The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-21

course, had the advantage, but the Presby-
terians have held their own, and ut the present
day there 40 two Presbyterian churches, as
against four Anglican, one Wesleyan and lone
Roman Catholic.
In the opinion Of many of the clergy, boy
preachers have about had their day." The
crudeness ignorance and conceit OF many OF
them have done more harm than good. And the
epileptic sort Of religion which they produce Is
not found to be either permanent or desirable
Father LIE Pallieur founder Of the famous
and benehcent order of the Little Sisters of the
Poor is still living in Paris, where the order
was started in 1910. The first sister, Marie Au
gustine de la Compassion. also survives and
there are now 240 houses and nearly 1000 sisters
in the order.
Cardinal Manning lately opened at Kilburn,
London, home of rest for Roman Catholic ine
briates-the first that has been established for
their special benefit IL his address DR.. Man.
ming spoke cordially Of the zeal with which
members Of the Church of England and others
had founded and were successfully conducting
similar institutions.
The following notice appeared in a Methodist
paper, over the name of q presiding elder in
lowa II want preacher Of the old style, who
can ride in circuit, live in a small parsonage,
work hard, live on small psy-$400-pay his
way, and come to conference with q record of
forty converts None others need apply"
Most Rev. Archbishop McGettigan, Roman
Catholic primate of Armagh, not only had the
bells OF his cathedral tolled on the death Of the
Protestant primate, Dr. Beresford but attended
the funeral in person. This is as it should be,
and recalls Tertullian's time, when it could be
said with truth that Christians loved one an
other.
Bishop Bowman. the senior bishop of the Meth
odlst episcopal Church. while presiding at the
Louisiana Conference. recently, stated that after
holding the Mississippi Conference. the following
week, he would have held Methodist conferences
in every State and Territory in the Union, as
we'll as in japan. India. China, and several other
foreign countries
The first German Baptist Church in this coun-
try was organized in Newark, N. j., in 1849. A
conference was organized in 1851, with eight
churches, eight pastors and 404 members. In
1885 there were 100 churches, Isl pastors and
1886 members. During the past year their con-
tributlons for home missions amounted to ST.
l75 and for current church expenses $119 944 an
average Of 1922 for each church, and more than
So for each member.
The Episcopalians are beginning to discuss,
with great earnestness the merits and dement's
OF the proposed revised Prayer-book, which will.
ton. 1t is found that q great many church
members admit the need of revision. but cannot
bear the thought Of any change in the book
which they have learned to love. DR.. W. R.
Huntington. the accomplished rector of Grace
Church, in New York, is the admitted champion
of the revised book.
There are eighty-fve permanent English
chaplaincles in Europe scattered through ten
nations and covering an area of 100000 square
miles. These figures will explain why An En-
glish bishop appointed some time ago to take
charge of these chaplaincies has broken down
through overwork His duties required him to
be on the go all the time, continually flying from
one end of Europe to the other He was. as
some of the clergy irreverently said, q mere
confirming machine"
The plenary council held in Baltimore in No
vember, 1884, petitioned Rome to have the feasts
of obligation made uniform in the United States.
as in some sections there were more feasts of
that character than in others. Rome has sane
toned the petition, and hereafter there will only
be six feasts of obligation. viz: Christmas,
New Years day. Ascension of Our Lord, As
sumption of the Blessed Virgin. All Saints. and
the Immaculate Conception. This leaves out
Corpus Christi and the Annunciation of the
Blessed Virgin, both heretofore holidays of obi
cation.
The number of communicates in connection
with the various evangelical missions in China is
now reported at 26 2S7, of whom 1854 are
credited to American societies. TO- 044 to British,
and ], 700 to continental. The Presbyterian
board stands at the head of the list, with g. III;
the English Presbyterian board comes next, with
l05 and the London society is third with 2, 924.
The Presbyterian board has the greatest number
of native helpers-213. The China Inland has
the largest force of missionaries-113. There
are in all 554 missionaries including male and
female. and !. 45O native helpers