The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-16
Religious Notes.

Last year the number of communicates in the
Presbyterian Church in Canada increased 1896.
The Presbyterian mission in Mexico has pur-
chased for its use one of the principal Roman
Catholic churches in Zacatscas
The census of 1881 showed that there were in
Ireland g. 1851. 1888 Roman Catholics 635, go Epis-
eopalians AS, 500 Presby terians, Al, 669 Metho-
nists.
Charnock, The more believers love God, the
more they love one another; as the lines of cir
Gle, the nearer they come to the CENTER the near
Or they come to each other
Lord Randolph Churchill is authority for the
statement that the Protestant religion has ex-
listed in Ireland for six centuries. antedating the
Reformation by almost three hundred years
The report of George Muller's work for 1885 is
summarized as follows Last year, without ap-
plying to single person, his receipts amounted
TO $500 000 He has received in all from the be-
ginning more than S., 600.
The next General Assembly of the Presbyte
Ran Church will contain about $50 commission
srs, a reduction of say 100, mainly distributed
Rs follows: New York, %; Pennsylvania II;
Ohio II; Illinois, Is; Indiana, 8; Iowa, H. total
81.
According to statistics in the Observer, the
leading denominations in this country have the
following numbers: Methodists 4 000. 900; Bap-
lists, $780, 000 Presbyterans, l,400, 900; Luther
ans, Oil, O00 Congregationalists. 4lS,000 Episco-
palians, 405, 900,
Dr. Clemence S. Losier and Hamilton Wilcox
have written a letter to Leo XIII thanking him
in the name of the woman suffrage party of New
York for his .sjust and benefcent decision in the
base of the Primrose League of England sane
honing womans taking part in politics"
The Rev. r. p Hammond has been holding
meetings for the last six months in London la
boring in rs many as fourteen different localities
All denominations have united in the work,
ministers and others heartily cooperating in the
Man nf aud \
Engaged with Mr. Hammond in revival meetings,
oven some of the high churchmen.
The Cumberland Presbyterian pronounces
Chaplain Milburn, whose prayers for practical re-
suits are called eccentric, and have been severe
Iy criticised, model chaplain. 1t says: I'VE
believe that all good men will be glad that We
have chaplain in our national legislature. who
aares to speak into the ear of God our national
Bins, even though it should displease the Solons
Who legisate for great people"
The Jewish Reformer refers to the increasing
number of marriages, especially in France, be-
tween the more wealthy Jews and Christians
and regards the matter as furnishing food for
herious reflection. What, it asks will become of
Jewish life, of the Jewish race, il this tendency
once gets the upper hand, if the example of those
ut the top OF society is followed by those next in
rank who desire to air their fashionable tastes
and predilectionsl
The Christian Union thinks ut is certain that
to-day the demand is not half so much for
finely educated scholars preaching to cultivated
congregations as it is for men who have come up
from the people without having come away from
them, who know their lives. and homes, and
shoughts, and hearts. and who can speak to
them Of their own lives and in their own Ian
guage. The church is tolerably well equipped
with preachers in silk gowns; what it most needs
to-day il more shirtsleeve preachers"
.sThe American Baptist Year Book for 1885,
reports an aggregate of IS. 953 churches and
2.572 238 members. being an increase during tie
last year of 354 churches and Ga, ass members.