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Show CHURCH NOTES. Tin: number of conversions of 'Mr. Moody's Washington revivals Is put at four thousand. It is estimated that twelvo new churches 111 e dedicated on tho average every duy in tho year In this country. At a prcllrrlnurv meeting held In London It was decided to form n Presbyterian Pres-byterian union, similar to the 0110 In New York. Tut: nverago wnges of a laborer In Madagascar ore six ceuts it day. Nevertheless, Nev-ertheless, tho Madagascar Christians contributed last year to tho London Missionary toclcty thirty-one thousand two hundred and forty dollars. TiiKttK Is a Chrisllun Endeavor society soci-ety In tho Now York penitentiary which has been doing a quiet but good work for n year. Its aunlversnry was recently pleasantly observed. Moro than slxohttndrcd prisoners wcro pros- mit. .. Jltsnor Tt'iiNMi is btlll urging tho negroes ne-groes of this country to go to Africa nud establish a nation on their nnees-trnl nnees-trnl continent. A convention ot three thousand colored pcoplo was held recently re-cently In Illrinlughani, Ala., favoring the scheme, Im 1631 India hnd nlncty-ouo thousand thou-sand Christian converts. At present there aro two hundred and fifty thousand thou-sand Hindoo Christians nud duo million mil-lion adherents to Christian churches. Tho number of converts last, yetir was twenty-four thousa,itfl in tho last ten yeurs there bus been a guin ot HU per cent. |