Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-23
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

Ina Hebrews in New York city have doubled in number since 1880
 Cardinal Gibbons spends his vacation in the mountains of North Carolina.
 Talent is trust. Let no man covet it un- less he have grace to use lt.-T. L. Cuyler
 "Not ministering unto, but to minister" is the motto of the Society of Christian En- deavor this coming year.
 The Roman Catholics of Philadelphia num- Der 1S2, ,OO0 The parochial schools are at tended by 20, GOO children.
 The Rev. Edward Judson is now in Nova Scotia, receiving contributions for the Adon- iram Judson Memorial church.
 The total expense of the Methodist Episco- pal general conference of 1888, according to was over S61 900.
 A German bibliographical publication has catalogued Rider Haggard's King Solo ment literature.
 The American Bible society reports the re- ceipt of $42, ,679. A during June and the issu- ing of 70, ASA copies. Since April l, 262, ,642 copies have been issued.
 The state Baptist convention of Louis jana, after long debate, by vote of forty
 
 jected female delegates.
 The prosecution of the bishop of Lincoln for ritualistic practices at the instance of the Church association is not expected to come off until the eud of the year.
 The Reformed Presbyterian Church synod, at its recent session, directed the local ses- sions to prosecute, according to church disci- pline, members who advertise in Sunday newspapers.
 Grover Cleveland is the son of Presby- terian minister; Allen G. Thurman is the son of the Rev. Pleasant Thurman; Levi P Morton is the son of a Congregational min ister; John A. Brooks is a 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 1ss9
 Presbyterianism in New England has stead lily increased during the last five years Since 1883 the number of churches has increased from eighteen to thirty-one and the member ship from 2,S75 to 4,5Ss. A church has recently been established ill 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, IL IS clalmed, give great OuenSe Go 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 filling up his masters library shelves: "In the first place, I want six feet of theology, the same quantity of metaphysics, and near a yard of old civil law ill folio"
 The Rev. c. s, Nutter, of Haverhill, Mass has had a reprint of the Methodist Discipline for 17SS made. It is believed to contain the Discipline of 17S7. No historian of the Dis cipline, and no historian of our own church since Jesse Lee, ever saw the Discipline of 17S7 and 17SS until now," says The Christian Advocate
 The pope has decided that all his jubilee presents which are of sacred nature are to form Leonine museum, which he intends to establish i'll 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 them spoke ill English and ito edification."