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The Apr ic.-American T’nEsr.YTKitiAN
llPrinoes* St.,
Wilmington, N. C,
Tir i:S)AY, AUG. 29, 1889.
BRIEFS.
Don’t ft.lect that “honesty is the
best polic}
Viitue wil b.v no means loose its
lewartl.
Some oi our ilepartinents arc crowd
e(I«*.;ll!S wenlr.
Our cut and sketeV will appear next
week. Keniembcr, nrst come first
served.
A more equal diFiribution of color
ed labor in tlie South will be helpful
all round.
The massss of the colored people
will look mJre to their material inter
est hcreaftir, and this will prove a
blessine;. To much politics is not
good.
It is gratifying to see the signs of
energy end aggrcssiyenuas in oonnee-
tion with our churches and schools
Let the good work be pushed forward
everywhere.
Wliciieyer you hear of a lot of col
ored p -ople holding a meeting and
protest.ng against the administration
yon ma' put it down that the leading
spirits feel Ih-at their personal claims
have not been duly considersd. They
want some one to throw a “pone of
bread at them. Nothing more, noth
ing less.
The congregation of Heokertoii N.
_C;, are at work erecting their new
F [church. Rey. C. Dillard of Goldsboro
leading'thc way. Last week he was
■^Pfn the woods with the paople hewing
’ out the lumber for the oliurcU build-
Thc new church at Wiaon, N. G.,
is making good progress. The mem
bership is now .SO and the Sabbath
school numbers 13 scholars aid teach
ers.
It IS liflioultto get at reliahhifacts
touching the condition of affair, in
Hayti. It would now seem that Jigi“
time has been vanquished and on
some sort of terms his rival, Hipoo-
lytc is in control of affairs- Such
was the tenor of the latest dispatches
from the unhappy Island. lUs also
said now that the question ha been
decided as to who shall rule, Mr.
Douglas, the new minister will sail for
ilayti at an early day.
The General Assenbly’a Minutes of
1889 arc being dislriUiled, The vol
ume contains 696 pages, 18 more .ban
last your, and '.hu.- it grows from yiar
to le.'ir.
[CUNf'LUbED UtOM '.A(.1E l.J
was elected to the pissidency and to
the Chair of Theolog,- in liiddle In.
stitulo, by ‘iThe Corrmiltee on Mis.
sions to Freed men o' the Northern
Prevbyteriitn Cbuicli.” lie resigned
tlie )iresidency 4 yeurs -ago, bis ohair
as Professor was only vacated by-
death. Ills work in this field has
been kiiown to you all, in part only,
llio wliole ol bis ceaseless self-deny
ing, heroic- lab ir liae Ocen Uno—>» tn
those intimately associate-! with him
and to God. For years he entered
these class rooms before 9 A. M. and
did not leave them until 4 P. M.
during the balance of his waking
hours he was always accessible to
any one of nearly two hundred hoys.
Keeping llieir accounts, acting as
their banker, purchasing tfieir books,
exliorling, admonishing, rebuking
tiicin wiieii wayw.uo -.nd ■ rebeilions.
The weiglit of Ids personal iiifluenoo
rendering the task of administering
discipline, upon the pxirtof the faeiiU
ty easy, lie was always loath to
conclude a boy incorrigablc, some,
times hoping when others of his
associates would despair. lie was
uoiially patient and long suffering but
]iity tlie luckless and graceless lad
who presumed too far on Ids forhear-
ance aiut kindled his righteous indig.
nation. It was something the youth
was not likely to forget for a life
time.
As a tei.clicr of Theology he was
sternly (tilvinistie, r,.j-»i
to the doctrines of the Cliurch’s
sy-mhols, but constantly striving to
lead the student to verify- for himself
their Scripture foundation and above
all he souglit as the great end of his
teaching to develope Christian char,
ac er in the young preparing for the
ministry of the Gospel. With him the
Chi.stian religion was not a mere
mat er of science or of doctrine but a
life -1 tlie soul. As a preacher he
wasclear and methodical dwelling
largely' en the great doctrines of the
gospel. His clear distinct eloqution,
noble presence and earnest manner
musl tiave rendered him, in Ids prime,
a in-caeher of more than ordinary
power. He was unusually- gifted in
prayer ne. .....n m listen to liina
leading the devotions of tlie Chapel
withaut feeling that he was standing
in the presence ol one vvh* lived veiy
near to God.
