The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15
CHURCH NOTES.

The church of England has nearl!
800, 900 members in India.
The Bible has been translated into
Sixty-six OF the languages and dialects
Of Africa.
Tue Woman's Foreign Missionary
society ol the Methodist Episcopal
"hnrch has more than 1870 900 members.
Five years ago there were five girls
schools in Yokohama and Toxic. 10
ray there are more than thirty, and ali
we'll patronized.
1be convention of the Episcopal
diocese of Caliioruis has elected Rev.
". +. Nichols, OF Philadelphia, assis
ant bishop OF that diocese.
The first convert in line Upper Congo
Valley was recenily baptized at Equator
station. The Valley contains 10000
people. Religious Herald.
Rev. Horace q. Underwood the first
Protestant minister to Corea, is now al
GokOhaDa ut work on u COreau- En- =
-,Ilsh dictionary aud grammar.
The last census in New Zealand re-
Veals the interesting fact of I rotession
t religion on the part OF no less than
20 per cent. OF The whole population.
The "Pilgrin's Progress" has been
translated into Amharic, tho Language
OF Abyssinia. The book has now been
translated into eighty -four languages.
a rare and valuable copy of the
Bible, published in 1899, known rs the
bishops Bible, Ctirst printed in 1868.
las been placed in the public library al
Manchester, Mass, the gilt OF Miss
Ella Lee to the Manchester Historical
Society y.--lllustrated Christian Weekly
What people want now sdsys IL o
,eligion Of breadth. Thew have been
"ramped and choked loEg enough BY
iirger outlook, the broader sentiment,
he full heavens. and not a petty corner
Of the sky.-Jewish Chronicle, New
Orleans.
If u thing be wrong III itself. TO do IL
~ the name OF religion does not make
he thing right. but only drags religion
Town to the level of the wrong Re.
ngiou cannot cOnsecrste aay sin; but
sin may defile the name of religion.
Woe unto them that call evil good, and
good evi!.-The Mid Continent.
Two hundred years have wroughi
10 little change In The angle OF ,heolog-
zeal vision throughout ali the demon.
inatiOns. not excepting the Roman
Catholic. Even the Greek church has
felt upou Its cheek of bronze the breath
Of progress and is not quite 80 bigoted
a. it was Once.-Chicago Inter. Ocean.
In politics, in religion, and In relig.
i,us and moral and social development
we have entered, or are entering, upon
new era Of transformation under the
quickening influence OF the west; and
It Is the highest glory of the missionary
hat he has contributed no small share
TO this upheaval of a nation OF $50 COO,
000.- The Hindu of India
The American Congregational & pion,
which Is the "Church Erection
-ociety OF the CongregatIonslists, has
closed its years work. The receipts
we're Sl49, ,l9s-lsrger by S14, ,444 thar
last years, and larger than those OF
| any former year. Aid was given &c
one hundred churches In building
houses of worship. and to forty mn,
in bnildiug parsonsges.-The Christian
at Work.
In our Christian work we oukh
never to forget The young. The olde
people we cannot always reach. They
nave grown into habits OF indifference,
and carelessness about spiritual things
Their interest ia hard to gain; thei
hearts. like the wayside paths, hav,
been hardened by the tramp of tn,
passing feet of habit and custom. Blu
The young are not so. They at leas
are impressionsble; they have yet tn
teachable spirit they are easy 10 reach
and quite ready to come to church ant
sunday school If they be but asked
| The hope of the future lies in III
children.-The Church of To-day.
Sadlier's Catholic Directory for lS9
Just out, estimates the Catholic popula
ZION of the United States at s,277 ,039
There are 1882 priests, Z 1928 churches
S,802 chapels, SO theological seminarie
with 2,l32 students, 102 colleges, 63
academies, 553 charitable institutions
3,l94 parochial schools with $685.
pupils, IS archbishnps, IS bishops. l
arch dioceses, &c dioceses, 5 vicsriate
apostolic, and ] prefecture apostolic
Christian at Work.
Christianity is not dead. nor does
sleep. II does not accomplish all |,
work to- day, because II 10 not going I
die tomorrow. II works out its end
gently and sweetly. not with the d.
structive energy of a tempest, or
> coDfagration or revolution. We al
hearing much now OF the eiR Int .hoU
, movement. Is not this, perhaps,
, leaning in the right direction? Is
2 not a step In the for ward march OF
humanity entitled to fuller emancip'
ton under the new gospel OF leve. =
The Catholic Messenger, New Orleau
= What the church really needs
! revival, not revisionl II half Ii
| energy and eloqueDce that have bee
= expended in this controversy had bee
r directed to the conversion of soul
: there would have been great rejoicin
by this tune on earth and in HEAVIER
What Presbyterian church has bad
, revival this winter? II there be OF
anywhere in the line let II raise shou
3 We would be glad to hear an answe
r but we fear there will only be gret
+ silence that eau be painfully telt.-Tt
Central West Presbyterian.