Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-17
SUNDAY GLOBELETS.

There are forty Protestant churches in Paris.
The Baptists have spent $6S, 900 in organic
ing mission schools in the South.
The Baptist church, at Wheaton, H., is to
enjoy the services of a lady pastor.
The death of the Rev. w. o. Simpson, one
of the foremost preachers OF English Metho-
dism, is announced.
Francis Murphy, the reformed saloon keeper
and temperance evangelist, has applied for
ordination as Methodist preacher.
Bishop Jaeger, of Ohio, is rusticating
among the fishing resorts OF Maine, and
writes that his health is improving.
Racine college has conferred the degree of
s. T. D. on the Rev. Frederick Courtney, rec
tor of st. James church, in Chicago.
The Reformed Episcopal church, of Mon
treal, owed $r7, 600, but by the liberality OF
Mr.. B. Dawson it has been freed from debt.
The Rev. Peter j. Leenhouse, graduate of
the Presbyterian Seminary of the Northwest,
has received unanimous call to Hopkins
City, Mo.
The First Congregational church of Den
yer, Colorado, has completed new edifice at
cost of nearly $4,000, and dedicated it free
of debt.
Our COPY of the s'Revised" doesn't say
what becomes of the man who borroWs 50
and keeps it until death. This seems like
great oversight.
Five Wesleyan missionaries were drowned
by the upsetting of vessel bound to Ade-
laide, Australia. They were on thsir way to
generel conference.
The Princess EUGENE, sister of Oscar Ii. OF
Sweden, has organized a society of ladies at
Stockholm, for the prosecution of missioary
labors among the Laplanders.
The second session of the Lake Bluff cOnvo-
cation in the interest of Christian temperance
will be held at Lake Bluff camp grounds, be-
ginning August 20, and lasting nine days.
A Sunday scholar when asked in the lesson
of "David Sparing Saul" why David had COM
pared himself to "a fea," replied that he sup
posed cit was because Saul couldn't catch
him."
The Rev. Dr. Bellows, who has recently
made tour through the South, states that
the Southern soil is unproductive of "our
National faith" by which he means Unlta-
rianism.
The Buffalo Sunday school teacher who sold
beer on Sunday in her fathers beer garden
justifies her course by saying that she sup
poses it was as right for her to sell it as it was
for people to buy it of her.
An Austin Sunday school teacher asked her
class: s'For what purpose did God give man
his different senses? Why are we given eyes?"
ssTo shut 'em up when we 60 to sleep" said
dull boy at the foot of the class.
The explanation of DR.. Lorimer, of Chicago,
as to that most recently published bit of SER
monte plagiarism is anxiously awaited, now
that d. Parker, of London, so earnestly de-
MES having taken it from Lorimer.
The Rev. George P. Hays, D. D., has re-
signed the presidency of the Washington and
Jefferson college, at Washington, Pa, on ac-
count of i'll health, and accepted call to the
First Presbyterian church in Denver, COL
Within radius of twenty-five miles from
| Wrexham, Wales, there have been established
seven Catholic orders, composed OF communi-
ties, which were short time ago expelled
| from France. The people do not take to them
kindly.
Van Oosterzee's biblical Theology of the
New Testament" has just been published in
Japanese. 1t is believed to be the first treatise
ON Christian theology ever issued in the jap
anese language, with the exception OF few
small tracts.
The Rev. A. II. Newman, formerly professor
of ecclesiastical history in Rochester IN. y
Theological seminary, has just been elected
professor of old testament exegesis and eccle-
siastical history in the Toronto Baptist Theo-
| logical seminary, Canada
Bishop Elder. of Nashville. has received an
official letter from Cardinal Simeon, with
COPY of the Roman decree, announcing that
henceforth the diocese of Nashville is to be-
long to the province of Cincinnati, instead OF
| that of st. Louis as heretofore.
A young lady who was enamored OF mem
Der of church choir in an adjoining village
took a friend to hear him sing. On the way
home, after the services, she ventured to ask
what he thought of him. 81 think he would
make splendid auctioneer," was the answer.
Timpklns says his church ought to organ
| lie base ball nine. They have man who
balls first and second base. The organist can
always get short stop on the organ, while
the minister, seeing he has good field, pitch
es into the congregation, who have to catch
it.
The Fourth Avenue Baptist church of Pitts
burgh had a narrow escape the other day from
the grip of the sheriff. There was an unpaid
mortgage for 900 on the property. When
the pinch came few of the enterprising
| brethren took the matter in hand and raised
the money.
The Rev. Donald Macleod is to be the sue
cessor of the Rev. John Cumming, D. D.,who
retired from his London pulpit worn out af-
ter many years of hard and faithful service.
Dean Stanley has consented to be present at
Mr.. Macleods induction services, which will
be held in Exeter hall.
The Rev. Sheldon Jackson, D. D., has sailed
| from Port Townsend, Washington Territory,
| for Alaska. He takes with him three big bells
| for as many mission chapels, and some mate
| rial for the erection of missionary buildings.
One of the aids to civilization which are on
his vessel is a portable sawmill.
The Sunday school teachers of Msssachu-
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