RELIGIOUS NEWS AND NOTES.
By Editor
—The Episcopal Bishop of Hong Kong has ordained three Chinese clergymen. —There are thirteen Methodist Sunday-schools in Utah, with a membership of 977. —A monument is to be erected in Dundee, Scotland, to the memory of the late Rev. George Gilfillan. —The Protestants of America and Great Britain contribute annually $6,000,000 to foreign missions. —To every eight hundred persons in this country there is one minister, while in India there is not one minister to three hundred thousand. —With the exception of a few towns on the coast of China, there are in all that empire scarcely a dozen Hebrew families. The Jews are hardly known in China and only the learned are aware of their existence. —The fourteenth of November has been fixed for arguing before the United States Supreme Court the cases involving the validity of the laws of Congress prohibiting polygamy. The arguments and the decision will be awaited with much interest. If, as cannot be doubted, the final judgment shall be in support of the laws, it will be a fitting opportunity for Congress and the administration to provide for their enforcement. —A small religious body called the Amish, recently held its Annual Conference near Eureka, Ill. It is an offshoot of the Mennonites, dating back to the seventeenth century, originating in Germany, and deriving its name from Jacob Amen. When the meetings break up, the brethren salute each other with a kiss, which they regard as an important ordinance. They take no part in civil affairs, and are sober, honest and industrious. If one of them meets with misfortune and cannot pay his debts, the church does it for him, and they advise a member to always consult with the church before embarking in any new enterprise, and if the church approves it will see him out of trouble if he fails. They number about ten thousand in the United States and Canada.