The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-17
RELIGIOUS Notes.

Presbyterianism has just held its third annual
general assembly in japan.
Do the truth you know, and you shall learn
she truth you need to know
Eli Perkins has been made vestryman of the
Church of the Trinity, New York city.
This year Easter falls on April Is. Easter, it
ia said, has not fallen on the same date since
1884
Philadelphia has SIS Sunday-schools, with
155, 348 scholars and 10, 1893 teachers, about a
fifth of its population.
The long-expected biography of the poet Long
fellow is finally completed, and will be published
in February.
The Congregational Church Society in Wall
angford, Conn.,, was organized in 1875. and in a
continuance of 21O years has recently installed
its seventh pastor
women now in the Universalist ministry. Seven
teen of them are in charge of parishes and six
of these are settled in Illinois.
OF the az 972 new members who came into the
Presbyterian churches last year on profession of
their faith in Christ, 90 778 or nearly one-half
were in the Sabbath-schools of the church.
The late Baroness Fahnenberg. of Paris
France, gives, after certain requests, the re-
mainder of her estate to found in Lexington,
KY, asylum for the children of poor white
Protestants.
Canon Liddon, the learned and eloquent
preacher of St Pauls. London, accompanied by
his sister, Mrs r. P King. has left England for
Egypt and Palestine, the Canon's condition re-
curing imperativey heightened and absolute
rest
Rubber baptismal pants are now freely ad-
vertised in the leading Baptist papers. Exactly
what John the Baptist would say about these
garments were he to come to earth and witness a
baptismal service in which they were used is not
known.
The Pope has issued brief to the clergy of
Italy, forbidding the use of polkas, waltzes and
other forms of dance music in churches One
could wish that that Papal brief, at least could
be enforced in some American Protestant
churches.
The circulation of the Scriptures in the whole
world since the beginning of the present century
is estimated at 200 600, 900 copies, of which 100
O00. 0G0 are placed to the credit of the British,
so 600 900 to the American. and 30, 100000 to all
the other Bible societies.
The Lutherans in the United States built, in
1884 1t is said, 253 churches. The number for
1885 will, it is thought, reach 300. The new
churches are for English, German, Norwegian
Swedish, Danish, Slavic, Servian, Finn and
Icelandic congregations.
The Churchman prints little extract from the
diary OF the late Bishop Otey showing the pious
and practical sides of his character: Left home
this morning for the visitation of Mississippi. 7
first burned out all the chimneys. and commend
ed my dear wife and children to Cod
A missionary correspondent of the illustrated
Christian Weekly says that the percentage of in
crease of the churches in the foreign field for
1884, instead of being twenty fold greater than
In the home field, as has been stated by that
journal, is really thirty five fold greater
The Congregational Year book shows the fol-
lowing statistics Churches, lilo; gain, rs; min.
listers, 4, 043; of whom without pastoral charges.
1,I79; church members 418, 564; gain, II. Ol5;
added on profession, 81 729 number in Sunday
schools. 5l0339 gain, 3l.977; benevolent contri-
buttons 81, 700 235 ~ increase, $176 80 3d. home
expenditure, $4567 727 81; increase, $685., G22 IS;
theological students, 367.
The Rome correspondent Of the Record says:
sThe organs OF the Vatican announce that the
fcrrnalities for the Qualification OF Joan Of Arc.
the Maid of Orleans. are begun. This is the pre-
fminarJ step 10 her canonizatios Some of the
italian papers satircally suggest that Arnoldo di