Daily globe., 1882-10-08
SUNDAY GLoBELETs1 /

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Churches, sells its pretty girls at auction.
The Jews iu Jerusalem observed the an
niversary of the destruction of the temple
as fast. j. -
i An eleven years pastnrate in Masss
chusetts Congregational church. gave 555
additions.
| What Kentucky lacks in churches, says
! the Christian 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-
tutions of the country and the world keep
pace with the immense emigration into
Dakota. ef- e
The membership of the Moravian
church throughout the vofld is 800 600.
There are only $4,000 members in this
country. ~ y le
Anti Christian literature is in such de
mcna in India that in Lucknow and Casn-
pore tbefe is no less than forty-five pub
fishing houses doing this work. ''
The Protestant Episcopal bishop of
Wisconsin has issued pastoral letter call
ing upon the various parishes and mis-
sions to hold harvest homes, as grateful
recognition of the abundant harvest.
At the close of 1877 there was in South
Dakota only ore Presbyterian chorch; at
the close o. 1881 there were twenty-five
churches, and all other denominations
were represented in due proportion. s5s.
The First Baptist church in New Ha zen.
Conn, had a continuous revival through
the summer months with excellent results.
The pastor did not take vacation to hunt
and fish, and the church doors were not
closed on the Sabbath. -
;sDon't you think it is wicked to catch
fish on the Sabbath asked minister of
small boy. swell, if it isl answered the
small boy, "yod 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 hefoie
it resolutions declaring the prohibition
agitation a.mental epidemic, and making it
obligatory upon Catholics to educate their
children in parochial schools.
The Christian Register would like TO
know why the way into the ministry
should not lead through some such 'pren-
tice work as 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 $500, 200, has been com
tpromised at q 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.
Ata Buddhist meeting held lately in
japan, the special object Of which was to
protest against Christianity, one of the
speakers said: sOf late the progress made
by this sect has been marvellous, and may
be compared to a 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: At
the Big Horn, 100 feet, now completed;
through Bozeman Pass, 5000 feet; at tie
Mullan Pass, near Helena, $3.50 feet; at
the Mullan grade, 500 feet, and at the
Blackfoot, 900 feet lin all $3.50 feet. The
heaviest work is at the Bozeman and Null
len Passes,
At Kensington parish church on a recent
Sunday morning the announcement was
made by the officiating curaie that one
present desired to return thanks for the
benefit he had derived from drinking the
waters at Homburg. The Boptist Weekly
thinks that doubtless quite la -ge number
of our people ought to be thankful fo-
Saratoga and Rich6eld Springs, and ad-
yertise themselves accordingly. i
Anxious to explain the meaning of hy-
perbole, Presbyterian minister sai2:
Perhaps you do net understand the mean
ing of the word hyperbole. This word,
my f lends. increases or diminishes thing
| 0Ss INV oAAS SAoSp t'titih koupHOSS SuOulu
| say the whole oe this congregation is fast
asleep. That would be a hyperbole, for
there is not above one-half of you sleep
ing" IS
The feet that the late Dr.. Wm Henry
Allen, M. D. and IL. D., president of Cir
ard college, was denied the companionship
and consultation of ministerial relatives
| and friends in his last sickness, is direct
ing attention to the 'No clergymen-admit-
ted" clause, which under the provisions of
Girard's win is an effectual barrier to the
entrance of any clergyman upon the col
lege grounds or within the walls of the
building.
Thera is church in Michigan which
has been struck. by lightning dozen
times, and now, whenever the preacher
shows signs-of getting long-winded and
passes from his :sseventhly'' to an 'seight-
~" the organist slyly initiates the SOUND
of approaching thunder on the pedals.
THE way that preacher dives into the
conclusion says the Independent, ssand
rushes through it and starts the Doxology
is caution. Tha congregation would not