The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-10-18
RELIGIOUS NEWS.
Items Of Interest Gathered for the
Good and Wicked.
Notes About the Heavenly Way
and Other Matters of GEN
eral Interest.

Rev. G. E. Pelot, of Tampa, Fla, has
offered his services to the people of Jack
sonville during the epidemic.
The Northern Methodist church lately
commenced a mission IN the southern part
of Brazil, and report one circuit and one
missionary.
The wealth of church members in the
United States in 1880 amounted to S.
1922, 100000. OF this one-sixteenth of one
per cent, or 81 out of 81 1856, is given in
year for the salvation of 800,OOO,OOO
heathens.
Fruits and flowers are being collected In
abundance by the churches throughout
England for the celebration of Children's
day, which occurs on the 21st inst.
Canon Liddon, the popular and schol-
arly preacher of St. Paul's, London, has
been spending part of the holiday season
on the continent. According to latest
accounts he was at Munich on q visit to
Doctor Dollinger, the recognized leader OF
what is known as the old Catholic move
ment.
Rev. j. L. Pierce is a marvel to himself
and his friends. Two months ago it was
considered certain that he would never
preach again, and that his death was only
a question of few months at most. News
now comes directly from him that he is at
work in his charge, has preached three
times without any Inconvenience; he eats
we'll and sleeps soundly.
Sir Samuel Howe, X. G. NJ. G., govern or
of Sierra Leone, died at Madeira on Au-
gust %. He also was Wesleyan min
ister's son. His excellency took part in
the expedition of Lord Wellesley to Coo
massie, and undertook many missions for
the pacification of the interior of Africa.
One of his last efforts was to establish
peace in the Sherbro river, and with the
tribes Immediately behind Sierra Leone.
Rev. @. L. Chiffon has been transferred
from the Southwest Mis-! ri conference
to the st. Louis conference, and stationed
at First Church in st. Louis. Rev. G. NJ
Hensley, of the st. Lonis conference, has
been transferred to the North Alabama
conference.
The year ecclesiastical in Texas, just
closing, has been most pros porous, and
there has been advance all along the lines
There are at this timegreat reviVals in prog.
ress at Greenville, where hundred souls
have been converted at Bonham, Sher-
man, Paris, Pilot Point and on many
other city stations the quickening power
has come, while circuits, generally, are
aglow.
A few days ago there arrived in New Or
leans a party of distinguished visitors
from China, Messrs. Y. l.. Flu and S. H. R
Ku, accompanied by their interpreter, H
p. Sawamura. These gentlemen are sec
retaries of the boards of war and punish
ment in the Chinese empire. They com
pose a commission sent out for the pur
pose of studying the institutions of GU
country, with view of introducing re
form in China. They bore letters of in
PRODUCTION to some of our citizens, among
which was one from our senior missionar,
in Japan, Rev. j. W. Lambuth, to Hon
Edward Booth, prominent layman o
Felicity Street congregation. The "Celes
| tials" expressed themselves much pleased
with their visit to our city, and departed
for Washington city, promising to com
again.
Mr.. Charles Turner, of Liverpool, ha
given 100000 for the purpose of forming
a clerical sustentation fund in the Churc
of England. The money ia to be equal
divided between the diocese of York AM
the diocese of Liverpool. Mr.. Turner
one of those who have been panied by tn
reports of the poverty of the clergy.
Female education in Belfast has bee
brought into some prominence by a youn
lady Of that city, Miss f. z. MartiI
daughter of the Rev. James Martin, VIII
has obtained the degree of LII. A. at 81
Andrews, with honors. LII. A. is equa
to the ordinary M. A. The cause of fema'
education is well represented in Belfas
Victoria college taking the lead.
Mr.. Balfour has been selected to read
paper on "Practical Christianity" at th
approaching church congress. In lette
to the Guardian the Rev. Mr.. Kennel!
vicar of Plampton, protests against sue
selection. Mr.. Balfour, he says, as
Scotch landlord, has an antiChristia
record, the Strathconan evictions bein
about the very worst; as Irish chief secre
tary he has been false, vindictive, cru,
and inscriptions, and ae Lord Salisbury
nephew he has present influence in th
state, and bears, therefore, present re
sponsibility. Mr.. Kennedy contends the
if he is allowed to speak on such a subjec
it will be made apparent "that the bishop
are more anxious to maintain their TEN
poralities than to recommend to repent
emit sinners the cultivation of practice
Christianity"
Friendship is but pretense or failur
so long as it is valued primarily becaus
of the happiness it brings. Only he who's
chief desire in his friendship is to be
friend in unselfsh serving, even at tn
uttsr loss of his personal happiness c
comfort, knows what it is to be a tru
friend, or can experience the truest Joy {
Il noble and an ennobling friendship.