Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-05-30
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

There are IN the United States, Canada,
England, and Scotland, 80 womens mis-
sionary societies, and they have 1897
missionaries in the field.
The North Africa Mission has in all 50
missionaries enga. d in its field of opera
tons, embracing NJ rocco, Algeria, Tunis,
Tripoi, and north Arabia.
The committee to revise the articles
of faith of the Methodist Protestant
Church has completed the work of re.
vision, and the report will be presented
to the annual conference for approval.
The Brotherhood on the Sea" is the
name of new socie,y of 200 Norwegian
sea captains, who have pledged them
selves to have regular religious services
on board their ships, and to conduct
everything there and on shore in the
fear of God.
The Russian government, it is stated,
looks upon the movement of the Saliva
ton Army with great disfavor. 1t seems
that the army has done much successful
work in different parts of Russia, princi-
pally in Finland, that it has even
dared to enter st. Petersburg. Energetic
measures are to be t. ken, it is understood,
against the Army.
The necessity of using common sense
in exercising generosity is emphasized by
the little paper called Church Work.
which states that the native women of
India have rebelled against wearing the
articles sent to them last year from New
York. The list Of rejected things in.
cludes 5000 pairs of corsets, 700 pairs of
rubber carriers, and $500 dresses ribbed
with whalebone and steel. y christian
Register.
Benn Pitman, of Cincinnati, believes
that he is the only person in this country
who has shaken hand that shook the
hand Of the great Wesley. "The poet
Crabbe, " he says, who was the rector of
the parish in which | was born, who
christened me, and whose funeral at.
tended in my boyhood, was introduced
to Wesley in his old age, and in the biog-
raphy of the poet, it is said, he was re-
ceived by Wesley with benevolent po-
likeness"
October 2, 1892, the Baptist Missionary
Society was organized, the first society
in the world organized exclusively for
sending the gospel to the heather. The
first offering amounted to about $66.
Now there are 223 evangelical missionary
societies, 1854 foreign missionaries (ovel
5000 of whom are ordained ministers).
33,543 native helpers, 6S1 ,503 native COM
municants, and in 1890 the contributions
reached 81 ,429, $751; Missionary Re
view.
Jewish influence in America is on the
increase. The Hebrew population of
New York is already sufficient to make
large city. The contribution of g., 400
600 made by Baron Hirsch to be used for
the education and improvement and
assistance of the Jews in this city will
stimulate immigration among this class.
Russian persecution, which is driving the
children of Jacob out of that country.
will continue to send multitudes of them
to these Shores New York Christian
Advocate.
We have commented several times of
late upon the wonderful growth of the
Protestant Episcopal Church in the
United States. "Whittaker's Church
Almanac" for 1891 contains additional
information. The increase Of commune
cants in the last decade was 473 per cent,
Just double the increase of population.
The increase last year was 81 per cent.
In 1910 there were but 55, 427 communi,
cants in the United States, with a popu.
iation of $500; now there are 54,-
049 in Pennsylvania alone, with a popu-
lation of 5,24s, 574.-[Toronto Evangelical
Churchman.
The official " Year Book of the Church of
England" has lately been issued. During
the last five years the voluntary offerings
of the people for church building and
restoration amounted to nearly $25, OeO,-
900. During the same period the sums
contributed for the endowment of bene-
fees amounted to nearly q, $50, 900. For
the building of parsonage houses 1885,
600 has been raised; and for burial
grounds, $470,000. In other words, the
voluntary contributions Of the Church for
five years aggregate nearly $39, OOO,O 900.
This does not include the money given
for the annual maintenance of church
work at home and abroad, which would
very largely swell the sum total.