, 1880-04-18
GENERAL NOTES,

A debt of 100000 was removed from the
Mt. Vernon Church, in Baltimore, Md, by
the Easter offerings Of the members and their
friends. The ground and buildings cost
100000.
In the opinion of the Alliance every "min~
lister ought to be able to write his sermon
Bible, his Webstcr's Unabridged, and his copy
Of Soule's Synonyms at hand"
Coldwin Smith says that popular prosper
ity i'll the United States begat good nature,
which begat pllilnnthroplc: sentiment, which
begat Universalisnl. which bcgat. a lnitiga~
tfon of the doctrine Of eternal punishment In
the orthonox churches, This is new gen
eal0gy.
Last Sunday the Rev. J. D. Cowan, Rector
sentHl for confirmation to the Rt Rev. Bishop
McLaren class of twenty-three candidates.
This makes thirtyfo1r persons IN oil VINO
have received the sacred rite i'll this parish
within the past six months.
Prof. Swing says: when man Of ma~
ture years reads the Bible in the cars you
may quote him rs very much of an igno-
ranlus, or else as having bad taste. It LOOKS
rs though lie had never :reel the book at
home, or as though he had nothing to learn
from the scenes along the road"
Prof. Smith, whose Biblical article In the
Encycloprdia Britannica excited so much
hostility in certain theological circles IN scot
eleventh volume OF the Encyclopedia"
These will treat of the:Prophet Haggai, the
Hebrew language, aIRhthe bplstls to the .Ho-
brews. The theologinns of Edinburg will
now have to mount saeir greatest guns anu
batter away at the Professor again. ..>
IT: does not appear likely that the coming
Methodist General Coltference will take any
action concerning modification Of the system
Of itineracy. Thus far,only one animal colt-
ference, the New Ytnk East, has RECON-
mellded any change, and. although the con-
viction is rapidly gaining ground that
sirab{e, the friends OF the movement do not
believe that very lnrge minority OF the
General Conference would vote for It.
Among the advertisements In well-k1lewn
Scotch newspaper this was recently founa:
4.Ohl degenerate church is there within sou
no Nehemiall-no Zerubbabe1, son OF Sheal:
and the Apharsachltcs p The point Of this
feryer1t appeal is said to be that the Estab-
lished Church should rouse itself up for a
more earnest and determined struggle
against establishment, the tide OF which
at present it resfsts feeDly and Intellectually.
In France. military chaplains are to he dis
pensed with at the end Of this year. The
Roman Catholics have not yet decided what
to do, but in all the garrison towns where
there is church the Protestant ministers
will go personally to the barracks to invite
the soldiers to attend service on SUNDAY.
There are sixty-four garrison towns WHICH
lave no Protestant place of worship. IN
these. ministers on special mission will ask
permission Of the Mayors to receive the sol
dicrs In one Of the halls OF the Marie
The General Conference Of the Lntter-Day
Saints Just closed at Plano has rensslgned
Elder Mark II. Forscutt to Chicago, and has
street, first block west Of Union Park: for
their future services, to commence On Sl1n-
day at 1880 a. NJ. md 30 p. ILL.,, on which
occasions ID. W Elder Forscutt will preach.
theatre to hall for worship. lectures, and
church sociables. The Randolph street cars
pass the door.
During the 173 years of it's existence, the
| CONGREGATIONAL Church Of Madison, Conn.,
has had only six pastors, none of whom ever
left the church after being settled over it
until death took them away. In the village
ter who recently died had been. sixty years
| in the service of the same church. This
| church was his first as we'll as his only
! charge. lie was buried under the shadows
| Of some tall poplar trees which lie planted
| fifty years ago. John Marshall was this
| faithful and contented PASTORS name.
Mr.. Ell. Kerry, native OF Sainaria, edu-
| Gated in England and returned missionary
| physician, discovered Synagogue Record,
| kept at ancient Sychar, that reaches back
hundreds Of years before Chrlst: ne Learned
Shaffeer. On searching the Record for some
possible note OF jesus visit, he found In.
! stead the following important testimony to
| lis crucifixion: "ln the nineteenth year OF
my priesthood. and the 42slst yea. Of the the
| was crucified at Jerusalem"
| rr, ++;o+h onniunrsorv of tfe Chicaef