Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-30

Inc most popular American 10 London
is Mr.. John r. Bigelow. His hospitality
is princely. MIS-. Bigelow and her two
daughters are always doing kind Offices,
and their home on Cummel Road is the
resort of the elite of England and Amer
lea.
There are in the Turkish Empire the
following missionary agencies: Thirty
central stations, five colleges for giving
ordinary education, and others for theo'
logical purposes; 12l churches, 4OC
preaching stations. 900 pastors, teachers
and other Christian workers; 10000 reg
ular attendants at their places of worship,
of whom 10000 are communicates"
The will Of phi SelIew Of s.. Louis
bequeath $4,000 to 81. Louis Institutions.
$40 900 Of which is to the manual train
ing school Of Washington university
$4,000 TO St. Luke's hospital; $4,000
10 the Mission Free School, and $4,000
each to the Missouri theatrical society,
the Episcopal Orphans Home, the Memo
rial Home, and the German Protestant
Home.
Even the Rutland Herald comedies that
the various missionary societies are doing
grand work all over India. and in the city
of Lucknow, where twenty seven years
ago there were no native Christians, there
are now over fourteen hundred children
in the Sunday schools of one denomination
alone. The children Of some of the Sepoy S
are now educated Christians and minis.
tiers of the gospel.
Mr.. B. J. Warner Of Brooklyn, n. T.,
s erecting beautiful structure in New
York city in memory Of Hon. William E.
Dodge. 1t is to have large temperance
halls. reading rooms, coffee room. and
offices, with the intention Of having a
place where the youth of the neighbor,
hood will find friendly and pleasant
resort without going to the saloon. 1t is
expected that the building will cost $780,.
900.
The religious question in Japan Tow is
certainly Christ or BuIdha." The Budd,
hist faith has teen formulated SO as 10
present an opposing front to the whole
series Of Christian doctrine. A training
school for the inGcctrinaton of Young
japanese in Buddhism has been establish
ed. A Buddhist journal advertises Tom
Pane's Age of R.ason rs an anahi,ating
answer to Christianity. The battle is, or
soon will be, set in order.
1t is said hat Mormons are becoming
not only uneasy, but desperate. On re-
cent Sunday their apostles boldly an
nounced in their tabernacle, that Nor
monism, with all lis peculiar institutions,
will be ccntinped in spite of congress
or any o'her power on earth; that moth
ing but the killing Of all the saints can
stay its course. 4 Mormon residing in
Utah has written:
Before many years from this, your
ears will b. sauled by he roar OF cannon
AID the clash Of swords, t" the overthrow
OF million, Of m,n III the United States"
Rev John d Wit Miller, II clergyman
who, in Offering prayer in the New Jrr,
>ey assembly last week. d that no
Memhor would have 10 explain when he
went home how he got rich on Il salary
of $500, has just sent to each member Of
the legislature c .rd, in which he bpgs
leave o suggest, A thuge is likely to be
a gteut cunll CT Of railroad matters at Tren
ton this winter, that members would be
able to maintain a more impartial and
honest attitude toward proposed railroad
legislation, thu serving their constituents
and r,tl ing honor upon themselves, if
they would, when j1urLeying bptween The
clpital and their respective homes and
elsewhere throughout the state, initiate
the example set by the Ninevte prophet
on his journey Ivy ship from Joppa TO
Tarshish. See Jonah, i; g." The verse
referred to reads: And he found ship
going to Tarshish; 50 he paid the fare
thereof