Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-17
RELIGIOUS.

| There are 500 600 Protestants in France
and nearly 39OOO,0O0 Roman Catholics.
| London churches raised over $4,000 on
soldiers Sunday" for the benefit Of Brit
! ish soldiers families.
Dr. A. II. Strong, president of Rochester
Theological seminary, announces that John
| ID. Rockefeller has just made a conditional
pledge of Sl5OOO0 to that ins titution.
| In 1858 tfty-one out of every 1000 mar
riages In England and Wales were per-
| formed by Roman Catholic priests. In 1897
the number had decreased to forty-one in
every 1000.
Bishop Tugwell of the Church of Eng
| land is about to go as a missionary to
Haussaland, Africa, "A country of 15,0O000O
| Inhabitants that has never been effectually
touched by English missionaries.
| The decision of the archbishops of Eng
| land in requesting compliance with their
decision in the ritualistic cases has induced
nearly all the vicars-some 300 in number
professional lights.
| The young men of DIR. Meredth's church
| In Brooklyn have decided to meet just be-
the Re morning %i sermons Nothing anq it is sad
| SO pleases the wideawake clergyman as to
know that his sermons are being dis cussed.
| Rev. DR.. Edward McGlynn is lying in a
state of great weakness at Newburg, hav-
| ing been Frustrated by two alarming at
tacks of heart failure within twenty four
| hours. 1t is thought he may, after a period
| of rest, get around again and live a year
| or two without another attack.
| The Baptists of Brooklyn are going to
! Dullu a Sl0U,OOO Cnurch, which Will have a
roof garden where services may be held
during the summer evenings. There will
be four elevators to carry people up and
down. The pastor Rev. A. c. Dixon, says
no drinks of any kind will be sold,
Two trolley car motormen of Boston have
been suspended from the congregation of
! the Broadway Tabernacle church of that
| city for running their cars on Sunday.
When the young men got their Jobs they
were warned by their pastor not to work
on Sunday. They applied for that day off
and were refused. Both men have families
Mass, left his entire estate, amounting to
! about $4,000, to Dwight l.. Moody of North
| field, for the promotion of Christian prin-
/ ciples, for the upbuilding of the cause of
Christ, trusting to his care, fidelity and
good judgment to place the same where it
will do the most good"
France is said TO be the most important
as well as the most promising Protestant
mission field Congregations of 200 men,
bers, not one of whom was brought up in
of fifty children. who a year ago had never
heard of the bible a common occur
renee. No movement of such proportions
has been witnessed since the time of the
reformation.
Some time ago it was announced the
sirdar was to allow missionaries to settle in
khartoum in September, and accordingly
the English Church Missionary society
made complete arrangements for taking ad-
vantage of the permission. Since then
however Lord Kitchener has changed his
mind, and will allow only the establish
ment of depot of operation, with a view
to active work among the heather in south
ern Soudan. The workers of the society are
cal mission has always been found accept
able even among Moslems Traders are
freely admitted to the city and missionar-
les are anXiously awaiting their turn.