Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-11-07
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
he latest estimate places the Catholic
ulation of the world at go. 900 600.

The latest estimate places the Catholic
population of the world at 250, 900, 600.
Bishop Simpsons profile picture has been
taken, and will appear on the centennial
medal of Methodism.
A " Werkingmans Sunday Rest Associ-
alton" has been organized in st. Louis for
the purpose of secular exemption from
labor on the Sabbath.
The Lord Bishop of Rochester said in an
address recently in Philadelphia that "the
American people are the most religious
people under the sun. :"
The 100, 900 Jews of London have three
weekly newspapers, fifteen synagogues and
Rabbinical College, with the finest jew
ish library in the world.
The congregation of the Notre Dame
Church, Paris, has dwindled from the thirty
or forty thousand of former times to two
or three hundred, even on festival days.
The Right Rev. Coadjutor Bishop Fleck
confirmed seven hundred soldiers in Metz,
Germany, recently. The sponsors were
two Generals, two Colonels and the Mayor.
The Presbyterian Synod of China at its
last meeting declined to vote that female
members of the church who persisted in
binding their feet should be excommuni-
Gated.
The Mormons report that "their church
organization embraces u Apostles, IS
Patriarchs, 1855 Seventies, 8, I53 High
Priests II 900 Elders, 800 Bishops and
4 400 Deacons."
Recently 200, 900 people in Vienna cele-
brated the rescue of the city from Kara
Mustapha, the Moslem conqueror, who 200
years ago aspired to unfurl over it the
green banner of the Prophet.
A correspondent of the Lioiag Church,
speaking of the decision of the Methodist
Church OF Canada to omit the word "Obey"
from its marriage service, remarks ::
Modern Methodism is rapidly changing
into something unrecognizable by its
founder"
Mr.. Sourgeop says: "The three reasons
which good woman presented for object
ing to preacher were striking ones. She
said that in the fret place he read his ser
mon in the second, ne did not read it
well, and in the third place it was not
worth reading"
The Mormons are building temple at
Logan, Utah, for which the sum of S5l5,-
600 has been raised. The donations for
the temple at Manto amount to S476, 600
The temple at ST. George was completed
several years ago Work on the temple at
Salt Lake City still progresses.
In explaining the basis of Christian
unity, the CburchmaR contends that it is
the constant fuss made over religious opin-
ions of no Importance that withholds at
tention from the adequate organization of
our Christian forces to do the work now ex-
pected of them in the world.
The delegates to the recent Catholic
Congress at Naples showed their Christian
spirit by enthusiastically applauding
letter that declared that 1000 members
OF the Catholic Church in Italy were or
ganized and ready to strike determined
blow for the restoration of the temporal
power of the Vatican.
A Presbyterian correspondent relates
that when on his return from Yellowstone
Park, Rufus Hatch stopped over for one
Sunday at Rockford, ILL.,, where he used
to live as a humble citizen, attended
church, and played upon the very organ
he manipulated in his youth, to the great
satisfaction of the choir and congregation.
1t is estimated that the London Society
for promoting Christianity among
sthe Jews, founded in 1909, has been the
means of converting 100, 900 of that people.
The society has placed in their hands
, 600 600 copies of the New Testament in
Hebrew. There are now 1000 Jewish
Christians in London, and probably 1000
more in other parts of the kingdom.
According TO The G0SpeL in Al LdRdS,
there are in Lucknow and Cawnpore forty
five publishing houses engaged in printing
and circulating infdel and pagan books.
One publisher received from rich Mo-
hammeds1 81 600 to assist in printing Mo-
hammedan works. A million Hindu tracts
were issued at the expense of one Hindu
Prince. 0ne hundred and three newspa-
pers, mostly weekly advocate and sup
port paganism and Hinduism, and assail
Christianity in India.