Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-02-19

States (Gernlsin reports 1856 congrega-
lions and 20S S52 members
The printing press WHICH Vo.taire set
up in Fernay 10 demolisli Christianity is
now used to print bibles IN g neva
There are over 500 missionary stations
in the Dark Continent. with which AGO.
600 converts are associated, whose mum
ser is increasing at yearly average Of
s5. 600 souls.
The Brooklyn Sunday School Union
Association reports $50 sch"ols, 10. $50
officers and teachers, 50 1875 scholars
under 81 years of age, aud 10, ITO adults;
total. 100 949
The American Congregational Union
reports receipts for the past year of $780,
So, of which $40, 500 came from indi-
| siduals and churches This has been
the most successful year in the history
of the organization.
The various Lutheran bodies in this
country have 90 theological seminaries,
with 6S professors. and 1.OS2 students;
25 colleges with 205 professors and 8. 4SS
students. aud SS academies and semi
naries with 8 500 students
The Young Mems Christian Associa.
ton, of Chicago, is to erect magnifi-
cent building at a cost OF 81, 400 900
The building viii have IA stories, three
of which viii be devoted entirely TO the
work of the association.
The conferences of tile Methodist
Episcopal Church in Germany and Scan
dinavia are rapidly increasing That of
Sweden has 10 997 commandments, that
of Norway 8 842, and that of G .rmaDy
10,2S1 There are Also 2053 communi-
cants in Denmark. - New York Inde-
pendent
England has Jewish missionary
societies, Scotland 8 and Ireland 1, the
entire IA societies employing 312 agents
There are also "a 81 cieties on the conti-
nent of Europe. In our own land we
have barely Z, with "a agents Taken
together, there are thus 4S societies.
with S77 agents. Il Presbyterian OBJ
server.
According to the Living Church Al
manac for 1891, the Protestant Episcopal
Church has 4 1853 clergy, 800 candidates
for orders, 2. $50 parishes and missions
and sos, 202 communicates The num-
Der of baptisms last year was 81 $685. OF
which nearly ~. 900 were infants. The
contributions for the year are sic 1884,
I 767.
Arrangements are nearly Terfected
for the worlds council of Congrega-
tional churches to be held in London
next July. 1t is proposed that there
g all be 800 delegates-100 from the
u tied States, 100 from Great Britain,
and 100 from other countries Among
the American delegates are DR.. William
Taylor, OF New York. DR.. A. j. F. Beh-
rends, of Brooklyn. and Rev. G. F.
Tltwing. Of Minneapolis.
Unavailing regret. cherished sorrow,
and remorse are, next to sin, the greatest
hindrances to usefulness Nay, to brood
continually over sin or sorrow until
aa bition is unwinged and noble pur-
pose sliorn of their strength is itself sin.
The divine Fathers will concerning his
children is manifestly that they shall be
useful and happy. Whatever interferes
with this purpose is wrong -[Cumber-
land Presby yterian.
The Russian Government Church has
convened meeting of orthodox mis-
sionaries to discuss the means of resist
ing the spread of peasant heresy. 1t APP
pears that there are Is, 900. 900 rural dis
senters who, while outwardly belonging
to the G8vernment Church, bFibe the
police into permitting them to hold
heterolox services with locked doors.
Fresh conversions among the orthodox
peasantry have been alarmingly FREE
quent of late. II Boston journal.
The great historian, Dean Milman.
once sail: : should rather go to the
Judgment loaded with the errors of Mes
torius than with the sins of Cyril
Every right minded Christian will in
dorse this diction Heterodox opinions
are an evil to be avoided, but they are
not even to be mentioned in the same
breath with bad life. No man was
ever lost for failing to dot the is and
cross the Us in his creed. II Is wrong
conduct that brings upon us the divine
combination. II Nashville Christian Ad-
vocate.
he Rev. Able Baillarge. of Toilette.
has Just collected statistics showing the
Roman Catholic strength in Canada to
be as follows: One cardinal, s arch
bishops. % bishops. 2 352 priests; 43
male religious orders with ESQ members,
and e6 female orders with membership
Of 964; 1,914 churches and chapels, and
317 missions: II seminaries, univer-
sities, So colleges. 339 converts, 1865
academies, aud !. 2O3 schools; SO hos
pitals, and 46 asyiums. These represent
a Roman Catholic populali N of 2,048,-
900 in I, ,157 parishes In Newfoundland
the abbe states that there are bishops,
So priests. u nuns, 1877 churches and
chapels. z seminariea, university, Is
converts. and 100 schools, with 79, 900
Roman Catholics in II arislaeA Lon
don Times
Not little is said by those averse to
@reviEalr nsethods in churches as 20 fhe
honor to be put upon the regular"
agencies. The regular agencies are
TO be honored, no one doub that but
we have profound skepsiciss., - :, the
efficiency Of regular" dnIlness and
Journalism, and Of al mechanical and
lifeless services regular or irregular.
Vixen Ne talk about the value Of the
regular service we need to have q
pretty clear idea Of what these regular
services are. If they are not infused
with life. with freshness, and with