Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-03

No church building, however costly, OF
Christian Scientists is ever dedicated until
II Is free from debt
The Independent states that the Christian n
Scientists made a gain OF 900 600 in their
membership I'm the single year of 1900
Rev. ,Jorais Boodoo Mal2of has been APP
pointed to the charge of the Syrian Greek
| orthodox church in Boston at the request
of Archimandrite Raphael of New York
country
1t is stated that more than one-thlrd Of
the population of our country are actual
dicates that at least three-fourths are
closely identified with religion in some
form.
James Methodist Episcopal church. Den.
yer, has been elected chaplain of the Colo
rsdo senate pr, Johnson illed the chair
during the fall term In connection with his
duties as pastor.
John X. Prendergast and Thomas F.
Roman Catholic church, ofnciating in Mis-
scuri. They were born in Ireland twenty
seven years ago. Seven Of the nine chiiren
TS Kew. aff F. We W. HEHnS Hinti, PhD., has been sc-
sons college, Fairieid, la - lie has served
! Pre- ssbyterian churches in Warensburg. Mo
az 6d tb 0ttTmwa a ana Is regIardSI as on9
lie graduated from Mccormick theological
seminary in 1892,
Rev. c, X. Gale, well krown to New Eng
lanl PEOPLE as former pastor in Spring
field, and Fitchburg. Mass, and more re-
Gently In connection with Industrial relief
for Cuba the Indian famine and the Red
Galveston, has received and accepted call
tional church of Spokane Wash.
The annual day of humiliation and prayer
has just been observed in Prussia, accord
inS to lonE-establshed custom, and a great
many of the Berlin newspapers took occa-
sion to print articles upon the recent do
tcrioraton in public morality. They as
serted that the rapid Industrial develop
ment of the country and its corresponding
improvement in its financial condition mad
resulted in an alarming growth OF social
During the nineteenth century the lead.
ing missionary organizations, OF Great
8 600 workers into the field. Add the sums
raised and expended by the smaller mis-
ssionarys- societies @ and the total is not less
OcOoOO has been spent for work. among
young people and children and $1,000, ,0DO
I2r ,9or 9r3perty, maxim, grand aggregat,e
by the people of Great Britain during the
century
In Richmond, Va, where Patrick Henry
made his famous speech prior to the Amer
lean revolution, rung In the new century.
being the only one in this country. with
the possible exception of that on old LIB
erty hall in Philadelphia. that has rung in
an interesting history Many years ago,
when the old structure for which It was
made was repaired, the bell was removed
and sold few days ago Its last owner
presented II to the Virginia Historical So
clety by which II was restored to the
church.
The Methodists have been taking an ac-
count of stock for the century In the United
States, and the results show an astonish-
ing growth, At the close OF the eighteenth
century 1t numbered ls1 ministers and o.
9S4 members. Now It has over 10000 min
listers and 2,929,OO0 members. Besides the
Methodist Episcopal church sixteen other
Methodist churches have sprung from II,
having the same tenets, which now have
6,424 ministers and 5,9S5S43 members. In
tonal institution, now the, church. controls
225 schools of various grades, with an en-
downment OF s1i,543 4S9, and debts aggregat-
ing $2S36.SSs. The financial reports OF the
collections werc $S23; in 1900 they were
81 233 9A. Old world Mcthodism which in
the days Of Wesley had 3l3 ministers and
,96S members, now has $3.50 ministers and
l,l69,lSS members. Such has been the work
Of the last century.
Statistics regarding the work Of the
Roman Catholic church among the l.dians,
which have been collected for the 1901
S@ih2c ona2y DTeetoyb shoW GSSan SuGGeSItT ms
given as 2S5,OO0. Of which about 10000 are
members of the Roman Catholic church.
bered S5So6, The Indians in Indian Terri.
tory are least under the influence OF the
church, the nemberShlp being only 3.SJ
church schools in the territory with 74j
pvris. The next largest Indian popua-
top is in the diocese Of Brownsville, where
there are 4l,N0 Indians. OF this number
300 are classed as Catholics. There are
thirty-siX Indian churches, fourteen priests,
nine schools and l,O3S pupils. The diocese
are Catholics, The number pf churches is
six and Of priests two. The diocese Of
Santa Fe has 22,5OO Indians, OF whom 1886
are Catholics, in the diocese OF Sioux Fats
a total of 5000 Indians IS reported of whom
GOO are Cath lies, with thirteen churches