Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-19

HE JesultS nave purchased the Imperial
Hotel, a very large building at Dover, Eng
land. and will convert it into Jesuit college.
ADDISON: Surprising all the great points of
atheism were formed into kind of creed,
would fain ask whether it would not require
an infinitely greater measure OF faith than any
set of articles which they so violently oppose.
A REPORT from China announces that the
western Toquin district of country, in which
the work of Christian missionaries has been
extensive and successful, was literally ruined
by typhoon recently. Two thousand houses
and 200 churches were destroyed, and 5000
persons rendered destitute.
"WHO is your pastor, my dear!" asked a
good old lady from the country, addressing
her daughter, who had been living In the city
for half year or SO. REALLY, mother, !
hardly know; never saw him. He was away
on vacation last summer, and now he has
started on his lecturing tour for the fall; I
hope to get acquainted with him during the
winter sometime
ONCE at Stockholm Jenny Lind was request
ed to sing on the Sabbath at the kings palace,
on the occasion of some great festival. She
refused, and the king called personally upon
her--in itself a great honor-and as her soyer-
eign commanded her attendance. Her reply
was: "There is higher King, sir, to whom
owe my first allegiance" And she perempt-
orily refused to be present.
In ArD pa AVG crvQl No
of temperance people is Ga years and two
months; while the average life of Incorporate
people is thirty-fve years and six months.
Thus the average life of a drinker is but little
more than one-half that of the non-drinker;
and yet we are asked TO believe that brandy,
whisky, gin and beer, are wonderful promo
tiers of health, strength and life!"
A HIGH dignatary of the Mormon church,
Bishop Sharp, of Salt Lake City, was inter
viewed in New York the other day, and stated
the present membership of the Mormon church
to be one hundred and fifty thousand, and be-
sides large natural increase, there is an an
nual immigration of two thousand converts
from Europe. The bishop stated that the
church recognized the fact that owing to
outside feeling, some action must be taken to
prevent further extension of polygamy.
The Rev. Asa Mahan, D. D., IL. D., for
many years the distinguished president of
Oberlin college, now residing in London, is
writing series of essays in which he takes a
hope full and cheerful view of the worlds ad-
vancement in virtue and goodness, and de-
clares ''that the churches of Christ are gradu-
ally and rapidly advancing toward a
full conformity TO the spirit and prin-
ciples of the Divine religion which
they profess, and that the world is on its re-
turn to Cod
The publication of the musical compost
tons of the late Prince Cons ort has revived
the story in England of an attempt by some
ingenious persons to profit by his fondness
for committing his musical thoughts to pa
Per. Soon after he went to England to reside,
these persons conceived the idea of working
up some of the Princes compositions into an
opera and began to put their project into ex-
ecution. They were only induced to relih-
quish itupon payment of handsome sum of
money by the ilustrious and alarmed COM
poser.
LATE exhaustive researches into the Penta-
touch, seem Enthusiastically to establish the fact
that ''the Egyptian documents emphatically
call for a reconsideration of the whole ques-
ton of the date of the Pentateuch. It is new
certain that the narrative of the history of
Joseph and the sojourn and Exodus of the
Israelities-that is TO say, the portion from
Genesis xxx TO Exodus xv-so far as it re-
lates to Egypt, is substantially not much
later that B. C.. 1900, in other words, was
written while the memory of the events was
fresh. The minute accuracy of the text is in
consistent with any later date.
THE Ontario legislature is considering bill
to allow uubelievers to affirm instead of swear
in the courts. Mr.. Mowat, who fathers the
bill, is man of decided Christian faith, and,
while he deplores the opinions of heretics, he
says that the evidence of respectable men
should not be rejected because of their belief,
when convicts from the penitentiary are adj
mitted to The stand. Other members oppose
the bill on the ground tina. "it will unchris-
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country every man, inclcding the presi-
dent, is allowed to affirm if he objects to
the oath, and no evil results that we ever
heard of.
The following statistics are given of the
religious journals published by the different
denominations in this country: Adventists
have IA; Baptists, 70; Christians. 2; Congrega-
tionalists, Is; Complexities, 10; Dunkers, s;
Episc opalians, 80, Ev. Association, II; Mo-
ravians, 9; Israelites, 16; Lutherans, 50; Men
nonites, Z; Methodsts, IS; Mormons, 6; Pres
byterians, 80; Quakers, 6; Reformed, 10; Ro-
man Catholics, 81; Spiritualists, 6; Sweden
borgians, 8; Unitarians. 5; Universaiists, q;
United Brethren, z; Non-denominational. A..
OF the Lutheran journals there are 80 German,
81 English. Swedish, Is Norwegian, and
Danish.
MANY of our senators and representatives
are able linguists. Elk minister Kasson speaks
and writes Spanish, italian, German and
French. Perry Belmont, who is Harvard
graduate, is o master of French, italian, Span
ish and Portuguese. Sunset Cox knows
French well, has travellers knowledge of the
modern tongues, and is a good Greek and