But his labors were not confiued to
the class room. The work which he
did in the little mission churches of
the Presbytery was arduous. Until
the last few months of his life when
health began to break, it was no unus
ual thing for Ur. Matloon to ride 25
or 30 miles to preach the gospel a
and administer communion to little
colored churches in some old field
under the shadoiv of the pines. This
too after a hard and toilsome week’s
work in the class room. Ills grand
physique stooci nuu m ot-mi until
the last year or two of his life, he
never seemed to grow weary, ever
doing what he did with cheerful
elaority, willingly almost prodigally
spending and being spent in every
possible good work. I hay-e never
known a more willing, cheerful yvork,
er in the Master’s vineyard. To the
poor around him he was constantly
ministering an-,i the moniless student
found ill him, if deserving,-a generous
friend. It was hard for the Doctor
to say no or reluse a favor, he had
not a particle of bitteraess in his
rature. “The law of kindness was
tae law of his lite.” Even when he
felt himself to be grievionsly wronged
he studiously retrained from recrim
ination, he chose rather patiently to
wait leaving his case the while with
God “who judgetU righteous iudg.
ment.” He was the ycry soul of
truthfulness, Mistakes he might and
did make. He had not esle been human-
But to those that knew him best, it
was utterly inconceivable that he
could ever depart, under an. oiroum-
stances, the single tyllie of a hair
from the strictest veracity. There
was a ceitain largeness a.iout his
nature. With all the courage aid forti-.
tude of a strong man he pissessed
the delicate refinement and suisibili-
ties of a girl. In the sink roup, as a.
nurse, he was unsurpassed. He. .rdded
to the strength of a man t) e terulev
taot and gentle touch ot -.-q womau.
Like all good men he 1 ved little
children, his face always 'u-ightened
at their approach. The alllcUon was
instinctively*reciprocated by the little
cues, -‘yvho jilmked the go- 1 man’s
guvii to share his .smile, 'ihe sun
shine of the presence o' i .; g-'-id
children in his sick cliamiier,-lat
spring was a t-mu- to the ''i-.'U nun
The Doctor w is, more.". ■ ■' h
neryed courle--.i- Olu'-sim'- i? 'c-
man this lias not only slioon ' Ins
daily intereourse with inc-n Put
eially in liis chivalioii- beariiit;' j-
wards women, 'rids in Idin -ir not
merely the re.-ult of soi ial yen , .;it
the insiinvtive expi-ession of :,.ire
at once delicate ami siroiig;^
The Doctor was, moreover, Id. gi
and retiring a-.d tlie strengjjjrnd
symmetry of his eliaraeler jn}!:
easily Uu overlooked. We had (ju
inlim.atcly associated with hiip,br
years had learned to love him as'ge
of God's iiohility by nalu-.-e and gre^
but it was only when he Oeew^ ^
member of ray own fami.y oi j|,p
decease of his estimable wife j
truly learned to eslimuti the hi>;y^
strength and purity of liis Cliri4\„
character and we deem it one '.-pu
great privileges of our lito
known ami loved liim- „.u,r/ .'-.-a,,,,
and lorn, for the bond of ChiT-^n
friendship and love is stronger
the silver cord which death
It is stronger than death and
dissolution, and for siieh as-he .cj-e
IS no death, “Wnat seemeth is
transition.” A long and busyt[fc
has simiily given place to the ir-js.
er, more joyful activities of iWn,
for him it is simply a change of Si.
not a change of service. Theiyve
blessed ministries, high anc’ .jly
vocations upon which his Aijst,
active, joyous spirit has ent^|£_he
wlio follovYCkl the lOOlSlCPS
Master ia steps toilsome and
liere, a pure ransomed and
spirit is looking into the
glories of the Master’s face y\r,
he has gone to meet a samtetlA.-,
and what a meeting, a chiljty
lost, who bus been long witlilfie
angels. Christian workers bo
shared his labors in distant
lands or here in this field sca.’v
less needy and destitute
earlier from their labors, jient
before him to his reward Be
gone to meet the general
and Church of the lirst
names are written in hea^iu* ^
To you', dear iriemU*,
him lather he is not
Ji.o .... vot
surely yours' than
friendships have thc':^«Br
ty upon them, if Christ™ fdr
separated by death death a^
unites them, after an inter\J
brief. We believe in the K^tl^rc\^■^,
ognition of tin saints, that
tian friendship of earth puriliiw q(
all that is gross and impcrfoe.t,^^jj|
be perpetuated and perfected
heaven. You loyc him still
ize at this hour as you arc
take your lust fond look at
calm face as you never did
how much you loved him and
miss his venerable foi’in from these
familiar haur-.ts we. will enjoy., as a
living presence, the perennial inllu-
ence of hivS sainted life.
