, 1874-08-16

resigned tie Dshou1lc Of St. David's. England
90 account OF s.incapaci,y by ase anu pefma-
neat physical iuGrfn,ty, has peon Etahsso t<4o-
sion OF $4,000 + year,
Tie baptist Weekly learns TINT Drs- tish anu
Yeraes. travelling in tho East, have fallen 1n1o
I'm hands OF lilo Bedouins, VITO are holding
them for . rauaom.
The Rer. r: 1f; Hatfield and Bishop HarTen
preached in tho Tabernacle at tuo eiuaFa'u >Antp
ground few days ago
RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY.
On account OF some eccensr1clt1es 1nat eooA
place in the recent ca1up-meeting 81 ocean
Grove, n. T., it il said that tho EXERCISES were
brought to close day or Two earlier than haa
been anticipated. Que young LADY CLOSELY con-
uected with tile management Of The neenog
a1o6e in the course Of one tho services aho
apnounced that she had been commissioned to
,upart the Holy Ghost by the imposition OF
hands. uer frat attempt was upon Erother
Inskin. who kindly told her that ho pehe'eh II
her good Intentions, but did not carp to be I'M
posed upon, as it were. Sire next approached an
Episcopal Clergyman in attendance, who did not
fccogu.zo hez as being tho channel Of the apas-
to1ical succession, and who met hee pfou e9 WIN
tho chalienge: ~ Jesus I know, anu fau!
kuau. but who arc rou?" Shortly atterwnrd
Motnot11st 1niuipter anuounced FROM the platform
that lie had lust recelya1 the gift pl hea1lnEt ADJ
that if those in tha audience who were any
wav aitiu- you!l prescnt themselves. he would
cure then1 by the imposition OF his hands, Ihe
Executive Committee issued o card ra@Fettln5
tho introduction Of ideaa and measures catcu-
lated to ''produco strife"
At prcscut Holland is tho Paradise OF min
istc1s. There are l59 Evangelical parishes vita,
out pastors. As soon as caaoloato ~ quanuco
in these parishes he u snapped up anu ses "
preaching Oh . good sAta1y.
Notwithstanding that the C1nese have lately
naaaacteL some $4,000 Christians. there are as
uaay more Lets. twenty-five religious societies
have established 800 m!aslon~ata1sous 2nu OUT
| stations there.
nev IDEA il developed in the beautiful mar
! lle Church OF the puli&nNs-pov ln p1ecess OF
! erection in Hnrlcm-n the shape of a room above
| and behind tho pulpit, whore persons can "of-
| shin who dcsite 10 he unseen by the conEIeSa~
| ton. jewish ladies uacd to hare this privilege
il tho Old synaspaaes
| The ncv, Dr.. Eartol has written u vigorous
letter to the Liberal Christian demanding that
| tho ''iutuitionalists,' or persons of Loose re-.
},rious views in tho Unitarian body. shall get out
of il before they are expelled. He etains that
the denomination is Christian, and that it's posl-
! ton must not be falsidea by those persons> The
| National Conference OF the body will meet 10
| Saratoga uext mouth.
J To pass sway the gloomy hours iD prisor, Enn~
[ vnn took rail out Of the stool belonging TO the
.n}t and with his knife fashioned it INTO flute.
The keeper. henring music, followed tho sound to
! Ds,uyag's cell; but Nhilo ba WAS unlocking the
door the praaoper placed the rail IN the stool, SO
| that tho searcners were unable to solve the mSs'
tery; n9r during the remainder OF Hunyan's res
ifleuce III the jail d4d taey cTcf dscoFet no" LIE
| music was p:oduccd.
