The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-09-23
CHURCH CHIMES.
The Wonderful Growth of
Christianity.
THE CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
A Summary of DIR. Hooks Work In
Lseds-The Colored methOdists
Religious NOTES.-The.
Public worship will be conducted in
the various churches to-day as follows:

Public worship will be conducted il
the various churches to-day as follows
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAy
SAINTs-Salt Lake Stake of Zion, Angus NJ
Cannon, president; Joseph E.. Taylor ant
ing will be held in the Tabernacle at
O'Clock, and in the ward meeting houses il
| the evening at the usual hour.
| METHODIST CHURCH.-C. L. Libby, pastor
Rev. w. A. Hunier, pri c1pal of the Sal
Lake Seminary, will preach at IL a m. Sun
day school at II 10 pm. At 7.30 pm. the
pastor will lecture on Protection Or Free
Trade, which," All are invited.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.-The
Rev. j. Brainerd Thrall, pastor. Public
worship at II am. Sermon by the Rev. A
C. Adams, of Weathersfeld, Conn Sunday
School at II Is. Young Peoples Society OF
Christian Endeavor at 6.p.m. Seats free
FIRST PREsBYTERIAN.-Public worship at
IL M, and preaching by the pastor, Kew.
X G. McNiece. Sabbath school at 1925.
Young peoples meeting at $50. Public
service at 80 O'Clock and speaking by Rev.
]. NJ. Leonard, of Ohio, and Rev. J. B. Ayres,
of Illinois, on their way to Japan Seats
free at ell the services, and the public in
yited.
munion at 7.S0 am. Sunday school at 9 45
am. Morning prayer and sermon at IL
am. Bib class at 80 p m. Evening
prayer and sermon at SPIN.
The Young Mems Christian Associa-
an increase of 81 ,000 600 year.
The Italian edition of the Bible
reached the remarkable sale of 10000
copies in one week. The parts of eight
pages each are to be found at all the
news stands, and are solo for l cent.
ACCORDING to the statistical report for
1883 of the Evangelical Association, lust
published, that a body of German
Methodists has 14l, 1853 members, 1,159
itinerant preachers, and 1.9l6 churches,
indicating a gain of 4,156 members,
thirty-eight preachers and eighty five
churches.
ACCORDING 10 careful calculations
made by British clergyman of note
and just published, Protestants have
increased during the last hundred
years from 100000 to $4,000 600, or
nearly fourfold. Roman Catholics.
during the same period, have increased
from 80,000,000 to 163, 600 600, or two
fold. The Greek Church, during the
century. has increased from 10, 900, 600
to SO. 900 600, also twofold.
HERE is a striking summary of DR..
Hooks twenty-five years work at
Leeds, taken from recent article in
Temple Bar: "He found it stronghold
of dissent. he left it stronghold of the
Church; he found it one parish, he left
it many parishes; he found it with If
teen churches, he left it with thirty-six:
he found it with three schools, he left
it with thirty; he found it with six
parsonage-houses, he left it with
twenty-nine.
THE report of the churches in Japan
connected with the American Board is
q remarkable record. In January,
1887. these churches reported 1926
members. The report is now brought
down to April l, 1888. covering period
of fifteen months, and the membership
is 6,340. net gain of 2.114. This is an
advance during the fifteen months, not
counting losses by death or otherwise,
of almost exactly so per cent.
AT the great London Mission Con-
ference it was stated that all countries
are now practically open to mission
aries, wirh more or less of liberty to in
troduce Christianity except Thibet.
This country, with 10000 900 of people.
is barred against entrance; but the
British and Foreign Bible Society has
translated the Scriptures into the Thib-
etan language, and now has q ware
house filed with Bibles printed in that
tongue.
LONDON has lately seen the extraordi-
nary spectab BILE of the appearance, on the
same platform and in the same cause.
of two Roman G .tholic cardinals,
large number of the bishops and clergy
of the English Church, and leading
clergymen of the various Nonconform-
ist bodies. This practical illustration
of Christian unity was called out by the
desire to stir up public feeling to the
point of active Interference with the
slave trade in Africa.
"THY KINGDOM COME"