New-York tribune., 1880-09-26

mat WORK comprises TIE rcfgIt us In<tiHcifOsi
of the most ignorant ami wrrtchtd cn'ldren IL
embraces alsO the shelter in refugees OF persons
of respectable character who nave sn1k into
the deepest want, and the training of frlend!esS
and destitute girls for useful employment.
Another part Of ITS functions - the caIryin2 on
OF boys and girls certified industrial schools,
the conduct of mission services--which are at
tended every Sunday by bundredsrf rhe Eome-
less and outcast population of LODdon--and
a variety of other operations which must COM
mand the sympathy Of all who desire the eIe.
vation and general welfare OF the poorest
classes In common with many other clIari-
ties, this excellent work has suffered severely
through the trade depression in England, AMI
it is feared that some of its useful operations
must be abandoned il public aid is not speedily
given.
The condition of the Baptist Education
Society, as reported at the dire ctOfs meeting IN
Boston last week. il thus summarized: The
receipts from the churches and the income OF
the invested funds were not sufficient To make
the usual appropriations 30 the students. Bub
the directors, besides providing for the present
benefciaries, had twenty three new applicants
for assistance. The reception of all these will
add AT least So, 800 year to the Society's pre-
sent obligations. More churches have con-
trlbuted to the treasury than had done 80 by
this time last year, and they have contributed
@ larger amount. but no income has been re-
ceived from lcgacies which last year yielded
over $1,7O0, and sixteen churches which sent
something tO the treasury last year By the end
OF August have not so tar made any cOntribu-
ton this year. All these sixteen the directors
hope to hear from before the present year
closes. The Society, they can gee, needs their
help and that OF many Others, to enable IL TO do
its work, nnd its officers will not allow them
selves TO believe that their help will fail to
reach the treasury before the annual meeting
III October.
In his inaugural address at Auburn. the Rev.
Ilr I'rlgn -anlra and xasl-
lent discrimination upon the subject: Rhetori-
cal Training for the Pulpit; Its Limits and Pos
sIbities." 1 he gist OF the matter lies IN the
following sentences Z" venture tC say that the
tical work Of the m nistry will tell you that ex-
Derience has taught them the urgent need OF
that kind of rhetorical training that VIII prac-
tically tit them for the proclamation of the
truth. 1t sounds like the cruelty of despair to
say that all such training will do mOIe harm
than good Every minister cannot become an
orator but every minister can be trained to
preach. In the training process, he will learn
the kind OF preaching for which he is best
fitted. Every preacher addresses bis own class.
Name the most eminent and useful preachers
in the world, and you will recall audiences
more or less peculiar, to which their preaching
is specially adapted"
Upon the lectern of s,pesutia Church, Har.
ford County, Nd, is n Bible printed IN 17l7,
and presented by the King OF England. lt has
been in constant use in this parish G, eI since it
first crossed the ocean, and from it, in "a church
that stood where the present building now
stands, BisnOp White, the first bishop of the
American Episcopal Church, often read to the
parlshioners Of St. Georges. Not far fIom
here the bishops father. Colonel Thomas
White, lived and died, and here to this church.
yard his remains have lately been removed.
The first church upon this site was built in
1853.
The annual Conference OF the Reorganzed
Church OF Latter Day Saints has recently been
held neal Council Bluffs. About 1000 members
were encamped upon the grounds. These an
nual conferences transact business for all the
churches of the faith in the United States.
The decisions here rendered on questions aris-
ing from any church or district are final. The
president and bishOpric, three in number. AMI
the quorum of twelve, or as many possible,
are always in attendance and have the confer.
ence ID charge.
It is said that of the 800 Congregational
churches in Connecticut, 30 are III debt, owing
amounts varying from Slo To S25,OOO. The
average salary of Congregational ministers in
Connecticut was 1912 in 1861 in 1850 it is
81 ,309.
The reproduction of the Passion Play in this
city is depI ecated the religious press, almost
without dssenC "The irrehgOus," says The
COngregatiOnahst. "will noe care for il, and the
devout will shrink from it,"
The time was when it was almost hercsy for
a clergyman OF any denomination to wear any
hair upon his face, and even now it is said that
10 man wearing a moustache was ever elected
a Methodist Bishop
OF 1882 graduates of Brown UnIversity be-
tween the years 1863 and 1880, 733 or just
One-fOurth, have been or are clergymen. OF
2;601 graduates of Williams College since 179j,
7S6 have entered the ministry.
Mr.. Spurgeon has recently suffered another
attack of his old malady, rheumatism in the
knee.