The soven great missionary societies OF En-
Gland and Au1ertca represented at tho recent Cal
c,,,ta missionary Conference, ha1c tnsIted tho
| Banrds of these societics to unite in send.ng &c
| India two able minister's alternately from GEeat
Britain and the United States, to work 10 cath
ol,c aud evans elstic method among t'ta va:lou6
misgions, Tho plan psoposea is that the tive
| visitors might leave home in autufnu, preach II
most Of tue large towns Of teylon, aiadra7,
Bengal, the Northwest, aud Bombay. besides
holding less formal intercourse with al classe4-
European Eurasian, and u4tiTe. Iha sever
months OF the European aud American autaHa
! winter. and spring would suffice. II the so:se'
tics wouia pay the travelling expenses, Anglo
Indian hospitality Would do the rest
The Gospel Danner makes plea Tot shor
prayorn. II says:
1t not exaggcraon to say that We have listened
to single prayer longer than the wi,ols ten thas we
ind ia tue Diblo Put together. Tae nra IL il Gene.
s;z xiv, 12a4, and ITO words, and It u moi
| more than minute in length. The next ~ EXC
| dus x11i I3-l5 and contains Ill words. and IL no
oyer minute long. The third Is in Joshua, VIII ~
aud contains uinHty words Tue fourth - IN seeont
Einry XIX 15-1G+ the prayer Of Hezeliah; it ia com
posed OF l3i wor1lB and Two minutes would be ampit
time to repeat it. Another is found in Nehemiah, l.
A and .s 4ot e; two @ an9s p a = hrs ,utes ione
another is III First Hags. fati. ISL IN 'mpostan
deeatory prayer offered BY solomon M h'mse1 a. sre
thatl minutes; while that Of D!niei, H., 11-13 VA
! prohahs minutes long. In the New Testament ~
n1t e5n1tatpea In twenty verses, and Is minntc
long, while the model Iraycr-tae Lords pfayer--1
{ar osie1er Btu Now here are ten prayers from thos
n5of. Gr,atr
than IS minutes long, OF Al average Of minute
each; and yet sometimes hear men Pray 40 and y
and Yearying their fellow-worshpcrs with vain rero
titions utterly fl Of the primo object Of al publ
prsyer-to Lift up the hearts OF men to COMMUNE VII.
/ | Ue2Tea.
The Iudependent Bass: "Tho singing by ~
little girls Of tho hymn l nm glad that Jesu
| loycs me- as they passed before President Gran
= | on tito preachers stand at the Hound Lake camp
meo.ing, recently, is said to have deeply move
tho usually lnpe1turbab]o cl1ieftan. WHO can r. r.
| sist the childrens Riugiug2 Who except III
! | critics aud croakcrs?"
A Scotch paper says that the popn]a119y OF Af1
| Sankey'a songs ia that country il quite remarGi
| b!o Hvmns have never taken very deep @io!
On tho Scottish mind. Bat Tin ono short ball
| year set Of hymns aud tunce haye sprung to
/. | nlaco which eyou tho songs Of Burns hard
l.. | rcachca in thcir palniest days. You hear thel
III drawing rooms, IN worksdops, IN dTessa'a'
[ ers' rooms, in Sunday -shools, and at praye
= meetings; you hear them hnmmed BY t!
thougbttcss gatuin, and accompanied with +
concertina By tho itinerant stfeetrslnger Il
:, fisherman ia bis boat, tho plowman in tx
field, the mother lu1ling her infant. ali resort
them; north and south. east and west. nothif ri
d is 10 popular 90 SANKEY'S hymns. Apart 1ro
its religious algnltaance, THIS y remaraao
phenomenon in m intellectual and social poi'
t Of view"
SUNDAY ADJUSTMENTS.
j. Recently, in Columbia County (Ga') churc
j. sshen the congregation roso to sing, pistol II
d from the pocket Of one Of tho worshlpers, al
J. wounded Mr. Pce1er. who remarked, aa ho VI
being carried ont, "Take care you don't NAL
:, inc drop nina"
D. II fcar," said minister to bis aock, "when
explained to you my LIST caar1tg"sermoa th
10 philanthropy was the love Of our species, y
pf must have understood ME to aay specie; vhi
frr tf,a fIrpuu IF the cnffArffp