The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1869-02-10

The Enemy ever Busy-One Of the first books
put TO press in Madrid, after the revolution IN
Spain, was a version of Reuau Lite OF Christ
The RationalSm Of the aye Is an er.preSent enc
my. Ii Is bold aggressive and watchiul. lt VIII
meet Christianity upon any spot OF the world 5
surface TO which Christianity wilt 90, It Will enter
In at any door that Is open, and aim directly tor
the seats of power Ii can be met only by the
gospel Of Christ borne aloft by a courageous,
holy, eousecrated. aggressive Church and made a
power by the perpetual efuSOn of the Holy
Ghost, Presbyterian.
Nottingham The Liberal Christian of New
York saws: The recent meeting of the Confer
enee has called attention anew to the condition and
wants Of Liberal Christianity in this city The
First Unitarian church was established here about
fifty years ago, aud the second only few years
= later. Both churches nave been mlnlStered to by
able, accomplished eloquent elergymen some OF
whom have earned aud won a national reputation.
Both OF these churches are largely composed OF
wealthy and cultivated families and have occupied
third society dates back about ten years and Is
high position and exerted large influence. The
known and talked about ali over the country Yet
two OF these churches are numerically small, aud
the other, far from large. Ii is doubtful whether
organized UnitarianlSm is stronger here to day
than it was twenty years ago. The UniverSaliStS
are scarcely better off and have lost rather than
gained ground within fifteen years.
Rev. Dr. LittlejOhn, of Brooklyn, was duly or
dained Bishop Of the Episcopal diocese of Long
Island, the 9th ult., in the Church of the Holy
Trinity, Clinton street. Brooklyn.
y Rev, F. W. ThurstOn, a son of Rev. Asa Thurs
ton one OF the earliest missionaries to the Sand
wich Islands, recently arrived in San Francisco
from Honolulu and is supplying the pulpit OF the
Congregational church III Grass Valley, CAL
A meeting Of prominent Methodists was held
in New York on Thursday evening, at Mr.. John
b, COrnels residence, $50 Madison avenue at
which II was determined TO raise half million
dollars for building mission chapel IN this city
100000 was subscribed on the spot
The Free MethOdiStS' are beginning vigor-
ouSUfuSade against pew renting, etc.
ROmanist.--Wisconsin has population of nearly
half million. Of whom 800 600 are RomaniStS
and not over $4,000 are connected with evangelical
churches. Fully One.half the population are Tor
eignerS.-The Madrid correspondent of The Lon
don Times says: Those who look In at the sane
tuary OF AtOeha, or who visit the chapel Of the
Virgin at Toledo, must be at a loss to find even
the fainteSt trace Of Christianity among the para
phernalia Of the worse than pagan idOlatry that
everywhere meets their eyes. The ROmaniStS of
Boston have recently published, and disseminated
by the thousand, In the street cars. hotels, and
stores Of Boston, little book called Plain Talk
On reading IL one learns that ROmaniSm has been
the light Of the world 1t freely circulateS the
ScrptureS-it never had any thing to do with the
InquiSiGOn-it was always tOlerant-it never re-
vered Mary more than other SaintS-relies it knows
but very little Oft condemns the Protestant
Church because il has done so much harm-Pro-
tes5antsm is intoerant-for example, look at Ire
land under English rule-Luther was a hbertne,
and so were the mass Of the RefOrmerS, &c &c.
Singular Announcement In the midst of
batch OF items from foreign papers which we were
hastily scanning last week, our eyes caught the
following llne:-"The Mount of Olives is now the
property OF the crown Of France. We do not
know on what authority this announcement rests,
or why, If it is true such purchase has been
made by the ruler Of France, Ii is somewhat sin.
gular that man so cold, calculating. and passion
less as the Emperor of the French Is reputed to
be, should desire to possess himself of a spot only
valuable for the precious associations which are
connected with it. Perhaps it is to regain control
over the Church which the Empress Helena built
TO mark the place from which our Lord is said to
have assembled, which Is now a MOhammedan
mosque. Christians have been permitted to say
mass there on Ascension day. but larger liberty
than this may be desired by those who make much
OF sacred places and times IL matters little, how
ever, who holds the title to the sacred mountain.
1t belongs to ChriStendom, and many are there
all over the earth, who dream OF the day when
their feet may stand upon it, and their eyes look
forth upon the wonderful scene which lies before
it-PfeS5yterlaD
Scientific Department in Lafayette Couege.-At
the recent meeting of the Trustees, among the
sss4Ns taken towards a farther enlargement and inn
provement of the Pardee Scientific Department,
was a resolution, unanimously passed, requesting
President Cattel to visit the most celebrated sci
enti6c schools Of Europe, and TO report to the
Board on his return, what may be necessary to In
crease the efficiency Of our American system 1t
was also stated that the additional endowment of
500, 600 was completed and the Board were thus
enabled to raise the salaries OF the professors who
now number twenty-One, thus providing amply for
all the various departments Of instruction, both in
the Classical Course and in the Pardee Scientific
Department