Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-22
PASTORS AND PULPITS.

REPUTATION is the shadow of charac-
ter.
TIE salary OF the Bishop of London is
$4,000 year.
Ir does no good to feel angelic ii one
acts like the old Nick.
WurTE, the converted circus clown,
has put up i'm Portsmouth, y. H., Cos
pei tent capable OF seating 1000 people.
RELIGION i'm prayer-book is good
deal like dinner in a basket. 1t will
keep, but will do the poSsessor no earth
~ good.
The property belonging to the various
theological institutions OF the Presby-
terrain Church in the North is valued ut
Sl,4l5, l11.l5.
The English Catholic Union has re-
solved to petition the Pope for the can
onization al several English "lnartyrS,
Sir Thomas Moore being OF the number.
TIE colleges distributed fewer honor
arv degrees among the clergy this year
than usual. What is the reason? Do
the ministers know less or the colleges
know more than formerly?
At the presbyterian Council, to
be held i'm Philadelphia next year,
among the subjects set down Tor discus
sion are the inspiration and the anthem
ITCHY OF the Scriptures and the future
retribution Of the wicked.
BALTIMORE Methodist preachers have
been considering the morals of Sunday
trains 10 and from camp-mCetlngs, and
have decided 10 give neither encourage
mcnt nor Evmpathy to any camp-meet-
ing where the evil is not r"medied.
SOME people who complain about
closed churches. and declare their un-
willingness 10 90 other churches during
the vacation season, might do a very
nice sum i'm arithmetic If they count up
the number OF times they have attended
other churches, when their own pastor
was preaching, in the past twelve
months.
TIIE One-SermOn question is up Tor
discussion. I'm most places where the
second sermon is preached in the after
noon the attendance is small There
seems to be growing disposition to
concentrate upon one service the inter
est and attendance now divided between
two. III there is To be second service
it is question whether it should not be
a service OF song or lecture.
THE Archbishop Of Canterbury sees
i'm the younger clergy "a growing feeling |
of the great Importance OF setting
good example in the matter OF temper |
ance ito those whom they are called |
uyon 10 teach. The number of young !
men who abstain altogether from in
toXicating beverages, without any
pledge, because they think that thereby
they are doing good TO those whom they
can influence, is yearly increasing"
The Milo,Iid thinks there is another
side to the popular sympathy expressed
for the eN-EmPresS Eugene. III any wo-
man ever deserved the atillctlOn under |
which she mOurns, IL Is the chlldless
widow at ChiSclhurSt. When woman |
inStigates such bloody conflict as that |
of 1870 between France and Germany,it |
is OF no small advantage that retributiOn |
comes swiftly and dramatically, fixing !
all eyes upon II.
TuE'HJrir Lsoi.r is not in favor OF
the proposed Jewish colonization !
scheme, and argues that ''therc is Meth |
or necessity nor demand for such col |
onies. The Jews are only very small |
part of the total population of this cOun-
try, and comparatively lew OF them de-
sire Ia change their present occupation. !
III individual Jews of limited means |
wish to 90 West and farm it, and ask !
help to get them there, it will, no doubt,
bee gladly given. But to place Il number
there i'm any one spot, Is a separate |
colony, would only invite outside per
sccution and inward contention.