The National tribune., 1883-01-04
FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
A Little Something About What IS Going On in the
Religious World.

4 Little Something About What is Going On in the
Religious World.
The Scriptures are published in $50 languages
or dialects.
During the past fifteen years 3 $500 churches
have been buiIt iD this country.
The corner-stouo Of the first new Lutheran
churc. built in Leipsic during the last 800
years was recently laid.
The Cornell Memorial Of New York "a
thought to he the largest Suuday-schoo in the
I Methodist church. It has a total membership
| OF LIS.
a good story is told Of Mr Talmage. While
away from home recently ne felt i'll and called
a strange physician. After long examination
lie was advised ito exercise his Iungs!"
The Jin-riki-sha, the popular car so generally
used in Japan, over 10000 being in use IN
Toxic alone giving employment TO that num-
Der Of men and bringing in an annual revenue
of $4,000 from that single city, was invented
by a missionary Of tho American Baptist
Union.
Horace Fairbanks. president of the st. Johns
bury and Lake Champiain Railroad Vermont
says: 81 believe the business interests Of the
country as well as the best interests Of the rail-
road corporations would be subserved by sus-
pending the running Of railroad trains on the
Lords day"
church has been tried on the charge of irreli-
gious conduct in attending a negro minstrel
performance. Hc was let oil with a reprimand,
as he started for "a temperance lecture, got into
the wrong hail. and his caruai delight Overcame
his moral scruples.
Voitaire, 100 years ago, said that before the
beginning OF tH, nineteenth century Christi
anity will have disappeared from the earth"
In lo7O, the date appointed for the extermna-
tOn Of Christianity, there We're 24,OJOOOO Eng
disappearing people and Of these 100000
were Pr0testInts $500 600 Romauists, aud
4,5OO,OOO professed no religious belief
The cornerstone of new building Of the
University of New Mexico has been laid at Santa
Fe, and is the first incorporated Christian coll
lege in that Territory. The charter requires a
majority of its trustees to be members of Con-
gregational churches, and by the deed of trust
the land and property of the university are
secured absolutely to evangelical Christian
education. 1t already has sixty students.
The annual week Of prayer win begin Janu-
ary T. Fue following schedule has been ar
ranged by the Evangelical Alliance and will
be followed by many Protestant bodies sun
day, January Z, sermons Monday January 5,
praise and thanksgiving; Tuesday, January 9,
humiliation and confession Wednesday jan
uary 10, prayer for families; Thursday Janu-
ary II, prayer for the Church universal Fri
day, January II, prayer for the nations; Sat
urday, January l3, prayer for missions; Sum
day, January Ii, sermons.
In the middle Of his sermon on a recent Sun
day a pastor at Smyrna, Ga, uttered the phrase,
" Let US praise Him." 4 member of the con-
gregatiOn, innocently or otherwise, understood
him TO say Let US pray" and Immediately
knelt for the final prayer. The movement was
naturally contagious, and in moment all were
on their knees. The clergyman had a rare
chance to show tact by responding to the ex-
pectation of his hearers, bat he was not equal
to the crisis and exclaimed instead: "I did
not say Let us pray l am not through yet
We viii pray directly" n
The total number of church buildings ia
Indiana is 4,462, and of church organizations
4,92l. The number of members admitted 10
all denominations during the year was 10 S39F
The salaries paid to the pastors of thes5
churches annually amounts to 81, ,246913, and
the other expenses aggregate S295,965. TheN
amount of money collected through the vari
GUS religious organizations and expended foIE
benevolent or charitable purposes amounted
last year to S1S7, ,227 There are p, ,OO3 Sunday
school teachers, and they have 257, ,673 pupils +
The average attendance on public religious
services reaches 42S, ,SI2 The value of church,
property is $l0,S25, ,553. The Methodist Epis
G0pal denomination leads with !, ,547 Crganiza r.
tions and 1899 members. The Christian
follow, with the Baptists third, the United
Brethren fourth, and the Catholics fifth, with
2s6 organizations, but the latter ranks second
In number Of members, having S6.872.