The National tribune., 1882-12-28
FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
A Little Something About What is Going On in the
Religious World.

Little Something About What is Going On in the
Religious World.
There are ninety three Presbyterian churches
in Philadelphia.
1t is intended to light Canterbury Cathedral
with the electric light.
During Mr.. MoOdy's labors in Scotland over
10000 people We're converted.
The working people throughout Continental
Europe are beginning to plead for deliyerance
from Sunday work.
The English revisers of the Old Testament
have completed the second revision as far as
the Book of Proverbs.
Ex-Governor C0lquitt, of Georgia, now Sena-
tor, is a stanch Methodist, and his wife is
Baptist as steadfast in her faith as her husband
is in MS.
4 New York man has fnger-ring with the
ten commandments engraved on it in such
small characters that they can only be read
with the aid of a microscope.
A little girl, as she was dying, placed s421 in
the hands of her pastor, Rev. DIR. Muchmore, to
build church for poor people. The result is
the Memorial Presbyterian Church of Philadel-
phia, costing $4,000, just dedicated free of
debt.
The Christian Htel{iqepcer says a quarterly
journal Is something which no denomination
can afford TO he without, as it is what the
Squarcly-set and large -mOuthed smoke-staek is
to a steamer-a vent for the ecclesiastical fires
within.
The Old South Church Of Boston has voted
to continue the salary, $1,000 a year, Of Rev.
Or. Manning to his family until April 1. 1883,
and after that to pay them $1,000 year for six
years. The society also voted to erect mOnu-
ment to the memory of DR.. Manning.
A preacher who was not well acquainted with
the elocutionary art placed the infection on the
wrong word, following the literal italic in l
Kings. xiii, y, and read: "And he spake unto
his sons, saying, saddle me the ass, and they
sadIled hjm.'
The Christian 4droca'e says that if the minis
ters and members of the churches would work
as zealously and generally for a revival of re-
iigion as politicians and partisans do for success.
in one month thousands of affairs in each of the
States would be thr0nged with inquirers.
Statistics divide the English-speaking people
of the earth as follows: Episcopalians, S1S50n-
600; Methodists, 14,500,O00: Roman Catholics,
1890, 600; Pres0yteriaus, l025O000; Baptists,
100000; Cougregationalists, 100000; Uni
tarianS, I000Q0O; minor sects, 100000; no
religious profession, e,OOO,OOO.
A pastor Of one of the Congregational churches
in Massachusetts has distributed among the
members of his congregation cards on which
are printer Illc ulllritiit pldIS Oh tHlTCH NoTN
for the year. and All invitation to each member
to write his or her name opposite the particu-
lar work in which they are willing to engage.
BY this means the members are able to choose
their own field of labor.
"De pure an undefIed ligiou." says the Rev.
Plato Johnson, Is always to he foun' in d
mans pocket. Dat is a Gurus place to look fer
ligiou. but cf tains there then taint nowhere.
De man dat can put MS hands on his 'ligion
l. L. thpol -afg,F
got none Wen man talks loud bout his
ligion. dat is only purtense; but when he
shells out de hard cash he amt foolin'-hs
means business