Dr. Mattoon is not dead, he has
stamped Uie impi-e.'!S of liis character
upon the successive classes of young
men who have gone l«»rilt (tom these
halLs into all [tarts of I his hr(»al sunlh
land to aid in the spiriniai r-mAm:tpa-
tion of the hclpl>-ss and weak and
needy people, lie is a li\ ing and an
abiding inlluence in the lives of scares
wh(/ have sat al his feet tunl received
lessons of wisdom and inoial'ly from
lus li[)s, who in uirn are daily teach
ing thousands ol the children of the
ignoiaiit and lowly the eleuuints ol
knowledge and riioraiiiy.
Nay wliilst we are assembled hero,
with lender hands and tearful eyes,
to lay h\i revered form “In the
house appointed for all living.” Ife
is preaching tlic gosp(d to thousands
at this very hour in a hundred hum
ble sanctnarirs. 'I'hrongh men of
|Miro lips :ind (dean lives, who have
sat for yens at his feel. His minis
try will bo continued and perpetuated
into the future by tliose who shall be
raised up- through their instrumental
ity
Call yc this death! Nay such as he
can never die. He was never more
alive than to-day. he has become a
living [iresence, a potent factor in the
Christian congregations of the state,
of these slates which is beyond the
power of detraction, nothing can
touch or harm it, a living indeslructi-
ble spiritual inlluence, whose ever
idcniior circles shall overleap time
and continue to expand through the
immeasurable eternities. And dear
brethren tliough the due lecognitioii
of the true value of such a work as
this may be of tardy growth. Yet
the linu! is coming when this com
monwealth and this nation will rev.
erence the name and bless the memo
ry o’ such as he.
a a
re
Jris-
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w a.
ber that he still loves you %\
love, since death has touched
than earthly. The lo.vo of ac|
tian father for liia cliildron is-iAiNui.
tyye of God’s love for His
Among .he holiest of Uumir^
tions can not to destroyed oi
interrupted by death and nof -./py
should you weep that wearied ^th
life's toils and warn with its
his body lias fallea asleep and: pjg
gladdened and glorilied sp'Ht *}^^g
entered “into that rest whiisj
maineth for the people of God.” Yq
who ministered with tender
t ^k-ub
by his bed of suffering why*s^,j^
you Lament that he has gone mti-.that,
land of which the inhabitants tl^yepf
shall never say I am sick.lw^)\j
should you shed tears over PHftio
is where God “shall wine aw*» a][
tears from every eye.* lie l^not
passed into the darkness but iny abe
light leaying us in the shadoj^-4/IIo
can not return to us but we vlllgo to
him.” The language to u x' the
Blessed _ Lord who has caled him,
whilst we sorrow around hkhir^is,
I will come again and take to
myself that wliere I am aud irsUs ye
may be also.
To you with whom he has Vn so
in'imaiely associated, Dr. .’uatUoa is
not dead. The institution Ir has
been so largely InstruiiientaLili^^ld-
ing up is a living thing, a ^ ious
instrumentality.and with the gii. -lest
of possibilities. He hak wroujl his
very life as it were into it. I; will
continue for long years to fee the
moulding influence of the voi-e and
hand of him wlio lies silent ii,^ still
before us. His ossential-^^sesiee
will linger in these balls, Jbininate
these chairs and ahai>c the ci insels
of his associates. Though w •shall
work is rccogrdzed by all. The dome
of the Pantlieon al Home suggests to ^
Brunuelleschi of Florence to build ,
the magnili'jeut dome that for these j
500 years lias crowned the hislm'ic ■
church of th.at. ciiy; Rome gets twek
her pay through Michael Angelo,
who, equally at hoiiie in Florence and
in Rome, t>niiiing St, I’eler’s ehirch
In the laller city, liking the him nom
Florence, erowiis that m:irve! ofaicl;-
iteelure with the iiol)le.sL dome in ail
the worklj^ The high-domed ediliee
of Christlaniiy we erect in this land
shall set the pattern lor ret noWer
edifices that aie to staiiil on the gnat
heishls of foreign lands; where they,
in till 11, iiicorporaLiiig such iieaiuy
and glory as the gouins of other peo
ples shall indleale in tlie edUiees they
rear, sh.ill inake the liel|ifiil su;;ge.s-
Uoii to Airier ca hciself in tiim, lo
biiilil all llic rnigliuer and iiolilcr
structiire for the King of kings.—
jUit^ttionari! Ihiview.
