The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-04-29
naeus Prime and Archibald. Elders, 6iessrs
Gilman, Day and Allen.

neus Prime and Archibald. Elders, Messrs
Gilman, Day and Allen.
Some Young men of Hartford (and it is a
.u>t9m which Is not AT all peculiar to that city,
have been ia the habit of going to one of the
Episcopal churches 20 hear the hne music and
leaving before the sermon. The custom had
become so annoying by ITS disturbance OF the
worship, that notice was posted on the doors
on a recent Sabbath, stating that they would
be locked until the OF the service. In the
haste of the young men to get good seats they
did not wait to read the notice, but rushed In,
and when they attempted TO rush out during
the service they were caught. The doors were
fast and they were compelled, though unwill,
ingy, to listen to a sermon. lt Is to be hoped
tbat il did them good. This may serve as
hint to other churcheS.-Nelo York Observer.
The American Sunday School Union held its
annual meeting in New York last week Ihe
Secretary report states that within the last
ten years 10000 schools containing l,OOO,OOO
children, have been established. During the
past year 10000 teachers have been employed
In teaching 10000 pupils, and Sll5,OOO have
been expended.
The Rev. Loyal Young D. D., of Butler,
Pennsylvania, has received and accepted call
from the churches Of French Greek and Buck
harmon, West Virginia
Rev. George s. Woodruff has accepted an in
yitation TO supply the Presbyterian Church at
Cambridge, Dane county, Wis.
Princeton College.-We understand that at
the late meeting of the Board of Trustees,
John q. Green, Esq, of New York, proposed
to add to the endowment Of the College, upon
certain conditions named in the deed of gift,
the sum of Sl0O.O 600, and also to give to the
College real estate in Princeton, contiguous TO
the College, valued at from $4,000 to S25,-
900.
Improper Advertisements.-The NORTH Vest
EN- Presbyterian makes the following sensible
remarks on this subject, which 1t may be well
for some papers to ponder:
"The independents which has been severely
rebuked by the religious press for admitting
into its columns indecent advertisements OF
ouaek medicines, defends itself on the plea
that no indecent words were used IN the no
tees 1t is a very superficial morality which
does not discover that the thing Is more obJec-
tionabe than the words. When 1t Is further
urged that the objections arise from prudlsh'
ness. and that readers would not have dlscov-
cred the character of the medicine had nothing
been said about il, we feel that the defence OF
the LadepeadeRt Is worse than the tranSgres-
sion A religious journal which Jusuhes
wrong act because people would not be apt to
discover its baSeneSS, has need to revise Its
moral creed at once. Moreover, few will be
ready TO believe the vendors of these medicines
simpletOnS enough to advertise their wares IN
such way that people can not tell what they
are. The old plea that editors are not respo1-
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sible for what appears In their advertising col
umnS is bad enough, but does not compare with
the effrOntery which admits the responsibility
and iusti6es the evil because people will not
discover it. A bill has been introduced into
the New York Senate to put stop to the
publication of such advertisements, and yet
a religious paper does not recognize the I'M
prOpriety Of the thing
Methodist Missions.-The New York Netho-
dist of April 4th, has an article on this subject
from which some interesting facts are gathered
It appears that the Methodist Church, North,
have nearly 1880 Missions to the English
speaking population on frontier settlements,
and in destitute places in cities and in the
country. The Editor says:
''These missions are particularly numerous
in the territory which has of late been occu-
pied in the Southern States. Thus we find 80
missions in the Alabama Conference, "a in the
Baltimore Conference (chiefy in Virginia,
"A in the Georgia Conference, 90 in the Hol-
ston Conference, 65 in the Kentucky Confer
encc lO3 IN the Missouri and Arkansas Con
terence and &C in the Tennessee Conference.
The Christian Adcocate, st. Louis, review
ing this article shows that the bOasted success
of this Northern church in the South is not
what it possesses to be, though doubtless they
are making great efforts and are expanding
vast sums of money, The editor adds;
at is perhaps known to most of the readers
of this paper, that our Northern brethren
have in all their official reports, ceased to
make any distinction between white aud colored
preachers and members, so that in reference
to these mission Conferences it is impossible
for US to ascertain whether the ministry and
membership are composed of white or eolored
people, OF of a mixture of the two races; and
If mixture, we know nothing as to the pro.
portions of black and white used in the COM
pound. "
The action of the Northern Conferences is
probably more intensely political and radical
than ever. The impeachment Of the President
seems to have given them a new start.