Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-04

world about April 1. His itinerary will take
him westward to Honolulu. then to New
Zealand, Australia and India.
DIR. Talmage's income has been about
$50 900 annually for several years. OF this
amount $12,O 900 was his salary in the Taber-
nacle, the publication of his sermons, con-
troled by two syndicates, between $S,OOO
and $40, 600, his editorial work from $4,000
to $6000 and his lectures about $l5,ooo.
Even Beecher did not earn that much
The Catholic directory for 1894, which has
just been issued, gives the statistics of the
Catholic church in the United States. Every
diocese furnishes it's own figures. The
Catholic population in many of the dioceses
is approxmated, and in the absence of exact
figures the compilers of the directory are
unable to say just how many Catholics there
are in the United States The directory
gives the number as S.9O2.O33
In the Epworth league there are nearly
10000 chapters and $4,000 members have
been added in little more than four and
half years.
1t is estimated that no less than 100000
reached the treasures of the missionary
societies during 1898 from the Christian
Endeavor societies in the various denomina-
tional churches.
The Very Rev. Thomas Casey, vicar-gen-
eral of the Erie CPa) diocese, died worth
$3.50, 900. He had given nearly as much to
the church and charity during his active
life.
The Rev. A. Routh of Piney Flats Va,
has been the father of twenty children,
eighteen of whom are living. He is 70,
hale and hearty, and able to ride circuit
and preach every Sunday, but two of his
wives are dead.
Bishops Littleiohn Of Long Island, Doane
of Albany and Huntington of Central New
York will this year complete a quarter of a
century in the Episcopate of the Protestant
Episcopal church. Ten others are of earlier
and sixty-six of later conservation.
The American Baptist Home Mission So
ciety has not reported a debt fon seven
years, but this year it has already been COM
PEELED to borrow 500, 900, and will probably
report a debt of at least $780, 900 at the
close of the ecclesiastical year in April.
Rev. DR.. George Dana Boardman, who
is to retire from the pastorate of the First
Baptist church, Philadelphia, on May l5, the
thirtieth anniversary of his pastorate, was
born in Burmah. and Is a son of the late
Rev. George Dana Boardman and stepson
of the late Adoniram Judson, two Of the
most famous missionaries to the east.
Mrs. Mary Louise Taffarn Whitney, who
is pastor of the Unitarian church in West
Someryille, Mass, first undertook ministerial
service in order to relieve her husband, Rev.
Herbert Whitney, who found 1t dlticnlt to
ill two Sunday engagements, and induced
her to take one of them, which she did with
such success that she soon decided TO aC-
cept a small charge Of her own,
William IL. Mills of San Francisco has in
his library two books written by John Wes-
ley in which he says the founder Of Method
ism put forth the theory of evolution. These
books are entitled "Wesey's Philosophy"
and were printed in New York in 1923 by
Mason e Bangs. In these books are many
passages asserting in the strongest terms
that there is unity in creation and con-
troverting the theory of special creations.
The venerable Bishop Williams of Con-
necticut, senior bishop of the Protestant
Episcopal church in America, is to have
suitable memorial to his longevity and
usefulness In "the land of steady habits"
1t will take the form OF a new library in
connection with Berkeley Divinity school,
in which he has warm interest. The sum
OF $50 900 will be raised for the erection
and maintenance of the library. in which
will be stored the 25,0OO volumes belonging
to the school.
The religious revival OF 1S93-94 is making
itself felt as strongly in the west as in the
east. In st. Louis especially the interest
has been marked and the states surround
ing that city as a center have all felt the
effect of the awakening. The number Of
conversions made is remarkable. An in
qury shows that during the past five months
the converts number 20,2l6 in sxty-one
counties of Missouri, 1852 in ffty-one
counties in Illinois. not including Chicago
| s STA in thirty-two counties Of Kansas, In
twenty-three counties Of Texas Z 100 and in
| Arkansas 2249, OF a total of 53,99l in the
| five states. During the same time there