Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-07-25
Religious.

Religious.
Rev. A. Piston will preach in this city to-
morrow morning.
Missionary work was never before SO Wig
orously and successfully prosecuted.
Rev. Geo. Koenig will preach at Napoleon
Tomorrow morning and here tomorrow
night.
Usual services at the Methodist church to-
MORROW morning and night by Rev. Geo. ".
Walker.
The afternoon and Wednesday evening ser
vices at the Episcopal church will be discon-
t1nued until further notice.
Rev. j. A. Qusrles, D. D., will preach at
Carrollton, tomorrow morning and evening.
| Communion service will be held in the morn
ing.
Christ church, 9Th Sunday after Trinity
| Sunday school. 9:16. 9. m. Morning Prayer
with sermon at 1890, 9. N. Rev. John
Davis. Rector.
Daily services at the Catholic church, "a
O'Clock, q. NJ; Sunday services 8 and 104
o'clock, q. M, and q O'Clock, p. M, Rev. j.
J. Lilly officiating.
It is confidently expected that the emil
lion for missions, :" asked for by the Centen-
NAL Conference of the M%ethodists will be
raised during the current year, as the receipts
to July 1 4 amounted to over 800 900.
Elder Swartz will preach at the Christian
church at the usual hours, Tomorrow
both morning and evening. His even
ing theme will be, solves and Lazarus"
Alter the evening sermon there will be bap-
tismal services.
A private letter from Rev. Edward Judson.
D. D., under date of Queenstown, July 1.
ssys:-"I shall be of as soon as possible for
the Congo Valley, the plan being to sail in
the same ship with Mr.. Stanley, The first
ITO miles of the Congo are ns,igsble; then
comes q portage of 1856 miles around the Liv-
ingstone Falls. and then we have 81. 900 miles
Of the Congo havigable, and q nice little
steamboat at our disposal"
Bishop Potter, of New York, is organizing
q great religious revival, to be carried on in
the Episcopal churches of this country, be-
ginning Of the first Saturday after Thanks
giving, next fall. Ten evangelists will come
over from England to start the work. The
Episcopal clergy is in hearty accord with the
movement, and will hold . retreat before the
beginning Of the revival, to prepare them
selves spiritually for their labors.
1t would appear that King Leopold is re-
solved to make very thorough work in his
new African state. Not contented to leave
the missionary work to the London and
American societies and to the different Prot
estant denominations, he has, it Is said, made
arrangements to open an African seminary al
the University of Leyden, Holland, where
young men can prepare for missionary work
In the newly opened portions of Central
Africs.
At Bedford, England, the memory of the
author of the "Pilgrim's Progress" IS perpet.
uated by what is known as the Bunyau
Meeting House. The present incumb ent o.
the church is a Mr.. Brown. Mr.. Brown, Il
sppears, has for some years been engaged In
collecting material for q work ON Bunyan's
life and times. His position gave him greaI
advantages. The work Is now about to b.
published, and it will, it is said, disclose fol
the first time some interesting facts regard
ing Bunyan and his family. The Bunyan,
are traced back as far as the twelfth century
The Congregational Union of South Africs
held its annual meeting this year at Gras
Reinet, under the presidency of the Rev. r
Brit Peelton. As the result of some friend,
discussion it was agreed to establish q theolo
kicsl faculty at the Lovedale Institution, fol
the training of native preachers and teachers
The Rev. T. D. Philip, of GRAF Refnet, wa.
elected professor. 1t is confidently hopet
that the new faculty will be productive o
much good among the native tribes. It 4
looked upon also as a proof that Africa will
soon be able to help herself in the matter O
mission work.
The Rev. w. 8. Holt, late a Presbyteria,
missionary in Shanghai, is now laborin,
among the four thousand or five Thousand
Chinese In Portland, Oregon-a foreign mis-.
sionary In q home field. Such a state of thing,
could be found nowhere out of America
The peculiar condition of things is further
illustrated by the fact that a church wholly
composed of Japanese members has been or.
ganized by the Presbytery of San Francisco
Quite recently also the Cumberland Assem-
bly, authorized the organization of q presby
terry in Japan. Evidently the Presbyterian.
are not neglecting mission work.
Mr.. Ed. Winsor mi Mr.. and Mrs. VIM
Morrison returned from Plsttsburg yesterda,
morning. Mr.. Winsor Is charmed with the
Rev. Sam. Jones. He says the newspapers
convey q wrong impression of the man. he
found him to be educated, cultivated and tai.
ented. His rough language. he says, is usec
In such q gentle manner that it loses its ap.
pearsnce Of %roughness in the delivery, Will.
1t is Impressive and calculated to reach tat
masses. Mr.. Winsor says that the meeting /:
9 very large and successful one, there being
about 1000 people there Thursday, and in.
cressing. Tomorrow Is the last day that Mr.
Jones will be present. Mr.. and Mrs. Morri.
son were as greatly pleased as was Mr.. Win.
sor. Prof. Sellers was 80 much pleased that
he could not get away. On Friday all bust.
ness was suspended at Plsttsburg and La
throp in order that everybody might attend