, 1879-07-06

nus Bishop, and years Of service confer no pr1Vt-
!s:e' The result Ia q widespread disgust.
Father Law, an eminent orarorian. has left the
priesthood; Father Roberts, relative OF Dr.;
Aaonlng, has become sick OF petty tyranny, and
taken wife; another Westminster priest has
gone on the stage. It is asserted that the intel
lectual standard OF the rising generation of the
clergy IS being lowered. The Cardinal is in
tensc1y unpopular.
Belgium suffers from nuisance which,
thoush It may be felt elsewhere also, is perhaps
nowhere SO great as there. Owing to the i'm
lnense number OF converts. rest at night csoe-
cially for the inhabitants Of the smaller towns,
where convent frequently touches convent. has
become almost impossible. The communal
councils Of some towns have interyencd and for
hidden this annoyance OF nocturnal bcll-riuging.
The conVentual bell-ringcrs have gone to law
with these communal councils, and the Court Of
Cessation has decided finally that the councils
we're within their right hv protecting the inlab-
ftants against such an lnto1erable disturbance Of
their hours Of rest.
The colored Methodists of the Baltimore Con-
ference have adopted resolution That tile time
has come when one man OF African descent
should be elected to the office Of Bishop. and
urging colored members OF the Methodist
Church to aeitate the question, and il necessary
demand his election By the General Conference
which meets in Cincinnati next Mar. The reso-
luton met with slight opposition, as when q
member said he was satisfied the Conference
would make the appointment it the prope- man
was brought forward, and added that the
difficulty was to get the man. At tile same
meeting 1t was decided that the use Of tobacco
By ministers did not impair their influence With
their people.
MINISTER'S PORTRAIT BIZ HIMSELF.
IT'S not often that we find minister describ-
ing himself and his style and pulpit ability as
this one did recently to u church in Indiana that
needed pastor, and was looking around for the
rfurhf tno 10 ha}te1 fr1F1 Nprp Y1rt, and TINS
described himself: IL ain Princeton Presby
rerian Of the saintcd DR.. Hodge type q little
past middle life, with constitution and health Of
the very best; not married: have been preach
tinge OF Scotch-Irls, and Plymouth Rock Puri-
tans. The former needs watching against fire,
tie latter against the gulf stream Of heresv.
Am aoout six feet two inches tall, neither stout
nor lean, as 160 pounds ayoirdupois tes1iies;
side whiskers Of fair size, Of genial turn, with
keen eye for the humorous and
ridiculous, and am sure of three classes
OF friends, children, darlics, and dogs,-the
tirst because | luve them, The Others because
treat them kindly. As reading is not preaching
preach. nv style is simple, direct, with the
argumeDtattVe underlying it. nln to give each
hearer handle by which to hold the sermon
and keep it; hence cannot repeat it. Most OF
my sermons write on two pages Of note paper,
ia bold hand, with blue and black peqeils,
using five or six languages most Of the ma'hc-
matieal signs and many arbftrary characters,
language of my own making. l write the
thoughts, not the words. None can read them
bur myself. Then, if the mind trips have this
certain help before me to recover myself by the
glance of the eye, and aIsO to keep my sermons
1.-THE thoughts) TO reproduce them twill. While
/ have perfect freedom in speaking, try to
strike thirty minutes, but to do so have to
watch my watch. seldom see mucn sic ping
in sermon time, and when exchanging with
brother Mcthodsts in their churches often hear
from the amen corner. As to salary, fix it