New-York tribune., 1880-10-03
RELIGIOUS INTELLlGENCE.

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CHRrsrnE Hosrs.-In his address TO the an
nual eounc.l of the Diocese oe Western New
York. hcld last week at Geneva Bishop Coke
| dwelt particularly upon the snr me value oi
I the LifLIy institution 9s so Onset 20 tue cor
/ ruptionS Oi The times. he glid And now,
LET me in conclusion. direct yO, attention %
| the question: baf institutions Of the chup'h
/ demand OCT liIst, most sacred Interest. gee
| in yOur town, said Ilssing stranger. nat
Others surDass you H. public nstliunOns' Yes.
! replied Others bllild converts ana ilfge houses.
| for unmarried pYesw. ut our Institutions are
! homes for Christian families. Our people 1--we
| IN decent seihnKs; she poorest OF them are
neat otB,, sare DE ,,hOles OF cultivated men
| and women maaY we trust "f a pune ard ele-
| waited piefy. I.gly Gag had converts so has
| Spain EngIani has made homes. Compare re
suits, nd YOU wlil be able 10 judge which instl-
| tutiOns are t. most saluabie-a number OF
| snowy and Ovefgrown receptacles for monks and
nuns, looming UP here AMI there, or long hLes
| of comfortable homes fDr tb" people. In 2rp-
portion as they Ase Christian homes, we be-
| lieve them tie gi0ry OF our land and the sures
| pIedg5 of eqt + blessing 10 our country. The
! family thcn rcsi ren, The family, IA the iistl-
tuition whIct | beg yca, before all things, 70
| cherish, az ri Z cu which she Church depends.
| . TIE uait"B mast rest on Its homes Its
| families, ifs growing progeny. Ny object III
this appeal h 20 turn the labor Of reverend pas
| tors and tht corresponding support or all gooa
men to fresh arA untrne efforts IN behalf OF
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! Christian Family. Tie cOrruptloBs or our
| times eaB.ot h, observed without alalm- Mon
strOus divorces and m1Ustr0us marriage; sui
cldes, aBur9srs aud s,andalUu5 iaW-snlis
growing Gut O. rfbsassei domeftc reiaIiObsi :
such things aist ~ ifrS not 70 be mentioned are
the sfapls af Dur Qs ly news. And what u the
pupit ,,oing 60 Lara cOn;ciences and % hI,ng
up the minds a.; a.ous peorle TO The standard OF
the cateehssm and the PRAYER book which -
the standard of ,bc hOlT scripfnrs reduced
A. g .aaIv r. l.tr m
abstract and sec0lda,T. matters. amid the periid
which threaten qr yitas, - Ike sprinklng
rose water G9rn g. %. wsr 70 cleanse the ~ OF
filthy city. Yta t.,Ges demand organizations,
efforts, examplcs.
ACOUSTICS ASH CHr aCf'Rs In al editorial ar
tice entitled cheTci'yS ~ bCar M IN current
CoH0Tegqfi0adILs EXPRESSES sOne scepfc,sD rs 10
the real value of the theories and opLi1ns OF
architects respecting TIE acoustic ADVANTAGES Ot
differe..t & rchiteciain' teimr. The writer p tnat
article once uDdeItoC, &c study up acodNtilA ana
after a tEsslu with Vads amount Of h31d read
ing was forced 10 tac conclusion thhs he III
found never WORT a. how 70 bulic d 'ph-
gIexatOual meeting hoasc, q I'd a.. spea@ ana
hear IN, al Il uGt ner"'y To look az. lie no.
inqmrcs f b me- not be the hcst way 70 du-
plcato b0.ch buildings which '"Ve proved sat
isfactOs and ,,tes tWO or tlsfet such buidll0s.
One Of these - Fc Ecnehccnt on gregailJBal
Church uf Providence, i. J. ~ that name.
perhaps, many persons VIII "a to recognize the
LOld Round Top y OF heir c, llege days. That
church Wa built in 1910 by plgin carpenter
who rather thought he could bui.1 about such
meeting house as they V3nted and Who tur-
thermore was equal to p2ftlnS on dome
hence tie familiar so1bFiqati quoted above.
The wall. are OF stone, OUTS ardly faced with
brick. Here are a few measurements Of fpc an-
dieuct room : Length, - f"t; width, 7ii2
height 81 1t has the Old fash0Ded centra'
broad isle With tWO lcws Oi Dews n elc', side
of it, and row under each side gallery. here
is front gallery - feet deep. over A." isti-
Dule. The walls are not curved. 1 NJ ceiling
over the body pews and front gallery Is arcbed
does not Opcn into the dome that over the
side galleries Q6 feet deep. II feet bigh{ is
fat In / SJ7 ii change was yen,ured on under
the lead OF another plain carpenter, which many
regarded as extra hazardous" those Wisest
in acoustics we're suIe-and some not 80 wise
we're afrMd--that it would ruin the church for
speaking AMI hearing. OF tie rear wall. "a feet
in width were taken out from hoor 20 ceiling,
and a spacious SQUARE gan room, II by ~
feet, with pastors study (two rooms) in its rear,
was added, opening from the auditorium giving
ample space for the pulpit. large organ, and two
Lassages to tee study. The floor or the pulpit
and organ room Il raised fve feet from The main
floor This building has long been known TO
be very satisfactory 10 speakers and hearers.
THE NFv TEsTAMEYT IN JAPASEsE.--An
article il The japan Weekly Nal OF August rs
pays warm aud discriminating tribute to the
late Rev. DR.. Samuel K. Brown. For twenty
years, from 1859 to 1879. DR.. Brown was a
resident of japan, and during this rerl0d ac-
auired an accurate knowledge and fluent use
of the language, which he employed In the
work with which his name will always be assO-
ciated-tEt translation, rece atty completed, OF
the New Testament into the japanese IAN
guage. Being one of the pioneer Protestant
missionaries to Japan, Dr. Brown early gave
his attention to this subject. and before any
public action with regard to it had been taken
by the body of Protestant missionaries in
Japan he had already made some tentative
efforts in this direction. His knowledge OF
both the japanese and Chinese languages, and
his familiarity with the Greek text of the New
estanent, were admirable qualifications for
the proposed work of translation; and at
general meeting on the subject, held at foko-
hama in 1872 by the missisnHie les. he was
elected member of the committee chosen by
that body to translate the New Testament into
the Japanese tongue. DR.. Blown coOpeiated
heartily and efficiently with the translation
committee, attending rs far as practicable all
its sessions and preparing, with great care, the
frst-draft translation OF Acts, Philippians,
Philemon, and Revelation, which came before
the committee for revision. During the spring
and early summer of 1879, it became evident
that his time for work was approaching lis
close but animated by strong desire to COM
plete the first draft translation of Revelation
which he was preparing, he toed on, through
much physical pain and WEAKNESS, till at last
he had the great satisfaction of finishing his
task and presenting the translation to the
committee for its revision.
PENNSYLVANIA Y. NJ. C. AssOCIATIoNs.-Th
Pennsylvania State Convention of Young Mems
Christian Associations recently held at Wilkes
barre was cheered by excellent reports of sue
cessful work and satisfactory progress during
the past year. The report says that in almost
every town of over five thousand inhabitants
there has been during the past year decided
progress, and there never was time when
there were more young men giving active SER
vice than ut present. The report calls special
attention to the following suggestions First,
That each district should through an efficient
committee look after all its associations having
vital and sympathetic contact with each by cor
respondence and visitation, the strong helping
the weak by counsel and cooperation. and thus
helping themselves second, In the smaller
places particularly, and in many of the larger