Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-28

chorus Of 500 children; ais also ten lady and and
plymouth clubs will take part. and
the Omaha guards will be in a
Old Camp Grounds" with morning reveiile
and drill. The Second United States infan-
try band will furnish the war music. A
large number of eminent speakers have been
of book of thrty-two pages. People from
all over the state and Iowa are expected to
attend the concert and for the accommodation
OF those special trains will be run. There
are now 800 tickets on sale.
The Baptists are talking of founding a
great denominatlonal university, and their
friends in Chicago are desirous Of having it
established there
People talk about the phenomenal sales Of
''Robert Elsmere' and Little Lord Faunt-
leroy" and yet there is one book, issued
from one publishing house, the sales of which
quadruple both these taken together, and this
book is the bible. During the past year the
Bible society has sent out ,326,672 copies,
and in the seventy-two years of its existence
the society has issued nearly 50,000,000
bibles. At present the presses are turning
of 1000 copies per day of the book.
wealthy member Of the Reformed Epis
copal church IN Philadelphia has donated
S3OO,0OO to that denomination. The entire
sum is invested at 8 per cent, and the inter
est is to be used in building new houses
of worship, supplying feeble congregations
with pastors. and in mission work generally.
The strangest part of"the story is that the
donor has stipulated that his name shall not
be made public. All honor to him.
New Hampshire has demonstrated that
bigotry is not dead, by passing law exclud-
ing catholics from Office. The prevalence of
liberation has been so general in this country
that this action of the New England State
seems like an anachronism.
Postmaster General Wanamaker's Sunday
10 1a1 in lima moi hIf hat
OF James Mccormick, the Harrisburg million
aire whose bible class includes 900 work
men, whom he has never failed to meet on
Sunday during the past twenty years, rain
or shine. All his trips from home are regu
lated by his Sunday school work.
The African Methodist church, which has
not q white man among its members or any
organic relations with any white church or
ganization, reports a membership of 460, 900;
it has 1900 places of worship. numbers
10000 minister's has 5000 Sabbath schools,
supports its own denominational papers, has
missions in the West Indies, Mexico and
Africa, and its reported contributions foot
up more than S2, COO0OO annually for the sup
port of church work.
DIR. Pierson estimates the money annually
raised for carrying on Protestant foreign
missions at about Sl1, ,250, 900.
In Union theological seminary at Hamp-
den-S Sidney, Na.,, fourteen young men have
signifed their Willingness to go as mission
aries 10 foreign lanuS.
Senator Stanford will give $50, 900 toward
the erection OF aIgrand metropolitan Metho
dist church in San Francisco, provided
Bishop Newman be called to the pastorate.
A movement is on foot in Nicaragua TO
sever the relations between church and
state. .llE
The election of board of directors of the
Young Mems Christian association will be
held Monday, May 13. The term of the pres
ent board expires this month.
The Musin Concert company will be at the
Young Mems Christian association Thurs
day, May 80. The concert is in charge of
the Ladies' Musical society and the associa-
tion is in no way connected with it, except
that the members will be given the privilege
OF buying tickets 10 the concert
At the recital of the elocution class to-mor-
row night in the concert hall of the Young
Mems Christian association Rev. e. II. Gard
ner, dean of Trinity Cathedral, will preside.
The St. Mary's avenue Congregational
church raised subscriptions 70 the amount of
over sll, 200, last Sunday, To wipe out u
balance of debt on the new building of nearly
10000. 1t was all done without effort and in
short order. Rev. Willard Scott will deliver
lecture tonight ut the church, covering
100 years ago.
the service tomorrow evening at the
WEIGH Presbyterian church will be in Eng
lish. Subject: 1.-The Great Refusal"
What promises being the most enjoyable
evening this season is an elocution and musi-
cal concert TO be given at the Young Mems