The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-28
Religious Notes.


The Jesuit order has a total membership Of
12,3O0, divided INTO twenty-s0veu provinces.
Bishop Whitaker. OF the diocese of Penn
sylyana Of the Protestant Episcopal Church,
has had his salary raised from 5000 20 $500.
The Board Of Foreign Missions Of the Pres
byterian Church North closes It's financial
year with a debt of only $500 This IS much
better than was feared
Tho Zeuana Bible and Medical Mission for
India reports the largest income ever raised
III, 600-~and an eyer-incrcasng work, with
200 missionaries in twenty-nine stations.
Tho Finnish Lutherans in the Northwest
have organized Bible society with head
quarters at West Superior. Wis. They are
now engaged IN publishing the Bible IN Fin-
nish.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Mann Of Washington,
D. c., has gwen $4,000 toward cathrodral
for the Protestant Episcopal church IN that
city.
The United Presbyterian Synod OF Scot
land at It's recent annual session approved a
proposal TO revise and enlarge the preseat
hymnal of the church. and appointed COM
mlttee 10 have the matter in charge.
The statistics of the class Of 30 Of Harvard
University as 10 religious belief show that
81 are Untartans, 81 Ep.scopalians and
the rest are divided among various denomi-
nations. None are atheists or tree-thinkers.
In Italy there ore s4s7 religious brother
hoods with a total wealth of so 600. Co.,
The bulk of the interest is used for pro
cesslOns, festivities. and the like. and only
one-fourth for charitable purposes.
The Christian Scientsts'have been split into
two factions on the question Of marriage and
lts obligations. The extremists would Danish
marriage while tho ratlOnallsts look upon IL
As one Of the noblest institutions OF man.
The South American Missionary Society
Church Of England at It's last annual
meeting reported receipts 40 l49 and "A
deficit Of fi,050. The work OF the Society
has been carried on in the Falkland Islands
and among the 300. 900 English settlers IN the
different States of South America. In close
connection With this is the Colonial and Con
tin@ntal Society, which reports an income OF
439, 20l.
A tragedy from which a very important les
son can be learned by parents occurred the
past week IN New York city. A boy ten years
Old was all hour late at school and was re-
CURED TO report the fact 10 his father He
was afraid 10 90 it. stayed out from school n
day or two, and then drowned himself A
father that allows his children TO be in terrier
of him needs TO learn Christianity and hu-
mainly.
A political paper in Goyaz Brazil, protests
against Sabbath elections because the Protest
ants. growing power and always friendly to
good measures, VIII not vote on that day
This little fact speaks volumes for the mis-
slonary influences that are at work in that
country and ought to carry lis own lesson 10
some among Us who would weaken the power
of the Sabbath.
The literature'of Greenland. Ewhich~i still
very meagre. has recently received an inter
esting addition. Missionary Spinder. who
was compelled by sickness 10 bring his work
on Greenland 10 a close, has composed
lengthy poem IN the language Of the island.
To this he has given the ntle "kaarnack.p
after tho first Greenlander converted 10
Christianity. II was circulated in manu-
script IN Greenland and was everywhere
warmly received II is now being printed in
Europe, and viii DO used as d reading book in
the schools of the island
The Gar has recently discovered a new
method of torturiDg his Protestant subjects.
1t has been docreed that the pastor of a con.
gregation must be Of the same nationality of
which the majority OF bis congregation is