Fit0MBUt>tiELL 0ROVE
0 BURCH
Mr. Editor:—We are still alive and
our work isstiii "..dving steps onward.
We liad one of the most iin’oresUng
meetings lluu we liave had for a long
..Vlilch held eiglit days, and we
ti^rnfessioii ot faitli
0 were reslilit-d. I waaassisi-
It. V. A. .t. Jones ami Mr.
H. M. Stinson.
Our Sunday school is in good con
dition, and the church is growing.
Yours truly,
R. Naiiee.
August 24th 1889-
FROM GONGRVITY CHUROll.
Mr. Editor.-—On last Sabbath, the
11th, lust., we met for the exercises of
the Literary Exhibition of the mis
sionary society of Congruity churcli.
Despite the shortness of the time,
caused by preceding services, and the
rain, whicb fell in torrents during the
exercises, rt.“i- —oi-o cnjo;)'al>tc. 1 licy-
consisted of music, declamations, es
says, addresses and orations. Some
of them were as follows;
N. N. Gregg, Oration; T. S. Frier
son, Oration, What we owe to the
heathen; E. W. Gregg, address, The
object of missions; A .lames, address,
Am I my brother’s keeper.
There were others of our boys and
girls who spoke, whoso subject I have
not.
We are trying to aid in the work so
needlnl and which shnnld liavc the
interest of all.
' There was also communion service
at this pl.ico, eight were received into
the church, five males and three fe
males.
Rev. J. C. Simmons preaclied one
of his usually long, but interesting
sermons and I felt as tboiigli our
churcli had been restored to its old
wonted vigor.
May llio Idessings of God’s piospcr-
Otis hands attend us in all oiti work.
Anderson .lames, Sec.
Sumter Co- S. C.
'/7/A' LAnOEur VOTTON CltOl'
EVER PROD UC ED
iMonlgomery, Ala., August 22.—
Lehman Durr & Co., cotton factors,
liave issued a circular in which they
say: “The general cotton crop of the
country for tlie present year, 1889,
promises to be the largest ever pro
duced in tlie United States; but on ae
count of the slock now carried by the
spinners being poor, they (the spin
ners) will be conii)elled to buy of the
first picking tins year in order to get
a belter grade with which to work off
theii old stocks, so that for the time,
at least, there will be a good demaml
for the new crop and at hiah prices.
It looks reasonable to us that the cot
ton will bring higlier prices from now
until the first of October '•l■an at any
time during me next season and if
mis be true, then it behooves the pro
ducers to pick and get to market
eyery bale they can between this and
the first of October, in order to avail
thems.elves of the high prices likely to
prevail ”
.FJt-nUCLD PVF.UlV'i'Eri]
The Prcshytci'j of '.'alrii'-'l.; v.
Wi:in.sbi;’. . \ C-, on Uie ■ • ■
(lay (lull, ul Scpt.cmh.'.r lo '
I'y PrcobyU'i'ian ('iiui’eb at '
All delosaU’s I'-'cpcetilu;- t.
pp‘:i.sc notli'y me at oiiee.
.1. C. \V:ltl:in.s. S
ATI.ASrW l'RK>r.\ Tl-h )•
'file lb-ei.bjt.ery ei’ ."VI i:\niie will m-'i , :.
V.) tVedne.Mliiy P..ptemi.er'btlli, l.S.'ll n
tlieZionChuie.il. Culliouii M reo'. Ciiai h
ton, S. (I. at 7) o’clock I'. M.
II. 11. 1 luoier, S. ('
REFLEX INFLUENCE.
A striking iliustralion of the reflex
influence of missions is seen in the
case of the Iferniannsburg I’aiish,
Germany. In 30 years fiom the time
the people began tlieir foreign mis
sion enterprise tins cliiirch had about
150 missionaries and more titan 200
native helpers in their missions, with
392.'^oomnuinicants. During the first
7 years of this time the home cliiireli
rtceivod 10,000 members. The relle.x
iifluonce of tlio foreign and domestic
IloKolutlon.s b,v the ICnjjli.sh Church.
