The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-02-23
RELIGIOUS GOSSIP.


Rev. S. Henry Bell has accepted call
to the Presbyterian Church of Port Carbon,
schuylkill county.
1t is peculiar fact that the frescoes of
church are most interesting when the con-
tribution box begins to go ronnd. The very
mention of a collection seems to rouse the
faculty ofselfforgetfulness and absorption in
some distant object. This abnormal condi-
ton lasts until the box has got by you, and
then you suddenly recover and are ready to
pray that the hungry may be fed and the
naked clothed.
-Hebert Spencer calls God the Unknow-
able, which seems very profound, but which
Is really only another way of saying Gle is
90 far up that cannot see Him." Huxley
intimates that He is the Substratum, which
Is another way Of saying, "He is so far down
that can't see Him. Now there are two
things the people want, which two things
they will have before the day is done-First,
100 cents ON the dollar from the govern
ment; and, second, sufficient amount of
just what they mean. The times are mark
cd by political and scientific lodging, and
the sooner we get up new dictionary with
nothing but plain words in it the better.
We are told by certain critics of Chris
tianity that religious intolerance and bigot-
ry are confined to those who believe in the
Bible. But we were reading very inter
esting story the other day about a man with
the polysyllabic name, Nebuchadneazer.
He was ripe Pagan, ifevery there was
one; and yet, in spite of the fact that he
wasn't a Christian, he told these men that
unless they knelt to images he would try
the effect of fire on them. We have good
reason for supposng the story true, though
we have not seen in any ofthe newspapers
Of late, and in spite of the fact that a great
many who read it here for the first time
may not be able to imagine where we got it
from. 1t is great satisfaction to some Of
us to know that Christianity is not the au
thor of all evils with which the world has
been aiIlicted.-N. T. Herald.
The Philadelphia Ledger says: At the
annual meeting of the Women's Christian
Association of Philadelphia, Seventh street,
below Race, the annual report, which was
submitted, stated the boarding house to haYe
been well filled during the year, 6S boarders
having been accommodated. The dining
room was taxed to its utmost capacity; Gl,-
2j5 meals were supplied during the year.
In the Seventh street house 2lS9 lodgings
We're furnished, and nine boarders had been
received at the same place. In the Employ
ment Department, the number of applicants
for employment was stated to be 1886; the
number of applicants from employers, 2036 !;
situations afforded, 1879. On the library
list there were 6SS names during the year
1855 books were taken out, and 1928 per-
sons visited the library. At the Ashbury
Park Boarding House, near Long Branch,
n. j., 4Ol boarders were accommodated dur
ing the summer. This summer home was
enlarged at an expense of $500, for the ac-
commodation of 40 extra boarders, The
Treasurer's report showed the receipts from
all sources to he 500 500 SO, and the expenses
to be $50 ,446 G6, leaving a balance in the
treasury of 1892 81.
One of the best ways in which the
members of different churches can promote
the cause of Christianity is to attend the Sun
day School connected with the church
When you 60 there do not sit around doing
nothing, or think yourselfa visitor and that
it is the duty of the superintendent or some
one else to entertain you. Having become
member of church, it is your duty t.
work So begin at once, and work. Let i
be long pull, strong pull, and pull al
together. In the Sunday school there il
always plenty to do. 1t is the place wher,
the most effective work can the done; i0
have we not the Scriptural injunction
Train up a child in the way he should 60,
etc.?