The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-08-18

of the clergy themselves scarcely know more of
it than what they are compelled to read in the
Drevlary and the missal." Coming from such
source, this relation of the ignorance of the
prlests-to say nothing of the people-concern-
ing the way of life as taught by our Lord and
his disciples, cannot be charged to prejudice.
1t can only be accounted for as being veritabIe
current history.-EUangelist
An English visitor to the Mohawk
Indians says their attention and reverence in
church is aptly illustrated by an anecdote he
heard of little girl who was present at a some.
what heightened service-a confirmation follow
ing the usual course of morning PRAYER. A ladv
asked her at the close eff she was not very
tlred! Tired" she exclaimed, with an air of
astonlshment at the question, tired have we
not been worshipping God2"- Presbuterian
Journal.
Our Summer tourists will yet "take
IN IN the great Hudson Bay in their Northern
flights AS yet however, that vast region is a
terra incognita and we only hear, months after
ward, of anything happening there Last o.
tober little iron church 20 by 40 was dedicated
on Little Whale river, a tributary of the Bay.
after being two years on the way from London.
recent letter speaks of eight of the esquimaux
being baptised, and thirty more candidates be-
ing under nstruction.-EUangehst
1t is reported that DR.. T. L. Cuyler
said, at the recent completion of the twentieth
year of his pastorate in BROOKLYN. that he had
never allowed a day to pass without a visit to
some family and talk with some one on per-
sonal religion. He has received 3,059 mem
bers. II some pastors who bemoan empty news
and dlscouraglng prospects would follow such
course as Dr. CUyler's, they would, before manv
I9ontns' see wonderful improvement in their
churches.
"A correspondent, noticing that we
mention that the Congregationalists of Illinois
report loss OF 753 members in the last year
calls our attention to the fact that the Episco-
Pallans OF the state report an increase of COM
Inunlcants during the year from 1881 to 1925,
gain of l r245. The Presbyterians also report
a substantial gain, so that we are glad to see
that the loss to COngregationalism does not in
dicate loss to Christianity Independent.
Chicago has floating hospital, for
poor mothers with young children. There is an
awning over the wharf, which extends so far ont
into the lake as constantly to catch the cool
6reezes. A lady physician is in attendance
throughout the day. A kindly-lookinp matron.
ly woman sits and ladies out nice fresh milk for
the children, all that they may desire The
mothers bring their own lunches and their sew
ing or knitting work. There they take the
boat and steam away two miles or more Some
mothers come back on the same boat-thus
spending only one hour. The boat makes four
| LItbcttLg6TlccT.
"A Contemporary calls attention to
the part played in American history of "tbat
obstinate Scotch-Irish stock which never Yields
to anything less than an earthquake" Among
the public men whom 1t has given us, are en-.
umerated the following Generals Montgomery
and Knox in the Revolution, Robert Fulton. the
two Websters, Calhoun, MacDufie, Presidents
Jackson, Polk Buchanan, and johnson. Josepb
n. Johnston, Benz. Butler, Cyrus Mccormick.
Edgar Allen Poe, Madame Patterson Bonaparte'
and Henry James, Gather and son III.
The German ambassador at Rome.
Baron Won Kendell, the senior member of the
diplomatic corps, has addressed representations
to the Roman municipality in the name of the
Ambassadors and Ministers of the various Pro-
testant Powers representing the well-known
Protestant cemetery hard by the Pyramid Of
Caius Cestius. The municipality wishes the
Protestants as soon as their present cemetery il
hlled up to make use Of the ordinary town Gem
etery OF OF separate one adjacent to it. The
Protestants are naturally 10th to quit spot hal
lowed by tender associations extending over half
q century Their request Is the more reasonable
That their burlal-place has filed up rapidly since
1870 owing to the necessity of opening it to the
native Protestant community excluded bv c1er.
zeal intolerance from the town cemetery even
though the latter is at the service of free-tbink
ers of every shade.
The Penn Monthly thus accounts
for the fact that English emigants, with all the
/ pressure brought to bear upon them. prefer the
United States to Canada, viz, that when one
must change residence, it is natural to prefer re-
moval to another house rather than into the
backyard ofthat which has just been abandon.
ed; Canada is an English back. yard. It's in.
habitants have no nationality. They are British
subjects only so.long as they reside in Canada
II they migrate TO England they become aliens.