The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-23
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tsousa not with hts former strength lie breaches Al,
the Noting Hill Tabernacle every Sunday morning and
evening.
Father Uyacinthe hns commenced leo
turing In England ne has requested the reporter. nos
to report his lectures in fu as he has only few ana
he wants them TO be reasonably fresh to each new .u
dienoe no addresses.
One Of our most noted diviues was
preaching the death Of bel, aud took occasion to
speak Of "the great aud sad funeral procession which
foil Abel to the grave An rreverent sister In the
congregation nudged her next irend ami ed.
mot great PROCESSION but very select none Out
the nrst families"
Although popular feeling IN Boston
csmors for the Of the o. South Church,
the popular purse docs not respond to the call with
sufci vigor the tulding II ON destruction.
few ago the safety Of the venerable pile
seemed assured. Now III. otherwse. The money
not be raised and the " Old Sou h" must odown.
"A pilgrimage of American Catholics
to Rouo Is being arranged for to take place in June.
1877 to celebrate the Popes Episcopal Jubilee, which
will occur IN that month The Xavier Uui n Of this
city has taken the matter In hand, and viii doubtless
push 1t vgo -oIsy. to enlst The cooperation OF
large company OF the faithful adhereats Of Ills BolL
Philip Phillips, the "Singing Pilgrim"
having been round the world has returned England,
where he has entered on engagement OF one hun
dred nights ~ Christi song" cordial welcome was
School Union. with "tca meeting" watch was fol.
lowed by pubic tption and congrsttlltory
speeches.
The SUNDAY School Centennial" Is
now going on al Ocean Grove, uni the care Of tho
New jersey Sunday Sch Jol Association Prof Sher
win. large army OF sIl Jay school people have as
scmoed and vary their educational and reli ious ex.
ercscs oy taking surf baths aud swimming and row.
ing on tho placid wat r. OF Wesley AXE. Inc Cen
tcnniN" will las, all this week
The Rev. Mr.. McKibbin, who IL pastor
Of a respectable church IA 81 Paul. Minnesota, ofciit
ed as umpire at baseball matcn. For TINS come
righteous people IN his congregation are vexcd at him
ana giving MIN al sorts u trouble. What woult
these people have said to the or, St. Paul fol
knowing much as he All from personal experience
about games race. prize nshts, aud other athletic
tertlinmcnte2
Tho subject of the demission OF thu
ministry Is agitdtcd to some extent In Prc.byteran
circs. II Is claimed that minister who nnds his
fulne sat an end either BY reason OF III hcat Or from
desire to into secular worx, should &c allowed
honOraby to retire from the ,n,c OF tue ministry and
become layman As the Foru OF Government OF thu
Church now staDls there ~ NJ way u get out OF tho
MINIS except by being troI snI deyoseI. Owing to
this fact. the ministerial roll OF the Cnurcn cum1crcd
with good many men VINO are not particularly good
at preaching. VINO are doing NJ clerical worS sud whj
wOul take pleasure in bslnx laymel aga II they
could deInit the ministry without feeling themselves
dishonored.
Prospect Park, In Brooklyn, il the re.
sort on Sundays OF t.outanis OF peopls Of every age
and OF both sexes, most Of whom condut Themselves
In an orderly manner Some Of tue newspapers, how.
ever, lament that children are permitted to pend
their Sunday afternoons there iasead Of g1iag 10 sun
day schOo. Bd perhaps the difficulty lies much
with tnc children vita their Su Iday school tea hers
who lounge at home or 80 out OF town. leaving their
neglected Icks to do the best they y 4 more
than half Of tne sunday schools IN Brooklyn are now
ne "a le np - mae mer-
Possibly It may o. ali for the best the schools
bat II the CHILDREN are tur-cd adrli what are they "a
do but 20 to the psrSi
The Jews do not think highly of the
meetings which held IN the Allen Street Methodist
Chufcl pray tor the conversion of the israetish
race. Tlcr priIcipa eiigious paper cout la report
Of ttcir last meeting. which does MT overflow with
comp incLts toward .he brethren Who think jews
be Converted 10 Christianity. jew rUsc.ln recent
NEE lag and declared that responsible respecs
bic jew ever leaves tie faith - his fathers and that
those who profess to oe" converted jew" Tor hs
most part unworthy sOns, who have pee MARY
OBJECT In being "cunytrtei." rhe Lumber Of those
who meet to pray for the inversion Of the jews 10
LuI small. THUS tn,ir abors have not been s,tend-
ca with v,ry great succe,s.
