The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1870-01-19

New Mission. Some members Of the Church OF
Scotland have established mission among the
aboriginal tribes of India. who number, 1t Is SAID,
thirty millions Of people
A Busy Lifs.-In the course of missionary life
of only seven years, IsadOr Loewenthal mastered
the afghan, Persian, Arabic, Cashmeri and Hin
dustani languages, translated the New Testament
into Afghan, besides nearly completing a dlction-
airy OF that language.
The Jelojsh Times says that Judaism is now re-
presented by three parties the rtualists or ortho-
dox, the radicals aud the moderate reformers, At
the LeipSie Synod, Just held, the orthodox held
entirely aloof and no practical conclusion on rell-
gious matters were arrived at. The President DR..
Lazarus, in his closing address, reminded the
members not to be Respondent it, on retrospect,
they should find that, comparatively, they accom-
pished so little; that the simple fact OF having
met in convention was an achievement In itself.
May the Word Run and be GlOrifed."-A bible
carriage" has been built in France, to be accom-
panied by two missionaries, to visit the towns and
villages of France and Spain for the distribution
of the Bible.
Poor Encouragement for the Ritualists.-Tbe hope
cherished by certain High Churchmen that the
Roman Council may do something toward opening
the door for their reunion" with the mother
aside The ruling members chosen by the Pope
to compose the Committee on Protestant dlthcul-
ties" are Cardinals Reisach and Cullen, and the
ArcbbishOps of Westminster and Baltimore. The
two Cardinals are we'll known as the most extreme
among ultra-Papal opponents, while the Arch
bishops are recognized wherever known as the
most Obsequious men in Rome.
Among the most HOurisl ing Protestant missions
in South America undoubtedly belongs the mis-
siOus Of the Northern American Presbyterlans OF
Brazil. Last year a sixth church was organized
by the. Presbytery of Rio. Sorocaba is the new
position, town sixty miles Southwest of Rio. 1t
is a point OF great importance as missionary
station A fair Is annually held there at which
many thousands of horses and mules brought up
from the Southern provinces, are sold to go North
And there is wideawake tone to society not found
in most parts of the interior 1t is also the centre
of one of the most aourshing cotton growing
regions Of the country.
In South Africa, the Hottentots are rising, under
the influences of the gospel in the scale Of cviiza
ton and religion. La 4 town numbering pOpula'
ton of over 1000, they have lately built a Chris
tian chapel which will accommodate 600 hearers,
and it is usually crowded with attentive worship.
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The appointment of an Anglican bishop for the
Falklsnds Islands, the first in all South America,
will call general attention to the rapid progress
which Professionalism has of late made in that part
Of the world. The Falklands Islands are Deepen
deucy Of England, and the residence of the new
Bishop is therefore on Protestant, not upon Ro-
man Catholic territory; but the chief cause for the
erection of the new See was the increase of Angli
can congregations in all the large cities of South
American increase which cannot fail to weaken
the power of the Church of Rome, even though
the Auglicans in many cases decline to be cassed
among Protestants