The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-26
NOTES.

Book Concern last year were ,OOO.
The Baptist strength in Philadelphia,
Pa, is seventy-two churches, twenty
missions, %, $50 members, and 81, 227 IN
the Sunday-schOOlS.
There are now over Is 900 local so
cieties of Christian EndeavOr in thirty
two Evangelical denominations. The
Presbyterians lead, the Congregation
alists next, then the Baptists and the
Methcdists are fourth. Each Of these
four denominations have over 2, 900, the
Presbyteians having ), 800.
The Methodist Year Book for 1891
gives the total membership of the
Methodist Episcopal Church as $685.
154, an increase Of 46, 691 over last
year. It's Sunday-schoOls number g.
264, $50 members, a gain over last year
of 40 1874. The Several branches of
Methodism in the United States include
4, $50, 200 communicates, with 81, 765
ministers and 81, I'll churches.
The late DR.. Howard Crosby once
found a burglar in his house. He
seized the man and dragged him to a
police station. Later he visited the
man in prison, talked with him III such
a manly, Christian way that the man
was converted, and Is snow an exemplary
church member in the West. That is
a type of muscular Christianity worth
cOveting. First satisfy justice, then
display love -COngregattOn0ljSt.
The Gethumane Baptist Church was
organized in 1886 in Havana with only
three members. This was the first
evangelical organization in the Island
of Cuba. Rev. Albert J.. Diazo, who
had fled from Havana as an exile, was
cOnuerted in New York, returned to
Cuba, and as the fruits OF his labOrs
the membership Of his church is now
1917. Five other churches have been
organized with n preaching matrOns
with 4 ordained ministers and II mis-
siOnarieS. All the services in the
churches and Sabbath-schools are con
Quoted In the Spanish language.
The Rev. T. De Witt TaImage's new
tabernacle at the corner of Green and
Clinton avenues, was opened to his
congregation and the public for the
first time Sunday last. The taber-
nacle'S dimensions are 200 feet long by
118 wide, and it is Romanesque i'll It's
style of architecture. 1t is built of
brick and stone. The interior of the
church has two galleries and viii seat
$500 persons. The big organ cost
$50, 600. Up to date the total cost of
the church Is $40, 600, and it will re-
qUire $40, 600 more to complete it.
Every court in Philadelphia is opened
with the following proclamation, pro-
nOUnced by the Clerk: "Oyez, Oyer,
OyeZ, all persons who stand bound by
recOgniZance, or who have otherwise
to do before the Honorable the Judge
of the Court of Common Pleas for the
county of Philadelphia, may at present
appear and they shall be heard. Ald
may God safe the Commonwealth and
the honorable COurt." This is q dis
tinct recognition of Almighty God, and
an invocation of His blessinG-aprayer.
therefor, albeit a brief one. -StOaduI0
of the Cross.
The Wesleyans and Congregation
alistS Of London, are relieving the Ou.-
cast poor of the metrOpolist by thOus-
ands. Inone week the London Congre-
gatiOnal Union gave shelter to 3.447
homeless beings, most Of them from
the rural districts, for lover a third of
the population were not born within
its bounds" The "shelter " halls give
"a little coffee and a few buns to the
most needy - on Sunday, and then the
gospel Is preached to these people, who
never enter churches in the fame halls
where sleep andfoodhav een afforded.
-IOCG State Register.
Preaching a trial sermon in presence
of an audience Of only two persons.
must in n case be a trial to ones
nerves, but especially so when the two
happen to be the Archbishop of Canter-
bury, DR.. TAFT, and Dean Stanley. We
read Of such an unfortunate young
candidate for priests orders" so
preaching III that rather awful pres
ence. In his confusion he stampered
out, as he began, Il will divide my
congregation into twO-the converted
and the uncOnverted. DR.. TAFT inter
rupted him with: Il think, sir, as
there are only two of us, you had bet
ter say which is which. "-CKicugO
Standard.
The American Baptist Year Book
for 1891 gives the number of regular
Baptists as 3, 1874, 227, a net gain for the
year of "a, 1876, or three per cent. The
aggregate of contributions is 811,215,-
579. rs, a gain Of $1,016, 32O.1 Is. New
York leading the States with Fl, 557.-
786. So. Georgia ranks first in number
of members, 319, Cpl; then comes Vir-
ginia, North Carolina, Kentucky.
Texas, South Carolina, Mississippi,
Alabama, Tennessee, Missouri, New
York, Louisiana, Illinois, ETC., while
Nevada is at the foot of the list with
only forty. The statistics of education
show 147 higher institutions of learn
ing mot including Chicago University
with %, 43S pupils, of whom 2,232 are
preparing for the ministry.