The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1870-04-13
FOREIGN ITEMS.

Rev Dr.. DUH in Scotland, is rouSing the Church
10 provide parsOHages for the missionaries In In
dia. In a recent address he gave a most graphic
description Of the moral and religious state of In
dia, Of the results Of missionary labor there and
in Africa and Of the expectations which we are
warranted to cherish regarding the future. Res
olutiOns were unanimously adopted approving OF
the scheme for building missionaries manseS
The Bible in schools is agitating the British
mind, aud Lord Shaitesbury has been requested to
take the chair at meeting TO be held at ST. JameSs
Hail. London IN opposition to the attempt to
exclude the Bible from National schools
The Japanese newspapers give deplOrable accounts
Of the recent outbreak Of prosecutions by the
Government, of natives who have embraced Chris
tianity. The Governor OF NagaSaki has sent out
Of the country $50 men and eight hundred fami-
hes have been arrested, aud men, women ana chill
dren are being carried off in boats to other Sands
and distributed In various districts.
Dean Afford announces that he has in prep stion
The Old Testament for English Readers
spurgsOn going to sOOtland-Mr. Spurs is to
attend the Synod Of the United Pres erian
Church in Edinburgh, and will atterwar open
the McCbeyne Memorial Church in Dunoee, and
the new Free Church at Dingwall.
meeting in eOnnexiou with the proposed mOnu
ment 20 the memory OF DR. Chalmers was held IN
Glasgow on March 10th. Principal Sir Alexander
Grant Thomas Ivory, and II. J. ROllO, were pre-
sent a. a deputation from Edinburgh. and eX
planned that 1t was proposed the memorial should
take the form OF a statue, aud Of lectureShip in
the department OF political economy specially con-
nected with Christian and civic economy. lt was
estimated that for these purposes 100000 would
be REQUIRED A committee having been appointed
70 aid the movement, it was agreed to add to the
circular, drawn up for distribution amongst the
public, an iutimatiOn TO the effect that besides
statue and a lectureShip one or more burSaries
.Aou'd be founded in the University of Glasgow
should the funds collected permit.
Generous Giit.-The Rev. Mr. Lewis, the minis
ter of the Free Church OF Scotland, who is en-
deavoring to establish a Presbyterian church in
Rome, acknowledges in the New York E5aRgeL
isf in letter to DR.. Hail. the receipt of eS0l As.
ID from Christian merchants of New York city,
in aid of the erection of his chapel in Rome.
The health Of the Pope fails daily. The Paris
Figaro SAYS: Plus IN. now rises with difficulty
his look has not the viyseity which formerly dis
rncuiShed it; his voice, low and weak, p longer
possesses the SOnOrOuSneSs Of former times. This
Increasing change causes great anxiety among the
Official circle at the Vatican, although they en-
6eavOr % conceal the fact Ii Is, nevertheless,
quite true, and there exists appreh asiOns at
Rome. Our correspondent Is the more Titled to
credit as he Is man who Is prOfoupC Sevoted
to the Holy See.
a little while ago Nlr. Henry King { Lon
don for the Modern Athens, where b to con-
duct a journal Daily ReUie50l that shake
the arsenal and illuminate over Greece. exper-
iment does not seem to have answered. gen
teman In question, it is said viii abdle' le edi-
torial chair.-LdTary World.
Ritualism -The threatened trial of TIE Rev.
Colin Z. Tate, Of Columbus, for Rituaist practices
Is abandoned, the reverend gentleman having
sieni6ed bis intention TO obey the Episcopal man
date " 10 a month. The bishop, DR.. Melvaine,
declined this concession, but was Oyerruled by the
Standing Committee Of the Diocese.
By a legacy Of ~SIiss Walker, to the Episcopal
Church OF Scotland, provision is made for building
a cathedral In Edinburgh at a cost of 100000,
with $1,000 a year for the pastor, and $500 year
for training young men tor the ministry.
In Russia the winter has been so tremendous that
hundreds Of persons have persisted of cold in the
great cities In Poland the earth has split open
in the streets by the frost, huge ehinks suddenly
appearing in the erst solid ground with sound as
OF the explosion Of gunpOwder,