Religion And Reform

Seventy thousand employés are to be found in the sweat shops of New York City. There are 3S Endeavor Societies in China, with a membership of 1,069- out of 50,000 Christians in the empire. The Chicago Christian Endeavor Union Tvas organlzed seven years wltli 15 societies. It now numbers 3S0 societies, with a membership of 17, Dr. Norman Kerr, of London, has treated 1,500 cases of alcoholie ir. ety, and of these he was able to trace a family history of Intoxlcatlon in 746 cases. ■ There is a flourishing Society of Christian Endeavor on the island of Takaofo in the South Sea. which has 56 members, the entire population of the island beinc; only 264. The "ïitish Army Temperance Association has within the past twelve months extended its operations to troops serving at home, with results as excellent as in the army in India. The benevolent eontributions of the Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, N. V., Dr. R. S. Storrs, pastor, amounted last year to over $20,000, a larger sum than was raised for home expenses. The past year has been a prosperous one in the Baptist churches in this country. There has been a gain of 140,433 members, while the increase in the number of ordained ministers is nearly 2,000. All but 15 of the 385 clothing manufacturers in New York City have their goods made up in sweat shops, and the goods generally lie for some time in the rooms occupied night and day by the sweaters. From Sitka, Alaska, comes the report of a Christian Endeavor Society in a pastorless church, which takes charge of the Sunday eventng service and conducts a weekly prayer meeting in an outlying Indian village. The "Detroit idea" of letting the poor cultívate unimproved lots has been adopted in New Tork, Toledo, St. Louis, Buffalo, Pittsburg, Duluth, Omaha and elsewhere, and been commended by the press from Maine to California. The English evangelist, Henry Varley, has recen.'1.' been holding union services in Oakiand, Cal. The entire city has been aroused spiritually. Street preaching was a feature of the work, sometimes as raany as forty ministers assisting.