Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-21
adorned with the royal monogram worked

sss.The minutes of the Congregational as
ISOLATION of Minnesota for 1882, just ready
for publication, were burned in a recent
fire at Minneapolis. Their issue will be
delayed, and it will be difficult to make
them complete.
The Seventeenth annual session of the
Congregational union of New South Wales
was held Oct. 1928. The reports show
general progress in all branches of church
work. A Congregational conference will
be held at Sidney, New South Wales, May
2, 1888, comprising delegates from the
various colonies of Australia, Tasmania
and New Zealand.
A rumor was recently published that a
play from the pen of John G. Whittier
would shortly be produced, and in answer
to an inquiry concerning the truth of it,
Mr.. Whittier wrote: ssThy time will be lost
in going in search of the drama of the
newspaper clip. 1 never knew of it before.
It is very foolish lie. The idea of
Quaker playwright is unspeakably absurd"
The crown prince and princess of Ger
many have just performed graceful act
in requesting that the contributions being
made throughout Germany for their ap-
preaching silver wedding this month
should be converted to the relief of the
sufferers by the floods on the Rhine. The
action has been generously and affection
ately acknowledged by the press and the
people, and much good will result from the
charity of the noble pair.
Two hundred representative Congrega-
tionalists of Chicago, ILL.,, sat down to a
dinner at the Sherman house, on the eve
ming of January 5. At the conclusion of the
dinner, Prof. F. W. Fiske was called to the
chair, and the assembly proceeded to form
Congregational club. Col. G. G. Ham
mond was elected President. Prof. F. w.
Fiske, E. w. Blatchford, and the Hon. B.
G. Cooke, vice presidents. 1t was decided
to hold social meetings monthly.
Shortly after midnight, Jan. 1, while
watch Injecting services were being held in
the Reformed Evangelical church at
Reading, Penn, large cannon filed with
stones and powder was discharged. The
front wall was stove in and nearly all the
window panes shattered. Great excite
| ment was caused, but fortunately no one
was hurt. Eight arrests have been made
and warrants are out for the apprehension
of several other persons.
The Rev. j. l.. Male, the new Congre-
gational superintendent of Sunday school
| work in Colorado, arrived in Denver Dec
| 81 and at once commenced work. With
the home missionary superintendent and
| the pastor of the Second church canvass
| was made of Elyris, a suburb of Denver
and arrangements carried out for imme-
diate work. The day after this canvass
| lumber for flooring and walls was on the
ground. The next day a tent was put
over skeleton frame and the next Sab
bath the people were called to church and
Sunday school.
The Indiana State bureau of statistics
has completed its table of church statistics
for the year 1882. 1t shows that the
nations in the number of churches and
members and value of church property
with the Catholics second, Christians third
Presbyterians fourth, and Baptists fifth il
| the list. There are in all 1921 church
organizations in the state, and 4,45.
elifces. The valuation of property il
placed at $10,825,553. The entire church
membership is 44,459, of which 53,S39
members were added during the year, and
the average attendance at public worship
was 42S,812. The ministers salaries fol
the year amounted to $1,247,913.
Judging from recent occurrences, want
of liberality in church matters cannot be
charged to the South. Recently the Rev
J. K Gutheim, rabbi of Temple Sinai il
New Orleans, united in marriage his niece
and DIR. Armstrong, Protestant Christian
| physician, connected with the Marine hos
pital service of the port. A colored serv
ant in the family of the Rev. Hugh Miller
Thompson, of the same city, died. He
was buried from the rectory, Jan. 3. The
remains were conveyed from the rectory
to the Roman Catholic church, of which
the deceased was a member. The priest
who administered the rites of the church
before death celebrated the mass. One OF
the pail bearers was the son of DR.. Thomr
son. and all were white boys.
Miss Louisa Alcott records in the Boston
Saturday Evening Gazette that her frs
story brought her S. and her second SO
with request for more of her produc
tions. zone of the memorable moments OF
my life," she adds, ''is that in which, as
| trudged to school on a wintry day, my
eyes fell upon large yellow poster with
these delicious words: Bertha new tale
by the author of The Rival Prima Don
mas, will appear in the Saturday Ecening
Gazette L was late; it was bitter cold
| people iostled me; l was MORALLY afraid
I should be recognized; but there L stood
fe lsting my eyes on the fascinating post
er, and saying proudly to myself, in the
words of the great Vincent Crummies
This, this is famer !"
There Is such thing as cheapening
| religion. One may not only cast pearls
| before swine, but he may iingSthem down
before men at time when they are in no
condition to be captivated by them. The
jealous disciple who comes through the