St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-23

London Bible societies gave away 1885,
ego copies of the scriptures last year.
The Methodist ministers of the Ohio con-
ference have voted to sign pledge of absti-
nence from opium and tobacco.
There is a small tempest among the Pres
byterians of Philadelphia over the acceptance
of money, raised by means of charity ball.
The Rev. j. W. Pilsbury pastor of the NJ.
E. church at Mt. Sterling, Ohio, has become
insane on the subject of sanctifcation.
It is said that the efforts of the Mormon
PROSECUTING agents in the south have been SO
well rewarded that the force will be doubled
this spring.
In Berlin a decree has been issued forbid
ding the sale of intoxicating liquor ''on
credit" The penalty for disobedience is the
immediate withdrawal of the license.
The Rev. Charles J. Holt, rector of Holy
Innocents P. E. church, Baltimore, has re-
ceived, and is considering a call from the old
Trinity parish of Portsmouth, Va.
The American branch of the Evangelical
alliance has accepted the Invitation of the
Swedish branch to hold the next worlds con-
ference at Stockholm, in August next
Rev. Arthur Mitchell, D. D., will not ac
cept the sccretaryship of the foreign missions
and remains in the pastorate of the First
Presbyterian chnrch in Cleveland, Ohio.
The Young Mems Christian Association of
Newark, n. j., organized about two years
ago, now numbers over 1000 members,
with prospect of doubling it this year.
Out of the $40 places in Palestine west of
the Jordan mentioned in the Bible 430 have
been identified, 132 of which identifications
were made by the staff of the Palestine Ex-
ploration fund.
DR.. Horatius Bonar of Edinburg, is one Of
the greatest hymn-writers of the age; but in
his own congregation the psalms are in use,
and until recently no hymns have been per-
mitted.
Sister Rose, one of the Visitation commu
nifty, died at Mt. De Sales, Baltimore, on the
18th. She entered the sisterhood at the
Georgetown convent in 1851, and was Miss
Lindsay.
One of the most prevalent superstitions
about precious stones, is the superstition
that most of the alleged diamonds worn in
the ears of the ladies and shirt fronts of gen.
tlemen are precious.
Mrs. Talmage is great favorite with the
congregation of her husbands church. She
is of medium height and has a refined face,
with large clear eyes, and soft hair, slightly
sprinkled with gray.
Twenty deaf mutes in Norwich, Conn, are
members of a congregational church, and
they have formed a Bible class under charge
of teacher familiar with their mode of con-
versation.
The Sunday school children of the United
States have contributed $25, 900 towards the
cost of steam missionary vessel of 425 tons.
She will be built at Bath, Maine, and is
expected to sail for Honolulu in November.
The Sultan of Morocco has just held
celebration in honor of his marriage with his
1,0OOth wife. The fact that 400 of his wive
are sleeping in the church yard beneath the
daises lent saddening aspect to the affair
The Bishop of Lahore recently stated that
what he knew of India and Persia pc rsonally
the learned Hindoos and Persian philos pliers
were now more than ever students of the
Bible, and full of thoughtful enquiry as to
the doctrines of christianity.
A grocer who prays for his fellow-men on
Sunday, and preys on them the rest of the
week, being asked why he sold the same
sugar at 10 cents to poor people and Is cents
to the rich replied: Well, don't st. Paul
command: "Charge them that are rich in
the world.'
The melancholy discovery is made that
ssgosh'' is the worst kind of swearing.
Eliot in his Indian Bible uses ''osh'' (my
father for the Almighty, and the early
missioners employed ''gosh' (your father.
1t is said the Indians at once adopted the lat
ter word for the uses Of profanity.
The pupils of the common school at North
Egremont, Maine, after several weeks of in
subordination, turned their lady teacher out
of school the other day, and the town COM
mittee were obliged to place the school in
charge of male teacher, who is getting
along without much trouble.
Ben Deering is editor of newspaper and
pastor of a church at Carthage, Missouri,
IN anages another newspaper and breaches
for another church at CentreVille, has still