The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-10
Sun BEAMS.

Financial embarrassment" 10 The
for II at the Western Avenue Baptist Church d,
Chicago, and the Rev. J. J. Irving resisns.
Prof. Swing says that hat won at ..
rsne down eyes OF the wearer's soul.-
II this be the II 10 than probable that pstk
OF rafed boots would the up hia spirt
usi waist
Although the Rev. Henry Hallenbeoh
10 blind, yet he his way clear to the accomplish
ment Of q credits0le amount OF missionary and evsn-
gehstic labor. revival OF much interest has bean
developed. through his efforts, at Albion. Iowa. and
number OF converts have already been received
1t sounds queer, yet this Is the way ons
Of the great religious papers puts Tine church u
Benton Harbor. that has for . few yesrs past been
greatly dishesrened by the failure Of the peach crops
and financial depression a. well a. by deaths and 70
movas has been greatly encouraged and revived undss
the minntrations Of It's new pastor"
DIR. Chadwick of Brooklyn recently
preached on John Calvin and his System" He char
sctersed the Geneva reformer as the most eaotbscAi
and most bgoted person of his age. The burning Of
servetus he ascribed to Cavins personal hatred and
maievoeDce. lie spoke of Cavins action In references
TO servetus's book as unspeakably base.
The Congregational Church ut Mans
chester. Conn, seems TO have its enemies. fev
nights ago they surreptously and informally held
meeting IN the church. the result OF which thst on
the morning the window shades found 10 10
IN tatters the organ defaced. and the window glass
tnashcd. revival needed AZ Manche,ter. 'Onn.
A Baptist minister i'm Kentucky COM
muned with the ,mpbeiite3 who. though they prac-
tice immersion hardly considered strict bsptists.
The church of which this gentleman is pastor took up
his and passed vote OF censure for HE f-
regularity. Heaven will have be cut into very
small sections to accommodate these breihren
Bishop Snow has moved his church
from the Chapel Of the New York Univcre,Y build
Ing to the Medical College at Twenty thiri street and
Fourth avenue. Tue Bishop has not very large fol-
lowing bat hi hearers quite Impressed by whA he
His specially the exposition of the dark things
Of the Book Of Revelation, and particularly the coming
judgments lie deals with the seals trumpcts, earth
quakes, bloody moons. pale horse', falius stars and
other apocaiypuc marycs iamlliary though tbey
were all print TO hun.
Missionary Van Orden, recently dis
charged from by the Presbyterian ard, hss
claimed that THIS discharge poltica, grounos.
Toe board has insisted that 1t because the service
when he rendered was unsatisfactory. Now Mr.. Van
0rden offers himself to the American BOard which
Congregational This board declines to engage him
and he starts around among the Congregational
churches. asking them TO provide fund which will
enable him 10 go bacE TO Brazil as missionary bh
own hook. Some OF the churches contribute, while
others prudeDtiy button up their pockets.
Brother Boanerges Fulton preached,
last sunday a sermon on "The Strain on southern
Christianity In which he remarked that while In the
South the colored folks 10 church By them
selves, IN the NOrtl NelcOme0
OF the white people. Thsis pretty theory, bot facu
do support It. No welcome at all IL extended "
colored people by the white churchgoers of New York
Brooklyn wnen they come to the churches Of white
fox they take seats 10 exceedingly retired positions
and have uncomfortable look. No usher them
to choice cushions In the middle aisle. aud white
worshppers render themselves conspicuous by shaking
hands with them when church IA out. They generally
| have churches ofineir own. and stick 10 them.
| The COngre9duondltst objects TO the
practice of OF its religious neghbors sdveris-
ing the best imitation gold watch in the market for
trading purposes" and explaining that while Rs limo
piece costa only 49, II trades or sells readily for froa
~ to e10o" tn. Cong ,JdondAst suggests thu, the
papers which thus should print treatise Of
| two eIpoundng what PcLi meant when he wrote
Provide things honest In the sight OF oil men," ThS
suggestion might be added Il at the papers might
| PRINT few columns on evil OF dragging sick ehik
dren sncted adults with erievous ausck nostrums
advertised In their columns. II IL not for thia
chase Of advertisements some of the papers In question
would have to under and. II they did perasps tbG
| world would not be any the worse OF
| In the course Of International Sunday
School Lessons, the passage for recent sunday vA
that which treats of Peters visit TO Cornelius e Gems
uron. In the teachers meeting Of the SUNDAY senool
/ OF one OF most wealthy New York churches. the
Superintendent asEed who and what Cornehus the Ces
| turIon was. A teacher answered that he was muns
cisp. giving q the Biblical statement that ho
was centurion "of the Italian band" The teschers'
| meeting was at convulsed with mirth IL was
thought that the brother had been 10 the habit Of
going to Gmoree than of.studying his Sunday schoo
Lesson Nor did the mirtnfulness az all AGATE when he
Iplaned that he thought the 'centure" which thu
centurion" played a wind instrument much ike
| cornet AZ the brother had never been much away
from New YORK. natural. perhaps That he should
suppose the Italian band Of Cornelius TO have had
| musical turn.
| A poverty stricken tramp came TO the
| parsonage of n wellknown Clergyman ret far from
| New YORK. aud asked for aid. Knowing that he wAs
not very key to get he told the pareon OF hug
distress In the matter Of shlrs The result was the
the tramp left the house few minutes later, the hsppy
possessor Of toeraoy good shirt. As he departed NJ
expressed his thanks to his benefactor ana told him
what q comfort the shirt wnoud be TO him. And uat
enough the garment did AFFORD warmth 10 the suffering
tramp exactly In the way his reverend benefac
tor had intended Toward evening one ~ the eidere
dropped the parsons house. and arhed him how Y
came to pace that Of his heterogeneous wac In
nelghbOring GIN mil, exhibition To acrOvd OF 'oAfl
| ers. The parson saw II all in ar.OmcIt The tram8
had traded off the shirt for two drinks Of whsAey and
gin-snng Hereafter when that psrson hcstows shirta
on wandering shoep OF this kind, ne VII take me pre-
| caution to cut OH the part marked with his u De