Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-07
RELIGIOUS.

Chicago has so Roman Catholic
churches; fifty years ago 1t had none. st.
Louis has 45 churches Of the same demon.
ination.
The Presbyterian churches CT New Or
leans are all out Of debt, the First church
having paid of its indebtedness of $780,.
900 In two years.
DIR. Nicholson, Of St. Marks Episcopal
church, Philadelphia, has declined the
office Of bishop Of Indiana, to which he
was elected o few weeks since.
The Protestant Episcopal Chapel Of the
Holy Gross. Baltimore. recently received
forty-one members by confirmation, and Is
in q a urishing condition. 1t has now $50
COMMITMENTS anda guild actively engaged
in religious work.
A case of prayer-cure is reported from
Indianapolis, where . LADY, the sister of
the private secretary Of Gov. Porter, was
annointed and prayed with by the Rev. r;
H. Ramsey, the evangelist, and cured of q
| complication OF diseases which had render-
ed her q total wreck and had BATH ID the
skill of the best physicians for years.
The Methodists Of Q New Jersey town
most out of their wits by the contribution
Of . % gold piece which some unknown
stranger dropped into the collection box.
But In PAwtuoket, r. l., last Sunday
morning, somebody put q $lC0 gold bill
on the contributrh plate OF st. Paul't
church. TIE P~awtucket were not over
whelmed with astonishment, but took the
bonanza a. II 1t were an every day thing
The doors of Fifty .nine Baltimore church
es swing open the wrong way. Instead Of
opening toward tho street 90 % to present
no impeachment to the escape OF o panic
stricken congregation, they open inwardly,
SO Ga to pen the would-be fugitives into
the ~vestibules, and there let them smother
or burn to death. The Baltimore build
ing inspectors have wisely ordered that I'll
these doors shall be altered and hinged sc
as to swing outwardly.
Denominations, mostly small and queer
ones, are rapidly multiplying. In England
Every new sect has to be registered at th'
Government office at Somerset House
London. During the last twelve month";
thirteen new sects have been added to thu
lists, making q present total Of about $50
Several of the latest are In the line o
aggressive domestic missionary effort, ant
are evidently following up ideas and prac
tees originated by the Salvation Army
Among them are ouch belligerent names q
Army OF the htngb Owu, Ouristiai
Pioneers.'' "Holiness Army" "Hosanni
Army" Redeemed Army" Royal Gospe
Army" and Salvation Navy" Will
some OF these sects are engineered b.
devoutly sincere and earnest people. other
are set on foot by cranks, who feel com
PEELED to work off their surplus energy b.
doing something odd.
AT q church in Yorkshire, England
two shelves are filed on Sunday wit
loaves of bread for the poor. The poo
folks take these loaves away when tn
service is over. 1t II understood that Il
order to entitle q povsrty-stricken perso'
to o loaf of bread such person must b
, present during the whole Of the religion
exercises of the morning. The differene
between the poor In England and those
this country Is seen in such beni6cences O
this. There people will sit on benche
/; known as poor seats" and they will tax
"poorbread," which Is known to be pro
, vided for those who cannot pay for 1t. /
: this country If any church Jews al
; labeled "poor seats" or even known I
such, the poor cannot be induced
occupy them. AS for ''poor bread" Q
except the hungriest trAmps will starve I
death before they will touch 1t.