Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-07-03
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

The Lord Chancellor OF England has been
Sunday school teacher for forty years, and Is
not ashamed Of his occupation now.
- Henry Ward Beecher said at the summer
meeting Of the New York and Brooklyn Asso-
pleased God to make sorrow means OF grace TO
| me, the sweetest, the divtnest letter received
was from Jesuit priest"
Never but once before since it was started
| has the Church Missionary Society had larger
income than last year. IL reached the sum OF
81 ,1Os, 615 and served not only to carry forward
| the work OF the society, but also to pay OF the
large deficiency which had accumulated In two
| years
AS the place In which to hold the exercises
which will attend their celebration OF the Robert
Raikes centennial, the Chicago churches have
republican national convention was lately held.
1t Will seat Ii, 600 people and the seats remain
as the convention lert them.
Every failure Is step toward success: every
detection Of the false leads to the true: every
trial exhaustS some tempting form of error
scarcely any attempt is entirely failure:
scarcely any theory, the result of STEADY
thought, Is altogether false, and no tempting
iorm Is without some latent charm derived from
truth. Men tnnately love truth and despise
falsehood, and yet they practice what they de-
spise in their hearts.
Mr.. E. Payson Porter, of PHILADELPHIA. has
eollected, with great labor, statistics of Sunday
schools OF the United States to he read at the
Raikes centennial celebration In London. He
finds that there are 50 26l schools $50 32S teach-
eis and $685. "a scholars, making total OF
I,oO9,452 In Canada there are $500 school,,
Flip teachers, and S40,17O scholars. These
figures include, Of course only Protestant evan
gelical denominations. There are In the world
l,4tO,ss1 teachers, and IL, 340, SIC scholars.
The supreme court of Illinois has recently
decided question touching the Bible In the
PUBLIC schools. In the school which figured in
TINS controversy, the rule had been adopted
tnat the teacher might read as an opening
IMAM fifteen minutes, a chapter from the King
James translation of the Bible. 1t was option
al with every student whether he should be
present or participate in this exercise but If he
chose to be in his seat at that time, he
was required to lay aside his books and
remain quiet. One Of the pupils, named Ed
son OF Catholic parents refused to abstain from
his usual studies during the reading of the
Bible, Whereupon he was suspended from ''all
the rights and privileges of said school, until he
SnOald express willingness to comply with the
rule" The court held that whatever rules
would best promote the interests Of the schools
were In the discretion Of the directors and they
could enforce the same TO maintain good order
and discipline, provided no malice was shown.
1t is known that the Protestant church has
made considerable real progress in Italy during
the past score OF years. but most readers VIII
be surprised to learn that there is now hardly
town In Italy, even OF secondary Importance
which does not possess at least one Protestant
Evangelical church, and 1t was only twenty
years ago that the preaching Of Protestants
churches there are now two kinds One class
Is Is. composed OF foreigners who were
nao ay to and live se5 went ns
English. Scotch, and American churches, where
the services are conducted in languages foreign
to Italy; the other OF Italians who are converts
frOm Catholicism, and worship, OF course in
their native tongue. There are fifty OF the for
elgn churches and 13S OF the Italian. The Ital.
Ian churches are divided among the sects as fol-
%.
2l; Baptist, 10; Plymouth Brethren, Is. The
present missionary and pastoral force COM
prlses about 100 duly recognized pastors and 50
evangelists, the eyangelisls being in great part
converts from Catholicism.
The Rev. Irving A. Searles, of Chicago, a
pastor Of the denomination known as "Chris-
t1ans' or Disciples" and sometimes as
"Campbellites, the sect to which Gen. Garfield
following summary OF the creed and practice Of
his church: !. We call ourselves Christians, or
Disciples. The term "Campbellite" is nick
ea1x tat 4he have aPPed the
believe in God the Father. 8. We believe that
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God,
of Christ as the fundamental truth in the Chris
tian system. 4. We believe In the Holy Spirit,
both as to its agency In conversion and as an
We accept both the Old and New Testament
Scriptures as the inspired word of God. 6. We
believe In the future punishment OF the wicked
duu tut TcWdIu VI LIE TlSuU6OuEs l.. we
believe that the Deity is prayer-hearing and
pray er- answering God. s. We observe the lnsti-
tuition OF the LORDS Supper on every Lords Day.
To this table 1t is our practice neither to invite
nor debar. We say 1t Is the Lords Supper for
all he Lords children. 3. We plead for the
union OF all Gods people on the Bible and the
BIN alone. 10. The Bible is our only creed.
tiospe should be observed as they were In the
dars OF the Apostles. This church, it may be
aoa, q, mas q membership OF $4,000 In the
Hot nd
West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, HIN Dis,
Nil souri, and Tennessee. 1t is said that nine
Senators and good many Represe atatiyes 10
I0igiess btlong 10 lie.
"A Beyrout correspondent Of the New York
Evening Posi- says there are indications of a
coming crisis between the Turkish government
ana The Protestant American missions, which
nave been so successful. Thousands OF Children
are Ii the mission schools; colleges and semi
GUS books and papers are widely published and
circulated. The correspondent, after recIting
I ines ~ iacts says: This was all very well 50
nothing to do with the Protestant missionaries:
put IL has gradually come about that they are
sebo,ng their children to the mission schools,
testant books and even the sacred ranks OF the
prophet have been broken, and it Is whispered
lhat not few, no one knows how many, are
and would gladly embrace Christianity il they
dared The Turkish government you NAV
De sure Will deal promptly and Sc.
Vere1y with this new departure on the
part OF Its MOslem subjects They will oppose
II with fierce and bitter zeal" On the other
nand, Gen. Baker PaSha, who has been appoint
ID by the Sultan OF Turkey as the head OF q
commission TO examine the condition of affairs
in Asia Minor, spent nine days In Harpoot. and
While there examined into the workings OF Ar
menfa College. Subsequently he sent the fol-
lowing letter to Rev. DR.. Barnum. the American
boards missionary at Harpoot: 81 cannot leave
HarpOot without sending you small Offering
In aid Of your admirable institution, and IN.
close check for ten nraS (S4N on Mes5rs. How
son q Co.. ConStantinOple." Reforms in asia
Minor, In order to be permanent, must be based
upon an improved system of education. All
those VINO are Striving fer progress and for the
ameIloratl0n OF the condition OF the population.
owe owe, oeep dept OF gratitude to the American
missionaries Ior the lead they have already
taken In this great work
The Rev. John Hall having said sometime
from his pulpit against ministers who say funny
Things In their sermons, Beecher's paper comes
10 tne rescue OF the men who indulge In q rea-
sonable Quantity OF pulpit humOr OF resnectahIe
quality: The minister is not hospital sur
geon; bat family physician. He has ali sorts
OF ailments to cure. He Is to minister to every
sort OF mental and moral disorder and there
lore with every sort Of medicine. When he ia
engaged In cases the issue OF which is life or
death, he will not use Wit or humor
any more than the surgeon would use
sparkling mineral waters to cure 8 can
Ger. But all cases In his hospital are
not mortal good story, a CHEEKY smile a