Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-08-19
SOME RELIGIOUS NOTES.

Last October hospital for women was
opened at Tientsin, China, the gift of the
Viceroy, Ii Hung Chang, in gratitude for
his wits's recovery from severe illness
under the medical care of Miss Dr. How.
ard, of the Methodist Mission. Since
then his mother, an aged woman, was at.
tackled with painful disease, and again
Miss Howard was sent for, although it In
volvea a winter sea voyage of several hun
dred miles. The greatest consideration
was shown her, three rooms furnished in
foreign style were provided for her use, and
also foreign trained cook and large reti-
nue. of servants The case was hopeless
from the first, but the patient was very
grateful to Miss Howard, and beside val.
liable presents gave her $1,000 to be used
for the hospital work. She died q heather,
and three days before her death insisted
upon being arrayed in the rich and costly
garments betting her rank, which she ex-
pected to retain in another world.
The Outlook London) says of the Rev.
DIR. Hall: Pleasant it was to see and
hear Dr. John Hall, of New York, at the
Presbytery of London on Tuesday evening.
He is without question in the front rank OF
living Presbyterian divines; and somehow
moderator, model Presbyterian, sort of
incarnate expression of the system to which
he is attached man solidly built, and
of grave and simple bearing combination
of sobriety and vigor. No one could imag-
inc him losing his head or talking nom
sense, or PLAYING the pious mountebank.
a steady, well-balanced, discreet, but
thoroughly progressive man is John Hall !;
the very type, we should say, of Prosby.
terrain Christianity"
The Rev. William II. Yeocum on. E J
who was locked ont of the church at
Providence, r. l., of which he was pastor,
and then appealed to the Courts, has just
had trial before the church which has
been decided against him. He has been
ordered by the Bishop to remain out of the
pulpit till the case can be investigated by
the church authorities. TIE charges were,
using unbecoming language in the pulpit,
and appealing to the Courts before he had
used other means of settling the trouble.
The Welsh Presbyterian Synod of Wis
consin has held its fist business session at
Chicago. The Synod has 40 ministers,
l35 elders, 3, $50 full members in it's sew
eral churches, and l, us probationers. The
question OF forming new Synod of the
churches in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and
Nebraska was discussed, and decided in
favor of the proposed change.
The revision of Luther's Bible, begun in
1868, has just been finished. Of the thirty
original members of the revision commit
tee, but fourteen live to see che revision
completed. The work is now TO be printed
and submitted to the university faculties
for criticism. It will probably be ready
for the public in about two years.
In answer to a call for pieces of silver
and gold, of which to make a communion
service for the Church of the Holy Com.
munion in st. Louis, twelve and half
pounds of silver and an ounce of gold were
given, from which paten, fagon, two
chalices and large alms-basin were made.
Pastor Ziemsnn, who is now carrying on
the evangelistic work begun in Germany
by DR.. Somerville, has been preaching to
large audiences in Heidelberg, Geerlitz
Breslau, and other cities, and he has now
pressing invitations to labor from nineteen
cities in Germany.
The Mennonites of Manitoba are divided
into the Hook-and. Eye party and the But.
ton party. The former are conservatives
and see no danger in buttons the latter are
radical and progressive, insisting upon the
innocence of buttons, also their convenience
and cheapness.
a service in memory of the Rev. Orville
Dewey is to be held in the old Congrepa-
tional Church of his native town, Sheffield,
Mass, on August 18th. A sermon will be
preached by the Rev. Robert Collyer.
There is in S.. Stephens Protestant
Episcopal Church as Plttsfield, Mass, a
ST. Andrews Guild Of boys who have made
VOW not to use any profane or indecent
words.
The Presbyterian Church st Oyster Bay,
n. Y, celebrated it's one hundred and
fiftieth anniversary July Both. Eight of
the former pastors of the church were
present.
a movement is On foot in Boston to
change the hour for beginning Sunday
morning service in the churches from 1880
to ii o'clock.
This year the Bohlen lectures in Phila-
delphia are TO be delivered by the Right
Rev. Bishop Harris of Michigan.
Walter c. Jones. muniGcsnt English.
man, has recently given $4,000 for mis-.
sions in Japan and China.
Remains newest work, "Ecciesiaste, /" has
been placed in the Tader erpurgatorias.
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