The Evening critic., 1882-08-26
RELIGIOUS News,

mos" Mt Chnutauqua on Tuesday OF last wock.
The Rev. II. j. Huston, of Rock River
Conference, has gono to Duena Vista, Col, for
the sake of his wifes health.
The Row. d. Brown, of Monticello, Wis,
has removed TO West CRANKY, Conn, with the
hope OF recovering his health.
Over 10000 bouquets were distributed by
tho Fruit and Flower Mission to tho poor OF
New York during June and July.
The Rev. /. j. Lansing and wife mourn
tho death Saturday last of thoir youngest
child, Philip g., aged about year.
The Rev. JabcZ Il. Portrey, of the Vic.
torla and Tasmanian Conference, died at North
Adelaide, Australia, juno 30, aged 80 years.
The Rev. M. d. Buell. has been appointed
TO deliver tho matriculation address before
the School Of Theology, Boston University, In
October.
An exchange says: "The Roman Catholics
have been in China 900 years, and they have
not yet given the Biblo TO the Chinese, or any
portion OF It,"
The Rev. f. w. Webster. M. A., who re.
Gently went from Ceylon TO Australia as n
wesleyan missionary, died in Brisbane. Aus
tralia, June %.
An appeal Is made to every Catholic in
the world to contribute fve cents toward
erecting monument TO the memory Of the
late Pope Plus TX.
Bishop Foss arrived in Peekskill, N. Y,
ION the Hudson, thirty miles from New York;
on Thursday, Aug. II. Tho Bishop Is better
after months OF Illness.
The Rev. J. Roberts and J. Kenner are
tho fraternal delegates TO tho General Confer.
ence OF the Methodist Episcopal Church from
tho Bible Christian Church.
Rev. Charles M. Cummings Mason, OF
the Maine Annual Conference, "foll asleep In
Jesus" at his home In Hallowell, Me-, March
%, 1882, aged Go years, months and day.
Tho Gospel of st. Luke has been trans
lated into the Patagonian language by Rev.
Theodore Bridges, who has labored among
tho savages OF that country for twenty-five
years.
The Hon. John NJ. Greer, candidate for
Secretary OF Internal Affairs on the regular
Republican ticket In Pennsylvania, Is an ablo
lawyer and member of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church In Butler, Pa.
Iceland, of all Lutheran countries, is the
best provided with pastoral oversight. For
every 200 OF it's Inhabitants there is a pastor,
and there are some parishes where the num-
Der OF souls Is still smaller.
The General Conference of the Methodist
Church OF Canada opens Sept. at Kingston.
ny w. s. stnSoy d D Il the
ference OF the United States.
Bishop Foster. Professor Bovine and fam
ily,. OF Boston University, and the Rev. O.
?. Hard trecently transferred from Genessee to
South India Conference) and vito are to sail
TO day for Europe and the East.
Rev. DR.. Blythe Hurst, who lately died
at Collierly, Eng, was an English Elihu Bur
rift. He was tho son OF blacksmith, aud
Whto hihB az lib latucf uuuo Bhluou -
thorough knowledge OF French, Latin, Crock,
Hebrew, syriac and Arabic.
In the decade from 1872 to 1882 there
was gain OF four churches and OF a. 2S nom.
bers in the Presbytery of New York-"a pro.
portion" 1t " said, "nearly double the ratio
OF tho citys rowth during the same period"
The Christian Iatelligencer does not join
in the TRADE against tho bestowal of tho title
OF d. ID. upon ministers OF the Gospel, INDUCED
In periodically by 80 many newspapers. Its
editor has recently boon honored q? by dub,
which Will explain.
At a wedding recently, when the ofiic-
nting clergyman put to the lady the question,
swift thou have this man to BIO thy welded
husbandf" she dropped the prettiest courtesy,
and with modesty which lent her beauty an
additional grace, replied "If you please"
Sixteen years ago there were forty Chris.
| tians among tho Telugus In India; now they
number 10000. There are among them 80
native preachers, $50 school teachers and 10
Bible.readers. Tho theological seminary es.
tablished by Mr.. Clough has 175 students.
The Rev. T. M. Williams, superintendent
OF Dakota Mission Conference, died of typhoid
fever at Bridgewater August IL. He was an
energetic and successful Christian worker,
and Will DO mourned by large circle OF
friends. The workmen die, but tho work lives.
A committee of nine. which has recently
been appointed to consider the question of n
distinctively Baptist bible, has decided to cali
n convention TO meet In Cincinnati In Novem
Der, in which tho whole denomination In this
| country shall be represented, and the question
DO thoroughly considered.