Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-20

There are 81 Sabbath schools In Syria,
with 1874 pupils.
The auction sale of pews / n Beecher's
church Melted $4,000.
The native Christians Of Madagascar
have given q million doll Ara during the last
ten yesrs, for the spread of the Gospel.
The United Presbyterian church Of Scot
land Is engaged In raising .S40.0 900 for the
repair of the church building in Jamaica.
The missionary collection In the Metho.
dist Episcopal church for the past yesr ex-
cecded the year before by over $4,000,
At the next general assembly of the Free
church in Scotland, there are expected to
be 200. 900 siRn stures to o protest against
the Introduction oil instrumental music.
The Protestant Episcopal church hos
siIty-six bishops, 3,575 clergy, 3,0i7 Par.
ishes, and 344, 1888 commandments. It's con.
tributions, 81, 95S,4S5. show q gain of over
81, 100, 600.
The recent collection taken up In all the
Roman Catholic churches in the Arch
diocese of New York, by order Of Cardinal
NlcCloskey, for the benefit of Pope Leo
! Kill, amounted to SIS, 1862 SO.
Brooklyn has 1856 churches, with q popu.
lstion of 5G6, SO, or one to every I. 9s8 per.
sons. There are four large cities in the
country that have more churches in pro-
portion to population. The churches Ia
Brooklyn are worth 80, 276, 500.
Ths various funds of the English Pres,
byterian church close with the end OF the
year, and il is feared that the foreign mis-,
sion fuud will show a deficit for the twelve
months of at least $1,000.
The American Baptist Home Missionar,
Society in its City years. history has psic
81, 700, goo for missionary services, ~, 0O0,
600 for educational work among coloreC
people and Iudians, and has loaned $500,
900 for the erection of 33l churches.
The indeiatigable Chaplain McCabe, o
the Methodist church, has lsucceeded il
accomplishing the project in which he en-
tered some ear ago, of raising q fund O
$500, 000 for church extension. Both h
and those who have contributed to th
|, fund are worthy OF all praise.
7 The following are the principal statistic
Of the Protestant Episcopal church In In
! diana for the year just closed: Value {
t property, $47l,640; baptisns-Adults, 10;
: infants, S34; combinations, $50; oomnl
~nicsnts, 3 $50; Sunday school teachers an
4 scholar, S,56lj total offerings, S>7, II.
0 debts, $780, 22.
9 The whole amount contributed by Il
I churches Of this country annually I,
d benevolent aud congregational purposes
7 sl06 062, 900. OF this large sum u
{ amount collected for purely benevoleI
a purposes 10 s3l, $3.50. 140. The amount Co
trihuted for church purposes, that il. Il
maintenance Of the church sustaining Il
T ministry, etc, SIS, 352, 500.
Il The statistics of the United Brethrl
9 church Tor the past year are Sgiven in d
Year Book as follows: Number of ohuIch
b 4 463, bsins an increase of GO; member
Is 1853. 5i7, being an increase Of 1885; Ice
!, preachers, $685. itinsrants, l 1857; number
Or meeting houses. 1922; -parsonages, 81
4. number of Sabbath schools, 3, $50; Saba
ks school officers and teachers, 20, 800; Eu
d day school scholars. l65. 743; conversions
the Sabbath school. 4,465; Sunday sch,
: contributions, S5S. 24Tj value Of chul