Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-12-22
RELIGIOUS NOTES

A hundred OF the French Jesuits have ap-
peared In Constantinople. -
Missionaries are said to be overwhelmed
with gifts of patent medicines for the heather.
= The Congregational church in Salt Lake
City Utah. recently received fifty.fiEe persons
TO membership, OF whom fifty united on COMES
sion or faith.
- Canon Basil wilberforce. son OF Bishop
Wflberforce is delivering a series OF lectures
against the doctrine of everlasting punishment,
He opposes humiliation In the fourth lecture
A new sect has arisen In Saxony called the
Imperial brotherhood Association. whose OBJ.
ject Is to iEcite the people TO go to Caucacus to
escape the coming OF Anti-C hrist from the west.
1t Is reported that the statistics OF the Re.
formed Episcopal Church show greater add
ton to It's membership during the past year
IMAM In any preceding one not excepting the
first year OF It's organization.
One OF the features OF the English Church
Times, organ Of the Ritualists Is its free crit-
cisms OF the bishops. As 1t remarks In a recent
issue. the only argument against the eDiSco-
pacy is ''Lhe actual bishops" against nu mber
OF whom It accordingly proceeds to speak with
great severity.
Moody wants new hymns. He gives the
Scriptures rather than tracts TO infidels. he
would like TO see places OF worship warm and
well ventilated. Prayers, he says, should be
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around among sick people from one to the
other, and all the sick people were blessed.
Fault-findng he believes, is a nuisance In the
church. He says, Have no festivals There Is
no gambling at prayer meetings"
MIR. Gladstone read the morning lesson at
family prayers when he was at Sandriugham
visiting the Prince OF Wales a few weeks ago.
The prince Is not exactly the kind OF man who
would have family prayers in any country eX-
cept England: but there nobody short or
blatant atheist would dream OF emitting the
decorus morning service to which everybody
comes, from master to stabie-boy.
The Chicago ATtnlace has ceased, after brief
experiment, being Sunday paper. By way of
explanation it says: When the Alliance first
announced its Sunday delivery and afterward
changed the day OF its issue to Sunday evening
our esteemed contemporary, the Adeance, said,
The time will come when those who conduct
the Alliance VIII be sorry for their experiment"
That we have grossly Sinned In the sight OF
some men we do not have doubt, and Shall
undoubtedly receive the just penalty of their
condemnation; but that we diSpleaSed God In
so doing, before whom we expect to appear to
answer for every deed done, is quite another
question. lt has, however, entailed an amount
or work not anticipated In the undertaking, and
this with the pain Internationally given to our
best friends, Tor our intention was good, has
caused us to conclude hereafter TO make our
Issuing day Monday.
- Mr.. Talmage is predicting a spiritual re-
yival to follow the present dearth He laments
that In journey OF two thousand miles, while
the country was prospecting. religion was dead
In 1876 there were 4S, 900 converts and last year
only $4,000. In every church nine-tenths of the
members are asleep. He referred particularly
TO PittSburg, Cincinnati. Louisville. and Lexing-
ton. among other western cities requiring
awaklng up. He found beautiful churches
everywhere, rapturOuS music and eloquent
ministers, but the old work Of saving souls had
gone out OF fashion. There are churches enough
Ill This country TO save the whole land In i've
years. but no practical result from the costly
machinery. II John Knox. he said, could get
The lever OF prayer under Scotland. he Thought
the minister could get the pry under this CONT
nent, and shake it from the Atlantic TO the Pa
ci1c.
DR.. John Hall says that "a ministry that
pleases everybody, especially in the Presbyte-
rian Church, may well suspect itself. Look at
the doctrines we preach-human deprayity.
our Lords true Deity, the atonement on the
cross, the personality and work OF the Holy
tthoSt. the need oy every mantle most anil
able and cultiyated-of being regenerated, the
Bible the sole rule OF faith, self-denial part OF
true Christian living. retriDution On the i'm.
penltent.concurrent with natural Immortality
the oDllgatlon or the Sabbath; and all this with
a worship conSpicuouSly plain and free from
snowy and meretrictOuS decoration. Make all
This palataoie 10 society," the world every
body, No; this whole message trampleS on the
culture OF the time. and IL is. IL understood in
direct opposition TO the life which we are
being persuaded ID import and servilely copy,