Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1883-04-28
CHURCH NOTES.

believers now reaches 2OOO,OOO.
The Rev. j. b. Hamilton. of Rhode Island,
has yi en- alcohol a new name. He calls it
'.aqua morl!s," the water Of death.
A female seminary. after the plan of Vassar
College, il be erected at a cost of $500 ,00U, by
the Presbytery OF Los Angeles, al.
The Methodist Union in Canada has been
for it, 81 B7agalnst and tie votes being cast.
A New jersey widow is said to have
changed her religion because she wished to
avoid meeting her husband in the ne It world.
There was, says DR.. John Culinary Shea, q
colony of Dominican Monks in Virginia $50
years before Plymouth Rock was discovered.
Recent discoveries of very ancient copies of
the uli Testament Scriptures in Hebrew and
Aebro1 Russian have been made at Yemen, in
Arabia.
The will Of the late Miss Carrie Evans, of
Claremont, N. H., 5000 for building new
rectory. -
/, A'small charge is made at the door is some
of the Catholic churches to prevent over.
crowding at certain masses meant especially
for children.
Sermons at funerals are growing more and
more infreQuent; but to the lay mind q good
long sermon over the dead seems more ap-
propriate than at any other time.
Nice can II 9 anywhere comfortably except
in church. They fatten very slowly in a
church. This proves they. can't live on re-
ligion any more than minister can.
The next English Church Congress will be
held near Oxford In October. AS large con.
course Is expected, temporary building will
be erected for the purpose, to hold 2,50O per-
sons. +
the Boston Hebrew Observer is doing a
useful piece of work In series Of articles on
Inf ho dooI f,,,
sanitary and economical purposes are ad-
vocated.
A Baptist clergyman out west says he has
almost seen the 'sinvisible church." He spent
several days laboring with q church number
ing 100 or more members, but could count
only fourteen ut any meeting.
John, Scotchman, meeting James, was
asked II he Knew certain Peter. .'Ken
him. Him and mes sleepit togither in the
same kirk for the last twenty years."
The venerable senior and presiding bishop
i of the American. Episcopal church d.. Smith,
may he said to have been citizen under every
president Of the United States. He was five
years old when Gen. Washington died.
The Protestant missionaries in Japan are to
hold general confe. ence in Osaka during
nexL month. The proceedings are to COM
mence ON the 18th aud will last for six days,
According to the published programme.
| The following excellent compendium of
! what house Of worship should be is from an
/ English paper: 'Free from all draughts, free
from all d-lusionS, free from all false doc
trine, fee to all men and free from all debss.'
/ AT the close of a recent mission IN st.
Patr ck's church, in New Haven. .Conu., about
! ] 500 men solemnly pledged themselves not to
70 into q saloon from - o'clock Saturday
night until II o'clock Sunday night for one
year.
"Feef bad to think put that faro chip in
the contribution box by mistake,' said the
Louisville man. IL reckon do. That was
q rs CHIP and they'll 20 and get it ca-hed aud
get $5 out of me, when I only intended to
give Them 20 cen,s."
- Re William Skoogland has commenced
his laoors nh Sunday school missionary OF
the Baptist Publication Society, among his
Sweedi> IL cuun r, men. of whom there are. it
IL said. in the stat, s Of Illinois, Iowa, Ne.
braska and Kansas, about $4,000.
! The ancient church OF Birdbrook, England
contairs monumental slab bearily the eX
lrsordinary record: "Martha Blewllt, q
Swan Inn. at Biay thore End. in this parish
buried May I, 1861. She was the wifi. of nine
husbands consecutively, but the ninth out
lived her."
The Chinese have no word that is equi a
lent to hell and no conception of such place
A missionary In all agri uitural district u
China states that when he tried to explain il
the people asked if i Was anytn'n ny that cuulC
be raised. He might ha answered that Il
was-very often
Mr.. Walter G. Jones, who n,ne years agt
gave the English Church Missionary Svciety
$3.50 100 for work i'll China and Japan, ha
recently made tlank-otf'ring Of 4UO,OOO fo
, the recovery of his son from sickness. F"ul
years ago he gave $4,000 to found the Indi,
Native Church Missionary Fund.
. The receipts of the Pre- byterian hospita
In Philadelphia for the past year amou,teu t,
3O~9 W, including interest on the John A
; Br,wn fund. The dIsbur emen s were S29,
46i "A. The Ladies' Aid .ciety uf the hos
. pital received during the yrur ,. u, 49
. There have been 6i6 patti. nts treated al til
Institution.
As amples of Christian Iibcra'ity anon,
Chinese converts, an English. Taper men
tions two men who gave $40 each last year t
prearhing-fund uut of III annual income O
between 10 and $50. Ano. her gave q OIL
Of S4s a.year. A third ga z out of s54
two others, each out Of so, and ore $
: out Of $50.
A new Missions Institute. the tenth in Ger
many, has recently been foundcd-ur Neukir
che. near Mo: z, under he direction of Paste
, Doll. 1t appear, to be the outgrowth Of III
j faith OF the founder, who having lecuvere
, from bodil. att iction vowed to whateve
the Lord might command of him and then
having prayed for direction, Was led up t
, the execution of the idea Of The institute.
| "Whut is promised to he righteous fn aske
a mild and amlable Sunday school t. acier {
j q small child at the far end If her elias,
Eternal bliss" quickly responded tile chile
5 "Quite right. my dear chlu.' >aid the mil
8 and amiable. "Aud now tell me what
3 promised to the wicked:" ..kterral biiste,
ma'am." wa. the prompt reply. The t, ache
pronounced it 1heologicaIly correct, but p.
y cuiiariy expressed.
4 The suprem court of PENNSYLVANIA has d,
u cIdcd in a certain suit thai C:tho:i. pri :
I cannoi r. co er saar, from the bSh,p.
u religious organization which furbids il
priests to do secular work." the Judge +,
e marked, fought o provide for thrir Suppori
e but when the attempt Is made to enforce Il
e pawn mt OF IL salary, contract his 10 /
J, to give him living. he must invoke It's ai,
p rather than The courts. if he seeks redress.
y y The Dorchester, Conn. Era of recent ,,a
{. says: "rhe members and friends of II
- Me hodist Episcopal church at Eat Ne
> Naket called upon the pastor, the ;sev. y. {
:. Ayers on Saturday night and presented hi
+ q dorchester pie 1t was cry pecuIp
:, i sort Of pie. The bottom crust was sa,
~ of corn the top crust Was purse of golt
~ ~ fee, sugar. cake, lard, fruit, honey, cracker
- egg. Jelly. butter, hominy, potatoes, hosier
~ h rdkerchiefs. chocolate, catsup, dried frr,
~ fresh pork, beef, &c. Il was big pie
j. whole wagon-load Of pie."
0. About two years ago one native Gilman.
rt In The village of kokel, China, was the So
r. tary follower of the Christian religin.. amo,
n the dwellers In that place. Through his i
b. fuence and that of the ministers neat III,
II chapel has been built, which now h,., thir1
?, church members and o er fiftv re siIar atte
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