Christian herald., February 08, 1884, Page 8, Image 8

proved.
Report of committee on cre­
dentials showed Pine City, Farm­
ington and Four Mile not repre­
sented. Bro. L. D. Philips, of
Penawawa, S. Euabler and J. W.
Ellis, of Moscow, and P. E. Fisher,
of Cabbage Flat, were in aitend-
■unee hilt not representing any or-
ganization, as there are “none m
these localities.
Report of committee on divine
services was to the effect that Bro.
Cannon should preach Saturday
o’clock, and Bro. LaDow Sunday
night. .
Reports of the different congre­
gations show a growing prosperity
in the cause of Christ. The report
from Pleasant Flat congregation
records the death of our beloved
brother, Thomas Ruble, who was an
elder in the church at that place.
Treasurer’s report* shows that there
was due Jan. 1, 1884, Bro. C. J.
Wright, evangelist, $307.50, re­
ceived on this amount, $162,
balance due, $145.50.
evangelist ’ s report .
V iola , I. T., Jan. 9,1884.
To the Brethren, Sisters and Offic­
ers of the Missionary Society :
I submit the following semi­
annual report of my sixth year’s
labor in this district. Total num­
ber of additions during the past six
months as follows: by confession
9; by relation, 2; by letter, 12;
from the M. E. church, 2. The
past six months is the season of the
year when but little can be.done in
the way of evangelizing, it being
the time of harvesting, threshing
and fall seeding. I will say that
the success which the cause of
Christ has met with in this country
is due largely to the earnest, faith­
ful, working brethren, and especially
to our young preaching brethren,
C. C. Gibson, W. D. Craig, E. A.
LaDow and T. J. Cannon, who are
doing good and faithful work for
the Master. May the Lord reward
them according to their works.
Your brother in Christ,
C. J. W right .
On motion, a committee of one
from each congregation were ap­
pointed on arrangements for the
coming camp-meeting.
On motion, the Missionary Board
were instructed to employ an Evan­
gelist for the coming year, provided
the necessary furiU$%ere raised.
Motion prevailed that we suggest
Bro. Wright’s name to the Board as
our Evangelist.
Motion that we employ a preach­
er from abroad. Carried.
The Foreign Mission Committee
of the Protestant Episcopal Church,
as we learn from The Churchman,
has resolved to send to Mexico for
the prosecution of its work there
only such contributions as are made
specially to it, or sent through the
Mexican League, and not to make
any appropriations to it from the
—Uu r r ent~Re Ti gidT[§TOW 3.
general contributions R5 füTütgTT
missionary work. At the same
(Gleanings from our Exchanges),
time theyuige the importance of
The Lutherans have in the Uni­ such special contributions, in order
ted States 6,130 churches, 3,429 that what, is really valuable in the
ministers and 785,987 communi- Mexican work may life fully sustain-
cants.
assistance goes without saying.
A new lifeboat, suitable for navi­ The orphanage needs assistance,
gation purposes, and the property and so do the impoverished two
of the Central African Mission, has bishops, and the other clergy. who,
just been launched on the great through the failure of contributions
Lake Tanganyika to the immense to reach them, have been made
delight of the natives. She is call­ penniless. We hope the Episcopal
ed the Morning Star (Nyota Ye Church will rise to the high plane
Assubui). .
of its duty in this direction.
Adjourned .with prayer by Bro.
LaDow to meet Thursday June
26, 1884, at camp-meeting grinds,
I. T.
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W. H. H. M c C lure ,
Chairman.
A. J. G reen ,
Secretary.
A pupil in a Sunday-school at
Hopedale, Pa., in the month of
November memorized perfectly
1,563 Scripture verses, embracing
23 chapters of Mathew, one of
Luke, and 12 chapters of Mark’s
Gospel, together with a number of
Psalms.
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The Second Baptist Church St.
