The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-05-02
Pnstor and People.

Mrs Mary 4. Livermore recently preached
we successive Sunday at the unioersalist
church, Washington.
The bishop OF Columbia, the TT. Rev DR..
Hills, has resigned the charge of his diocese on
account of advanced age.
The English and American episcopaian mis-
siOnaries in Japan agree to cooperate, and viii
educate their clergy in one theological school.
The Rev. Mary c. Jones, an evangelist of
rare ability, has been called to the p1storate of
the First baptist church 0i Spokane Falls, ".
There are twenty-six wOmen's foreign mis-
sionary societies in this country with 1856
auxiliaries OF adults, and 3, 81 of young ladies.
Chaplain McCabe says by the end OF the next
general conference mcthOdism in this country
will have thirty-iour bishops and l5l presiding
elders.
The theological department of Yale college
has invested funds To the amount OF S4l6l256O,
with an income OF about So, goS.Sl. The cX-
penSes last year were So, 042.21.
10 a native church in Katfrland a man was
lately received at the age OF los years. He
sought admission with deep solcitude, and his
recital OF spiritual experience was affecting.
Contrary to expectation the bishop OF Ohio
has renewed his request for an assistant, and
another election will be held at the annual con-
venton, which will meet at Sandusky in June.
The will Of the late f. V. Halves, of Bridge
port, Conn, gives the Young Mems Christian
church $1,000, and st. Johns Sunday-schOol
500.
Russia has just put a stop to the operations
of the American Bible society in the Baltic
provinces. The society is not allowed to cireu-
late any more bibles. No reason for the intol-
erance IS given.
Next summer the corner stone of the Adoni-
ram JudsOn memorial church will be laid at
Mandalay, India. The church will cost $1,000,
large part OF which has been subscribed 10y
Burmese Christians.
The Salvation army Of London have eStab-
lished cheap food depot at the east end to re-
lieve the distress which prevails there. For
one penny an adult receives refreshments and a
nights lodging, soup and bread. For half
penny he gets either soup or bread
On the 10Th OF November, 1887, in the sub
uFbs of Algiers, was opened the first presby-
terrain church of Northwestern Africa. The
beautiful editice OF free-stone and marble is the
gilt of Sir Peter Coats TO the synod of the
united presbyterian church OF Scotland.
A religious press club has been formed in
New York. Representatives OF about fifteen
religious weeklieS and reviews have shown an
interest in the matter. The general object OF
the society IS the promotion OF 1raternal feeling
and conference on questions oil common inter-
est to the religious press.
The Rev A. +. Piers0n, I'D, formerly Of
this city, has resigned the passionate Of the
Bethany presbyterian church, Philadelphia.
This action was caused by the resignation of
his associate, the Rev. 4. &. Horton, also
formerly of indianapolis, on account OF i'll
health The charge of this large and peculiar
congregation is too heavy burden Tor amy one
man To carry.
The Baptist Year Book" for 1883 shows that
there i now i'm the United States a baptist
membership of 2,9l7,3lj. During the year past
there were 1888 baptismS, and l04,5ll addi-
tons in other ways. The va,ne of church prop
erty is SlS.lUS 49, and the amount of reported
contributions is s 937, i9l 80 mciUding S5,S49-
1862 Tor salaries and expenses of the churches
themselves. There are 2O,477 ministers. 81, S9l
churches -, AZ Sunday-schools,
The First presbyterian church in Jersey City
is to be sold, being in the factory district, and
building is historical, having been built OF the
stone used in the first presbyterian church
ever built in New York, down on Wall-st
at the corner of Broadway, opposite Trinity
That church had the only pulpit in New York
city that was open TO Nhitetield in the days of
that fiery preachers activity.
At the regular meeting of the American
Bible society in New York last week grants Of
books were made for benevolent distribution
at home and in foreign lands, of the value of
$4,000. Appropriations of funds were also
made for publishing and distributing the
scriptures in foreign countries IN the amount
of 81, 40. The total cash receipts in the year
ending March 81 were SGl2, 1888. The whole
number of volumes issued from the bible
house during the year, not including those is
Sued in forpicrn lands 1