The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-04-25
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4 worlds conference OF tie 81. L. y. VIII
be held at Stockholm in August.
The presbyterian church, organized in 1883,
has $50 presbyteries S,S23 ministers, 1l,2l2
churches or parishes, and 10000 members.
A Chinese Y. NJ. c. A., which was organized
few months ago in Sydney, " ). W, by 3
Chinese missionary, now numbers 100 members.
The Rev. Dr. Matthew Yates, the oldest OF
the baptist missionaries in China, having been
there forty-two years, died March Il, aged
seventy.
John D. Rockefeller. president of the Stand
erd oil company. has offered 10 give $4,000
toward q y. ". c. \. building at Cleveland,
o.. provided that pledges for $4,000 which
have been received are doubled.
4 4 darby preacher from Bath recently ad-
monished Geneva audience against the sin Of
bribery al election, as follows: "Dis ting OF
eittin 500 for vote is all wrong. Ten dollars
is rs much IS il is worth. ~ '0lnyTa Democrat.
A Kansas church has hit upon shrewd
scheme for increasing rs collections. u has
selected u number OF pretty girls as collectors,
and now the returns are very heavy, for II J
fair plate.passer secs any reluctance on the
part Of gentlemen visitors 70 contribute, she
simply smiles pleasantly upon him and mo-
lions in the direction Of the plate. He can't
resist, and usually puts in quarter al least.
From the city of Mexico 800 people have
started for Rome 10 visit the pope. This pill
grimage, though 30 briefly announced, is by far
the largest and most important ever made from
this continent. Great secrecy has been main
tanned regarding the arrangements for the
pilgrimage, and the real purposes for which
IL Is designed have not been made known; but
those who are in position TO know, are conn
dent that the movement is OF great religious
importance.
A recent enumeration of the congregations al
the leading London churches showed that DR.
Joseph Parker at the city temple had a morn
ing audience Of 1928 and an evening one OF
2,4l5. ST. Paurs congregation numbered ], 662
and twenty church of England congregations
numbered about 600 each. The largest Jewish
church held $50 worshippers and the Roman
catholic which was said TO have the largest
audience attracted only 1902. Mr.. Spurgeon.
OF course, is listened TO by 5000 pe0ple.-IAe
C0ngregdtioRQiiSt. ~
The question of clergymen's salaries is an
interesting one. Dir. Beecher's salary was for
q long time the largest paid any minister IN
this country. lie received $4,000. 4 few
years ago the Fifth-ave. presbyterian church Oi
New York increased DR.. John Halls pay 10
this comfortable figure. 1t the close OF the
war Nr. Beecher's salary was $4,000, and IL
was in 1870 that it was raised TO $4,000. But
Mr.. Beecher was a very generous man as well
as a man OF extrayGgant tastes, and $4,000 was
to him what s. coo would be 10 most clergy
men. DR.. Hall Of Brooklyn receives $1,000;
Or. Talmage $4,000, and as much more from
his lecturing tours, and Drs. Storrs and Cuyler
Prof. Drummond tells this story about Mt.
Moody: "When Mr. Moody returned to North
field the unitarians and Roman catholics Of the
place gave him the cold shoulder: even his
own mother and brother who were unitarianS,
would not receive him. But by living kindly,
Christian life, he has won the whole town OF
E0rthfeld to his feet. When the Roman cath
Olics asked him for subscription, he not only
gave them one, and Mr.. Saukey, too, but also
presented them with en- organ. The effect OF
that action has been marvellous and now every
Roman catholic in the place would lay down
half his life for Mr.. Moody. The priest blessed
him from the altar, and told the people that il
ever Mr.. Moody wanted 10 build church they
were to drag down stones for him from the
mountains. This they had actually done, and
Mr.. DrUmmond saw piles of stones lying about
on the site OF Mr.. MOOdys contemplated church.
Thus he gets hold of the people by being kind
TO them and living down their opposition"
The New York and the Newark methodist
episcopal conferences have asked the general
conference by a nearly unanimous vote that all
the elections for general church officers except
bishops, be taken out of the general conference.
The powers OF the general conference are very
great, and its patronage is immensely valuable.
1t is commended that the time required in prop
erly and wisely appOrtiOning this patronage in
terferes seriously with the legislative duties OF
the conference Besides that if the conference
had no offices 10 I'LL except that of bishops,
there would not be so greIta desire on the part
OF selfseeking men to be elected delegates.
Besides the vacant bishoprics, four book agents,
four secretaries and eleven editors are chosen
by the conference. All these are positions OF
honor and emolument and are eagerly sought
|. by prominent methOdists. Nor are they the
only positions at the disposal Ofthe conference;
composed of AZ delegates, elected In all 424
officers