The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-12
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RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

Oct. - r. tie day SCI apart ov oin'.ls Oh
the Worlds and the National W. {. I. U. for
@ day Of prayer the world over
The Congregationalists Of the northwest
are now to have a sixteen page weekly paper
published 10 Minneapolis and edited 10y the
Rev H. ". Gleason.
Bishop Whipple, Of Minnesota, should be
proud Of the name by which he Is known
umong th,, Indians, for whom be has done 50
much. He is called The Straight Tongue
and The Father Who Dent Lie"
There are now in the United States at
iFaet thirty institutions to train men and
women for distinctively Caristian and
church work among the Germans. Tee
greater number OF these are supported 10y
the Lutherans
II is rumored that DR.. Bryennois, the
learned metropolitan Of Nicomedia, has
made even a more Important discovery
than that Of "The Teaching OF the Twelve
Apostles which he found in the Church OF
the Holy Sepulchre some time ago.
Tabernacle Church, Brooklyn DR. Tai
mage'sl. received al members last year on
confession Of faith. This gives it the right
70 lead the Presbyterian column. Strange
70 say. third on the list is the church at
Sitka lShhuiD, Alaska. with III.
The New Hebrides Prcshyterians IRE rails
ing a fund for assisting aged and nfrm min
isters: and il is contemplated 10 give them n
minimum u f3jO and a maximum OF $50
This is doing exceedingly well for The Pres
byterian citizens ia these distant islands Of
the Pacific.
The pope Las at last drawn on the Papa
Guaranty fund. established by the Italian
government IN ISL BY this fund tire pop
was - receive m annual grant OF 100000
Plus TX would not touch il, but Leo XIII
has been driven. il would seem, by financial
eXigency 10 draw on IT,
The Methodist Watchword is. Twelve
hundred thousand dollars tor missions in
1855 Chaplain McCabe writes enthGsias-
tically from the west, saying: We have
lifted a new battle cry-'a million souls for
Christ in 1852 never saw the church SC
thoroughly aroused throughout the west"
Professor Benjamin B WarGeld, writing
Of Christian evidences as affected by recent
criticism in The Homletic Review, con.
cludes that the case Il briefly this: Recent
criticism has very deep effect upon Chris.
tian evidences in undermining them, and Sc
developing and perfecting them that they
stand now easily victor against modern as.
saults.
According 10 careful calculations made by
a British clergyman Of note aud Just pub
lshed. Protestants have increased during the
last hundred years from 81 coo, 600 TO 1874.
0OO.0o0, or nearly fourfold Roman Catho-
lies during the same period have increased
from s6.600,600 % 1913, 10000, or twofold.
The Greek church during the century has in.
creased from 100000 to 100000, also
twofOd
The Rev. J. ". Stuckenberg. pastor Of the
American church IN Berlin and editor Of the
European department Of The Homletic Re
view. at a recent meeting Of clergymen OF
oil denominations held in Saratoga, al which
the subject discussed was EschatOlogy, said.
THE trend OF German thought now is not
50 much Gs 10 the representation Of the Bible
respecting tie future OF the soul as it is
whether there IS a God
The Rev w. F. Davis passed out Of the
Charles street Jail, in Boston, lately, after
ten months imprisonment Why imprisoned.
For preaching on Boston common. Well
may 1t be said, Let rs see: is it history or
only myth. that the famous founders Of
Boston and the glorious commonwealth to
which il belongs quit the shores Of Old Eng
land FOR the lids OF America in order that
they might find a place where men could
worship God according TO the dictates Of
their own consciencesH
The treasurer Of the American board Of
commissioners for foreign missions has made
up the accounts for eleven months Of the
fiscal year which closed with July. IL proves
conclusiyely that there has been no materia!
Withholding Of contributions from the man
agement in consequence of the attitude Of
the board toward those candidates for mis-
sion service who hold the new views on TIE
subject Of probation. The receipts for the
eleven months ending July, 1851, were 1891,
J62.05. Those for the same months Of 1883
were s479, 1919