Daily globe., 1882-10-08
SUNDAY GLOBELETS.

Atlanta, Ga. in order to support. its
cdurci-=, sells its pretty g;rls at auction.
The Jews i'll Jerusalem observed the an
niversary of the destruction of the temple
as a fast.
An eleven years pastorate in Masss-
chusetts Congregational church. gave SIS
additions.
What Kentucky lacks in churches, says
The Oh; ;;-i;stt::an al Work, she makes DIP in
lace courses.
There is great revival of interest in
foreign missions among the theological
students of Scotland.
The Guardian finds that the tide of
church feeling is setting stronger and
stronger every year against church debts.
The enlightened and enlightening insti-
tations of the country aud the world keep
pace with the immense emigration into
Dakota.
The membership of the Moravian
church throughout the world is 500 600.
There are only 1900 members in this
country. e
Anti-Christian literature is in such de
m and in India that in Lucknow and Gavin
pore there is no less than forty-five pub
fishing houses doing this work.
The Protestant Episcopal bishop of
Wisconsin has issued a pastoral letter call
ing upon the various parishes and mis-
sions to hold harvest homes, as a grateful
recognition of the abundant harvest.
At the close of 1877 there was in South
Dakota only ooe Presby yterian ch0rch; at
the close o. 1881 there were twenty five
churches, and all other denominations
were represented in due proportion. sa
The First Baptist church in New Haven.
Conn.,, had continuous revival through
the summer months with excellent results.
The pastor did not take a vacation to hunt
and fish, and the church doors were not
closed on the Sabbath. 81
'Dop't you think it is wicked to catch
fish on the Sabbath asked a minister of
a small boy. ''Wen, if it isl answered the
small boy, ''yol ought TO be ashamed Of
yoursels. for ma says yon stand in the
pulpit and fish for SOULS"
The German Catholic Central society, at
its late session in Milwaukee, had before
it resolutions declaring the prohibition
agitation amental epidemic, and making it
obligatory upon Catholics to educate their
children in parochial schools.
The Christian Register would like Ito
know why the way into the ministry
of ~,
tice work rs is relied upon to fit man for
other vocations. The Register thinks
there is too much theory in educating min
listers, and not enough practice.
The famous poker suit, in which a gud-
geen named Francis P. Weed, of New
burgh, N. Y, lost 100000, has been com
promised at a total loss of $4,000. Scott,
who held the winning hand, could not
stand prosperity and at last dates, lay at
the point of death in Chicago.
At a Buddhist meeting held lately in
Japan, the special object of which was to
protest against Christianity, one of the
speakers said: ''Of late the progress made
by this sect has been marvellous, and may
be compared to fire sweeping over a
plain, which constantly increases in power"
Chief Engineer Anderson, of the North.
ern Pacific railway, gives the dimensions
of the tunnels on that line as follows: A,
the Big Horn, 100 feet, now completed
through Bozeman Pass, 5000 feet; at tie
Mullan Pass, near Helena, $3.50 feet; al
the Mullan grade, 500 feet, and at thu
Blackfoot, 500 feet-in all $3.50 feet. Tht
heaviest work is at the Bozeman and Mul
len Passes,
At Kensington parish church on recon
Sunday morning the announcement wa
made by the officiating curaie that ont
present desired to return thanks for tn,
benefit he had derived from drinking tn,
waters at Homburg. The Boptist Weckl!
thinks that doubtless quite la .ge numbe
Of our people ought to be thankful fo
Saratoga and Richield Springs, and ad
vertise themselves accordingly.
| Anxious to explain the meaning of by
perbole, Presbyterian minister sai2
perhaps you do lot understand the mean
ing of the word hyperbole. This word
my f lends, increases or diminishes a thin.
beyond the exact tynth Suppose shouls
say the whole oe this congregation is fas
asleep. That would be hyperbole, fo
there is not above one-half of you sleep
ing"
The fact that the late DR.. VIM. Henr,
Allen, M. D. and Ii. D., president of Cir
ard college, was denied the companionshil
and consultation of ministerial relative
and friends in his last sickness, is direct
ing attention to the mo clergymen-admit
ted'' clause, which under the provisions O
Girard's will is an effectual barrier to tn
entrance of any clergyman upon the col
lege grounds or within the walls of tn
building.
Thera is church in Michigan whic
has been struck by lightning doze
times, and now, whenever the preache
shows signs'of getting long-winded an
: passes from his 'sseventhly'' to an s'eight
ly'' the organist slyly initiates the SCUM
of approaching thunder on the pedals
The way that preacher dives into tn
i conclusion says the Independent, san
rushes through it and starts the Doxolog
is caution. The ngregation would nc