Louis, Dr. Boyd, pastor, has receiv­
ed 120 additions to its membership
during the past year. In this time
$28,000 have been received for all
purposes. The pastor’s salary was
increased at the annual meeting
from 5,000 to 6,000. The Sunday
school numbers 900 members, the
afternoon mission 400, and the Oli­
vet Missions 320, making a total of
1,620 persons “under the teaching
power of the church.
The precious revival in Japan is
still going on. At Okayama thir­
teen applied for admission to Mr.
Cary’s Congregational church, on
the first Sunday in October.
The three Woman’s Boards of
Foreign Missions co-operating with
the American Board have about one
hundred and fifty women in the
field, and an income of over $150,-
000 per year.
The Cincinnati branch of the
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Socie­
ty of the Methodist Episcopal
Church has raised in two years
$22,000.
The Missionary Societies reporta
gain of 308,643 communicants dur­
ing the past year.
The remarkabte changes that are
taking place in quarters of the
globe as widely apart as the poles,
are just now being illustrated in a
coincident manner by two items of
information which reach us almost
on the same date. One is from
Rome describing the opening on. a
recent Sunday of a Waldensian
Church in a principal thoroughfare,
in the presence of a congregation
representing many nationalities,and
nearly every variety of Protes­
tant denomination, the sermon of
the preacher, Signor Prochet, an
Italian, being from the text, “ I am
not ashamed of the Gospel of
Christ.” The other is from Pekin,
China, by which we learn that the
Roman Catholic Cathedral, in the
eastern part of the Chinese metrop­
olis is approaching completion, its
lofty walls forming a marked object
of interest to the native population.
sionary to upper Chilcat, where
they both are doing faithful service.
The Rome correspondent of The
Standard says that the conversa­
tion held by the Pope with Crown
Prince Frederick William, upon the
occasion of the latter’s visit to the
Vatican, consisted of two parts, one
will remain absolutely se­
cret, while the other will be publish­
ed at the proper time. The Pope
has informed the Cardinals that he
has consigned £o the secret archives
a detailed account of the conversa-
in order to transmit to posterity a
statement which may in the future
be of much importance.
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The British and Foreign Bible
Society has an agent at Rome, be­
sides depots and colporteurs in varir
ous parts of the country. The Na­
tional Scottish Bible Society also
distributes a vast quantity of relig­
ions literature. The Italian Bible
Society and the Religious Tract
Society are engaged in a similar
work, and there are published in
Italy no fewer than eleven Protes­
tant periodicals, four of which are
printed at Florence. The Vaudois
Church is the most efficient as it is
the most ancient of the organiza­
tions which are attempting to evan­
gelize Italy.
The Methodist of San Francisco
inaugurated the centennial year of
Methodism by dedicating Trinity
Church on the first Sunday in Jan­
uary. The church has been so re­
modelled and lerutified that it is
now one of the handsomest church­
es in that city.
The Pope has presented to Arch­
bishop Gibbons a life size portrait
of himself, for the Catholic Council
to be convened in Baltimore in No­
vember next, on the ninety-fifth
In the Maratha Mission, India, a anniversary of the Metropolitan
remarkable advance is reported in See.
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the direction of self-support, the
C ourage for the R ight .—Dor­
sixteen pastors being wholly paid
cas
died regretted; she was worth
from their native funds. While
regretting, she was worth being re­
there is but one more ordained stored ; she had not lived in vain,
missionary than in 1873, the num­ because she had not lived for her­
ber df native helpers has increased self. The end of life is not a thought,
from 41 to 83 and the church mem­ but an action—action for others.
But you, why should you be regret­
bership from 620 to 1,421.
ted? Have you discovered spiritual
The Indian Missi/n School at truth like Paul? Have you been
Fort Wrangell, Alaska, in which brave and true in defending it, like
Peter ? or cheered desolate hearts
Mrs. McFarland is teaching has in­ by sympathy, like Ananias ? or
creased in number and interest the visited the widows and the father­
past year, and many of the pupils less in their affliction, like Dorcas ?
have become Christians. One of If you have, your life will leave a
the oldest girls has been married to trace behind which will not soon be
effaced from earth.—F. W. Robert-
a Christian Indian,and gone as mis­ son. '