The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-03-06
Religions Notes.

Out of less than 112, 600 Fijians over 100000
are attendants on Christian worship.
The twenty-five missionary societies in the
United States managed by women support 75l
missionaries, last year contributed 81 ,O3S,253
and since their organization have contributed
Sl0,335,124.
Mrs John Jacob Astor has given to the Chill
drens aid society Of New York a handsome
fOur-stOry brick building to use as an industrial
school Ii is 70 be q memorial to Mr.. AstOr,
who was greatly interested in the work.
\ prominent missionary recently declared
that when a naked Zulu got so far toward
Christianity as to put on duck pants and cal
leo shirt and sit on a threelegged stool nine
inches high, he was about 1000 miles above his
rude neighbors.
John Wanamaker of Philadelphia. whom
political rumOr designates as the next post
master-general, Is superintendent OF what is
probably the largest Sunday-schOol IN the
world 1t has been built up almost wholly
under his management.
The Catt0lic World states that more than
million colored children in the southern states
never enter schoOl-room, for the simple
reason that there are no schools within their
reach. The southern bishops of the catholic
church propose TO build twenty-five new schools
this year.
Lord Northbrook, ex-vieeroy of India, made
an address at the late missionary conference in
London, in which he said that "the native of
India whether he be a Mohammedan or
Hindu is a religious being, and he respects
religious man who openly processes his religion
on every proper occasion"
The episcopal church has had an average
accession of twenty-six ministers year from
other denominations for the past eleven years.
During the year just closed the number was
twenty-seven-tbus: baptists, s. catholics, i;
presbyterians, 3; congregatiOnaists, 2; German
reformed reformed episcopal l; Lutheran,
/, and two denominations not ascertained.
The Christian Enquirer (Baptist) says: at
has been suggested by the Rev. DIR. Wharton
that the residence OF a baptist pastor be called
the psstorium.' He SAYS that the episcopaians
have their rectOry, the presbyteriaDs their
manse, the methodists their parsOnages. and he
does not see any reason why the baDtists may
not have their pastOrum. Quite a number of
pastors are quite indifferent to the name.
What they want is a habitation and no rent to
pay
or the labor question from the religious point
Of view the Christian Leader says: "The basal
need is not 50 much the elevation Of the work.
man as il is that of the man in the workman
Give 70 the farmer. the mechanic, the ordinary
day-labOrer an intellectual and moral elevation
and he becomes. in the matter OF his particular
vocation law unto himself Rules, organiza-
tons, theories may have their place, but the
'cure-alP behind all else is self-respectng in.
tellectual manhood"
Archdeacon Mackay-Smith has found it nee
essary 70 write a letter to the press warning the
clergy OF his church against coming 10 New
York in the hope of getting something TO do
"Hardly a mail" he says, fails TO bring me an
application from a lady seeking church work
or n clergyman desiring temporary or perma-
nent engagement in New York. The great
majority Of these letters are so written as 20
excite a profound regret that one Is so helpless
~ gave al encouraging reply.