The sun., 1880-08-15
SUNBE1MS,

line McNlcnhS or COuelOS County, Col
have recently gractuy accepted ooO coric of tho N
Testament ol which they said be dgent .,uaon,,
-" May the closing hours OF this meetino
put hell in CONSERVATION Of the petition, in N.
prayer Of Brother Harrison, the " Boy Preachern.,
recent Ohio camp meeting
Debt Raiser Kimball has been labor,no
among the Bapusts at Cape May. lie raised g. nom
two hours and bv the next day the was inere.,d
| to an even s5 200 The debt was 50 600
Missionary work is earnestly called for
In the valley Of the Yellowstone River Tie dnleulty ia
to mud men who are willing 90 For n church now v,
cant in Brooklyn there thrtyseven candidate, ON
record already
Some OF the religious papers expresa
their tears that tile Gospel preached Concy Island
and similar the churches will be deserted The.
fears are not well grounded II they it nigh, b.
pertinent TO ask why many churches close their door,
aud invite their accustomed worshDpers where
"A colored man in Tennessee, q Mr.. An.
derson Taylor has given 81 600 toward building .
church. an instance OF liberaly that ought have
wide currency There coorcd ciergymen in IN.
diocese OF Tennessee. all zealousy at work bys
ministry OF their people that the Ethiopians will
learn to stretch out their hands unto God.
-Presbyterianism Is steadily gaining in
New Jersey while losing perhaps, in the South In ,h.,
State there is synod Of eight sbyteres 3ei mini.
ters 2o7 churches, 46 2O7 church members and 5000
scholars in Sunday school The amount contributed last
year and purposes cached
ss2s oOoior the former ss5DoUO and for the lattsr
si7suoo
Some wealthy Presbyterians, principally
from Ohio talking forming colony on Lake Chan.
tauqua, close beside the Baptsts The Baptsts have
| erected a spacious Tabernacle, with room for 500
people, II the Presbyterian colony should be formed IL
will be with arrangement for the this building
for public services at times when the Baptist gath
| erngs not In session.
Housewife, Pa, was busy oil town, but
declined to such extent that St Johns Protestant
Episcopal Church lost nearly all its members The
building was good one. and there need for II q,
Bradford. which is now the centre of active oil bun
ness Therefore IL was taken down. carried pecemea to
Bradford and there rebuilt II has been dedicated
and is All elegant and commodious house OF worship
The Year Book Of the Young Mems
Chrsa Associations has just been issued by Inter
national Committee. contains reports Of s25 associa
tons in North America. 2s5 Great Britain Ireland
IS in France Is IN Belgium 293 in Germany 4e in Ho
land, 2o4 in Switzerland, 10 in Sweden in Italy. In
Spain, in Austria l3 III Australia in India In Syria
in South Africa in Japan and each in Madagascar
and the Sandwich Islands
Moody and Sankey are going to hold
convection of praying people at Northeld beginning
the LIST OF September and continuing 1t open
for all who choose to and their way PERSON.
who going must notify Mr.. Moody before the 10th
this month Inhis call Mr. Moody lame coldue.
tho churches and the lack of fervent OF re
lsious interest and counsels all who feel
great revival to together and pray for it
| The Esquimaux of Little Whale River,
Hudson Bay, have new church It'll iron building
twenty feet by forty, and sent from London
tons ready to be put up II was nearly the
way, but arrival was put together in a couple Of
weeks Eight Esquimaux members have been added TO
this church by baptism, and thirty are under In.
strucuon with view to admission BAPTISM by INNER
sion is not greatly In vogue among the Esquimaux.
"A wealthy Englishman has subscribed
fl 900 the Church Missionary Society," to spent IN
Aghanistan. He for the wrongs done to
the Aghans by the British army. The Afghans do
Just take kindly missionary effort put forth bv the
English They that England sincere in de-
string their salvation, IL would not have desolaed their
land with what they consider very unjust The
only chance English missionary has for hear.
ing among the Aghans is to begin by telling them that
he believes the war is an outrage.
The Rev. Mr.. Waite OF Boston is In the
service OF the Young Mems Christian Association that
city. and makes specially OF showing some Of the
methods Of the spirituast mediums He formerly
ciated with mediums and learned many OF their ways
He has during the last few weeks been e1hortns and
expounding before Sunday school assemblies and Other
religious gatherings and attracting great multudes t.
his exposons Of various tricks His lectures and
addresses elciious combination Of the oratorc
sxpository, and the pre- stidigitatic.
Brother Jasper's African Baptist Church
at Richmond Va. grew large uuwiedy that 1t has
400, it dismissed 100 to form new church. Itiobs
regretted that the brethren do not e1acuy depart In
peace but that there is lively controversy. The old
church will still contain many members than IL
ought have. and than be properly managed
by Brother Jasper or any other Jasper popu
lar among his aock and still holds with unanch
ing pertinacity that the sun do move"
An Episcopal church recently built at
Tacoma the western terminus Of the Northern Pacific
Railroad is said to have the oldest tower this CONT
nent The building is of rude logs and put In less
than three weeks. The tower is immense nr tree,
which was seventy feet high but which has been cut OF
forty feet above the ground, and surmouned with bell
and The rings OF the tree show that it Is at least
2T5 years old The church looks out Puget Sound In
the Mount Baker rises to the height II 100 feet
little rectory has been built close by the church.
The Rev. Sheldon Jackson, d. D., well
known OF the energetic missionaries Of ths
Northwest commcnds the conduct Of country boys VIII,
have been engaged In picking potato giving th
profits 10 the missionary cause. He that almost AM
boy In the country can earn money by picking potat
bugs farmers Ooy. who sends twenty-five cents a
the proceeds OF days picking writes to Dr. jackson
Il wish every boy in our country would pick potat
bugs on behalf OF missionaries wish could xiv
more but am too poor May Cod please make potat
bugs send the Gospel all over the world So far as
know, this is all they good Tor" It's pleasant ide
t. think that these ste insects have been create
for some good purpose. is thus shown by the way
that science has shown the creatures to be vauabl
dye stun almost much indeed, the cochinea In
sect, there is nope that the missionary boys who pe
them will be able to realize bv their sale a NOR
solid toward evangelical effort than the petty wage
for services rendered in picking
There is gentle hubbub in the Method
ist Episcopal Church over the alleged heesy of Bsho
Randolph S Foster The Bishop delivered a course
lectures entitled Beyond the Grave" which sup
posed by TO transcend the boundaries OF tile mos
rigid orthodoxy, The resolution which offered a
the General Conference insituting inquiry into tn
Bishops doctrinal position very tia
tile committee charged with it simply smiled and sal
that as no charges made against anybody. Their
was no ground Tor action. The articles Of religion Sc
forth by the Methodist Episcopal Church not sum
centiy definite to the doctrine OF the resurrection
serve as basis which trial for hete rodoxy could
had There is not the most remote probability that suel
trial will take place, 1t would be OF the mos
clumsy and difficult proceedings in ecclesiastical litgi
hon, But meanwhile Bishop Foster is trial by pubh
opinion the writers Of the Methodist public atom
One OF the results OF trial by this that the vi"
OF the representative OF the church the doctn
l.a