Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-10-21
RELIGIOUS NEWS.

There are lis, 900 sundays school scholars
in New York city.
There are l0l Sunday schools, with
3,764 scholar in Japan.
MIR. Gladstone was one of the pail. bear
ers at the funeral of the late DR.. Pusey.
Atlanta, Ca, in order to support its
churches, sells pretty girls at auction.
The Southern Methodist Church papers
are reporting conversions by the thousand.
An eleven years' pastorate in Mas,a.
chusetts Congregational Church gave 555
additions.
The Fulton-ssreet daily noon PRAYER.
meeting has been Established twenty five
years.
There is revival of interest in foreign
missions among the theological students In
Scotland.
The Jews in Jerusalem observe the ami.
versary of the destruction OF the Tempe
this year as fast.
What Kentucky lacks in Churches,
says the Christian at Work, "ahe lnak ca
up in race courses"
The Guardian finds that the tide OF
church feeling is setting stronger and
stronger every year against church debts.
The membership of the Moravian Church
throughout the world is 800, coo. There
are only Is 600 members in this country.
The Baptists of Germany will celebrate
The semi.centenuial Of the mission in 1884
10y establishing a fund for invalid preachers.
The First Baptist Church Of New Haven,
Conn, had a continuous revival all through
the summer months with excellent results.
At the close of 1877 there was in South
Dakota only one Presbyterian Church az
he close OF 1881 there were twenty. five
churches.
The very lowest caste in India is the
cobbler caste, and William Carey, and Ea-
glish cobbler, carried to them the first
tidings OF the gospel.
Anti. Christian literature is in such de.
msnd in India that in Lucknow and Gavin.
pore there is no less than forty five pub.
fishing houses doing this work.
A church in country village recently
circulated paper among the congregation
asking for contributions ''for the purpose
of paying the organist and boy to blow
the same"
iAS iObOcSdshS iDlsuUp OF
Wisconsin has issued a pastoral letter call.
ing upon the various parishes and missions
to hold harvest homes, as grateful recog-
nitions OF the abundant harvest,
The third General Council OF Presby-
teri N churches throughout the world Will
be held in Belfast in 1854. The committee
appointed at the last council in Pniladei.
phia have fixed June oath as the most con.
venient date.
A Church OF England clergyman in Que.
bee refused to unite in marriage a man
with sister of his deceased wife. The
Canadian law lega.izes such marriage,
but does not compel clergy men to perform
the ceremony.
The question OF paramount interest 10
connection with Canadian Methodism Is
that of the union OF the variousEbodies. II
the union should be consummated the uui.
ted body would represent a Methodist pop.
u!atlon of about 740, COO.
Don't you think it is wicked to catch
fish on the Sabbath p asked a minister of
small boy. well, If it is, answered
the small boy, lyon ought TO be 'shamed
OF yourself, tor ma says you stand in the
pulpit and tish for souls"
The Christian Register would Ike to know
why the way Into the ministry should not
lead through some such prentice work as is
relied upon to fit men for other voeations.
The Register thinks there is too much
theory IN educating ministers aud not
enough practice.
At Buddhist meeting held lately in
Japan, the special object of which was to
protest against Christianity, one of the
speakers aaid OF late the progress made
by this sect has been marvellous. and may
be compared to fire swes ping over PLAIN,
which constantly increases in power"