The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-03-07
PEW AND PULPIT.

There are in the Sunday schools of tbs
Christian world 16, 447 900 scholars, l. 952, 9.
167 teschers, making grand total of 49,
400, 157.
An American clergyman observes that
there are three parties In his congregation
"a mission party, an anti-mission party,
and an Omission party.
81 hear that several members of the
church have gone crazy over the subject of
religion?" "Yes, sir; our revival gather
ipgs are meeting with glorious success"
The Art Association OF Montreal has
declined gift of SIC. 600, in consequence
of its having been offered with a provlso
that the museum should be open on Sun.
day.
Rev. Abraham s. Issacs proposes an in
ternational religious conference on grand
scale, to include Christians of all varieties,
Jews, Mohammedans, Buddhists and
Brahmans.
"Give us this day our daily beer" said
Flossie, as she was repeating her nightly
Flossie ?p sharply demanded her mother.
II was praying for papa. didn't care
much for bread, anyhow"
There are now in the mission field 2. 400
unmarried ladies, besides, probably, an
equal number of the married. In the
early days of missions it was not thought
a lady could could enter the ranks of mis-
sion workers except ss the wife OF mis-
sionary.
They tell of two brothers near Harrods-
burg, Ky, who look so much alike that
recently ere of them who had made pro-
fession of eligion and was about to be i'm
mersed, and who thought that he didn't
want to gel wet, paid the other to be bap.
tized in his place.
Congregationalism in England and Wales,
as reported by the yearbook Just issued is
represented by 4,504 churches and stations,
with seats for ,625 600. The total nun.
bes OF ministers, however, is ouly 26SG
The fifteen Congregational colleges in En-
gland, Scotland and Wales have forty-three
professors and $50 students
A training school Tor young men, who
will give their lives to work among the
negroes, has been opened under the care of
Rev. John SlatteIy, a Roman Catholic
priest, in Baltimore. Mr.. Slattery, in cir
cular, states that only about 100 900 negroes
are Roman Catholics, and that 5000, 900
have no preferred religion.
Rev. E. B. Emerson, q Congregational
clergyman, died in Stratford, Conn.,, re-
Gently, aged seventy. five years, Fifty years
ago he fell into a deathlike trance, was pro-
nounced dead by his ply stefan, and pre-
parations for his burial were made. He was
only saved from premature burial by an
old nurse, who, not accepting the death
theory, by her own etfsrts brought HIM to
consciousness.
The following is an extract from the
session-book of the Presbyterian Church in
Cheraw. s. c.: Saturday, February 2S,
1892 Fran els Hawlev, q ruling elder, was
admitted to this church on certificate from
the Red Bluff Church, Fayetteville Presby-
| tery. He brings with him one baptized
child AIMED Joseph This child is now
the distinguished Senator from Connecticut
Joseph r. Hswley.
At the funeral of Albert Mandel, of Ko-
tai, Hungary, last month, the clergymen
of the Greek, Roman Catholic, and Re.
formed Churches made addresses at the
house, and the Jewish rabbi pronounced a
discourse at the grave. At Smy rna, recent
~, the Greek and Armenian clergymen and
the children from the Protestant schools
followed the coffin of the Jew, Alexander
Sa1i, to the cemetery.
The Salvation army appears to be wan
] ing in London, which, of all other places,
was supposed 10 be the seat OF its power.
A recent census shows that the Sunday at.
| tendance at their halls does not average
| much more than five thousand people.
| The same census showed that, while about
a million people attended the churches in
London on Sunday morning, there were
but two hundred thousand in attendance
| in the mission chapels.
London is to be the gathering place next
| June of an important general conference
! On foreign missions. 1t is proposed TO
take advantage of the experience of the
last one hundred years of Protestant mis-
slons by gathering together Christians of
all Protestant bodies engaged in mission
airy labors throughout the world to confer
| with one another on those many i'm port
ant and delicate questions which the pro-
gress of civilization and the large expan-
sion of missionary work have brought into
prominence.
One-third of the churches in Maine are
closed because they are not supported, aud
one half only OF the population do not 90
| to church. Out OF 362 churches ALI are
vacant. Out of the vast collection OF
excuses it is found that spite and person n
differences are the foundatio n.for much oil
the absenieeism. Some said that they had
no time TO 60 to church, Others needed
better clothes; some said there was toe
much Formally, others thought there was
not formality enough. The following
figures show how the different denomin
atoms are affected:
Mr.. Gabriel Ponce de Leon, who died on
February II, in the City of Mexico was
with one exception, the frat Mexican who
formed evangelical congregations and
preached to them. As a distributor OF
bibles he travelled extensively, and organ
lied many churches before the foreign mis-
sionaries entered this field. Bishop Reilly
availed himself of Ponce de Icons labor;
and praised him highly, saying at public
assembly in New York that, like second
st. Paul, Ponce travelled preaching, had
formed thirty-eight congregations, and
received only $40 per month.
Joseph Damn writes from Fancy, ILL.,.
and claims to have in his possession
| Bible the translation of which was begun
in 1922 and finished in 1884 by Luther
This book is printed in the German Ian
gusge and is embellished throughout will
steel en- graving pictures, showing name
OF dress ar d life at this early stage of tn
life OF its author. The paper Of this bool
is far superior to the paper OF the presen
time. and he says 1t has been in his wife
family for over $50 years, having heer
banded down from sire to son until /
| came into the possession of its presen