The Ktato of tlio Kngli.dli cimrcli is re
gardod to bo siioli by n ijocly of ^
tltieiuifil moniboJ'd (liat liu'y lato
and axloptod tlio following re^
“That while gratefully ackno.f
the [last ofTorts of existing Prolog
gariljcations in vindicating tlie P|
tion [irinoiiiles of tin* {.‘staiilisiied 
and disclaiming all ilesin^tu
with th(‘ir worlc, Ihl;
Ophiion thtit (in' [IJ’C’SCnt Cl'i UCa I js} .-i (q qJ
the church of England deinvii'is tha ,
churchnuRi who tlesiiv t> mai n«
priiici[)lcH of the Ueform:'. !on, cio jires-
ent prayer Uxih and ar^i-.Jes, and tla
acts of uniformity as stan Imals of 'riUui!
and doctrine in the nadonal -.dunT'l’
should further unite and organize; an-'
that for this [mrpose a uiLon, under tli
nanio of the Ih otestant Cliurchnicn’s Al
liance, bo hereby formed, wi:h branches
in every diocese of England and Wales.”
Tho Refonn-(l Church.
Although the informed,church maj
not tower very consydeuously in size, i- i=
nevertheless doing a large work in die
world. Tho c mmittee on the state oi
religion repor: d at the recent raJ
8ynol that the ■ were 54G churches and
501 ministers. During the ye^r there
have been 8,2 9 accessions The total
membcrshii> is >8,812. Th.’ church lias
contributed for all purposes $1,253,038,
and for benevolent punxvjjse alone &283,*
037.
PERSONAL AN!) NEWS ITEMS.
The colored people in tlie principal
townsof Florida are really prosper-
ing.
Governor Uieiiardson of South Car
oiina is being criticised fur parauniug
so many colored convicts.
General Mahonc has been unani
mously nominated by the llcpubliear.s
to be Governor of A^irginia.
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla contains Iodide
of Potassiunfi and Iron, and vegetable
blood purifiers.
The Gentiles have secured a majori
ty of forty-one in an election at ^lalt
Hake City, Utah.
Minnesota’s average yield to tlic
acre in wheat this year is low, being
but fifteen bushels, but her aggregate
is enormous, being about 47,000,000>
Everv famil}^ or traveler in a mala
rial district, should have a supply ol
Ayer’s Ague Cure. A posiliye anti
dnto for malaiia.
Georgia fruit growers have mide a
large amount of money the jii'isent
summer. From peaches aloiu* the
fruit dealers of Houston cowntyhave
reeeiyed $200,000. Tliis fruit was all
sold in the markets of the No’thern
St;des.
Sufferers from indigestion, I ss of
appetite, liver or kidney comp aims,
rheumatism or neuralgia, w’ou I do
well to give Ayer’s Sarsajia iihi a
trial. For all such disorders, no inedi
cine is so effective as this, when faith
fully and perseyeringly used.
PRESBYTERIAL MEE TINGS.
MCLELLANT) PRESBYTs'iRY.
The Pre.shytery of M'Cl ellandwill meet
at Anderson, S. C., on Wednesday, th(( 11th
of Sept., 1880, at 7.‘30 P. It.
B. F. ]\rDowell, C.
Those who expect to attend t o meeting
of jVPOJelland Presbytery at . nderson (’.•
H. S. C. .second Wednesday of September
will please nothy me at once, Arrange
ments will be mad) oidy for tl "se w ho
heed this notice. 4. P. Fosiei-.
The Semi Annual meeting "f the
Women vs Pre.sbyteiial Missiomvy Society,
of M’Clelland Presbytery, will be held at
Anderson, S. C. September 12tli .vnd 13tli.
On Tlmrcday 13th, a meeting in the in
terest of Home Missions.
Ou Friday 13th, a meeting in the inUncsl;
of Foreign Missions.
