, 1879-02-09
GEN ERAL NOTES.

cannot be collected by suit at law This fol
! lows the general rule of the invalidity OF con
| tracts made upon the Lords Day.
| Following is the creed OF the Central Church
Of this city prot. SwinG's):
ave believe in the divine character and mission
Of Christ; that Tie is the Savior man in his ignor-
ancc and sinfnlness needs; that all acceptin. and
obeyug this Christ as their way, truth. and life are
fully entitled to the name and hope Of the Chris
| t1an."
! The Glasgow Established PrRsbytcry has
! caught the epidemic Of the age. cschcwcd the
creed Of the Fathers, and risaed eternal da1una
tion by adopting report allowing tue street,
] cars to ruu on Sundays! Now. where are the
! bai1ies OF the kirk, who aforetirne cracked the
| pates Of rebelIious "laddies" with their Sabha'
| stalls!
It is foretold that the moderate Tendencies OF
Pope Leo XIII. will probably result iu establish
| Ing constitutional church party i'll the Italian
| Parliament. Hitherto the Ultramoutaue mcnl-
bers have observed an attitude of defiance; it is
now understood, however, that Count di Musino,
! formerly Syndic OF Turin, is forming Il central
t Catholic party, which will acknowledge the fc-
| giti!nacY Of the King and OF the Italian Consti-
| tution, and will oppose the Government On
| strictly parliamentary principles.
A: u recent meeting Of the Evangelical ALI
| ance at Boston the Re7. Alexander Mckenzie
I spoke On ''Ihe Sabbath Question: He said
that he believed in reading SUNDAY papers ii
| they wrote about the resurrection OF Christ, but
| not III celebrating the day BY reading novels or
attending concerts which were only sacred in
natnc Tie Lord did not tell us to push the ass
! into the pit on Saturday afternoon that we
| might pull him out SunGay morning. and EN-
ployers have to crush all the strength
| aud spirit OF 1leir servants from Monday till
Saturday night, and then try and crowd them
into the churches on Sunday. Breaking tho Sab
bath he considered one of the causes Of the
| business depression.
One OF the most striking testimonie. to the
great usefulness OF American missions in Turkey
was recently given by the Right Hon. W. E.
Baxter. member OF the British Parliament, in
lecture recently delivered III Scotland. He said:
Wherever Travelled four years ago, in Egypt,
Palestine, Syria, Asiatic and European Turkey,
found that men Of all nationaiities and crecds,
OF all opinions on the Eastern question, and
other questions as we'll, en,phaticalfy and unani-
mouslY gave evidence that the colleges, schools,
churches. and other Institutions conducted in
the most business-like manner, with most coz
spicuous ability, with remarkable freedom
fsom all sectarlau or religious narroWness, by
American gentlemen, were doing more for the
Civilization and elevation OF the ignorant masses
in the East than any other agency whatever"
report was current in Paris come days ago
OF the attempted poisoning OF the Pope by the
Jcs1uts. The report was telcEraphed by the
Papal Nuncio in Paris to Cardinal Nina, and
numerous inquiries were made OF the Pope's
physician on the subject. On his Eolincss be-
ing informed Of the story, be is said to have
called his private chamberlain and said: t'Thank
the visitors, and announce also in tho ante
chamber that I am feeling quite wen, and t1at
tile poisoning Is only for the present q pious
desire. According to the Pail stalI Gazette, the
report seems, however, to have made IN extra
ordinary impression at the Vatican, and the
food introduced and cooked is examined with
scrupulous rigor. Speaking quietly OF tic mat
ter, the Pope observed: 1.-THE Jesuits are too
wise. Were they to attempt and succeed, they
SEow that the crime must bo traced home to
then, and that nly successor would pay nv debts
to them" The Jcsuits have, meanwhile, pre-
sented their ultimatum to the Pope, demanding
to be Tenstated to their old position, and TO
have their share in the government OF the
Church, pointing out the profits to accrue from
their support and the damage they are still capa-
bic of doing. The Pope yields not an iota- He
says: !" Let frjars act the friar, and not meddle
with mundane atFars.n
There are some superstitions that never die
out. Belief in the diyining power of u key placed
on Bible is still common among the humber
classes from one end OF England to the other.
A fortnight ago d married woman in the Bor-
ough of Ludlow complained that while she was
carrying pail OF water through the open street
one Of her neighbors stopped her aud accused
her Of having stolen sheet. 1t seems that the
lady who had lost the sheet resorLcd to the very
ancient and supernatural test OF tue Bible and
the key" iu order to discover the guilty person.
Armed with copy Of tue Scriptures and key,
she peram bulatcd Ludlow. 'turnin. the key ON
the book near several houses" and 1t was al
legged thai when she came to tile complainant's
house, the key, with much alacrity, began Of its
sheet then uttered the compla:Eant's name
aloud, whcreupon <<the Bible turned completely
round and fell out Of her hanLs." It was ex-
planned to the Bench that the mode Of operatiou