The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-05-30
Minor Religious Notes.

The Greek Christians OF Chicago are to erect
church edifce, the third in the country.
The Ulm cathedral. begun in 1877, will he
finished next year. 1t viii hold $4,000 people.
The police force of Kansas City to a man are
members of church. Two are elders and
several are deacons.
An anti-Sunday travelling union has existed
in this country for about four years. 1t has
about 5000 members.
Sir Andrew Barclay Walker, formerly mayor
OF Liverpool, has offered to give $3.50, 900 toward
building cathedral in that city.
Mr.. George II. Stuart, the well known Chris
tan philanthropiSt of Philadelphia, has retired
from active business life owing TO i'll health.
King Cetewayo's nephew has spent six years
studying theology in Sweden He will now re-
turn as Christian missionary to his native
land.
The great missionary conference to be held
in Exeter hall, London, June to 10, will, il is
said, be council second in importance to none
since the day of Pentecost.
The English church missionary society has
lust issued provisional agreement for the pur-
chase of central premises in Rome at a cost of
$4,000. Lancashire lady has promised $1O,-
600 of the amount.
Cardinal Gibbons and thirteen archbishops
meet in Baltimore early in June to decide what
the attitude of the church shall be toward the
Knights of Labor, the American Federation of
Labor and the Anti-Poverty society.
The annual report of the American tract
society shows that the receipts for the year were
$4i9,S5S and the expenses S44S, 504. One hum
bred and ninety-fOur cOlporteures have been
employed in the United States during the past
year.
A church newspaper may be useful. Only it
should confne itself to its mission. 1t should
not he wadded with extracts from sermons and
selected articles" Its editor should have the
motto: "Ihis one thing l do, namely, L give
church news."-Ihe ReU. J0hl. Q. Goddard.
There are now more presbyterian congrega-
tons in France than in Ireland, and more in
Wales than in either There are 100 in the
Netherlands, 1900 in Hungary, while the
church is well represented in Belgium, Boz
henlia, Morayia, Spain, Italy and Switzerland.
The principal Dutch church at the Cape OF
Good Hope is presbyterian, and IN Australia
and New Zealand, in Persia, India, China,
Japan and the New Hebrides there are either
growing presbyterian churches or hOurishing
presbyterian missions, while in the United
States and Canada there are 1900 congrega-
tons connected with the Characterization ut
Work.
1t is $50 years since the first baptist church
was formed in New England. The order in
which the six states came 70 have such
churches was: Rhode Island Massachusetts,
Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont,
the latter coming into line 100 years later than
1853. Then, in l76S there were 81 churches in
e-+N~S
ters. Since the last-named year, during the sue
ceeding 12O years until now, there has been
great progress made. Ia 1887 there were in the
six states 9H churches, with l24,S9S members
% churches, III 100 members and 30 ministers;
Massachusetts,, 302 churches, 54,439 members
and 35S minister's; Connecticut, l29 churches,
p, 099 members and IA ministers; New Hamp
shire, so churches, $40 members and So minis
tiers; Maine, 24S churches 1868 members and
.aw.ruf N
members and % ministers. During the year
ending October, 1887, there was a gain of 10
churches, 1,696 members and III Minister'S
Christian ut Hork.