The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-17
Progress of Christianity.

the progress of Christianity, Papal and
Protestant, in the whole world, since
1900. Until the present century, said
the lecturer, there were no trustworthy
data of the worlds population. Prior
to 1880 it was variously estimated from
$40, 600, 900 to 737, 900, 600. In 1850 it
was reckoned at 1000, 900, 600. Prof.
| Schem's estimate makes the present
! population /, 437, 900, 900. The progress
/ of Christianity from the fourth or fifth
| century up to 1900 was confined almost
entirely to Europe. The nominal Chris
| tians in the world in tine third century
numbered 5000, 600 up to the eighth
/ century they had increased 80, 600, 600
( in the tenth century 80, 600, 900; in the
! fifteenth century 100,0 100000; in the
| last 800 years the increase has been
/ 200, 900, goo, or as much as in the pre-
| vious fifteen centuries. In 1880 there
/ were 410, 100000 nominal Christians.
! In 1900 there were so, 600, 600 Catholics,
! 10000, 900 Greek Christians, and no
| Protestants; in 1880. 116, 600, 900 Roman
/ Catholics, 10000, 900 Greek Christians,
| aud ~, 600, GEO Pedestrians in 1880, the
respective numbers were 209, 300, 600,
/ SIS, ZOO, 900 and 113, 700, 900, showing an
( increase of so per cent. among the Pa
/ pists, 26 per cent. III the Greek Church,
| andl76per cent. among Professionals. The
! probable number of nominal Christians
III the world in the year 1000 was esti-
| mated by DIR. Dorchester at from l POO,
/ 100000 to 1850, 600, 600. The popula-
/ tons living under Christian govern
/ ments in 1900 numbered 100, 600, 600
! in 100, 155, 600, 900; 1880, 3SS, 900, 600
| 1876, 685, 000, 900; divided as follows
| Papal, 80, co., 600 in 1900, 80, 600, 900 III
1 - =. na =.
| 1876 Greek, 10000, 900 in 1900, 3d.
/ 900, 900 in 100, 90, 600, 900 III 1880, So
/ 600, 600 in 1876; Protestants, none 1900,
/ 81, 600, 900 In 100, 1874, 600, 600 in 1880,
! 40S, 600, 600 in 1876. OF the 81, 600, 600
/ square miles of the earth's surface 3D.
/ 600, 600 are under control of Christian
| governments, and 10000, 900 under Pa
i gan and Mohammedan. OF the area un-
/ der Christian domination, il, 500, 600
square miles are ruled by Protestant
! governments, $500, 600 by Roman Gath
/ Ole, and s, 800, 900 by the Greek Church
! But France, Italy and Mexico are IN Il
transition state, and the next thirty
/ years Will settle the question as to which
I side Is, 900, 600 people are TO be counted
/ upon. In 1900 the Bible was printed in
! one-tifth the languages OF the world; it
| is now printed in nine tenths. Three
million Bibles had been printed IN 1900;
| 160 900, 600 in from 200 to $50 languages
/ and dialects have since been circulated
/ In the Sunday schools IN 1880 there
/ were 100000 officers, teachers and
/ scholars; there are now over 4, 600, 600.
| In the Protestant foreign missions IL
| 1880 there were 20, 2S9 COMMITMENTS :;
| III 1850, 210, 957; IN 1880, S57, 1872. Add
/ ing those at missions not reporting, the
aggregate would probably be 1850, COG
/ communicates and ?, 500, 900 hearers anu
adherents. OF the S57, 1892 communl-
eants, 663, S13 were formerly Pagan, ana
1873. $40 Papal. Jewish. or Rationalistic.
Brother Gardeners Advice.
" When a man axes me who Ibis mex
| doah, began the old man as the TRAN
gle sounded to order, 81 answer him
Brown or Jones or White, or whatever
de name may be, but when he goes be-
yand dat an axes what salary de man
Arms, how often his wife changes bon
nets, an how dey make seven dollars a
week go furder dan / kin fo'teen, be
come clam. l has no business to
know, an when do know won't tell.
/ used to have some curiosity in dis di-
recshun, but l has got ober it of late
vars. When / know dat a sartin man,
/ receivin salary of So per week, kin
give parties, hire carriages an dress his
wife in silks, it makes me glum. Dat is,
1t used to. l used to wonder why l
| couldn't do de same thing on de same
money, but l nebber could. When de
ole woman used to tell me dat sartin
women had new silks, new hats, new
close an new shoes once a month de
var ROM, an we havin' to lib clus on
de same money, 1t made me mad. Dat
Is, IT used to. When [ saw men who
owed fur der washin' struttin aroun'
like lords, while / had to work seben
days IN week an pay my
debts, 1 felt like smashin' frew
de sidewalk. But 1 has got ober
all dis. When 1 meet a woman who kin
dress like a bankers wife on de so or
80 per week paid her husband, | doan'
low myself to chen fink about it. When
L see man buyin' 2O-cent cigars,
spOrtln' cane and takin' champagne,
while his chillen at home am bar'fut, l
try to believe dat it am all right. When
q lady wild $500 WORT of close ON axes me
to do Job of whitewashin' in a parlor
whar' De bes' pictur's come from a tea
store an de bes' char am under chattel
mortgage, [ doan' stop to wonder who
she thinks she am foolin'. Nayburs oh
mine who owe all de butchers widin a
circle of a mile kin pay fo' dollahs cash
fur a hbery rig on Sunday an shan't
criticise. Wives may go shoppin' cherry
day in de week an gin parties cherry
night, an my ole woman viii keep de
cabin list de same. Since we quit won
derin' an speculatin' ober desc filings we
feel much better We know fur a fact
iist how fur we kin make money go. If
odder folks kin lib like lords on a salary
of 5000 a var it's a streak of good luck
an none OF our bizness. My advice to
you am to let SIGH fings pass. Dey are
mysteries wild which We have no bizness,
an de mo- you ponder ober dem de less
you viii enjoy what You lave honestly
Armed by had work an saved by good
economy. free Press.
Unlucky People.
A genuinely-unlucky man will entail
as much misery upon those who are de-
o.