, 1879-06-01

Jones, OF sl50o00, deposited in trust Tor the
Development Of the Evaugelistic Native agency
In India.
The tnfrty-ninth annual session Of the FOX
klyer Association Of Uniycrsasts will be held
at Elein on June 10-12. The exercises will be
iatn LIVINGSTON, Chase, Powers, .Slade, Reed,
herbert, Gibbs, Stra1b, La!ug, Chaplin, Ryder,
Tucker, Stocking, Gardner, Crosley, Hanson,s
Kerr, and others.
In Ireland there is scarcity Of ministers to |
such an extent as to prevent the disgraccful |
which Is such prominent feature OF American |
ministerial work. The demand being some |
what greater titan the supply, the ministers can
dictate their own terms. Sometimes it happens
that one man has three or four church calls.
The Lakeside Baptist Association holds Its
next annual meeting with the First Baptist
Church, Chicago, commencing at 1:3o .. m.
Tuesday, juno 8. It is expected that the excr-
cses from first to last will be Of an interesting
character. Sermons, addresses, papers, etc.,
are provided for, and various lines OF church
und denominational WORK will be discussed
The Australians have sent Invitations to
Bishon Gregg, Of the Reformed Episcopal
Church, to visit them and institute propaganda,
representing that ut the autiDodes there are
thousands Of members Of tue English Church
who would be glad to join Church OF England
pureed OF many things to which theg object"
and that rcintorcements Of Presbyrerians and
Consregationalists might be expected.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union
of Illinois has reaped results already from the
sentiment created Dy the great petition. VI IS.
towns which had local elections this spring, 6io
voted No License" and men the best informed
saw that this large gain over all previou. years
| ID largely due to the presentation from hundreds
Of pulpits, presses, and platforms of the argu-
ment for law against the liquor traffic.
| The London World relates that complaint
was recently made to the Archbishop Of Paris
| that priest was living at hotel in the Rue dc
conception OF his vow OF ccihacy. It turned
| out that the supposed backslider was very
rtualistic Vicar Of living IL Norfolk, England;
| AS the discipline Of the Western Church d1ds
| not allow him an altar, in Paris, and IS he Wa6
| too high for the Anglican clergy there, he per
| formed mass on his own dressng-table, his
wife assisting, and substituting pastilles for In
| cense.
| a telephone has been placed in the church at
| Mansfield. O., the Rev. Frank Russell, pastor,
the wires leading to the houses Of several aged
| and invalid persons It surmount5 lower
piece on the table in front Of the open platform,
| "a very noticeable position. The speaker pays
no attention whatever to it, yet every "oru ut
tered in the auditorium is easily heard with en-
! tire dis[inctuesS in the rooms OF the dwellings
! which the wires reach. The first communica-
| ton from the minister was the Scripture: line
word is nigh unto thee" His word runneth
very swiftly.":
The 1nden,,dcnt has riyen fresh evidence Of
Its hcterodoxy in discussing the act Of chtid.
murder committed by Freeman at Pocassct- II
says: There IS Just one question OF importance
presented by the terrible tragedy at Pocasset.
and thatis theological one. It is TINS, ana y! IL
has been asked much more IN private than IN
public: II it was horrible oHense 1of ffee-
man to offer bis child as sacrlnce, a. Nnat ue
believed tullV to DC uoas co.nniauu' E nn5 "as
1t not just as norflo1e aa oneuas ~. ,au5 - 70
to try to 40 the sames III olael "oias, - IA IA
nature OF the act supposed 70 oe commanaeu Gs u
proves that It could not haTo come from oou u, !,
80 s",s - ~ fro1, Gnt3 IN tha cose of Abraham7