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

fatner Iiyaclnthe still keeps a longing eve
upon his first theological love. His abandon
meut of celbacy and his Protestant tendencies
must not be taken proof positive that he also
abandons his belief in the Real Presence in the
Eucharist, or regeneration by baptism. and
other dogmas. These he still believes in. He
even goes so far as to advocate the necessity of
BISHOPS IN the Church, though the Bishops in the
Catholic Church do not think, on the other hand
that there is much need of Father Hvacinthe in
the fold. a Bishop means episcopacv. and it
Is against eplscopacy that he has been fighting
all these years. In effect Father Hvacinthes
position Is one of advocacy of episcopacy when
It agrees with him otherwise, he repudiates it.
lie is IKE the Maine farmer, who thought there
should be prohibition law, but was again its
enforcement"
The revision of the Bible, now nearly COM
pleted, has been far more expensive work than
most persons imagine. There are fifty two mem
oers OF the committee, and these meet for five
days IN every three weeks. No salary is paid to
any one of them but they are allowed their
travelling and inn expenses. These, with other
items, VIII bring the cost of the first edition of
the Revised Bible as estimated by the Univer-
slty Press Company, which is responsible for it
to about 100000, and consequently it has been
determined to sell the first few copies at high
price The new Bible will receive no author
lzaton" either from Parliament or Convocation.
1t has been discovered incidentally during the
sittlngs OF the committee that the so-called Au-
thorlzed Version never was in fact authorized
either enthusiastically or politically. 1t made
ITS way by its own merits, and the Revised
Bible Is expected to do the same.
jubilee volume, entitled Fifty Years Of
Foreign Missions" has just been issued. under
the auspices of the Free Church of Scotland
The following facts culled from it's opening
pages Fifty years ago, in 1929 80, the for,
! elgn missionary enterprise of the Church of
Scotland was begun by three men-Dr Chal-
mers DIR. Inglis, and Dr. Duff On the 10Th of
August, 1929, DR.. Chalmers presided at the or
dlnatlon of Alexander Duff, to be the first for
elgn missionary sent forth by the Church as
such although, in 1850 John Knox had
pledged the Reformed Kirk to preche the glaid
tydlngls of the Kyngdome through the halle
warld On the 18th of July, 1880, the Young
missionary OF twenty four founded his great
evangelizlng Institution in the native quarter of
Calcutta " 1t is not without significance" we
further read, that the jubilee of our foreign
mission comedies with the centenary of the birth
OF Thomas Chalmers. So early as 18l2and 1914
he preached and published two sermons which
on his death IN lS47, led DR.. Duff to pronounce
him the leading missionary spirit of Christen-
dom ~. y Observer.
Presbyterianism will be a political issue in
Scotland at the next general election. The
question of dis-establishment is being agitated.
and the drift of opinion is all one way Last
month Conference at which DR. Adam of Glas-
gov, and Mr.. Taylor Inness made earnest
speeches, was held in Edinburgh. A motion
that dis establishment was the only means of
solving ecclesiastical difficulties was passed
unanimously. The Conference came out boldly
with the declaration that the question was one
of practical politics" and that it is one on
which Scottish candidates at the coming election
ought to be made fully to state their position
for the careful scrutiny of electors" This is
substantially the position of the United Presby-
terlans and other Dissenters in Scotland
A writer in the Edinburgh Daay Review
speaks hopefully of Presbyterianism in England
lie closes with the following strain: 1.-THE
Presbyterian Church, of England, with her grand
traditions, her sound Standards her powerful
men IN London and elsewhere, and, NAV | add
without offence, her old and tried allies in Scot
land, holds strong position and presents fine
rallylng ground for the thought and pietv of
England. 1t may not be in our days, to whom
the shadows are beginning to lengthen, but |
believe her future is great one, which all loval
Presbyterians or, better still all those who love
the Lord and his truth, should strive to further
and to sustain"
The Rev. Antonio Alright is in this country
seeking aid for the Free Christian Church in
Italy. For the past eight years he has had
charge of the Protestant Mission in Florence
The Free church was organized in that CITY in
| 1917 Cnleny through the efforts of Father Ga
vazzi, and in the spirit of Cavour's famous
watch-words it was called THE Free Christian
Church in Italy" 1t has now $500 communi
cants, % missions 40 preachers and evangelists
and schools numbering, 5000 pupils There is
also theological seminary established four
years since at Rome in which Is young men are
at present fitting for the ministry under the
guidance of three professors This Free Christian
Church, Mr.. Arrlghi says, is of purely Italian
origin, Congregational in its polity, and it aims
ultimately to be self-supporting 1t is the only
Protestant organization in Italy which makes
any Pretence of self-help, it is the only one
entirely conducted by native preachers. The
church Is not yet however, able to maintain
itself financially. It's members are of the COM
mon people. Notwithstanding this poverty the
1000 communicates contributed in 1878 nearly
$1,000 to the support of their religion. But It
cost nearly $40 900 year, and the balance has
heretofore been made up in England and Scot
land. The financial depression in these conn
tries is so great that the usual aid cannot be OBJ
tanned and Mr.. Alright is in this country for
the purpose of supplying the inevitable defcien-
cy.-Christian Uaiop
America IS not to stand alone in her proront
and noble charities. The French stand next 10
us. The journalists of Paris recently inaugnra,
ted tete for the relief of the sufferers from the
floods in Spain, and realized 100000 francs
The Figaro newspaper fund for the relief Of the
Farsian poor ran up TO 100000 francs.
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