, 1876-03-05

nifty, Prlnc6 OF Peace
"a story is reported Of certain clergyman
which Is declared to bo authentic, that, havlll
received call to q vacant pulpit 10 Warren, !
! T., he arrived to spend q few days, look abpn
preach, etc. The question Of the length Of tn
pastoIatea to which tho church had been accue
toned very naturally suggested itself, and th
candidate felt cautious not to say anxious, t
Anow how many pastors had retained their rela
tlon tilt it was severed by death, and not wish
ing to ask the question directly, he took medi
tatiye walk to and about the cemetery and. No
finding the grave Of even one of their pastors
concluded that the paatorates must be short. m
that when the pastors eickened they must lay
been sent OFT to die, aud decided to decline tn
cali.
Why should . man be buried on Sunday: VIII
should all tho livery stables send out thei
| divers and their hornos7 Why should the min
lister be called out to tho additional service
Why should tic attendance at other churches hs
interfered with by having all this funereal pagesn
/ on Sunday? There arc occasions when funera
on Sunday may be tssne and appropriate; but
as Euls, Sunday funerals are Sunday desecra
tions. We could wish people might die early If
| the week, 80 that they might, OF necessity, be
buried before Sunday. But death chooses hi:
| Own time for his work, which ID often tho mos,
incouvenient time possible Tor the minister.
Wo plead that when death invades household
| some little consideration be had for TIC minis
| ter.-Christian Gt Noyi-
| We eau hardly conceive anything more ludi-
crous than that of Il preacher aping Moody. sayf
| the Church Journal. Some have an idea that II
thcy get an edition OF tho Bible like Mr. Moody
has they will he mugnetlc aud oyerpowering. Sc
they get copy of Bagstcr's edition, with blaca
| soft cover oScrdropping tile eugcs ct tho leaves.
They carry it in their bands conEpicuously.
! They flourish it in religious meetings. They
! lead-pencil tho margin and all tho time they
! feel that they arc getting more and more like
Mr. Moody. Tho great eynngelist has an in,-
presslve way OF reading in whisper to inquirers
| in the side ROOM hero and there passage from
au open Bible. He does 1t well and successfully
but forthwith theso copyists. 10 q crowded room
OF inquirers, must get ont their Eiblo. roll over
the leaves aud by tho insufficient gas-ght begin
| to read to the seeking soul.
Tho Christian ddrocate says: "The forth
! coming General Conference which opens in Bal
timore hay 1876, promises to be one OF e1traor-
dlnary Importance. The quad1annlal reports
from every department OF our wide!T-e1tended
and rapidly-increasiug church work, and tho
recommendations Of methods for onlarging tho
work. and mating it more powerfully effective
at homo and abroad the presence and addresses
OF larger number than usual OF distinguished
fraterna1 representatives from ether religious
bodies, and OF eminent missionaries long con-
necsed with the various departments Of our own
foreign work, aud the discussion by tho many
able and influential delegates, lay ind clerical,
from the various annual conferences. Of the
many great questions which will be considered,
will ali combine to engage tho attention Of our
people throughout the entire Church."
4 Young Mems Christian Association has bsea
In operation for the last eight years, and is
greatly needed in a city so beset with tempta-
uons to young men as Paris It's ain is to
counte;act tho banetul tendencies OF Partisan
life upon the young man, bg aeeEing him ont as
soon as lie arriyes. introducing him TO tho soc1-
ety Of Christian ssnotiates. giving hlm rs much
information aud help as possible, and securing
Ills regular attendance at some place OF Christian
worship on Sunday, and at the meatiugs and
classes OF the Society during tho week." Tic
rpoms ars situsted ar lG0 kue Montnartre uear
tho BonrsB, and are large, and comfortably fur
nished aod lighted, and are vol supplied With
English and French uswspaoers 1nd magazines
There are clnssas for the study Of modern lan-
gusges, weekly literary meetings, and Bibls
these Is not very lnrya. Nr: Fl. Il. Shopper is
tho President, and Mr. r. W. +. Long the Sec1e-
tary.-Pdr1s Correspondence Toronto Globe,
4 missionary Of the Presbyterian Board. writ
ing Of the kex pcrca Indians, gives an account
Of one OF th:lr churches on tho Lapwai River.
Tho pulpit Of t1s church il supplied by tire ua-
tives who ere studying for the ministry. 4 few
yeats labor haR Ind wonderful effect on these
indians. Wlen tho missionaries went among
the Indians OF the. .Iamiah Valley they "were
with one or two e1coptions, living III lodges or
rowing from place to place. Now they are a COM
lies snd for sale while thirty or forty comforts
bis little frame or log houses dot the valley the
Eraater number built by the Indians themselves.
Last summer VIC counted from tho road, within
= distance of less than 3 miles, seven franc
houses, lately flushed or in process OF erection.
Three OF these wero built py white man, tho
Others BY IN Indian carpenter" This change
" dates from great awakening among the peo-
pie less than five yeara ago. Then the kamiai1s (
were heather, or goddess One year ago last |
Christmas nc commuucd with over 25e native |
church itself MAS denssiy packed with Indian !
wcyshiposa." |
Some exchanges report tho conversion OF m |
Catholic priest III tho south OF France
under the following circumstances: An aax1ous |
penitent confessed to him that she had been to |
4 Protestant service. Ho questioned her close |
". for his curiosity WAS greatly excited. She /
gave him full account, and acknowledged that /
! great impression had been made upon her |
mud. The impression communicated itaelf to |
lim ; and shortly after he requested his own
sister to so to the nearest place vhero Protest. !
ants assembled, to listen as with his cars and !
lnder his responsibility, aud to bring him full !
letaii Of everything. Reluctantly she did so |
;inced there were truths Of which ha wsa |
gnoraus, entorcd into communication with the !
pastor, appointed 8ecret place for prolonged |
aud fotlnl peace in the finished work
If Jesus then and there. The secluded place in |
xhich he labors allows him comparative freedom
If action. He breaches Jesus aii his pa1ishion-
ers havo the New Testament; the children learn
u Christ; confessions arc stopped short. AMI
belief in the full satisfaction wrought by the
Lord Jesus is substituted for penance.
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