The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-09-26
Religious Notes.

Philadelphia has 675 churches, New York,
432; Chicago, 81; Brooklyn, 800.
The king OF Siam has donated to the Baptist
mission at Bangkok the sum Of $4,000
The Y. NJ. c. A. hold property valued at
100000, an increase of $1,0O0OO0 in
year.
The Italian edition Of the bible reached the
remarkable sale Of $1,000 copies in one week
The parts of eight pages each are to be found
at all the news stands, and are sold for one
cent.
The Rev. Father Martin Mahoney of Mime
sofa, who recently contributed 500 to the pro-
hibition cause, has had his name placed at the
head of the prohibition ticket in that state
Providence ViSitOr.
Bishop Gilmore of Cleveland has ordered
that no priests shall offcate at funerals where
flowers are used. He states that he takes this
course TO put stop TO the excessive wordliness
their abuse causes.
Minneapolis has adopted from Brooklyn the
custom of having parade of Sunday-school
pupils. The first parade which occurred few
days ago, found $4,000 children in line repre-
senting over 100 Sunday-scnools.
All the religious orders of Germany which
were driven out by Bismarck's kulterkampf
have been allowed to return except the iesuits.
Their novitiate, which was located in Holland,
has been changed to Prairie du Chen, in this
country.
Inc money given ny tic NOHltH Ol TIC IT'S
byterian church in the United States during the
past sixteen years amounts to s., 10000, repre-
senting the entire support OF more than 200
women missionaries, 200 native bible-readers,
and more than $50 schools
According to the statistical report for 1855 of
the Evangelical association, just published,
that body of German methodists has III ,S53
members, 1,l59 itinerant preachers and 1916
churches, indicating gain of ALSO members,
50 preachers and So churches.
Presbyteriansm is making advances in
South Africa. Already she has there 223 con-
gregations and controls five colleges. Also in
Hungary her influence is extending there being
in that country, it is said, 'more presbyterlans
than in France and Switzerland" with five
colleges, which contain 1926 students.
st. Meinrad's abbey, Spencer county, Indi-
ana, which was destroyed by fire in last Sep
TENDER, at loss of 100000, has been rebuilt.
The college and seminary in connection with
the abbey are again open TO students The col
lege is conducted by the Benedictine fathers,
the president being the RI. Rev. Abbott Fin.
ton. o. 5. b.
The Misses Leitch, of northern Ceylon, have
paid all their own expenses in their missionary
work Tor the past ten years. On their way
home they raised $4,000 for Ja1na college in
England and Scotland. They expect TO in
crease the amount to $4,000. Mrs. Hastings,
the wife Of the president OF this college, is a
sister of President Cleveland.
According 10 careful calculations made by a
British clergyman of note, and just published,
protestants have increased during the last
hundred years from 81, 100000 10 13f,OOO,0 600 or
nearly fourfold. Roman catholics, during the
same period, have increased from S00O0,0O0 TO
163OO0OO0 twofOld. The Greek church,
during the century, has increased from 40, 0OO, :
900 10 100000, also twofold.
At the great London mission conference il
was stated that all countries are now practically
open to missionaries, with more or less of lib
erty TO introduce christianity, except Thibet.
This country, with 100000 of people, is
barred against entrance; but the British and
Foreign Bible society has translated the scrip
lures into the Thbetan language and now has
a warehouse filed with Bibles printed in that
tongue.
London has lately seen the extraordinary
spectacle OF the appearance, on the same plat
form and in the same cause, of two Roman
catholic cardinals, large number of the bsh-
ops and clergy Of the English church, and lead
ing clergymen of the various nonconformist
bodies. This practical illustration of Christian
unity was called out by the desire to stir up
public feeling to the point of active interior
ence with the slave-trade in Africa.