The Sunday morning news., 1891-11-29
GENERAL CHURCH NOTES.
Real Live Missionary Wanted
Archbishop Kendrick,s Jubilee.

"A Esodl Lit0 WahbcA~
Archbishop Hendricks Jubilee.
The Catholic Standard says that the
Irish bring their faith with them wherever
they go.
1t apbears from the recent census in
Ireland that whereas Christians of every
name have decreased in number during
the decade, the Jews have increased 2 81
per cent.
1t is rather amusing and significant to
read that Miss Lord, the lecturer on
Christian Science healing. has gone to the
south of Italy for the winter on account
of yoor health, which compelled her to
abandon her lecture tour in the midst of
heavy engagements.
1t is longheaded preacher out Yves
who has retired from the pulpit for three
years in order to study astronomy and
geology, for the reason that all modern
preachers ought to know something
about These and other natural sciences as
well as about ecclesiastical dogmas. 1t
is solemn fact that many clarics would
be likely to revise both their theology
and their sermons if they could be in
duced to follow the example of the west
ern brother who seeks to comprehend
the revelations of the skies and the earth.
A censns of churchgoers in Liverpool.
England, shows falling off in ten years,
though churches providing $4,000 new
sittings have have been built in that
time.
An exchange says, speaking of the
little King of Spain. that, just at the
most impressive moment. namely the ele-
walton of the host by the Cardinal Patri-
arch of the indies who was acting as
celebrant Young Alfonso spied out his
friend. General Cardoua. down in the
nave of the church, and Immediately pro-
ceeded to hail him from the royal gallery
in loud and shrill tone of voice with the
words:-"Juanito! Ho Juanito What
are you doing there? Come up here to
me; | want you."
jubilee of the venerable Archbishop
kendrick. of st. Louis. will be the most
notible ecclesiastical gathering ever wit
messed in that city. The clergy and the
laity of the archdiocese are sparing
neither time nor money, in order to have
is noteworthy in the history of the
Church in the United States. Cardinal
Gibbons and nearly all the archbshops,
bishops and eminent ecclesiastics will as
semble in the st. Louis Cathedral on
Nov. 80, TO do honor to a prelate who has
worn the purple for half II century. The
new archi-ep!scopal residence will be
finished in time to accommodate the
cardinal and the more prominent guests.
According to the Presbyterian and Re
formed ReUietO the total number of dis
tinct words in the New Testament. ex-
cluQlnS proper uaUleS ana tuelr ueriVa-
tives, is 1929. A few comparisons may be
interesting. The vocabulary of the Old
Testament is larger. Gesenius' 'Lexi-
con" omlrting proper names and obsolete
roots, contains $50 words, of which GAP
are marked "Chad." The "Iliad" and
the Odyssey" together contain 5000
words; Shakespeare uses 5000, and Mil
ton 9,000
One story from the American Board is
almost too good to be true, viz: That
one Pittstield lady reported to the COM
mittee that she could spare five rooms,
but that they must send her one live mis-
sion ry, man from the Cannibal Islands
preferred, and if he had been little
gnawed so much the better. The COM
mittee rose to the occasion and sent her a
Mr.. Nordhoff, formerly of the Fiji Is
lands. We do not see how they could
have done better unless they had assigned
to her house an Eaton family
Mr.. George Bliss, the well-known
banker of this city, is having plans pre-
pared for new church editce, which he
intends when it is completed. to present
to St Johns Protestant Episcopal parish,
Northampton, Mass. Northampton is
Mr. Bliss native town.