The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-05-09
General Religious Notes.

The late Caleb Wheeler of Reading, Pa, left
$4,000 each TO the home and foreign boards of
the presbyterian church and 5000 to the
board of ministerial relief
Missouri methodism is vigorous and agrees
i've and, with $4,000 Southern methodists and
$1,000 Northern methodist in the state, they
lead all the denominations.
The second church bell brought to this con
tinent still rings at the First congregational
church of Hartford, Conn. The first church
bell brought to this country rang in Virginia
Ex-Atty Gen. Brewster, who died recently.
was pronounced in his belief in the catholic
church, and lectured on catholic subjects. 4
divorced wife prevented him from entering the
church.
Mr. Theodore Irwin, of Oswego, n. Y, is The
owner of rare and valuable bible. IL is in
sixty-three folio volumes, the only one of its
kind in the world, and is illustrated with 10000
engravings.
Next summer the cornerstone of the Adoni-
ram Judson memorial church will be laid at
Manadalay India. The church will cost
$4,000, large part of which has been sub
scribed by Burmese Christians.
The Sabbath-sehool army grows year by year.
The latest estimate fixes the number of scholars
throughout the world at 164499 800 From its
ranks are to come the great religious leaders
and workers of the future.-Presbyeridn Oh
SerUer.
If any person makes proposition to hold a
fair or festival, or bazaar, or broom drill or any
other worldly device for getting money for the
church, move 10 amend by substituting pro-
tracted meeting for the preaching of the gospel
to sinners.-G. +. PeI,tec0st.
A preacher began his address to a Sunday
school thus: Now, children, / am going 10
takes text out of the bible. always find when
i preach that the text is the best part of my
sermon. Isn't that so, dear children" And
the children all shouted: Yes sir, that's SOP
And those enjoyed the joke the most who had
heard the preacher Oftenest
The punctlious officers of Uncle Sam did
actually object to the landing of STA Sex Ong,
the native Chinaman who comes to represent
his conference in the methodist general confer
ence. The judge wisely shook his head and
finally consented TO let the delegate land, but
he expressly said it 'must not be taken as
precedent"
Seventeen of the evangelical churches of Buff
falo united recently in making a religious can
vass OF a large section OF that city. Some 5000
names were taken. All but about 800 gave
their church preferences. Only 40 could be
classed as unbelievers in Christianity and but
3 confessed themselves as infdels. Some 400
names were added TO the pastors visiting lists.
The North India methodist conference re-
ports native Christian community numbering
1926, OF whom 900 are adults. There has
been added during the year $50 adults, of
which % were Mohammedans, and the balance
were converts from Hinduism. One native
preacher ordained one year ago has baptized
211 converts. There are 23913 pupils in the
schools.-IEdidn Witness
The needle of a missionary's wife was the in
strument God used to give success to Oriental
Zenanas. A piece of embroidery wrought by
her deft fingers found its way to the secluded
inmates of Zenana. If a woman could do
such work as that other women could learn
under her instructions, and so, with the cordial
consent of the husband, this Christian woman
was welcomed TO the inside of his home; and,
as she taught his wife the art Of embroidery,
she was working the scarlet dyed in the wool
of the Lamb" into the more delicate fabric of
their hearts and lives.-N Missionary ReVielo of The
HOTgd.
The latest Irish grievance, and the words are
used in no offensive sense, is what may be called
''the jew question" AS the country has been
considered too poor for the successful enter
prise of the Jew he has seemed to shun Ireland
and very naturally. Until within the last
two years, with the exception of few in Dub
lin and Belfast, Jews were not easily found in
that country. At present there are about three
hundred of these ancient people in Cork, and
about the same number in Limerick, whose
principal employment seems TO be the peddling
of cheap jewelry and other wares. At a recent
meeting of the trade societies of Cork resolu-
ton that the Jews should be driven from the
city was unanimously adopted, and very OPP
probrious epithets were applied to them.-Chi-
cdQo Times.