Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-29

The Rev Edward Judson is now in Nova
Scotia, receiving contributions for the Adon-
| IRAN Judson Memorial church.
The total expense Of the Methodist Episco-
pal general conference OF 1888, according to
official statement Of Treasurer J. NJ Philips,
was over SCI, 900.
A German photographed publication has
catalogued Rider Haggards king Solo
mons Mines under the head OF Old Tesla
! ment literature
The American Bible society reports the re-
ceipt Of S42 ,679 A during June and the issu-
ing of e, 434 copies Since April l, 262, $40
copies have been issued.
The state Baptist convention of Louis
lana, after long debate, by vote Of forty
four for to torty-two against admission, re-
jected female delegates.
The prosecution Of the bishop of Lincoln
for ritualisric practices at the instance of the
Church association is not expected to como
of until the end OF the year.
The Reformed Presbyterian Church synod,
at its recent session, directed the local ses-
sions to prosecute according to church disci-
pine, members who advertise In Sunday
newspapers.
Grover Cleveland is the son of Fresby-
terrain minister; Allen G. Thurman is the
son of the Rev. Pleasant Thurman; Levi P.
Morton is the son of Congregational min
lister; John 4. Brooks is minister.
The National Conference Of Charities and
Correction, in session at Buffalo recently,
elected Bishop Gillespie, of Grand Rapids,
Mich, as president for the coming year. San
Diego, Cal, is the meeting place in 1889.
Presbyterianism in New England has stead
lily increased dUilng the last five years. Since
1888 the number of churches has increased
from eighteen to thirty-one and the member
ship from 1915 to Ass A church has
recently been established in Newport, r. l.
DR.. Barry, bishop of Sydney, New South
Wales, is to be transferred to the see Of
Derby The arrangements if carried out,
will, it is claimed, give great offense to the
colony, where the feeling prevails that what
Australia needs is the graves OF some Of her
bishops.
A London bookseller recently received the
following order from steward, who had been
intrusted with the task of filing up his
masters library shelves: ''ln the first place,
want six feet of theology, the same quantity
of metaphysics, and near yard of old civil
law in foo"
The Rev. c. S. Nutter, of Haverhill Mass,
has had reprint of the Methodist Discipline
for l7SS made 1t is believed to contain tho
Discipline of 1857 NO historian of the Dis
cipline, and no historian of our own church
since Jesse Lee, ever saw the Discipline Of
1857 and 1888 until now," says The Christian
Advocate.
The pope has decided that all his jubilee
presents which are of n sacred nature are to
form Leonine museum, which he intends to
establish ia the Basilica of St John de Lat
eran. The royal presents and all the secular
objects are to be permanently placed in one
of the halls of the Vatican, and will be left
as heirlooms of the papacy.
A correspondent of The Evangelist, de-
scribing the recent Worlds Missionary con-
ference held in London, says that to him one
of its most remarkable features was the ex-
elusive use of English. German missionaries
from Africa; French, Swedish Swiss, Dutch
and Danish representatives, every one Of
.>sem spoke in English and Ito OBLIGATION"