The National tribune., 1883-03-29
FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
Little Something About What is Going On in tia
Religious World.

Little Something About Vast is Going On in tho
Religious World
There are $4,000 monks and nuns IN Italy.
To-day $500 Christian ministers are at work
In India.
one-thiTd Of the population of Idaho are said
to be Mormon5.
Seventy Evangelistic meetings are held
weekly in Paris.
A widespread religious movement is IN pro-
greSs among the people of Finland.
In Kentucky no clergyman or preacher Of
| any denomination can become member Of the
Legislature.
Pere Hyacinth and wife intend visiting the
United States next summer, when he VIII LEG
ture in some of the principal cities.
At Grace Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Pa,
! on Sunday was rededicated an historic church.
bell east in England in 1745 for the EphraSa
Dunkers.
still agitated among the orthodox Jews, who
consider 1t the only solution of several problems
in which the race is interested.
correspondent of the Presbyterian whoseems
to have had considerable experience among
church debts. writes to that paper that although
he has known of many churches which were
heavily indebted, he has never known of one
which repudiated Its debt.
The Roman Catholic Bishop of Dunedin New
Zealand, has long been active in trying 20 Sc
cure government recognition Of the movement
for UNCONVENTIONAL education. In order the
better 70 De able 70 advance his views on this
subject, he wants 20 run for Parliament, and
has SO announced his intention.
In response to a request from the Rev DR..
Henry AilOis, Union Chapel, CanonbUFy, Lon
don, the Pilgrim Society OF Plymouth have sent
small block of I" FOrefathers' Rock" eight
inches by four for insertion in front of the pull
pit of that splendid ediEce. Relies of the rock
are now scarce. This is the firss time London
has come to Plymouth on such an errand-
According to the Rev. DIR Robinson Of Provi-
denee, the Bapsists have made wonderful pro-
greSs since 1850. There are 23500O0 cOnlmu-
nic4nts. of those bwo-thirls are IN the South-
ern States. IN these States they have. twelve
educational institutions. with z, i5i pupils, pay
ing literally for their education. n The North
ern States, according 10 thesaTae ~ thority, the
Baptists number 10000.
Now there is grand opening for young
preachers Of the Baptist persuasion who want
TO do hard work on pay which VIII probably not
be very prineely. Twenty such men are wanted
for Mexico. They are to cake charge Of Baptist
churches IN towns ws0se population Is not over
1850. As 3 general thing, churches of this sers
are not much asked for. The gentlemen who
want to ill these fields Of labor should be ab.s
/ To preach huently in Spanish
There are eleven religious societies in the
new and lively city OF Wianipeg, Man, and
thoiF aggregate wealth IS estimated sc che ma
1ncAse SUM Of SIl 300,009. IN the carly history
Of She country the Hudson's Bay Company
made Grants &C Land to the various eaareheS,
Protestant and Cathaiic. These lands were
practically valaeless thea. The RO.a2R Catholic
thurch has been The 1ag.st fortunate. having
title TO lands now valued sc Sl0,0U3,000.
Scotch minister, forgetting his speatacles,
eoais no. -cesl. he syHs 80 he sad Iy eve1
sge dilE ! esAu9s see" The precaater M
2aedieIcsy s2-lg. Fly eyes are deem eawno0t
SIS. fl-e minister cxR'Giaed: ls9olze 81 NY
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