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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jun 26, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 33.

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RELIGIOUS.

—Since 1865 the colored Baptists in the United States have increased from 400,000 to 1,400,000.
—The Moravian Church has assumed permanent control of the Protestant Lepers' Asylum at Jerusalem.
—The General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church has decided that members may be excommunicated for “lascivious dancing.”
—The name of the American Home Missionary Society has been changed to the Congregational Home Missionary Society, in compliance with the condition of the $150,000 bequest of a Mr. Stickney, of Baltimore.
—This suggestive item appears in the New York Independent: “Within forty years fourteen Episcopal congregations below Fourteenth Street, in this city, have been given up or moved up town. Within that time the Roman Catholics have gained as many in the same district.”
—Monsignor Satolli, apostolic delegate in the United States, is on an extended trip to the North Pacific Coast. From St. Paul he will ride in the sumptuous private car of President Hill, of the great Northern Railroad, and will be accompanied by Mr. Hill and Archbishop Ireland.
—Bishop K. H. Gezvonsheel, special envoy of the king of Sweden to the Swedish-Lutheran Synod recently in session at Rock Island, Illinois, is making a tour of the Pacific Coast. The Synod requested him to use his influence in hindering the work of Mormon missionaries in Sweden.
—It is said that all the Catholic bishops of Ireland have joined in a memorial to the English Government to close all the saloons on Sunday and early Saturday night.
—The Jewish Exponent aptly remarks: “Now that the Presbyterian General Assembly has pronounced against enlistment in the United States Army, and another Presbytery, less prominent, against voting, Christian Speakers will have to let up on their use of Christianizing and nationalizing as synonymous.”
—The Sunday Rest League is making progress in France. One of the largest dry goods establishments, “Le Louvre,” recently sent out ten thousand circulars to as many lady customers, asking if they would consent to not receiving goods on Sunday. The answer “Yes,” was almost unanimous. Other business houses are following the example.