Friday night there will ho a popular
mecling in the interest of Women’s work
within the bonds of the Presbytery,
Each Local Society is most earnestly rc-
(iuc.st('d to send two dclegatos, the l^re.sidcnt
and one other.
lUis. n, F. ^[('Dowell, Pros.
lUrs, K. S. Bonneiv (-ol. '''oe’ly,
I Teuiperac’ IVacliliig-
i Twelve millions of children are re*
(ported to be under :)ublic instruction in
jpublic schoolson tho hifiucnce of alcohol
.and other stimuhnts, as well as iiarcot-
|ic.s. There is liopt for the next genora-
I Lion. All tho Now ^mgland state.^, witli
Now York, Ponnsy vania and Delaware,
[as well as ton south rn and three or four
western states, have compulsory tompor-
jance education. The territo ies, also,
iaro in tho same category h/ United
jStntos law. Here is a contingent, re-
nioto, indeed; Imtit is a contingent, and
'therefore worthy of computation in the
temperance sum,—Methodist Protestant-
Christian Endeavor Statistic:
Thu faUtii-sTics ot -tho ChriviiKn Endea
vor Miciotio.s toJuly 1.1^9, ha>i ho(^••^
maUO t'p as acCiUBiliy u:r Ln.^oUXe, J
grand total of 7,(173 societies is qu
tlio lN”-:orU, '.-f which 7,.'5S0 vr i>.• i.-;l
as In tlio United States Sau ('■-..l
Those societies average sou^-Ching over
60 members each, ana it ioi ifetosay
tliat there arc 483,000 ineinbc s in those
reported. There are, liowever doubtless
hundreds—perhaps thousands—'Of ;K)cio-
tleeof which we .ave no record, and
these would bring tho sum h .al of inem-
bors to a mucli larger figure. In 9,141 of
these societies whiyh reported the num-
bei who have joined tho churtdi, \vc find
that 15,013 hiwvo taken tliis odup. wdiicli
indicates that not less than 45,000 in all,
at a moderate estimate, have been re
ceived from the societies into the
churches of tho 'and.
The following is the rcx^rescntatlon by
states: Alabama; C; Arizona, 3; Arkan
sas, 5; California, 241; Colorado, 80;
Connecticut, 333; Dakota, 84; Dolnwaro, -
ai,;'District Coiuiiibia, 19; Florr'a, 33;
Georgia, 12; Idaho, 1; Illinois, 341: Indi
ana, IGO; Indian territory, 7; h v l, 330;
Kansas, 228; Kentucky, 30; Lou 0;
Maine, 184; Maryland, 85; Massachusetts,
749; Michigan, 262; Minnesota, 213;
Mississippi, 3; Missouri, 207;'Monuana, 4;
Nebraska, 101; Newnampshirc. 135; New
Jersey, 2t’9; New Mexico, 4; v Y’ork*..
1,387; North Carolina, 11; )hib, 403;
Orcgoi, 41; Pennsylvania, Pliodo
Island, 08; South Carolina, 1 h Tennes-
Gcc, 23; Texas, 21; Utal\, 36; Vermont
150; Virginia, 4; Wushingten, 87; West
Virginia, 9; Wisconsin, 220; Wyoming,
4; British provinces, 213. Total, 7,580,
—Golden Kulo.
RELIGIOUS GLEANINGS.
Tijo Congregational union has ap
proved the suggesilon of fiDi Anstrahi-
sian brethren that a general ooum il ot '
Congregational churches in all parts of
the world bo convened in London at an
early date.
A nnitel effort is to bo n.ade by tlio '
evangelical denominations To induce
congress to provide nioro chapels and
ohaplaliis for the army. At prestnC
tliero are only 84'chai)lains for 134 posi-
Thero are now Young Mon’^ Christian
associations in thirty-nine comitries.
Among the latest founded is one at Tar
sus, the birthplace of 'the apostle Paul.
Tlicro is also one in Jerusalem, and
another at Nazareth.
Tlio susteiitation fynJ if tlic Fi*oo
clilivch of Scotland was lav 'v by $8,000
this year than last. Tho in- tease for ail
all purposes, missionary and behevolei’.t,
was $130,000.
Dr. Justin D. Fulton, writing from
Rome, Italy, complains of tin largo nuni-
ber of Protestant visitors to the city who
go to the Roinish churches in -tead of en
couraging the Protestant misiLonaries by
their presence.
Forty-five converts from heathenism
were received in the Episco.val church at
Cape I'uliuac recently.
Tho largest pastonal charge in Euro
pean Russia is that one ill tlio provifleo.
of Ciscaucasia, where one pastor lias to '
minister unto 13,500 members living hi
' avecty-four different vfllagas The’^ as- ^
for lias for years asked for an ai^istant^
but none will come.