Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-25

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/ on us miserable singers"
The Rev. R. D. vandeursen has just com
pleted his tenth year as pastor OF the Presby :
terrain church in Paris, Ill.
The Rev. DIR. Fiske, OF HavsrhilL Mass,
has accepted the professorship OF Christian
Theology at Andoyer seminary.
Mr.. Moody said at Mortified that he would
rather fight Satan than a church deacon
There is some ambiguity in his statement.
Let US all be unhappy on Sundays. The
stagnant Sunday party may be mad, but there
| is some sort of Methodism in their madness.
The Rev. B. 3. Hitchings, of Trinity church,
New York. has contributed $1,000 to the
building of the Episcopal cathedral in Den
YER.
The Presbyterian churches of this country
and Europe have raised fund of $4,000
for the support of Waldensian pastors in
Italy.
The Methodist Episcopal mission in central
China has opened new station at Kingchiang,
an important city, where the Yang-tse-Kiang
is joined by the grand canal.
The Northern and Southern Presbyterian
churches at Rogersville, Tenn, have united,
the Northern church suffering itself to be abb
sorbed in the Southern one.
5-year- old boy residing in Winthrop,w who
had watched a performing bear, remarked
that one of the men with the bear was dea-
con, because he took up collection.
The Free Will Baptist mission dispensary at
Midnapur, India, has completed its forty-first
year, and treats an average of about 5000 pa
tients year. It has several branches.
An Indian idol was recently plowed up in
Woodbury., and they don't know whether it is
god or devil. If it has handle on and holds
about two gallons, it is Woodbury. god.
The Protestant community in Madrid, Spain,
including in it the members of the congrega-
tions and schools, numbers about 1000 souls,
and is led by about 200 "earnest converts"
Natural Religion. Bishop (reproving delin
quent page) "Wretched boy! Who is it that
sees all we do, and before whom even am but
a crushed worm?" Page: ''The missus, my
lord
Bishop McTyeire, of the Methodist Episco-
pal church south, preached recently in the
Methodist Mission chapel at Rome, Italy,
where he was interpreted by DR.. Vernon, of
the mission.
A brother arose in a weekly prayer meeting
in New Jersey and said: Brethren, when I
consider the shortness of life, feel as if
might be taken away suddenly, life thief in
the night"
DR.. Talmage has been favored with an in
crease in salary from $1,000 to $4,000. He
has just preached his twelfth anniversary SER
mon as pastor OF the Brooklyn Tabernacle
congregation.
The Indian Christian association of Bombay
has just closed its third year with seventy or
eighty members, and an income of 100 rupees.
It supports school, distributes tracts, and
holds meetings.
Several of the camp meetings report con-
versions as follows: Ocean Grove, 1870; Wye,
so; Summit Grove, so; Wesley Grove, 30;
Washington Grove, so; summerfeld, 20; Land
isville 20; Keyser IL.
The Rev. Lachlin Taylor, D. D., one of the
most prominent ministers of the Methodist
church of Canada, and its missionary secreta-
~ from 1865 to 1878, died in Prince Edward
island September 4.
The friends of the Pacific Theological semi
nary, Oakland, Cal, have raised $4,000 OF
$4,000 which are required to secure con-
ditional gift of $4,000 more from Mr.. Moses
Hopkins to the institution.
Dean Close, of Carlisle, whose name has
been of frequent occurrence in the accounts of
the later transactions of the Anglican church,
has resigned his position, on account Of fire.
quent attacks of bronchitis.
The Church Missionary society has received
an anonymous subscription for sending
missionary to the Mackenzie river and the
shores of the polar sea, and has appointed the
Rev. J. H. Canham to the post.
The Marquis de Calino's' last: They were
talking before him about cremation, and ask
ed his opinion of it. at is horrible-repul
sive!" he exclaimed. GAS for myself, would
die before 1 would be cremated."
The American United Presbyterlans are
about to establish an institute in Sealkote,
India, with literary and theological courses
extending over nine years, five years pre-
paratory and four years in the seminary course
proper.
The Methodist Episcopal church has in India
4,66S church members, $500 native Christians,
9,1O3 secular and 1855 Sunday schools, all
under the care of eighty foreign and native
ministers and pastors, and 124 unordained
preachers.
| Epitaph said to be copied from tombstone
in the cemetery of Nontmartre: "Here lies
Joseph K, who for twenty years after the
death of his wife Tweed in the society of his
mother-in-law, and died in the certain hope of
better world beyond"
The Rev. DR.. Diedrich Willers, pastor OF
the Reformed German church, Fayette, n T.,
| has just resigned his charge after sixty years
of acceptable service. he is one of the Oldest
ministers in the Reformed church, and was a
witness of the battle of Waterloo.
The Rev. Charles shrimpton, a venerable
local preacher of New 0rk, now in his S5th
year, teaches sunday-school class in the
Cornell Memorial Methodist Episcopal church,
and has not missed Sunday this year. He
has been seventy years Methodist.
The Rev. Mr.. Soper, Methodist missionary