Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-22
cnvscH NEWS.

A church r. being erected by IN.
Baptists I'm Salt Lake City.
The coIofed Methodist EpIscooJ
church bas more than 100000 men.
bers.
The missionaries who succeed best \.
India arc thoss who practice mediciss
also.
Teberan viii soon have an Episca
palian church. Tho Shah has given tL.
site.
DR.. Benson u the ninety.secool
Arhbishop Of Canterbury 70 sit 10 TIA
chair Of the great Augustine.
Gee Gan, the Chinese missionary
led a union meeting Of the Christl.,
Cinnamon ofSan Francisco last SUNDAY
week.
The SpIrituaii<ts claim that from
nothing tbirty.five years ago the nua.
Of avowed believers now Teaches :.
CO., 900.
The Methodist union Ia Canada has
het q ratified by the Quarterly bnuI.
ssB voting for Il, 81 against and , tie
votes being cast.
There was, Gays DR.. Join GiIm.rv
Sles, = colony OF dominican Monk, n
Vircinia $50 years before Plymou!h
Rock was discovered.
The will ofthe late Miss Carrie Evan,
of Boston, gives TO the Episcopal 81.
Getty of Ciaremont, n. H., 500 for
building . new rectory.
Sermons ut funerals are growing
more aud more infequent; but IN the
lay mind Q good long sermon over the
dtsd seems more appropriate than Al
any other time.
Mice can live anywhere comfortably
EXCEPT I'm q church. They fsttsn Very
slowly In . church. THIS proves they
cant live on religion any more than
minister can.
The next English Church Congnr,
will be held near Oxford In Octoter.
A. q large cobcOurse Is expectd, .
temporary building will be erected for
the purpose, to hold $500 PARSONS.
The sessions Of State Legislatures oil
over the country are opened with n
Iipious exercises and many devuut peo-
Die sre IN consequence beginning 10
doubt the efficacy Of prayer.
A Baptist clergyman out West says
be has almost seen the "inyi,ihie
church." He speht several days labor.
ing with church numbering lOJ or
more memb. ~, but could count only
fourteen at any meeting.
John, q ScJtchnian, meeting James,
vas ssked II he knew certain Peter.
ken Peter?' said he, "HoOts, man!
fine dae ken him. Him and mes
slept together In the same kirk for the
Ia,t " enty Year,"
The Prot. slant missionaries In Japan
are To hold general conference In GA.
ka during next month. The Proceed.
iugs are TO commence on the 10Th aud
will last for six days, accordingt to Tie
publ, he'd programme.
At The close Of q recent mission Ia st.
Palrick's. Church, IN New Haven.
Conn.,, about 500 men solemnly ple'is-
ed themselves not to go into y saloon
from I2 o'clock Saturday night until !!
o'clock Sunday night for one year.
Mr.. Walter G.. Jones, who nine years
alo gave the English Church Mission
sry Society $4,000 for work Ia
China aud Japan, has recently ma 10
thank-efi. ring Of 500, 900 for the recov.
ery OF his son from sickness. Four
years ago he gave $4,000 10 found the
India Native Church Missionary Fund.
As examples Of Christian liberality
among Chinese converts, an English
paper mentions two men who gave SO
each last year to preaching fund out
OF an annual income Of between 80
and $50. Another gave 50 out Of SIS .
year. A third gave 81 out OF $5f; two
Others, IS each out Of $50, and one 81
out Of $50.