The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-28
General Church News.

The average salary of the 600 Protestant
ministers in France is only $3.50 year.
There are 1913 Baptist churches in New
York State, of which az are in country and
536 are fully self-suppOrting. 337 requiring
aid. An average of 200 are pastorless year
by year.
In the sixty-fve years of its existence the
American Sunday-schOOl Union has organ
lied more than $4,000 unday-schOOls. and
gathered in 100000 scholars and teachers.
1t has been organizing on an average, four
Sunday schools every day.
The wife of Bishop Newman has built, at
Round Lake, n. Y, a home for women mis-
siOnares who return from their fields of
toll to rest awhile or spend the remnant of
their days. The institution was, opened
last week The cost of the building is
about $4,000. Mrs. Newman is in charge for
the present.
The statistics of the Southern Presby-
terrain Church. just prepared. show that it
has IL synods, 6S presbyteries. LAS minis
tiers Ia gain of 16. 2,2l churches, 16l, TAP
communicates IA gain of 5.493. There was
a large increase in all contributions except
three. The total is Sl,6l2,S65 against
>, 463, AIS last year.
The Methodist Episcopal Church South
has now ], 14O,O97 members including 4,95S
Indians and Gas negroes The net increase
for the year was 32,8il. There are 1887
travelling and 6.3O9 local preachers. Bap-
tisms: Adults. 5o,363; infants. 81 ,O52 There
are IL .432 churches, valued at S16,030 2254,
and 35S parsonages, valued at 81, 7o5.404
Two presbyteries in Brazil. South Amer
lea, belonging to the Southern Presby ter
ian Church. and a presbytery in the same
country belonging to the Northern Presby-
terrain Church have severed their connec-
tion with their respective denominations in
. this country, and formed themselves into
she Synod of the Presby terrain Church in
hoy IA
churches at home to send them twenty six
ordained ministers. and means to establish
a theological school
At the Worlds Sunday school convention,
recently held in London, Mr: j. +. Hartley
read paper on Organized Sunday-sch0ol
Work in Great Britain" in which the fol-
lowing interesting statistics were presented:
In five years after Robert Raikes inaugu-
rated the Sunday-school movement the
membership amounted TO $50 600. and in 1918
the number of scholars had reached 4I7 600;
in 1883 there were 1,54S,OO0: IN 1851 the fig
ures showed 2, 407. 600. while In 1889 .. 1888 600
scholars NAV be found In the schools, or one
IN five of the population. There are one
million more scholars IN the sunday schools
than in the day schools of Great Britain,
and in London IL per cent. of the popula-
ton are connected with the Sunday
schools.
Golden Thoughts.
If the way of heaven be narrow. it is not
long; and if the gate be straight. it opens
into endless life. Bishop Beveridge.
As the same blue sky smiles upon the
rum which smiled upon the perfect struct-
ure, SO the same benehcent Providence
bends over our shattered hopes and our an
swered prayers.-Geo ;. HlIiard
Christ built no church, wrote no book.
left no money erected no monuments; yet
show me ten square miles anywhere on
earth without Christianity. where the life
of man and the purity of women are re-
spected, and will give up Christianity.
Prof. Drummond.
or less presses upon every mans thought.
has its best solution in the Bible, alike as
TO that constitution of things OF which
death is part, and as to the consequences
resulting therefrom., No man improves his