Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-27
RELIGIOUS GLEANlNGS.

call for five missionaries for service in Bur- nah and India.
 George I. Seney has recently given to the Brooklyn Y. NJ. c. A. 2,0O0 volumes from his own library.
 There are 266 city missionaries in New York city alone, who make daily visits among the poor and sick of all denomina- tions.
 One hundred of the over four hundred young men in attendance at the recent Bible conference at Northfield, Mass, are pledged to foreign mission work.
 A Christian is the best commentary on the New Testament But there are not enough commentaries to send out The edi- tion is small.-H. w. Beecher.
 Conciseness is not necessarily a question of long or short. Some sermons not half an hour long are prolix; others twice as long sententious.-Christian Advocate.
 ''When look at the congregation" said London preacher, II say, Where are the poorp When I count the offertory in the vestry I say, Where are the richr"
 Vast preparations are being made in Rus sa, under the authority of the czar, for the celebration next July of the ninth centennial of the advent of the Greek church in his em- pire.
 The king of Corea has ordered the Protest ant and Catholic missionaries ill his kingdom to cease teaching the doctrines of Christi anity. Missionary authorities consider the check to be only temporary.
 The Congregational Year Book for 1888 will give the following statistics: Whole number of churches, 4,404 members, 457 ,5S4, being an actual gain of l,205; Sunday O1 ohNlo NFO
 The Christian Union has changed its motto from "Our part is to conspire with the new works of new ys"-Emerson-to "We know no truth that is not the child of love and the parent of duty"-adapted from Phillips Brooks.
 The Chautauquan says that Bishop J. H. Vincent will be seen and heard at Chautauqua somewhat as in other years, "notwithstand- ing his new duties as bishop, and asserts that he will retain general supervision of the Chautauqua university"
 The 10th anniversary conference of the Methodist church in Ireland has just com- pleted it's sittings in Centenary chapel, Dublin. There were present TO members. The Rev. John Walton, of the British con- ference, occupied the chair. The reports showed that Methodism is holding its own in Ireland.
 Toronto Methodism is spreading. Senator Mcdonald recently laid the corner stone of new church in the northwest part of the city to cost sSO,OOO. The corner stone was also recently laid of a new church ill Spadina avenue to cost $65, 5,0O0. Four churches are now in course of erection ill that city.
 Mr. Lawrence OHphant, of literary fame, but also noted for his advocacy of Palestin- ian hot Rothschild's pet colony cost him a5O,O MT. Oliphant's advice is: "Send nothing to Palestine, but save and collect money for the future and its great changes-a contingency which may be more immediate than is gen. erally supposed"
 The total membership of the Methodist church in the thirty-tive districts in Great Britain is AIS, sos. Last year it was 412, ,29S, showing an increase of 3,51O. In twenty districts there is an increase of 4,6S4, and in fifteen other districts there is a decrease of 1898. There are S4, ,564 members on trial, 56,219 young persons in society classes, and 25, ,S67 ceased to be members.
 Few know how much they are dependent upon the influence of Christian organiza. tions and associations for the regulation of their thoughts. No one man in a million could think out system and adhere to it consistently. The consensus of faith in the church, embodied in its hymns, prayers and services, without enslaving steadies the men, tai processes. Advocate
 The next attempt to rebuild Jerusalem is to be made by Dr. Sivartha, of Chicago He is said to have already worked out exten- sive plans for the rebVilding of Jerusalem, for its temples, etc, in harmony with the prophetic description of the Bible. Accord ing to his idea, the New Jerusalem is to be a center of learning, of political influence and religious capital Who is Dr. Sivarthai A crank.-Jewish Messenger.