Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-04-10

| which declare all Sunday contracts void eXcapt
thoSe for works of charity and necessity, do not
| Apply 10 subscription made on Sunday in aid
OF the purchase or church. 1t holds that the
support of public worship is a work of charity,
| forced In courts OF law.
| st. Louis clergymen of various denomina-
! t10ns have adopted resolutions on the question
| OF expensive funerals and other points In con-
meet necuon with funerals which are open to discus
which bereaved families are subjected by the
| prevailing customs" and advise that only the
| members OF the family and specially invited
guests De present at the 1nterment, the Officia-
ting minister being not expected to attend the
| 1nterment unless 1t should in peculiar cases be
necessary that he do so. 1t Is recommended that
the friends take their final leave of the remains
| privately. Sunday funerals are discouraged, ex-
cept under circumstances which make them un-
| ayOldable.
The song of the Army OF Salvation in Phila.
delphla which seems to give most pleasure to
the singers and the byStanderS is the following:
Satan'S mad and I'm glad,
A little more faith In Jesus,
He'll miss that soul he thought he had,
little more faith In Jesus;
It's all want
It's all want,
It's all want
little more faith In Jesus.
Oh. stand back, Satan, let me bv.
little more faith in Jesus
must go by, will go by,
A little more faith In Jesus,
us all want, etc.
THOMAS Harrison, the young evangelist
VINO mas held successful revival meetings in
washington during several seasons, Is now con-
quctlng similar services In Buffalo, and his con-
DUCT is such that some Of the Methodist clergy.
men OF that city express doubts as to his sanity.
rushing from the platform to chancel, he took
possession of the a1sles, and even went SO far
as TO climb upon the seats or halfway up the
pulpit desk, stretching out his TALL thin BODY to
its utmost height and swinging bis arms. With
coat-SleeyeS pulled up halfway to the elbOWs
ne passed among the audience making passes
towering up from pewback, with hands beating
one another, or stretched to heaven or pointing
10 some startled and unOffending spectator. OF
rapidly flirting the leaves OF the Bible backward
ana IOrWard;nOW utter1ng some stage whisper to
the unrepentant sinner; then suddenly, without
warning. shrlek1ng out disJointed sentence of
thanksgiving or prayer; Immediately afterward
perhaps, getting OH a joke OF the most question
able taste. He declared on another evening
that twenty penitents were in the chancel.
tnough they were only five, and that hundreds
number was exceedingly small. 1t is Thought
tnat oVer-eXcitementh has craZed him."
One OF the growing forms of revolt against
the Old Idea Of hell is that Of the complete ami
nl!aGOn OF the wicked. The number who cherish
THIS Idea within the evangelical denominations
says Prof. Swing writing upon the subject, is
qul'e large and Is becoming larger and to the Sc
must De added now new sect, which Is making
IL special mission TO teach the doctrine that
10 an out or the faith in Christ death will be
ann1h1iation. The animus Of this new and &C
I've dogma is once more not simply to save men
nom such possibility as eternal burRings, but
by the common idea OF hell. Prof. Swing ad-
mits that compared with the dogma that the
heavenly Father will most aWfully torment for
ever the countless millions called the wicked
this doctrine OF a limited immortality is q
rational and emotional reform. But, however
grea. an improvement such destiny may be
over the fate painted by Edwards and by ali the
old theolog1c1ans, 1T does not seem to harmonic
with scripture. Any wide survey Of Bible teach.
1ngs will disclose the fact that the wicked and
the Just both are to appear In the final iudg.
1nent ana receive their reward 1t would seem
that the better harmony between the doctrine
OF he'll and just God can be secured by modify
Ing the nature OF the punishment OF the wicked.
DO away with the horrible cruelty and ilendiSh
revenge Which make up the old notion OF the
tate or the wicked and believing, and per-
init eternity to explain to us what the punish
difficulty Will at once vanish. II 1t Should be
said that mild and gentle view Of perdltIon
Will not harmonic with the Bible the reply is
ready, that to find this view we need only make
allowance for oriental figures of speech. but in
order to sustain the humiliation theory, it
seems necessary to oppose the most funda-
mental IDEA OF the B1ole-that the just and IN
Just must be awarded their meIited future con-
ditlon Dy a just God; and humiliation on earth
viii not meet this cardinal doctrine of the scrip
lures"
- Readers of THE STAR may be glad to learn
some facts in regard to an enterprise which has
recently excited much interest In some of our
c1tieS-the mission to the workingmen of Paris
IN IN August af1I ISL Mr. MAIL pastor Of church In
Paris, accompanied by his wife, for afeW DAYS of
rest. Their sympathy with the common people
ied them into the artisan district, Belleville,
as they returned home at night, and to ofrer
them tracts which were often gladly accepted.
MI. NJ All and his wife were SO much impressed
they left their English home to settle in paris.
ana Win the new year they opened the first
missiop-room In Belleville with an attendance
OF ABOUT 49, 1t was hard at first to convince the
people that the meetings were actually free but
as soon as the dfS1ntereSted character of those
who conducted them became known. their de-
votlon was warmly appreciated, and their SIM
pie religious instruction was sought and listened
to with such eagerneSS that the mission has
grown steadily until there are now in the most
crowded faubourgs of Paris % OF these.stations.
where evening meetings for work1ngmen are
held two or three times every week. The plain
ly furnished rooms used for this purpose were
formerly shops, where the partitions have been
removed, SO that they contain, on an average,
two or three hundred Sittings. The rooms are
In almost constant use, for, besides the evening
meetings. there are afternoon classes for child
rem, Sunday schools and Bible classes. Some
times industrial schools for girls and employ
ment rooms for poor women are added. Each
station Is supplied with small lending library,
where large proportion OF the books are Bibles
and teStamentS. The meetings are very Simpl
conducted hymns alternating with short ad
dresses and reading. Political illusions and re
ligious controversy are wholly Stunned.
The police and the higher officers Of the gov
eminent, have frequently expressed goodwill
toward the movement. and with reason, TO-
two districts formerly the most turbulent,
Belleville and the Faubourg st. Antoine, have
been Unexpectedly quiet, and the authorities
have not failed to notice the calming influences
exerted by the missions in these quarters.
Branches of the work have been started az
Lyons, MarSeilles and Bordeaux, and ouhec
cities desire that 1t should extend to them.
Some ladies OF this city have expressed desire
to support one at Paris, which may be known
as the Washington Station. 1t would be point
of interest for American travellers and an ap-
propriate return It is held from the women OF our
capital to the working men OF Paris for the
| sympathy shown us by their country in the
| early days OF our republic.
A society has recently been formed in the
city for the purpose OF raising funds to inaugu.
| rate this work, with Mrs. Fitzhugh Coyle presi-
| dent, Mrs. VIM. Stickney vice president, and
| Mrs Otis Bigelow secretary and treasurer.
EVThe steamer Braunschweig arrived yes.
terday at baltimore with 1853 immigrants on
! DoaEo.