The International Sunday school les.
son for to-day Is on the dedication Of soomon's Te-
nc. anu convey, iIsrueu1n whlcA might Of adyan.
tA-e to some Of the church sulllers VI mOicru unes
solomon erected magnificent aud costly rdHce, md
ceoicatcd It 10 the Lord. but do not That hero
was aay mortgage on IL. tn I,r4elitc OF taose diys
who would have held amoTtgage on Sole mo. Temple
would have found himself excluded from Jerusalem
t,ciey No jew would have ta<ea iifc policy 10 al
inturaLcs company whcl would have been 50 base az
10 mold such security on the Temple. But now
churches are built BY people WHO have no means u
paying FOR them. morgaged for more thin they ara
WORTH and then sold u oecOms livery s,aoc or thea
tres, solJmol inAge1 his busness an4irs didercpty
The fashion prevails to some extent
among tue vacant city churches Of calling young men
to pattorate who are just through their course of
Neoosicai study; IN some csscs, those who are NOT
ev CUTE through In most II Il done purely for
economy, because the young mcl cin be had cheaper
than those no older who families 10 sup.
port IL fr.Quentiy turns out badly both tr pc pie
ana pastor when large church thus calls a small MN,
In order TO save money On min. There tnrco
Die Instances OF bundcrs OF this Kind IN ths
city and lie immediate vicinity The youns men ou.ht
to he encouraged AMI employed, hut there not ono
IN hundred u them ~Lo IL IT. he enters on
his mhi'rr for the care aud responsibility OF large
city church. Let thtm begin the smaller churches 10
tue country or villages, aud stay few ycars Theu
they viii be better nited for larger neds VI ucs
snd more apt to do well and wisely
Now that we are celebrating CentenS
NAL annVersaries OF some OF the churches II Is sire
INK 10 her VI others which have passed thir SECOND
century The Reformed Church at Flat ands a few
miles out OF BROOKLYN. has Just celebrated its two hun.
THIS church since 1870 have carefully pr, s.r,ed,
Including some rpeciniens OF toe Indlan whmpuln
which the boys that day used 10 ut into the colec.
ton box AZ the anniversary services the cd com.
munion table WAS exhibited, which Is over $50 ,sars
old Alec the straig tlackcd chair In Viii the dom.
ihe's wife sat. aud The teuch which the donnis MN.
ser occupied, behind he pulpit. Tue hu LING now
occupied oy this church was erected Ia ISIS .ndsA
much more comnodioui aud churchy structure than
Tie one erected nv permission OF Gov Stuyvessut To
lo5t ihe tiatIshdrrs ore steady.goIns people, who
Own valuable fsrus s.ftA to the ways of their tore
ftr p aud reels INNOVATIONS. Tier present pastor 10
the Rev, Arson DUBOIS.
That was an ingenious decision OF the
Can dan Presbyterian Assembly the organ quet-
ton Nova Scotia Preserve ~ had referred ~ tho
Ascend apetition from church "for leave 10
gan" After long disc usalon, which brought forth
q multitude Of proportions, aud m ny amendments,
the Assembly passed rcsO ution To the effect thaI
ihe SAID congreg ton have liberty to Introduce In
strumenial mutic into puoc worship. proNlicd tnat
the harmony OF the congregation Is thereby ds-
turotd" This harmonious prOyiso wi act simpb .sa
joke. Tor Ii notorious a. at the discussion Of TIE u-
sic question In that pariCul Nova Scotia church nss
completely banlshed AL 81 harmony" from the trab-
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