The herald., 1898-03-06

Nary people will work like beavers in the
church when they can do it where every
body will see them.
4 Jewish temple to cost over 500 ,0c0 with
furnishings, is to be built at Pittsburg.
Pa The building will be of steel frame
structure and brick, and have one of the
highest belfries in the country. There will
be d clock on the stceple which at night
time will be Illuminated with electric
lights. and will strike every three hours.
The auditorium will have a seating capac-
ity of about 1000.
Christ Jesus presents thee with thy
crosses. and they are no mean gifts.-C II.
Spurgeon.
Why dost thou fear to be wronged? 1t
can at the worst kill thee. Who is born
to live forever? Consent to be wronged,
be silent under every injury. But of one
thing be sure. do the fullest. the most
scrupulous justice to all men, and chiefly
to those who have wronged you.-Mozoom-
dar
Too many Christians never expect any
help from God until everything else fails.
Better count on Him from the beginning
The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists
report as a result of fifty years work in
Queensland, Australia. siXty-two minis
ters, 299 local preachers, 1S9 class leaders
1862 members, 1880 teachers, 15.S43 scholars
and 80 .775 adherents in that country.
It is stated that Dean Vail who lives in
Denmark. is the greatest missionary sta
tistician in the world. He possesses mis-
SiOnarV library of II 600 volumes.
The Rev. Dr. II. NJ. Field. writing in the
Evangelist Pres.), remarks: ''As to the
cases of Professors Briggs and Smith.
we thought at the time. and think now.
that the judgments were very cruel and
unjust, yet if the cases were brought
up again. we have no reason to suppose
that the result would be different. The
Presbyterian church is very conservative.
and what 1t has done before ii would prob
ably do again.
1.-The fact seems to be- says the Living
Church (P E). of Chicago that a new
doctrine of the Divine Fatherhood has
been devised and is now being widely
preached outside the church, and to some
extent within its boundaries. According
TO this teaching, that kind of Hatherhood
which, according to the Scriptures, has
been brought about through the incarna-
IlOn really existed from tne beginning OF
the creation of man on the earth Man. in
virtue of his creation. is spoken of as par
ticipating in the Divine Nature, and is
thus a son of God through organic rela-
tion with him. This carries with ii a new
view of the incarnation of our Lord which
deprves it of its unique character Hence
also, that questioning of the supernatural
birth. of which we have all heard some
thing
The total number of Roman Catholics in
India is reported to be ,S65 245. The num-
her Of native Catholic priests is 655, and
there are 745 European priests.
OF the Isl Universalist ministers in the
annual register seventy are women.
Of the eighty students in McGill univer-
sity, Canada. only five are free from the
necessity of earning their living at least in
part, and yet last year these students gave
$IS33 to foreign missions.
The Chicago Training School for Mis-
sions during its existence of twelve years
has sent out ninety eight foreign mission
aries 935 deaconesses and 20 home mission
ariese and evangelsts.
every one admits says the Christian
Advocate (Methodist) of Nashville. that
condition so far as theology is concerned.
The old faith has largely departed as to
form, and the new faith has not yet been
grasped by the people. This is a state of
things which has its drawbacks and diff
culties."
The year book of the Lutheran church in
the United States shows the remarkable
growth of nearly 100000 commandments.
From 142S ,695 in 1886. the church has ad-
vanccd In 1897 to ,521 ,562 communicates 1t
is the most poyglot church in America, it's
services being said in almost all European
languages. There is, however, a growing
inclination to introduce the English Ian
guage into congregations heretofore exclu-
sively foreign. and to make the English
service universal in congregations all the
members of which understand the English
tongue.
Hoffman's Catholic Directory for 1898, |
just published, gives the following statis- |
tics regarding the status of the Catholic |
church in the archdiocese of Chicago for
the year 1897: Archbishop, l. mitred alb
bot, l; secular priests. 800; priests of re-
lgious orders, 120-total priests, 210 mis- |
sions with churches, 80; stations. II; chap |
els. IS: ecclesiastical students, 105: semina-
ries of religious orders 9; students s.: col |
leges and academies for boys. ); students !
11i0; academies for young ladies'. IL nor |
NAL school, l: females educated in higher |
branches, 22iS: parish and missions with |
parochial schools, 4S,146; pupils in parochi-
al schools, 4S,1i6; orphan asylums, A. or
phans, so; infant asylum, l: infants. 900: |
industrial and reform schools, C; inmates, |
1156-total number of young people under |
Catholic care, 1896; hospitals, Z; homes for |
aged poor, A; other charitable institutions,
J; Catholic population. about CSC, 900.
Last year Yale college gave $1,000 for mis- |
sions; Wellesley S15o0; Oberlin $3.50; Cor