The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-29
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Charles spurgeon and copasor Of the great tabernacle
In the Reformed Church Theological
Seminary At New Brunswick money IL far from being
abundant that Pros Woodbridge, De Witt and Demarer
have each reinquised s50O their salares Ills The
| income from the endowment fund that Is short
At funeral at Portland, Maine, the
singing unsatisfactory that prominent mourner
with wrath his aud indignation IN his mais
ncr. and rcma kcd: " am the corpscs brother, and
object to any such singing that" The chorsters there
upon became silent
Tho corner stone OF SC. Johns College
Shanghai has been laid by Bishop schereschewsky
the Protestant Episcopal bishop China The insitu.
ton IL to be under his management The building will be
In Chinese style, and about 300 feet long hundred
Cinnamon can be instructed m the college
The Baltimore District Conference OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church has settled te tobacco
question. The form In which II arose was Does the
tobacco impair the influence ministers with their
congregational Twenty ministers. all of them coored
men. voted Only 1--WE voted against tobacco. and the
rest expressed themselves strongly in favor Of using II
The Methodist suggests an easy solution
Of the controversy about communion wine by introducing
water instead Of wine II that Jesus USED bcver.
age which was the ordinary drink Of the country In
which he lived. and that water H. ought t. be. the
binary drink Of this country Tusit to the conclu-
sion that water should dspacc wine at the ccmmunion.
Tho Baptist Publication Society pub
fishes about 800 tracts which are interesting,
and others 50 dun that only whaling voyages
or convcts In Jail will read them The society wants 10
prepare series and therefore calls persons who
gifted In the writing Of tracts To send their
scripts for approval The tracts must be- interesting
and may contain from 900 to 400 words Writers are
expected to stop as as they have out OF
thing to say.
Brother Bear is Mennonite who does
not believe In going to concerts lie writes to a Men
monte paper giving twenty why he will 20
10 concert Ono II because I directed TO live In
the spirit; and II am constantly under the influence
and guidance OF the Holy Spirit am satisfied that
shall not be found at concert" II the other nineteeu
as satisfactory to Brother Bears mind A. this
seems to he Sunday school boy need expect nnd
him customer for concert tickets
One OF the leading religious papers duns
Its delaying subscribers aud care much
Tor those who only three years In ARREARS al
though 1t wishes they would pay up Hut It's sccia
ccrni Tor the delnqucns OF long ago II cKhorts these
to pay In in.allments Of five ten dollars at time.
which will be announcement to the propetors u the
paper to continue In patient waiting Tor dc balance
These subscribers To be a slow lot Their PAPER
does not seem to have been much oI means 10
them In teaching them prompt habits o. buircss
In resigning his profcssorship in the
Theological Seminary II the Northwest Chicago, the
Rev Dr Paton says that "tho condition OF the seminary
Is not very encouraging" lie fears TINT the day NJ is
ample endowment aud assured prosperity Is not In the
immediate future Tile present debt OF THE scntnaryh
s2sii0 about $500 Of which Is due to Prof P.tton,
and about 5000 to three other professors Tho semi
nary real estate. which cannot lie sold fr eight
years II II can keep alive. there is prospect OF iu
being worth several hundred Thousand dollars.
The queer and sensational preachers are
not all on this side the Atlantic but Il nd old
land has her share. Dr. Macrae recently under trial
hcresy has his little oddities In this respect He preached
20 society of young IN glasgow taking Tor he
the eNhortauon Of the Apostle Paul. ont you like
men," lie thus alternately divided his subject; Quit
NOu like md like MONKEYS 2 B he
men, and not like maniacs. 3 Quit You Lac men and
not like monsters Quit you like men ant IKE
NUTS Notwithstanding this odd arrangement, the
mon, which wasa s:ritcd one, great satisfaction
An important revelation as to mission
ary work among the native Africans has jus, hccn made
by the Rev Mr. do lIesr. who has on Iboriirs Tor
nearly quarter Of century In Africa An African who
wants TO join the Presbyterian Church inquired 20 re.
peat from memory the whole Of the Shorter Catecsn
Thi- not required Of American converts. rnd II seems
hart on the Africans t. cxncctit of them Onlv very
small proportion % Christians OF any persuasion In this
country can repeat the Catcchism OF their dononirL
ton Catechisms arr generally regarded very u'iL
erestlng material fer relling or study anl when Eey
are learned. II Is Tor the most part only by roc.
