Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-09-09
RELIGIOUS 1n1r1IIaEscg.

Tie London Echo speaks of a modern
aspect of Christianity as follows: 1.-THE
growth OF tolerance and Christian good. Will
between the Catholics and Protesrants, st
least in those districts where Old Cathcli.
cism prevails, is religious phenomenon
which deserves to be chronicied and held
up as an example for other parts OF the
world. We have before US the Twenty.
ninth Annual Report of the Protestant
Kirchliche Hilfsverein of the Canton OF
Aargau for the year 1881, and one of the
most remarkable features IN i5 is the list OF
kindly and brotherly actions winch the
Protestant minority has received IN many
communes from the Catholic majority. AZ
Rheinfelden the Protestant congregation
does not as yet possess church OF Its own,
although it is collecting FUNDS 20 build one.
Hence 1t meets at present III a large room ;
but at the recent Installation or a new
Protestant Piarrer, when this room was
found 10 be too small to accommodate the
number of visitors who were expected at
the ceremony, the Catholic congregation
offered their evangelical fellow citlSsps the
free use of the parish church. which was
gladly accepted, and many Catholics at
tended the service. Such fact shows a
growth OF tolerance on both sides.
The CongregationaliSt gives the following
review of the Presbyterian Church Ia the
United States for the last year: Accord
ing to statistics Just compiled, the Presby-
terrain Church North, in this country, now
has 3, IA churches, with 2 Total member
ship OF sos. l2S and its total benevolent
contributions the last year have been
So, 249, 397. The amount given to home
missions was S467, 625; foreign, S465 2l9
Education, church erection and other
kindred works are not included in these
home mission figures. The Southern Pres
byterian Church reports 2 0l0 churches
with only l,0Sl ministers) and l23, SOC
communicates. It's contributions, reported
the last year, have been 81 $50 1873, of
which foreign missions had SAG. 63S, while
nothing is specified for home missions. The
Church North received 20 $50 members on
confession during the year; the Church
South, 1902. The Church North organ
lied l92 new churches ard reports only so
as disbanded. The entire Presbyterian
Church membership of all branches IN this
country is put down st S25, 600"
The Ritusligts of Philadelphia are row
complaining that while they have been per-
secuted for excess Of ritual, their Low
Church brethren indulge in defective ritual
and go scot free. They give many such H.
stances, and call upon the Bishop either TO
notice them or else let the Ritualistic St.
Clements Church alone. It ia not probable,
however, that Bishop Evans, being a man of
sense, will prosecute clergyman because
he does rot open his church or every petty
saints day, even though the neglect to do
SO may be technically violation of a
prayer-book rubric. A great many cler-
gymen think it Unnecessary to open their
churches daily for the sexton and few
old women who are benefciaries OF the
parish,
In the Boston Post recently an article
gives to Senator Hoar the credit of quoting
DR.. Watts. This would appear to have bean
a mistake. The oft.repeated lines, which
are here given, were written by Mrs. Nancy
d. Sproat
How pleasant is Saturday night,
When I've tried all the week to be good
Not spoken word that was bad,
But obliged every one that could.
Tomerow the holy day comes,
v hich our merciful Father has given,
That we nsy have rest from His work
AMI prepare for the Joys Of His heaven.
Harrison, the "boy preacher" has re.
Gently been conducting revival at the
Loyeland csmp-meeting near Cincinnati.
His admirers have given him cottage on
the grounds, and the association had stipu-
lated to pay him certain sum fer his SER
vices for a specified time, from which it
appears that his fervid eloquence ia kept
soaring by vulgar dollars and cents His
friends were painfully grieved and shocked
when they found that he tried to sell the
cottage for Whatever ready money it would
fetch, and demanded full pay for his SER
vices, though he had failed 10 labor for the
specified time. 1t is said that his useful
ness in Cincinnati is past.
An Oxfordshire rector has achieved a
perfect novelty in the way of clerical in.
discretion. He has been charged by his
parishioners with kissing his hand to fair
but susceptible young woman while ne was
performing divine service.