The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-01-14


to suspend, temporarily at least, if there is not
a rally of friends to its support-Louisgile cor
respondent Of Herald and Presbyter.
Three years ago the Ch,erchman, n. Y. said
of the theory of man being evolved from the
beast The discovery would be the destruc-
ton of Revelation
Last week it said: We see the wrong of
afixing to any one the charge of infdelity.
whether he accepts the one view or the other"
The two statements may be reconciled by
showing that man may reject divine revela-
tion without being an infdel. Will the Church.
man show us how this reconciliation is made p
". Y. Observer
-Four of the seven Bishops of the Methodist
Cb"rch South have been in the ministry from
fifty to sixty years, and possibly this is true of
five of the seven
One of the greatest revivals ever known in
south western Missouri has been prevailing in
Grace M. E. Church of this city for the past six
or seven weeks. In the neIghborhood of $50
souls have professed pardon, and the work is
still going on.
In an essay read before the third District Con
ference of the Synod of Pennsylvania of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Rev. G. +.
Splcker claims as to the numerical strength of the
Lutheran Church, in all there are 40 5000
OF this total Germany furnishes 100000;
Austria, in 1870, 1,365OOO; the scandinavian
countries, where nearly the whole population is
Lutheran, 100000; Finland, 100000; Hol-
land, 10000 Russian Poland, 100000. The
Baltic Provinces are almost entirely Lutheran.
Russia, apart from Poland and Finland, num-
bers, 100000. France, 100000; the United
States, 100000. There are also manv Lutbe-
rams in Australia" If this great body OF at
least nominal Christians had true missionary
spirit, how much it might accomplish
/ An interesting department of the work in the
Reformed Church. Cincinnati is the instruction
OF Cinnamon, about twenty-fv of whom are
enrolled in the Sabbath School, each one hay
ing teacher to himself On Monday evenings
they assemble, and are taught to read. write
SPELL and pronounce. They make good pro
! gress For the success of the enterprise great
credit is due Miss Maggie Martin, young lady
of Mt. Aburn, whose earliest efforts were devot-
ed to this home missionary work Her corps of
assistants is large, and includes mostly young
ladies. 1t is significant fact that these heather
are ready to receive the gospel, and are anx-
lous to keep the Sabbath day Most of them
try to attend the meeting Sabbath afternoon at
the church.-Herald and PresJyter
" OF making many books there is no end"
The same is true just now Of Quarterly Reviews.
The latest born is the Cumberland Presbyteri1n
quarterly Vol. I, No. l, of which is lust at
hand 1t succeeds to the subscription list of the
1heoIoglcal Medium, but is in all other respects.
new publication. 1t is under the editorial
management of the Theological Faculty of Cum
berland University The first number has ar
tcles by Rev R. Baird, D. D.; Rev. J. I. D
Kinds, Ph. D.. Rev. S. T. Anderson, D. D.:
Rev. S. G. Burney, D. D. Rev. A. B. Miller
D. D. and Rev. R. V. F. Foster.-Herald and
PrcsJyter
The Atlanta Freedmens Seminary designed
to give theological and normal school ednca-
ton to colored preachers and teachers. has lust
been opened IN Atlanta. The colored Baptist
OF Georgia number nearly 100000, and they
have heretofore been deprived of the advantages
OF higher education Thirty students have
already entered, and by February the number
Will be increased to 100 The SI1 900 spent
thus far is the gift of the Home Mission Society
but an appeal is now made for aid from other
f''i'0I9' III vie" OF uhe great number OF scholars
and want Of accommodation. The Georgia Bar
tlst Missionary Convention, colored, Will give
about $4,000, and IS, 900 more is required to put
the Seminary on a good working basis.
The Atlanta University, owned by the Con-
gregauonaists North and now supported by
the State, has just received donation Of seo.-
600 from Massachusetts, At present the Bap-
tist colored young women go there for higher
education. The Clark University, owned by
the Northern Methodist Church, is erecting verv
costly buildings near Atlanta A lady Of New
York has recently given this institution $4,000
cash
The Episcopal Church needs 100000 this
year to keep her present missionary system un-
impaired In the domestic missions the Church
employs $50 bishops ministers and teachers
which is just 100 more than it has abroad. Its
force is divided in the home field as follows
Among white people. missionary bishops and
226 cIergymen; among colored people 2G min
listers, 3 lay readers and % teachers amsng the
Indians ! bishop, 2 white and native cler-
gymen, | lay missionary, IA native catecbists
and y women helpers I'm the work of FOREIGN
missions the Church ha. total force of 23ola
borers, TO sustain whom and to nav the IoLt ,r