Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-03-23

on a lecture tour OF several weeks
Neither Mrs. Booth nor her husband
are accepting any salary from the Vol
unteer movement, nor have they done
SO for several months. Mrs. Booth is
giving some of her own money TO help
the work, and does not accept Il penny
for her lectures, but gives all the re-
ceipts to her prison homes ana to in
diyiduals.
On the 9Th OF December, 1854, by the
bun which begins with the words, IN
eiiabiHs Deus, Pope Plus IN, in his
Character OF vicar OF. Christ upon
earth and visible teacher OF the whole
church, s0lemnly declared ana defined:
THAT the doctrine which holds that
the blessed Virgin Mary, al the first in
at3nt OF her conception, by a singular
privilege ana grace Of the omaipotent
God, in virtue of the merits OF Jesus
Christ, the Savior OF Mankind, was
preserved immaculate from the stain Of
original sin, has been revealed by
God, and therefore should be firmly
and constantly believed by ali the
faithful. This is said to mean that
at the moment OF her passive con-
ceptlcd-- namely. at the instant when
Marys soul was infused into her body,
she was sanctifed by Gods grace so
that her soul from her first creation
was never displeasing to God, was pre-
served from original sin, and never
stained by il. The decree OF Pope
Plus has been implicitly adopted
throughout the Roman Catholic
church, and the festival Is kept ON the
5th day OF December every year
The wCmo0'5 branch oil the New
York city mission has 50 trained mis-
sionaries, nurses, and students at work
in lower New York, the most densely
populated area OF the world. 1t is es-
timated that co., 23S people live below
Fourteenth street Among these
Americans, English German, italian,
Bohemian, Syrian. Chinese, Hebrew,
and other nationalities; the workers
Of the wome0's branch go and care for
the sick, visit from house TO house,
and teach mothers and children help
ing bodies aad souls. The following
facts are given concerning the work:
First, ii is Christian, but not secta-
rian; second, it is preventive and helps
to stem the tide Of sin ana disease;
third, it reaches the very lowest;
fourth, New York must eyangelize
and elevate New York; no other ma
ton or city can do it; fifth, the wo-
mems branch depends on voluntary
offerings.
The $4,000 German Daptists in the
United States gave last year $G2 1000 to
missions
Chicago Will entertain the Metho-
dist general conference of 1900.
Since 1895 the Protestant Episcopal
church in this country has added o.
coo members to its churches.
The deacouess movement, estab-
lished among Epscopalians, Luther
ans, and Methodists, will now be
adopted by the Baptists.
The New York Independent will be
30 years old Dee. s. 1t was started as
an organ of the Congregationalists
and was very promneut during the
anti-slayery agi .ation as an urgent ad-
vocate Of aboliticu. Henry Ward
Reecher was for man" years i.2 editor
According to the latest census of
Russia, the religious division in 1892
was as follows: Orthodox Greek
Catholics, 100000; United church
and Armeniaas, 5,0O0 Roman Cayho-
lies, 100000; Protestants. 2950,0
lows 2 con 0DO. NIob1mmntlaue 2 Son %
coo: Pagans, $4,000.
The semi-centennial of the entrance
Of Methodiscn into Europe will be eel
ebrated next year.
According to Crocldord's clerical
directory. the Church of England has
33. 494 clergymcn, of whom 1897 are
unemployed.
Bergen, Norway, has a paper church
large enough to contain 1000 persons.