The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-08-27

CHURCH NOTES.

Henry Ward Beecher is to be the hero of a
,oyel which member of his congregation is
writing
-Four new churches are building at St Paul,
Mimi, at the expense Of s25O,OW,
In Augusta, Ga. the churches have rules
which forbid gentlemen from sitting on the
right side of the house, rs that part is occu-
pied by ladies.
A handsome brass tablet is TO he erected In
the Episcopal chapel of st. James, at Elberon,
In the memory of President Grant. 1t will
be similar in design TO the one placed in the
same edifice in memory of President Garfield,
An exchange asserts that the Zion Hebrew
congregation of st. Paul has adopted heroic
method for testing the sermonizing qualities
of a.candidate for its pulpit. He is not per-
mitted to fire his very best sermon at the CON
gregation, but committee meets him on the
way to church, gives him text, and he is
expected to preach from it without further
notice
Probably the youngest preacher in the
world is J. Il. Bill, Baptist, only 12 years of
age who preached a sermon on the 9th ult
at st. Martins, N B., to large congrega-
tion. He was born to the profession, his
father being clergyman.
The Beecher family Is thrifty one. Mr.
Beecher is under salary to his congregation
Meanwhile he is lecturing abroad, under the
Pond management Meanwhile, also, he is
preaching on Sunday, and his sermons are
being published in The Brooklyn Magazine,
and he receives royalty for the publication.
Meanwhile, still further, Mrs Beecher is
writing letters about the trip for the same
magazine and she comes in for her share Of
Il 4 ,,,,tl tl,.,
money you makel" Mr.. Beecher was once
asked. "Bless mel" he replied that's just
what have been asking myself all my life"
Washington Hatchet.
Bishop Riley paid S35, 900 for the Protestant
Episcopal church property in the City of
Mexico, and now the same property has
value of Sl,000,000, so great has been the in
crease. Bishop Riley is visiting in New
York, where he chats with friends in Spanish,
Italian and English, according to the linguis-
tic string that happens to be pulled.
A letter written by Dr. Talmage to one of
his congregation last week Informed the re-
cipient of the mssve that the doctor had
preached at Asheville, N. G., the new sum-
mer resort in the heart of the Carolina noun
tains, to the largest audience ever brought
together in that settlement and probably the
services in the state. The doctor is now
making the round of sundry camp meetings.
whereat he has engaged to speak, and the full
fillment of those engagements will occupy
him until the Tabernacle, freshened and
beautifed, is opened in about the middle of
September. He will speak in New jersey,
Ohio, Michigan, Canada and New York
Brooklyn Eagle.
A church at Cornwall, Ills, says The Chi
cago News, has long been inhabited by
swarms of bees. They finally became so plen-
tiful that they drove the pastor and congre-
CATION out of church. Last week a party Of
men ripped open the side of the church and
found that the bees had piled up honey in the
wall to the height of sixteen feet
The large sum of So 1915 was paid the other
day in England for copy of the sermon
preached by John Knox S21 years ago this
month, "For the whiche he was inhibite
preaching for a season."
Mr.. Ruskin as was recently related in the
papers, took occasion to advise churches not
to run into debt. "Starve and go to heaven, "
he said, "but don't borrow. Try first beg
ging," Forthwith methodist church in a
neighboring village took him at his word and
begged of him, and in reply he sent them a
guinea and gracious letter.
A copy Of the first edition of the Bible in
the English language, translated by Miles
Coverdale, and issued in 1886, was, says an
exchange, sold in London the other day. 1t
is so excessively rare that no perfect copy is
known to exist, and the one under notice had
the title and first few leaves supplied in fac
smile, as also was the map. With all these
disadvantages to which was added the one OF
being a "glubby" copy, it fetched f12O.-
Christian Union.
In Ireland the Episcopalians number 6OO,.
600; Presbyterians 4s5, 600; Methodists and
Unitarians, 10000; and Congregationalists
Baptists and other minor denominations
about 10000.
In Denver, Colo, out Of n Chinese popula.
tion of 800, l75 are in schools and 100 Of them
under decided religious influence. In Sar
Francisco there are 24S members connected
with the Chinese and Japanese churches, IS
having been added during the past year
There are $50 pupils in their schools. Their.
are also four Chinese Sunday schools in
Chicapn