Lesson Leaf 100000.
The publishing department of this
Church has grown enormously dur
ing the last half century. The
sales, for the year ending June 30,
1880, aggregate $844,379. At the
last session of the General Confer
ence, held in Cincinnati in May,
1880, The National Repository and
the Golden Hours both were discon-
tinued, owing to the disagreeable
fact that their publication was a
losing business. CAMBRIA.
A young pastor once asked DR..
Lyman Beecher how cold and
lifeless Church could be revived.
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