The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1873-02-12

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poor success, Lord Lawrence has come out with an
important letter stating the number OF actual con
yerts to Christianity In India, including Burmah
and Ceylon, does not fall much short of 300 000
and these, he contends, do not by any means, give
an adequate estimate of the results Of missionary
labor. Thousands have become sufficiently euight
ened to lose all belief in HindooiSm and NOLAN.
mechanism, and are in their conduct Influenced by
higher motives, who yet fear to make al open pro-
tesSiOn of the change in them lest they should be
looked upon as Outcasts and lepers by their own
people. Men like Lord Napier Sir Bartle Frere,
and others, have borne testimony to the good fruits
Of missionary enterprise In India; and 10 such
men as the late Bishop Heber, Bishop Cotton, and
the present Bishop Mman and Bishop Gill, we
have had and still have clergymen, who, both by
their example and devotion TO their duties, have
advanced the faith which they have preached -
Another writer adds: What we want everywhere,
but emphatically IN British India, is a native Epis-
cOpate. For more than a hundred years we have
been carrying on missions in that mighty empire,
and in the course OF the century we have made at
least from twenty to thirty learned Brahmin con-
verts and yet We have not taken the first practical
step to success by making Que OF them a bishop.
With native EplscOpate we should probably al
ready count our converts by millions but we think
proper TO treat all other races as necessarily in
ferior to ourselves and to keep them in position
of due ecclesiastical subordlnatiOn to our higher
mightinesses."
The Queen of sheba Palace is the latest arcba,-
logical discovery announced. NJ. Maueh, the
African traveller, who some years ago discovered
what he believed were the ruins OF ancient
| Ophn, but the accuracy of whose superstition was
called 10 question at the time now writes with the
greatest confidence that he has finally found the
real Ophn, 10 lat. 20 deg. S., lon &c deg. Il
The ruins consist OF two masses Of ed6ces, and
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ItatlOn OF the Temple OF Solomon, the walls being
built OF wrought granite, and the ceilings still
showing fragments OF beams of cedar. a circular
ed6ce, supposed to be the Q leeu Palace is still
called by the natives the House OF the Great
Princess. This discovery if authenticated, must
be accepted as another link OF evidence unearthed
IN confirmation Of the Scriptures, to which many
more will doubtless be added by the parties now
exploring In and around Jerusalem and beyond the
Jordan.
The Pope is finding out that temporal power is
mlghter than the spiritual when it is out of his
hands Tor the Italian Government has taken posses
sion of sixteen of his converts in Rome and he is
utterly pOwerless to prevent it. This is the first
instance OF the enforcement OF the new laws for the
| suppression OF the Jesuit inconsistencies and il now
remains for His Holiness to leave the sacred CITY
alter such sacrilege within it. 1t is to be hoped
that he tildS comfort in Archbishop Manring's
new book IN which the POpe's return to his an
Client throne and privileges Is confidently predicted
Intemperance in EurOpe.-Things must be getting
rather desperate among our English cousins when
they cOnstrain the London Times to thunder in
such tones as these Among all the writer's all
the takers, all the preachers, all the workers, all
the names we see daily blazlned on the roll of
English fame, are there none that will set about to
abate this nuisance and Scandal-our national
/ a rr,F,Lo II, a..
atory, there seem to be none to cry aloud and
spare not, in England, they are beginning" to
wake up on the continent where the case is as bad,
judging from this statement, cut from one of our
exchanges: " Europeans begin to give attention to
the sad havoc strong drink Is making among them
| Complaints come tiom Daulzig East Prussia. Eng
land, Russia, aud France, that the demon of strong
drink stalks through the land, bightng and ours
ing. Drunkenness brawls and murders are on the
Increase. Itls certainly high time that efforts
were made by the friends OF temperance, the world
over, IN concerted action, not only to stay the tide
OF " drunkenness, but also OF that moderate tin.
ping which Is so prevalent among the "respecta.
Die classes OF society, and which payes the wav IN
all Drunkenness and not only this but concerted
action II possible, IN the measures which shall be
adopted to a0ate this gigantic evil. On this latter
point there Will, OF course, be a wide variance of
opinion. We are convinced, however that mot
much can be done while the earnest friends of tenn
peranee are 50 much at sea on this vital point
DR. and Mrs Hepburn of japan have reached
Calcutta on their way TO America Like most of
our American visitors De- and Mrs. Hepburn late.
y spent day in Serampore. surveying the relics
OF the foundation OF Protestant Christianity in
India as they are found in the College; the tombs
/ Of Carey, Marshman Ward Mack and members
of the families Of Judson and Dr. LoWrie: Henry
Martyr pagoda and Alden. Ga these occasions
the Juggernath cars always excite attention DR..
Carey Christian village is suffering so much from
maarlouS fever that 1t was not visited on this oc.
caSlOn.
An item in one of the newspapers says that " Dr.
Hannay, of Belfast, Ireland, an Episcopal minis.
ter recently preached 10 a Presbyterian chanel
| IhereupOn the Rev. Samuel Black applied to
| Bishop Knox to have a Presbyterian minister
| preach In the parish church of Bally Easton, but
the Bishop did not see the logic"
! The Jelojsh Messenger pleads with those who hold
! the faith OF Abraham to be more earnest There
Is, It says, " deporable lack of spiritual fervor
of prayerlul enthusiasm of that moral earnestness
without which faith becomes superstition. and
worship mOckery. The fact is, we are not Jews
enough At best, We are holiday Jews or Satur
/ day Jews With the synagogue and the PRAYER
book our Judaism ends. During the rest of the
week We are not Jews, we aim only to be moral
men. But our morality is all bud and no blossom,
all seed and no t)wer bright without beauty, aud
talr without fragrance. Judaism means something.
IL means lite OF brave, manly deeds, by which
we are TO be judged Judaism is not goudy syna.
gOgueS, elaborate vestments, choral Furnishings.
Judaism is not lengthy creeds, mysterious dogmas,
and wholesale prayers. 1t means action resolute
| endeavOr soul felt striving for truth as each Jew
sees II. Here is a re6uke which, for substance
applies as well to Christians as to Jews and to
which the former no less than the latter, should
take heed,
One Of the latest innovations of Ritualism is the
substitution OF wine, water and biscuits for the
usual bread and vine of the Communion table.
This change was lately introduced into the parish
church of st. John, Norwich, England but out OF
a hundred aud fifty persons only twenty ventured
to partake Of the ordinance.
Remembering their Sovereign 1.-THE converted
Chinese in Bangkok, Siam, III accordance with a
request from the church at NngpO, observed the
day of the marriage and correlation Of the young
Emperor Of China as day OF prayer for him
DR.. Dean says, lit was the best church prayer
meeting be ever attended" He also states that
the churches connected with the Christian mis-
sion there contributed last year over 81 800 for
missionary and benevolent purposes.
The hon and Rev. Baptist W. Noel died 10 Lon
don, Jan. 10Th, aged seVenty-lOur years. Mr.. Noel
many years ago left the Established Church of
England because of a change in his views on bap-
ism. was immersed, and entered the ministry of
the Baptist Church.
The Protestant Schools in Rome are all open once
more The Roman Catholic Reuielo says the Evan
gelical party there is getting very strong Besides
keeping schools they distribute tracts in the streets
and omnibuses.
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