The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-23
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

Very Rev. Augustine F. Hewiatt, SUI
perior general of the Paulist Fathers.
has just celebrated the golden jubilee
of his ordination.
Fifteen million dollars has been the
income Of the various Protestant for
eign missionary societies of the world
during the last year, as estimated by
the American board of foreign mis-
sions. This is about $1,000 900 more
than the income of the previous year.
John Wesley had the impression that
one could be too great a reader, for he
is reported as saying to some of his
young friends: Beware you are not
swallowed I'D in books; an ounce of
love is worth a pound OF knowledge -
During the 20 years Trinity parish of
Boston has occupied its present beau
tiful church edifice, the weekly offer
ing every Sunday has averaged more
than $1,000. More than s1.0OO,0O has
been contributed for charitable pur-
poses, aDart from the needs of the
church ITSELF
The colored Catholics of this country
now number 100000, have two priests
of their own race, with 80 young ne
groes preparing for the ministry: three
converts and about 200 sisters in vari-
Gus communities. The state having the
largest Catholic population is Louisi-
ana So 900 negroes protesting the faith,
and Maryland comes next with over
SO. 900.
A church in a London suburb in the
course of a few years has added $500 to
it's treasury by the sale of a three
leaved plant called Calvary vlover The
leaves have a red blctcGn which gradu
ally disappears with their growth, and
the pod is spirally wound with interlac-
ing points. resembling, when removed,
a crown of thorns. 1t is customary 10
SOW the seeds On Good Friday.
One of the latest writers On the CT
toman empire estimates that he Mo-
hammedan religious establishment
owns over one-ttird of the entire ter
ritory of the suhan's doninicns. IF a
man dies and leaves no immediate is
sue the mosque nearest to his place of
decease takes possession of his prop
erty, even to the detriment OF his
grandchildren, who. if they wish 10
keep said property, have TO pay the
mosque something like 80 per cent for
the privilege" This is what is called
''Moslem rule"
After Rev. DR.. Edward Everett Hale
preached in Washington the either sun
day a number of people went to con-
graduate him. Among them was a
young woman who, after shaking
hands with the famous Bostonian, said:
You don't know me, Or. Hale, but
know you" His hands descended as
if IN blessing, and he said: "Ah, my
dear young lady, l don't doubt that 1
christened YOU" and she passed on in
the crowd. Some one at hand asked
DR.. Hale: do YOU know her? She is
Secretary Olney's daughter" 20, then
it il all right" said DR.. Hale, Il
chriStened her mother"
The American Baptist Year Book
for 1897 shows the total membership of
that denomination in the United States
to be 3.82403S. with 1,Ks7 associations
27.257 ordained ministers and 40,65S
churches. The increase Tor the year of
mebership by baptism was 1924 by
experience, $500. and by restoration,
"a. 1855. The decrease in mem bership by
exclusion was 47,726, by erasure 1880,
by death 31,69S, which leaves a net in
crease of III, 604. The number of Sun
day schools is %, 7S7, with 164,431 officers
and teachers and 1.590,19e scholars.
There were 504 ordinations. with 2S9
deaths among the ministry.