A change has taken place IN the man.
Hgemcnt OF tie Massachusetts, Home Nj, "nary Salty
This is the society OF which Dr. Dcmond who madc he
had investments was the Treasurer AR D,mosIs
pastor art other fcuds retired to hack SCAT atIa
much larger Executive Committee than of oil pr in
pNitN 81 lhNfstlh- iunla u To- BE- ahand
and donations Will be handed to The Amc IA
Home Missionary Society to witch this Is an nuxt ~
ltsecns now that the investment II funds a
as IL was unwise tor the auxiliary basis on viii $40
Massachusetts srcty has Tor YEAR, been creaurd
required that all moucys should be han led over 20 us
parent society
The hercsy hunters at Kcnnebunk, Me-
who examined the Rev. q. A lockwood with view 10
Installing him pastor Of the Congrra ional church "a
that Place, found that he entertained notions whcdd
not suit them as to thc fuurc Of the wicked Mr.
lockwood agreed with his the fate o. Tie
wicked IN suffering eternal woe but could not m ke
~ his mind rs to how that woe" Is t. dealt out 10 tho
sufferers. H. WAS in doubt to whether they would
continue TO urr forever be wiped out -
run lament tor thcir su< The Council refused t. insan
hun Hut the kcnnchunkcrs took the responsibility ~
keeping him for their spiritual gudc ani invited Inn to
rinnin a. acting pastor lie accepts the invitation thus
practically saying to the Council that n,iher he nor the
Kennrbuuk church button for it, d, tcrninauna
The action OF the Council is thus nulh,d charch
Is Victorously independent
Much adverse criticism was uttered
some months age AGAINST Missionary George Brown Of
New Britain who Killed several natives punish them
for eating missionaries People who were at consider
ble distance from the field thought II woud have been
better To convert these than to Nil them Rut
the Rev VT Brown who had the advantage beinr on
the spot and of understanding the rcprohate nature e
thcse caniial thought they could any croin
stances become hopeful subjects OF conversion and lie
decm"d II prudent to put them beyond the possibility q
hindoring the gool WORK by eating more mi .sionariea
The Wisdom OF Mr. Browns l. demonstrated by
the increased prosperity Of his mission Old Chirf Blu
hlH who was the principal nsgAor ~ the outrage on
the missionaries has had friendly talk with Mr. Bryn
IN which lac expressed himself pleased with the progress
Of mission labor The chiefs formal expression oi &c.
gard found shape IN red flannel shirt and young Xix
both OF which he cheerfulN present / To Mr.. Brown
The young people in our Sunday schools
viii to-day refresh their memories ON the one dozen les
sons to which they have given more or less attention
during the past three months These have been elected
from the books Of job, Esther isaiah, Ezekiel Micah
Iochariah and Malachi They give the siudou. pnpn
very far notion o some of the most impurtant truts
lal down In the OH Testament To ANYBODY who stus
u's' lessons only detached passages the result nnst
DE somewhat conisn- as 10 their bearing on each otter
b'cau~ :" many T"rsonS study this way the course n
lessons which now closes has teen hardly n profitable
~ selected from portions 81 the Bible which are more
familiar n the average student with an the improye.
m"nt Of the last six years in methods o. bh
cal study ami In helps for the student there is vet ~
much careless aud superficial teaching ~ to leave ou
Tor greater march of ptRcucA grow M habits of ,tuIg
Than Il SINH