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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, Cal. · Oct 18, 1883

Religious Notes.

—The First Congregational Church of Hartford, Conn., celebrated its 250th anniversary October 11.

—Apostle Taylor, President of the Mormon Church, expresses the opinion that none will pass the gates of the celestial kingdom who do not abide by the celestial law of polygamy.

—A Neufchatel, Switzerland, dispatch says: "The State Council has issued a decree expelling all foreigners suspected of an intention to organize Salvation Army meetings.

—The Catholic diocese of Portland, Me., and New Hampshire will be divided, because of the increased Catholic population, and New Hampshire will be called the diocese of Manchester.

—The number of members of Baptist Churches in the Indian Territory, according to a statement prepared by the Rev. Daniel Rodgers, General Missionary, is 6,419, distributed as follows: Cherokees, 1,800; Creeks, 2,500; Choctaws and Chickasaws, 1,600; Seminoles, 365; Wichita Agency, 65; Ottawas, 45; Sacs and Foxes, 19; Peorias, 25.

—Mrs. Amanda Smith, who was once a slave in Delaware, and who is well known in many churches in Boston and Brooklyn, has reached Monrovia, Liberia, after three years of successful evangelistic work in Great Britain and the East Indies. She is working diligently among the Liberian colonists, but she finds herself hampered by a lack of temperance and other religious publications.

—Moody and Sankey began operations in the Royal Theater, at Limerick, Ireland, on the 10th inst., the building being crowded to its utmost capacity. But a determined opposition to the services was manifested on the outside. A crowd of men and boys assembled in front of the building, and endeavored to interrupt the proceedings. They were dispersed by the police, but threats were made that force would be used to break up the meetings.

—The Swedenborgians recently celebrated their centennial at London. There were representatives from this country and different parts of Europe. At the meeting it was said with particular emphasis that followers of Swedenborg did not profess to have intercourse with spirits. Speaking of the occurrence, the London Times took occasion to say that "Swedenborg was out of his mind for the last thirty years of his life. In every country there are a large number of persons on the verge of insanity. To such persons Swedenborg's fantastic absurdities commend themselves."