Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-10-18

of Moses and the fug
tive Israelites have been miscalculated,
and patient research on the basis Of this
new discovery shows that the spot
where their passage was made is now
dry land. Andnow Able Meigne en-
tiers into the Discussion, and in an arti-
Gle in his paper Les Mondes, claims that
an opportunity is afforded OF proving
the truthfulness OF the Scriptural ac-
count OF the Right of the children OF
Israel and the destruction OF Pharaoh's
army. II the thariots, their horses, and
their riders were buried by the waves,
traces OF this great overthrow must, he
thinks, still exist. The Able, there
fore, PROPOSED when the sum stated
above has been subscribed, TO make eX-
cavations all along the route Of march
which must have been followed, feel
ing confident that he will find
there the arms and heavy equip
ments of the Egyptian host. While it
| is somewhat refreshing to meet in these
| times with sO.much genuine belief, il is
questionable whether Able Meigne does
wisely in msking the authenticity of
Exodus depend upon his success as an
| antiquarian. Granting the Egyptian
army was destroyed on the spot that he
believes to haze been the scene of its
| overthrow, it Is by no means impossible
| that material traces of the soldiers may
have long since disappeared. Men in
| those times were in many things not un-
| like their descendants, and il is pretty
certain that now, il mishap OF this kind
occurred, long before the brass chariots
AMI gold ornaments OF the soldiers sank
into the sand, they would be dragged
up TO the surface of the water by travel.
ers and divers, who could not fail To
greatly profit by such disaster.-N. j.
Times.
A FEW years ago a little girl, Fauni
Smith, aged seven years, in Philadel-
phia, sent for her pastor, Rev. DIR. :. A.
Muchmore, who found her dying. She
handed to DIR. Muchmore all her little
savings, amounting TO 81 81, and said:
~ want you to take this money and
build a church for poor people like us.
Now said she, promise me, so | shall
know when am in heaven that it is
/ done. The promise was made, place
was selected on Eighteenth street, near
Montgomery avenue, and frame build
ing, known as the Free Collegiate
Church, with a seating capacity Of 400
persons, was erected and dedicated with
out debt on the first Sunday Of June,
1876. The Sunday School has increased
from fOrty-live TO three hundred; over
one hundred persons have united with
the Church and the frame building has
been replaced by large stone Church,
to accommodate over two thousand per-
sons. 1t is to be a free church. The
walls are up AMI the roof is on, but work
is suspended for want of money, and a
fair is holding to supply it.
IL the recent case of the vicar of
Holy Trinity, BordeSley, Birmingham,
prosecuted under the Public Worship
act for Ritualistc practices, one of the
witnesses produced wafer in order to
prove that the bread used for the holy
communion was not "such as is usual
to be eaten" 1t is alleged that the
wafer was sacrilegiouslv obtained, and
great Indignation is manifested by the
Rituaistic party thereat. The Bishop
Of Worcester has been called on 10 in
stitute an inquiry into the matter, with
Il view of satisfying the cOnsciences of
churchmcn and Of canonicaly pushing
the guilty party if the ohense be estab.
lished.
\ LADY in the northeast OF Scotland
was recently lamenting to a friend the
somewhat pronounced infdel views of
her brother, which she attributed TO the
perpetual lccturing by her father to his
family on the importance OF the princi-
pies oil their own denUminatiOn-thc In
dependents. In her SORROW for her
brothers sCcpticism she proceeded To
express her fear that unless her father
changed his tactics a worse thing might
come upon them. "And what" in
Quircd her friend, who much sympa-
thized with her in her grief, "cou.d be
worse than your brother being an inf
del?" "Oh" was the agonized reply,
"he might be driven to join the Estab-
lished Church.
IT is proposed To build PRESBYTERIAN
Church at Canterbury, England, where,
though the old English form has died
out, the French form Of Presbyterianism
has never been extinguished, for the
Presbyterian service begun 800 years
ago for the lluguenot refugees is con-
tinued to this day in the crypt OF the
cathedral.
THE fifth Catholic Congress will take
place in the city Of Modcna, Italy, on the
DIST, 22d, 23d and 2ith OF this month.
Catholic societies and coniraternites
are invited to S, nj 10y letter or telegram
a word Of sympathy and encouragement
addressed To the President.
THE business success of some re-
ligious societies is often overlooked in
the attention paid to their benevolent
objects. The Methodist book concern,
a recent report shows, began after the
fire in 1887 with capital of S2Sl $50.
In June, 1873, the net capital was
81 ,OO9,4l2, showing a profit OF S729, 76l,
while the New York concern has paid
to other objects under direction OF
various conferences s., l20,S93, making
the real profits an average OF SG7,S72
per annum.