The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-16
.EIIGToUs DRIFT AND DISCUSSION

TIE salvation army continues to sue
cessinlly wage its war among the low
or classes throughout Great Britain.
South Wales, especially saysa NJ spas
per report, 'thas been 80 flooded withholy
influences that the character Of the whole
population has been changed. The charge
sheets Of police courts have been greatly
reduced, the liquor traffic has almost sus-
pended, and whole counties have been
reused to spiritual concern" The report
further states that there are 125 corpsa and
stations and 179 officers wholly employed
in the work. There were 1000 voluntary
speakers and 10000 services were held.
The contributions received amounted to
S254e5, while the collections from the
congregations reached $4,000. Some S4O,-
900 o year Is required to pay rents. a
Weeklypaper, called the War Cry, is issued
which gives HHthe latest news OF the war
from all parts OF the country"
An English bishop has been giving 70
the public some extracts from his note.
book, going to show how much hard work
Is exacted from these dignitarieS IN tne
course OF a year. The year Is spoken OF as
by no means an exceptionally heavy one,
vet there were SO sermons delivered In the
course OF It, there were 63 confirmation
services held, 23openings OF new churches,
40 speeches at public meetings. and l52
other addresses OF various kinds. Fifty
clergymen were ordained, 40 committee
meetings attended, 474interviews granted,
6T44 letters received, and in reply 70
some OF these the bishop wrote with his
own hand4,529, or an average oil ID or ID
for every week day in the year. Accord.
|ine to this work-book a bishop would ap.
pear to be called upon for some kind OIL
public speech on an average once 0 day
Throughout the year, in addition tolother
things, and some minor duties oil his
Office, which, after all, probably constitute
the most harrassing and troublesome por'
ton Of his daily routine.
DE-. O. N. SIMS opens the discussion Of
the Methodist itinerancy in this weeks
Mdependeni. He shows that the church
Is coming to see that the itinerary would
be a better ruleif II admitted OF some ex.
captions in pastoral work. This ques.
tion.n says Dr.. Sims, ""is at present being
widely considered in Methodism. 1t Is
IMPORTANT, at the beginning, to avoid mis-
taking its meaning. 1t does not look at
all in the direction Of q settled passionate,
nor toward any interference with the ap-
pointing power. It's advocates are as firm
believers in itinerancy as its oppopenta.
III simply raises the question; Shall the
bishop be permitted to appoint d minister
10 any charge beyond three years If II
seems to him Unnecessary to do sol In other
words, shall the continuance o.. q pastor
beyond three years be invariably mega.
tived by a rule, or left to the wisdom oi
the bishop and his %cabinetT"
AMONG the many sermons-some OIL
them in execrable taste-preached In
Scotland on the Tay bridge disaster, was
one by DR.. Begg, who took for his text Q
portion OF the tenth verse OF the ninth
chapter OF Isaiah-"The bricks are fallen
down, but we will build with hewn
stone.r The sermon being printed, has
drawn forth an indignant letter from the
contractor for the bricks used in the con
struction Of the bridge, who urges, first,
that his bricks were Of the very best quail
lily, and, second, that 1t was the stone
work and not the brick work that gave
way"
IT is impossible to take a bit Of s~atislac.
ton threading the reports of the trial Of
Mr.. Demond, the treasurer, through
whom the Massachusetts Home Mission.
airy Society lost so many thousand dol.
lars, The auditor did not examine the
securities, and'the trustees did not know
what were the investments, and now the