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of the Gentiles should come in, and that
when that time arrived, they (the Jews)
should be lifted up, and the cup which
had been given them should be given to
the other nations, and it should be to
them (the nations) cup of trembling.
All agree that the Jews are. SO to speak,
now being lifted up-they are permitted
to hold offices--to fill high places of hon.
or, and in some countries, where for hun
dreds of years past they have been in the
most AFFECT slavery, they are now free,
and many of them are returning to the
land of their fathers. In the year 1913,
was the first marked amelioration in the
condition of these down trodden and de-
graded lsraeiles. Since that time, more
startling events have transpired. than in
the thirty years preceding. Within that
short space, France has been Republic
with President, but this state of things
did not last long, and the man, :owit.
Louis Napoleon. who was so recently
their President, is now their Emperor.
and is shortly 10 be crowned BY the Pope
Itself to be incompetent to be a Repub-
lie, In that short space of time, the
Pope of Rome has had to leave his throne
and seek shelter-and has again been
brought back and placed at the head of
affairs in Italy, by the usurper Louis Ma
poleon, and should he withdraw his in
fuence, the Pope would soon be compel
led to seek an asylum in some other coun-
try.
Now, as regards conversion in the
United States. If it is to be brought
about through ministers. the prospect
seems to forbid a consummati ton, at least
for ages yet to come, from the fact that
ministers are not increasing in proportion
to the population and churches. In ref
erence TO this matter, we copy the fol-
lowing from the Columbian and Great
West.
PAUCITY OF MINISTER'S.
"Prof. Smith, of the Union Theological
Seminary, New York. preached a sermon
before the Presby terian General Assembly
New School,) at Buffalo, in which he
said that for the last five years the pro-
portion OF ministers to churches has been
decreasing. Foreign and Home Mission
Societies can not obtain men; many Of
the largest churches are unsuppled, and
New England. when called upon to give
them, replies she has not enough for her
self. The country is rapidly advancing,
yet the ministry is declining. In the
New England Theological Schools. from
1886 to 1912, there were 50S graduates
for the ministry; from 1913 to 1852 there
were only 464; while to keep pace with
the increase of population there should
have been 764-2SO less than were nee
ded in eight years. The number of Pres
byteriau and Congregational churches in
creased, from 1910 to 1850, 80 per cent;
while the number of Theological students
decreased % per cent; making differ
ence of 81 per cent between the demand
and the supply. The prospect for the
next seven years are equally forbidding.
In the New England colleges and the prin-
cipal ones of New York and New Jersey,
there are now about $500 students, of
whom about | 900 are church members.
OF these but $50 intend entering the min.
istry. In the principal Theological Sem
inaries, there are about 424 students; adj
ding these to the $50 in Colleges, we have
about 900 who will enter the ministry
during the next seven years, or an ave-
Rage of 25 year, to meet all the wants
of Home and Foreign Missions, and the
vacancies Of the churches, while in New
York alone, the annual decrease by death
is about sixty. and the American Board
wants forty-ive for missionaries next
year."