The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1871-09-27

.U announce the ap
,earluce In BOOK form, Of Dr. Brookes' articles
which were published 10 this paper under the cap
6ou NHF Way MADE PLAIN.
1t Is a guarantee OF the marked excellence anC
sufficient orthodoxy and the total uusectarianisu
Of the articles that they have been collected and
published by the American Sunday School Union
That Society has done itself very great credit in
deed, to issue such work aud 70 issue it in 81
comedy a dress Just look at the book, in it;
neat and appropriate binding with It's large, cea
print on tinted paper, and particularly, its cOpiou
analytical index, Is enough 70 make one desire {,
read it. Price 81. !"
The Lutheran Synod Of South Western Virgini,
deemed It expedient at It's session, August Is, t
pass the following resolution: " w hereaS there i
a growing disposition among our membership tt
yield to the world, and participate in its fashiona
Die amUSements and gay pleasure parties, thereby
bringing Teproach on their professions and Oul
holy religion into contempt: therefore, ReS0lCeO
that We, as a Synod, disapprOve of the member;
OF our Church visiting theaters, crcuSes, dancing
parties, tournaments, or any such worldly pleas
uTes, such associations being inconsistent with then
Christian professions, prejudicisl to their individual
progress IN plety, and Injurious to the OF oul
Divine Redeemor."
A Correspondent of the Banner of Peace show,
that the General Assembly Of the Cumberland
Presbyterians is hopeleSsly aRoat in It's Statistical
department. Only forty one out of one hundred
and two PresbyterieS made reports, and these are
partial Their membership is 40,2lS. The full
number OF the denomination are therefore left &c
conjecture, aud with varying results, as follows
96,555-l20,6 94-l35,0 900.
Proposed Repudiation Of Universalism.-T Ne,,
C0UmaBt Universalist organ, says:
Sons excellent brethren-men in the pulpit
aud men out Of it-adopting a new and current
political phrase, are urging our peOple-in this
dawn Of the second century OF our Churoh-to take
a new departure, to discard, it would almost
seem, some OF the theological positions we have
hitherto maintained, and place our denomination
before the world, at least, upon other and different
grounds. In some qua! terS, it has been intimateC
that We must especially rcpudiate the dogma that
sin is born Of the body, OF perishes with it, anC
the connected position that there Is no future
punishment for present sin, and no moral cOnnee
ton between this life and the life to come. The
implication would appear TO be that we must come
out squarey, and preach future punishment not
only TO take away our reproach, but to give our
gospel moral power, and turn men from sin to
righteousness of hfel"
The Nelo Covenant deprecates the change pro-
posed. And well il may, for Ii involves the ex-
tinguishment of the denomination it represents.
The proposition is significant, as it indicates Q
growing feeling In the Universalist body that then
Old platform Of doctrine has loose plank in it
The fact Is, that UniverSaliSm is losing ground,
and It's marriage to Unitarianism bids tair to *
haust the little vitality 1t possesses. - Christian
htcibgeReer.
The American Board has closed its financial yeaI
with excellent success, its debt being about 81 0O0
The C0RQregdtOnaliSt Of the l4th says that "nC
longer ago than last week, it looked at the Mis-
SiOnary House as though the debt might be S40,-
COO -
We notice that THE Provisional Committee fol
Foreign EvangeizatiOn, body recently created
By the CongrogatiOnalists Of New England md
New York, 20 take up 10 their behalf the work
voted TO be withdrawn from the American and For
eign Christian Union, held their first meeting fol
business In Brooklyn on the 9th. After duly con
Slderlng the matter, It was determined to place
this work in the hands OF the American Board. il
possible, at the annual meeting at Salem. The
Committee also made appropriations in aid OF Mr.
Lawrence IN Barcelona and Mr. Tugwell In Sc
vile, thus making beginning. They also passed
votes looking toward the inception Of Evangelical
abOrs in Italy, France, Austria, and Hungary
among the tree churches and accessible population.
of those lands. The Committee find an almost
universal approval Of the plan Of doing this kline
Of work by some OF the great Congregational be
nevOlent agencies, instead of doing 1t as 1t wa
heretofore done, or by any new organization.
The Union Prayer BOOk.-A correspondent Of tn,
" T. EoaageiSt, who is an Epscopaliau, says tbi
Prayer Book has not been prepared to please an!
sect in particular, and that the High Church espe
eiay VIII be as little pleased with it as the Bour
bOns Of France would have been with the Declare
ton Of Independence. The writer adds:
The old Prayer Book may suit small but re
spectacle denomination. Ii will command nothing
more 10 this country. After eighty years trial th
people have made up their minds abOutit. The!
respect the hlnt-OcS musketry of their ReyOlu
Uonary ancestors, but for effective use they prefe
q ocede-gun or one Of Remington's last make
The value Of harness does not depend altogether
70 The strength Of the breeching or of a Pull
lu car upon the number and power of the brakes
1y Institution ike a Church to effect men mus
laya capacity 20 draw them Ii Is not enough {,
be- able to 20 down bill gracefully and with dignity
The Ola prayer book viii have its place, and goo,
people viii use aud enjoy It. The Union Praye
Book viii not quarrel with Its venerable predeees
sore To does not cross its track Ii takes wha
there is Of good IN it. Ii alters no revealed doc
= tTiue. Ii omits two controverted and obscure ex
preSSions IN the creeds, which are not essential
and which have given rise to more wranglng thar
al the others combined. Ii leaves to the old bOOl
its SacerdOtallsm and sacramentallSm aud involved
arrangement. High Churchmen Of all denomina
tons VIII reject the book. They are not expecte,
to ike il.
You are mistaken in your statement with regar
to the authorship Of the book To the paten
labor and careful supervision of the Rev. Mr.. Thra
as It passed through the press to his wide CORES
pondence as secretary Of the original committee
and 20 his devoted attention to the work, we ar
mostly indebted for Its early appearance and TO
much Of its excellence.
But no liturgy has appeared which IS the resul
Of such extensive and combined contribution. II
the members Of the Original Committee; to th
Lahmer Society, an association of Evangelical re
viSeTS; 10 the ablest men in this country and il
England, not EPiseOpalians merely, is the boo
indebted.
Theological Seminaries Of the Northern Presbyte
nan Chureh-The sessions Of these institutions ar
lust opened. They number in all nine; Princeton
Union, IN New York city; Auburn, New York
The Western Seminary, in Allegheny City, Penn.
Lane Seminary, in Cincinnati; Danville, Ky; Tn
Seminary Of the Northwest, in Chicago; the Gel
man Theological School, in Newark, New Jersey
and the German Theological School OF the NORTH
west located at Dubuque, Iowa. There is also
Theological Department in Lincoln University
which has received its endowment, and is undo
the quasi control Of the Presbyterian Church.
Several Of the Seminaries begin the new yes
with new professors. Rev. Charles A. Aiken,
ID, Is called TO Princeton. Rev. ThOs. Il. ThOma