Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-10-26
nELIGrous.

IN lcSO Lhc 0nlteu stated nuflt o,0VO
churches,
The American Bible Society holds in
trust the sum of 1878. .796 Sc. The income
is to be used for general benevolent and
missionary purposes.
The election of new father general
of the Dominicans will be held at Lyons,
aud Mgr Monsabre, a Frenchman, is
likely to be chosen. The Italians hoped
TO have one of their nation at the head of
the order.
The famous Cathedral of Iona, il Is
said, is to be partially renovated by the
Duke Of Argyll, and handed over to the
Established Church of Scotland Presbyte-
rian) that services may be held in it occa.
sionally during the tourist season.
Bishop Potter in a recent address in
behalf of New York city missions said
tina. the Protestant Episcopal Church is
preaching the Gospel in that city in al
most all the tongues of Europe, and in
those of China, Armenia, Turkey, and
Persia.
The work of the Salvation Army has
been particularly successful in India and
Ceylon during the past year, the organ
izations numbering 1i6 as against 81 al
the close of the previous year. OF the
5O4 present officers in those countries $50
are natives.
The Presbyterian board of church erec.
tion has placed valuation Of $75, ,000, ,00c
on the Presbyterian church property in
the United States, and in their classified.
ton they place $42, 1000, 900, more than
half, in the two States of New York and
Pennsylvania.
The Rev. r. Baron, missionary of the
London Missionary Societies to Madagas.
car, reports marked religious interest
in Antanancirivo such as has not been
seen for many years. At meeting in.
tended especially for recent converts
some 500 were present, almost all young
people.
During 1890 there were built in the
United States $500 churches. Does this
look like decay? During the last year
in all denominations in this country the
additions numbered over 1 100000. Does
this look like decay? The issues from
the Bible House since April have been
800, ,116 copies. Does this look like decayi
BY the will of the late Eli Perry, of AL.
bany, the American Baptist Missionary
Union, the American Baptist Home Mis-
sionary Society, the New York Baptist
Union for Ministerial Education, and
Hamilton Theological Seminary were
made residuary legatees. Accordingly,
of hou nl,a
for $76,085.03, making a total Of over
100000.
According to Russian sources the total
population of Russia is 103, ,912 ,642 OF
these 1854 ga are adherents of the
Orthodox Church. OF the others, II ,000,.
00J are Pascolnites, or Sectarians, i. g.,
Stundites, ETC.; 1896 796 are Roman
Catholics; 5,1O4,20O are Protestants
(nearly all Lutherans); 2,62O, 600 are Jews;
aud 100000 are Mohammedans and
heathens.
The Indian Witness takes the rather
singular ground that the Bible societies
are practically perpetuating the curse of
Babel. II claims that but for the work
of pioneer missionaries in inventing
alphabets, formulating grammarS, aud
producing literature for barbarous peo-
pies the number of languages in the world
would be sensibly smaller than it is
Boston Journal.
The Board of Directors of the London
Missionary Society has decided to add
100 additional missionaries to the societys
staff before the society's centenary is
celebrated III 1895. This will involve an
increased annual expenditure of not less
than sos, 900; but the society, represent
ing the 4,420 Congregational churches of
England and Wales, feels that enlarge
ment is necessary.
The Religious Telescope is not alarmed
at the unrest and discussion respecting
biblical theology and creeds that are now
30 prevalent, and we are not. Instead Of
its being cause for anxiety, it is rather
the precursor of a brighter and better
day for truth, for religious freedom, for
vital godliness, and for the church Of
Jesus Christ. Gods truth will triumph
antly endure the crucial test of the higher
criticism, and in due time come forth
from the fiery furnace of discussion,
stripped, it may be, of some nonessential
excrescences. but without the smell of
fire on its garments. s.-Hartford Religious
Herald.