Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-03-06
SUNDAY GLOBELETS.

The Rev. Thomas G. Pearce, of Brighton,
Mich, has accepted call to Richlaud Centre,
Wis.
The Rev. E. F. Moore, of Flushing, Long
Island, has accepted Baptist pastora,e at
Leadville, Col.
DIR. Somerville, the Scotch evangelist, is
holding meetings in Germany, and they are at
tracting large audiences.
The proceedings threatened against Prof.
Davidson, of the Scotch Free church, for
heresy, have been abandoned.
in view of her connection with the apple
business, it is singular that the mother Of
mankind was not called Corer. w
The Rev. o. B. McCurdy, of Woodlawn,
New Jersey, has gone to Egypt and Palestine
for one months exploring tour
I'm the splendor of anticipation" said Mr..
Talmage last Sunday, 81 feel as if were
dying" 1t proved to be a false alarm.
Miss Leigh's Anglican mission in Paris re-
ceiVed in 1880 upwards of $1,000 for its sup
port. The mission includes an orphanage.
Two presbyteries, Aberdeen and Ayr, have
adopted resolutions censuring the commission
Of the Free Church OF Scotland for suspending
Prof. Robertson Smith
There is to be held great assembly Of The
shinto priests in Japan, to discuss the "Jesus
doctrine, and to decide how the tide OF mis-
eionary success can be stayed.
The death is announced of James CartInell,
D. D., master OF Christ college, Cambridge,
and one of the chaplains in ordinary to the
queen. He was 70 years of age.
The Baptist mission in Germany reports l34
churches, 26,656 members, 1,467 stations, and
Il ,813 Sunday school scholars. The churches
raised s65,0O0 last year for church purposes.
The American Baptist Missionary union mas
received for the past eleven months of its finan-
cial year Ss7,641. It requires s117,359 the
present month from the churches to save Il
from deficit
In view Of the change from "HeIl'' 20
"Hades' in the revised New Testament, tie
Flew York Sun thinks fastidious newspapers
will soon be printing "H-s' where formerly
they had CLIP
The statistical tables OF the Lutheran church,
just published show grand total of 944, 1868
communicates, embraced in fifty-nine synods.
This church now ranks third in numbers 10
The United States.
The three large Jesuit schools in Paris have
been entirely evacuated, and the authorities
vailed up the doors of the establishments.
The new civil directors have already been IN
stalled in the vacant posts.
People who have been deferring their read
ing of the scriptures until the revised edition
should be issued will be glad to know that
they will have but few weeks longer to wait.
There is quite q treat in store for them.
The Rev. j. 0. Westrup, Baptist mission
airy in Mexico, has been killed by Indians.
Mr. Westrup was one of the earliest mission
aries in Mexico, assisting Miss Melinda Rar-
kin il her important work in Matamoras.
Pastor Marsden said to his Methodist con-
gregation at Yarker, Ontario, that if certain
members persisted in attending dancing par
ties they must withdraw from the chuach. Six
persons instantly stood up and asked for dis
missal.
Bishop Toke and Bishop Gregg, who seeded
from the Reformed Episcopal church IL Eng
land and set up separate organization, have
parted company. Bishop Toxic secedes again,
and may, perhaps, set up still another con-
munion.
The Baptist Year Book shows a Baptist mem
bership Of 2,296,327 in America, an increase CT
163, 1893 during the year. The total Methodist
membership in the same field is 3,4S6,000 IN
the United States, and, including Canada,
3,65i,6J1.
Mgr. lie Neve, rector of the American col
lege Of Louvain, has just returned to his post,
after visit to the Catholics of the United
States. The Catholic church in this country
received 240 of its priests and four OF its bish-
ops from this college.
The Catholic Association of the Holy Child
hood, missionary organization, received the
past year 2,536,69 francs about $505, $780, OF
the whole amount, only 9507 came from tie
United States. The most came from France,
which contributed $3.50, 265.
Of the 296 Friends who died in England last
year, one reached the age of 100 years, eleven
were between 80 and 100, fifty-fiye between 50
and 90, sixty-fye between 20 and 50, sixty be-
tween 90 and 10; twenty-eight died under ).
The average was IS years, month and ? days.
Little Oracle has been taught many secular
nursery songs, bat the other day her mother
tried to teach her something more religious.
She began with the song "Jesus' precious
little lamb but was corrected by the child,
who said: ''No, mamma, it's Mary had a
little lamb"
Vicar Apostolic Cost, of Chan-Tong, has
invented an alphabet of thirty-three letters,
to take the place OF the monosyllabic Chinese
words, and the Emperor of Austria has pre-
sented Mgr. Cost with the necessary type 20
carry out his project, which, it is said, IS be-
coming very popular.
Administer commenced his sermon by OBJ
serving "What shadows we are!n and then
paused as if to let the thought sink deeply
into the minds OF his congregation, whereup-
on two lean spinsters in front pew guessed
they didn't come there to be insuIted, and got
up and strobe Indignantly out.
The Protestant Episcopal church has had
1877 bishops in all, of whom sixty-six are Still
living. Three have been deposed, three have
resigned, and three have been translated. The
senior bishop, DR.. Smith, of Kentucky, was
in 1862, making his episcopal
term as long as that of Bishop White