Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1891 — RELIGIOUS NOTES. [ARTICLE]

RELIGIOUS NOTES.

A man’s organ of speech should ■ot te" without stops. Th® young man who could not express his love to his best girl sent it by freight. - Now is the time when the base, ball back-number is preparing to “play the game of his life,” etc. Governor Hogg, of Texas, is no hog. The sovereign State of Texas don’t heed any sugar bounty, thanks. Felton denies that he used a dol lar to secure his election to the U. S. Senate from California. It is refreshing in these days when the longest pocket book usually knocks the persimmon. It is a rare event indeed when lynch law is justifiable. The slaughter of Italians at New Orleans was a massacre such a one as ought to cause shame to mantle the cheek of civilization. . ' A New York World Almanac has been laid on our table. It is one of the most complete works of reference ever compiled. This should not be regarded as an advertisement, but is given for the information of the reader who may desire such a work.

Queen Victoria ha,s sent her pictui% to the lepers of Leper Island, South Africa. Probably food, clothing, medicine and othercrcatuf c conr forts would have been as acceptable, but it would be hard to induce royalty to take this view of it. Washington correspondents are now busy, one day sending out reports of proposed resignations of members of the Cabinet, the next day denying it. In this way, by carefully husbanding resources, Washington correspondents earn their salaries during vacations of Congress. Parnellites and anti-Parnellites in Ireland continue to crack each others head as they come together ©ach week. In the Home Rule prospects are waning rapidly, sacrificed on the alter of one man's ambition. Politic-ally. Parnell has no future. It gives general satisfaction to learn that the administration has prohibited, or refused its consent, to the shipment of gold bars to Europe There don't seem to be enough of them to go around in this country and so long as this is the case, it is hoped this inhibition will continue

You have not given us any Latin in your sermons,’’ said a churchmember to the clergyman in the country. “I did not know,” he answered somewhat statirically, you understood don’t ”’said the elder “but we want to have what s the style in our church. The Christian Worker has given a statistical exhibit of the Friends of this country and Canada, showing that they have 781 meetings, 1,093 ministers and 76.136 members. Adding the membership of Great Britain, Irealnd, Australia and other countries, the result is a grand total of 101,875 members. ' The French periodical. L'Afrique, which was published in Chartum, reports that the Arabs have been holding indignation mettings, protesting against the , traffic on rum as conducted by the Chnstains with the African people. Measures were discussed as to how to prevent the admission of these goods. < The City Mission Society of Berlin, is fortunate in having a liberal friend in the person of the Emperor, For the new church in the part of the city called*‘Meamt ” he has granted the sum of 200.000 marks, besides securing for it a cite valued at from 20,000 to 30,000 marks. The firstmentioned sum the Emperor did not give himself entirely, but only in part, the rest having been secured through his example and influence from wealthy men in Berlin. tThe Russian government it is stat- „ looks upon the movement of the Salvation. Army with great disfavor. It seems that the army has dore much successful work in different parts of Russia, principally in Finland, and that it has even dared to enter St. Petersburg. ’Energetic measures are to be taken it is understood, against the army. Congregationalism in England is book shows an increase of only four churches the past year, and the total increase in membership in six years has been but 242. As during this time there has been a steady increase of population, the conclusion is reached that Congregationalism has