The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1875-02-03

Thank Offering, Perhaps the largest thank'otfer
ing ever made by any individual TO the cause O
foreign missions was the gift of f20 IOO, more
than 500 900 sent by Mr.. Walter Y. Jones, o.
Manchester, to the Church Missionary Society
Mana Sahib.-Advices from Calcutta Of the LIST
of January contain the report OF the CaWnpore
Inquiry into the identity of the prisoner lately ar
rested in England upon suspicion of being the Ia
nous Mana Sahib. The report identifies him as
not Mana Sahib, but as man named Jumna D sSS
who is supposed to De a native OF benares' Inc
concurrent testimony of tweaty-seven witnesses;
as well as the absence from his body or physical
marks which were known to exist upon Mana GA
bib, combined with his general appearance and the
difference between his apparent age and wnat
would be Mana Sshib's age If ne were allve, are
the grounds upon which the report rests. Ii IS
further stated that Prince Scindia, who arrested
| the prisoner and surrendered him to the British,
now admits that he may have been misisd In MS
judgment of his identity.
| Mr. Gladstone is disposed to follow up his attack
on the Papacy. The London Quarterly, not yet
received in this country, has an article from him
on the reign Of the PRESENT Pope and Its tenden'
cies.
Week Of Prayer in LondOn-The services held
( during the Week of Prayer IN London were very
largely attended. Midday meetings, specially for
| City men, were held in London Tavern. Mr.. Spur
geon, who was announced to speak one day, failed
to be present on account of illness. His place was
filed by Lord Radstock. Meetings were held in
many other places. At Willis's Rooms addresses
we're delivered on the successive days by the Rev.
Drs. John Richardson, Donald Fraser, Q. ID. Mar.
ston, W. Morley Punshon, Joseph Mullens, and
DE-. Angus.
Wise ForsthOught.-The London Congregation
aists are raising fund of fifty thousand dollars
for the purchase of sites for churches in new neigh
borhoods This fund is to be increased, and when
ever new streets are laid out, lots available tor
church purposes will be secured Such policy
would have saved millions in New York City, and
hundreds of thousands in Cincinnati, had it been
adopted BY the evangelical churches forty years
ago.
Extraordinary cnarity-All the anonymous thou
saud-pound checks that have for long time f1und
their way to this and that charitable object in Eng
land are at last traced to the hand of an old man
of eighty living in quiet way in the vicinity of
Chestnut His secret, however, comes to light
only In his death. By his books it appears that
he gave away IN his lifetime some three hundred
and fifty thousand pounds after this fashion, forty
five thousand within the last year.
A Correspondent of the London Daily Recie,c went
to Manchester recenty to give a report of the
that he found the Free Trade Hall, at the eight
o clock morning meeting, crowded with nearly FIVE
thousand people, and that Mr. Moody's address
on DAME" was one of the most picturesque yet
simple he ever heard The scene in the afternoon
was understandable, as twice as many persons locked
to the great Hall as could get in.
Aintab COIege.-The Turkish Mission Aid So,
ciety OF London has just voted thousand pounds
to the Alntab College in Syria, making $50 $50
raised for the object in England. As the lnstitu-
ton is one OF the enterprises OF the American
Board, this generous contribution from friends on
the other side can hardly be supplemented by any
less sum by friends on this The college is such
an obvious necessity for Central Turkey that we
have no doubt that the supporters Of the Board
viii sooner or later insure its complete success.
Italy The Rev Matteo Prochet gives the fol-
lowing list Of the Protestant churches and agencies
IN Italy:
l. The Methodist Episcopal, under the supervi-
sion OF DR.. Leroy Vernon, American.
2. The American Baptists, superintendent by
by Rev. Mr. Taylor.
3. The English Baptsts, with Rev. Mr.. Wall
4 The Methodists, divided into two Sgnods,
North and South. having as presidents Rev. Mes
srs. Piggott and Jones'
5. A portion of the Free churches united in an
organ zation called 'Chlesa Liberia, presided over
by committee whose foremen are MessrS. Nc
Dougall (Scotch) aud Gavazzi.
g. The Free churches which would not unite
With Gavazzi and his friends, and which form
kind of confederation, chiefly, if not solely, sup
ported through the fundamentally of Count Guic-
ciardini of florence.
7. The ancient Italian Church, known by the
name of Chiess Valdese, or Waldensian church.
The total membership of the seven denomina-
tons in the mission field is 4S22. The Walden
sian Church numbers 2 les, very near as much as
the others put together Christian Observer
Handy Volume Bibls.-The English publishers
Bradbury, Agnew 4 TO-, have just done public
service to the people of England by the issue of
the Holy Scriptures in a beautiful and convenient
" Handy Volume" form. The London NOncoR-
fornlist. remarking upon the publication of the
Bible in this FORM says lit is astonishing we had
so long to wait for it., and describes it as it pre-
sented to the public by the above named firm, in
this wise;
Here we have in q box set of little volumes
in limp cloth covers. and with red edges extremely
neat, clear in type, and beautiful. They are ten
in number, seven containing the Old Testament
and Three the New. The principle has been to al
low to each volume an Appropriate number OF books,
each complete according to the space occupied
To each book there is an introduction, discussing
shortly, but sensibly and moderately. Its author
ship, chronology etc. ; notes have been selected
from the various accepted Bibles with great care
and consideration and on the whole We have here
a complete Bible. Disputed matters are indicated,
and fair result given rather than discussed at any
length, which Of course, was not possible or deslr-
able but the editor is fully alive to the tendencies
of modern criticism, and shows that he has thought
much on the points raised. 1t is valuable work,
which we are sure will be useful