The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-26


recommend 70 all earnest and thoughtful women
i; :aSslisy ana ssrssstssss sias ! shall reach 9,
iS.sAs.: sssssss sAas this G prayer .1 may Ss
bondage OF bigotry Of bitterness and death. which
easnrouas cur land may give way to the glorious
that they whose undispnted riynt it is to teach
may ~ once and forever throw down the wicked
they and Battle eacn ssS turn their
wasted energies towards preparing the way OF the
The fields are Already white Tor the harvest. bnt
the living and earnest laborers are few. We are
chaos: Our God viii send US the lightning which
cometn out q The east and snineth even unto the
Aud AN ian Is IN ais hand, and as win ,Sorsushiy
truth. ISABELLA b LANGSTON
BROOKLYN. April is. 1874. '''''- : 49,
How Long Was Jesus In tho Tombs
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
My neignbor has just puzzled me with hard
question, Tor tho answer TO which refer him to
your paper which devotes so much thought and
space to subjects OF this nature. The Christian
Church gives sunday as the day OF the resurrec-
| ton OF our Saviour following Friday OF his
cruclfxion. But tnis my friend SAYS, Is allowing
not more than forty-eight hours for the interment
Ia the sepulchre instead OF three days. Thought
/ ing problem IN Mathew, xvi, 81, which says tnat
..irom that time forth Jesus began to show unto
HIS disciples now that He must go unto jerusalem
and suner many things oil the elders and chef
! priests and scrlbes and be Killed and be raised
again the third day.n But ms neghbor replies
| with Matthew, XIII, 49, where Christ himself says,
'For as Jonas was three days and three nights In
the whales belly SO SHAH The Son OF Man be ,hree
days and three nights the heart oil the EARTH"
Cannot some vi your Biblical correspondents ex-
plain the apparent discrepancy INQUIRER
Interrogatories for A. nj. Cote.
A Frenchman who signs himself '"Qut Ipse
Cogitat' wants NJ. Cote, who replied to ''Baibu-
tus'' In o late sunday HERALD, TO answer the tol-
loving queries:-tD HAS the priest the power to
forgive snss" (2) us not the confessional the
most unmeaning and nasty RUE OF our religlonr'
81 Glow can tue Confession be sacrament since
1t can be historically proved to nave mad no exist
ence previous to the third century," This CORE
spondent calls IL PATCHWORK OF the clergy.
Mission at st. Anne's Church, Brooklyn.
On Low Sunday, at high mass, the Rev. rather
DAILY, o. p, OF the Dominican Fathers opened q
mission at the Church OF st. Anne's, corner Of
Front and Cold Streets Brooklyn. At all Of the
exercises for the past two weeks. at five and
eight O'Clock A. NJ and at half-past seven p. NJ,
the church was packed. even The side chapels
being filed; and at oil hours. from six O'Clock in
the morning till ten at night, the confessionals
many approached the holy table, there 10 find the
living bread wherewith to refresh themselves.
one Sy Eey EaSsr % hf
..Impurity." He, IN very forclble language showed
the awful consequences OF tins sin, and urged on
pures oil the pure, and to frequent the sacraments
regularly. ana then would they be counted worthy
OF Singing that new song that none but virgins
the mission win prove great blessing to the
that they win always keep III nina the lnstruc-
tons which they have heard during the exercises
TINS afternoon Sunday confirmation Will be adj
mlnistered by the Right Rev. Bishop Laughin.
Texts for TaImudfsts.
III. Tellin" writes that many devout Jews are
looking Tor the Messiah to appear to raise up the
throne OF David IN Jerusalem and to reign over the
world. He therefore propounds to them the fol-
lowing questons:-Flrst. Do those Israelites ex-
pect that their Messiah will die and, II not, how
do they explain Isaiah. ill.,, s-10-"He cut on,
&c." and "When thou shalt make his Soul an
onering," &C.? Second, Viii the Jews receive their
Messiah with joy? Let them explain Isaiah, h.,S-4,
last hall ol verse II; Zecharan, XIII 81; Micah,
prophet speak To whom does he refer in tine
phrase "Glve them up ~ verse 3, and VINO Is the
third party introduced by the words s'she, which
travaiietnh &c.Y These queries are ior our hebrew
readers and correspondents.
ministerial and Church Movements.
PRESBYTERIAN.
There are now in India $50 Presbyterian minis
tiers serving Christian community Of about &c, 600
persons, or whom 5000 are the fruits OF mission
airy labor These are connected with no less than
eleven PresDy terian churches in Europe and Amer
lea.
The United Presbyterian Presbytery Of New York
recently licensed Messrs. G. R. Murray, P. p Scott.
D. G. Mckay. X. b. Nesbitt and J. ID. Graham,
theological students, to preach the Gospel as pro-
batloners Tor the ministry.
Rev. John Ewing, OF Clinton N. j., sails from
TINS port on "Wednesday delegate to the Pres
byterian Church OF Scotland. HIS congregation
\ pay his expenses Tor four months abroad
The hall-yearly meeting OF the New York and
Brooklyn Congregational Association was held in
4 Brooklyn last week, and the question OF sending
delegates to the National Council, which meets In
September, was discussed
Tue Rev. A. M. Nicoli left Philadelphia last week
to join the United Presbyterian missions In Egypt.
DR.. Cuyler protests against mis- Presbytery's ig-
norlng the power and influence OF cody women
in the Churcn, and says he will use his influence
to have the Assembay's Deiverance OF 1882 re.
pealed or modified go that this power can be util.
lied for God and His cause. The Doctor does not
want ordained female ministers, but he does want
y cody women to teach ana address Christian as
semblies.
FAN River Presbyterian church has secured the
services OF Rev. L. FL. Angler, of South Boston, as
Tne Rev. william M. Baker, OF Newburyport
Mass has gone TO the Fourth Presbyterian cnurch
OF South BOSTON,
Tue Rev. Robert Court OF Iowa City, has ac-
cepted q call to the Presbyterian church OF Lowell
Mass.
the Rev. W. W. Newell, late of the Central
Presbyterian church, OF this city, will be installed
pastor OF tne First church at New0uryport, Mass,
on May7.
Rev. Henry s. Huntington has left Cavalry
Presbyterian church, Auburn, and gone TO the
pastorate oil the Presbyterian church ut Caldwell,
N. Y.
Mr. Robert L. Bachman member Of the senior
class IN Auburn IN. " Seminary, mas received O
call to the pulpit Of Union Springs Prespyter, IAN
church.
Mr. George r. Smith, Of Auburn Seminary has
been engaged to preach IN the PreSby church
at Dry0en, N. Y.
DR.. Henry Kendall, senior Secretary OF the
Presbyterian Home Missions. has peen au te III