Church And Clergy

CHURCH AND CLERGY.

Out of a total of 2,894, 2,573 Congregationalist ministers in England and Wales are teetotalers.

Leo XIII. has had more money left to him than any of his predecessors. It is said that the total sum is $6,000,000.

The bishop of Ripon stated the other day that a wet Sunday made form £300 to £500 difference to the church collection in his diocese.

The Church of St. Alban in Holborn has a cross over twenty-five feet in height, and is supposed to be the largest in England. It was given by the Duke of Newcastle.