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Two Children EiunI

NEW YORK. Aug. l7-John Darby, hoe,
seven years Ct age, and Anna Maria DARBY HI.
sister, three years oldtr. residing with their
parents On Seventh ay5nue, Harrison, N. J..
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Commissions havs been issued 10 to John H.
Porch as postmaster at Percivals. Brunswick
Co.. Vs.. offc, re established. AID Frank H.
Plednont As postmaster at Sssplcton Mills.
Amherst Co.. Va, vice j. II. Bfanberry.
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:. Nj. Lewis. one Of tho colored delegates to
ihe sIrg'oia republic: n Convention, has pub
lisbed card snncupo.ng bis purpose to SAD
port the democratic State ticket.
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STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET

FOR GOVERNOR,
JOHN w. u MEL, OF LIkCRBU re-.
For LIEUTENANT @ VERNON,
JAMES BARBOUR, OF CULPEPER.
FJR ATTORNEY GsNsnAL.
Z. w. McKIN NEY, OF FARMVILLE.
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BELFAST GINGER ALE Just received at
MCHURNEY's,
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GHolCE ENGLISH Observation-Disclosures,
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pRlME NESSIh!A AND PALERMO
l. LEMONS for s4l4 by
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4 TLANTlC SEA SALT, producing a real
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EeOTOMAC ROE HERRING ard SHAD!
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. kCkER'S SELF8AISING FLOUE.
"A Graham Flour aud Griddle Cake Flour fer
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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-06

THE PREsBYTERIANs in London issued
public protest against the execution of
Charles 1, and rebuked the excuses of
the Cromwellian army. In Scotland they
recalled the young prince, afterwards
Charles II, from exile, and rallied to his
support in opposition to Cromwell. On
the death of Cromwell in 1868, the Pres
byterians of England and Scotland alike
cooperated with the prelatical party in
the restoration of the Stuarts. But
Charles II (Stuart-like) deceived them.
He promised to appoint commission and
have the Prayer-Book modified so as to
meet the scruples of the Presbyterians
(among whom were Calamy, Baxter,
Bates, Reynolds, etc.,. Nevertheless,
when he had obtained the throne, the
Prayer-Book unchanged was forced upon
the clergy of England (then largely Pres
byterian), and by the "Act of Uniform
ity" passed in 1862, 1000 Presbyterian
clergymen, unsurpassed for learning 10y
atty, or plety, were driven to resign their
ivings, in the face of beggary and dis
grace. They all resigned in body
mot so much as one" says Rapin, "suf-
fering himself to be tempted" At the
same time Episcopacy was established in
Scotland on the ruins of the Covenant
and Directory. Had it not been for this
act of treachery the Presbyterians of Eng
land might have been fused with the
Episcopalians, and would have accepted
liturgical worship {" not to be too rig
orously imposed" and with the liberty of
ex tempore prayer, represented, with a
few alterations, by the present Prayer
Book of the Church of England But
God ordered it otherwise. That unri-
vailed perSyaeur, Charles II, said he had
solourned in Scotland, and that he had
found that Presbyterianism was not a
religion for gentleman" Charles mis-
took the point: what Presbyterianism
proposed to do was to furnish religion
for Christian.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-06

10 all this it may be simply said that
with the editorial care of the Earnest
Worker, the Lesson Quarterly aid papers,
and the Children'S Friend; with the ex-
animation and selection of the current
Sabbath School literature; with the treas
urers work, embracing the supervision of
the contracts and the Publishing House,
the receipt and disbursement of the COL
lections, rents, etc.; with the oversight and
promotion of the general work, both in
the department of Publication and that
of Sabbath Schools; and with the cores
pondence involved in all this, there is
surely enough to fill the mind and heart
and time of one man.
1t would be poor economy for the
Church to deprive the Secretary of the
income derived from the editorial work
of the Earnest Worker, and expect him
to supplement his salary by engaging in
pastoral work, even if it were practicable
for him to do so. The best economy is
to secure the utmost efficiency in every
department Of work
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-06
For the Central Presbyterian.
The Sabbath School worl,

Messrs. Editors-The Synod of Virginia at
its last meeting adopted the following resolu-
tons in reference to Sabbath Schools, and d.
rected the chairman of its permanent committee
on Sabbath Schools to have them published in
your paper. Please be so kind as to give them
place in your columns
~. The attention Of Presbyteries is again
called to the Importance of urging upon Church
Sessions to cease using Sabbath School publica-
tons prepared by irresponsible parties and to
use those prepared by our Church.
2. The Sabbath School ought not to be re-
garded as something separate from the Church.
or as something exclusively for the benefit OF
the children and young people, but as the
Church itself engaged in the study of the Scrip
lures, in which all ought to take part-the old
and the young-either as teachers or scholars.
3. Presbyteries are again urged to make their
reports to Synod more complete.
4. The attention of our Sessions and of all our
congregations is especially called to the fact that
the General Assembly has ordered that the Pres
byterian children in Union Sabbath Schools be
included In their reports to Presbyteries."
g. b. STRfoKLER, Chairman S. S. Com
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-06

FOREIGN MISSIONS first Sabbath
In May is the time appointed by the
General Assembly for the annual collec-
ton in the churches for Foreign Missions.
The Assembly also recommends that the
ministers preach on the subject of For
elgn Missions on that day. and remind
their Christian friends that the collection
is one of the utmost Importance. 1t is
stated in the last number of the Mission,
arg that there are ten young men in
Union Seminary, Va, who would be glad
to go and preach the gospel to the heather
If they could have any assurance that
the Church Would be able to furnish the
means of sending them out. This state
ment should be carefully pondered by
the whole Church.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-06

LET THE PASTOR who often feels dis
heartened by the apparently meagce re-
suits of his labors, recall the case of John
Newton. John Newton was not only one
of the truest and most faithful pastors
whose names adorn the annals of the
Christian Church. bat he was one of the
most sensible men that ever lived. And
yet he was treated with indifference
only handful were in the habit of COM
ing to hear him. He had little to en-
courage him. When he died, however,
his writings were collected and published
in six volumes, and selections from his
correspondence go to make up that most
excellent volume published many years
ago by the Presbyterian Board of Pub
LEGATION, under the title of Cardiphonia, ="
and which we hope is largely circulated
now. While acting as curate of Olney,
in Buckinghamshire, he composed, in
conjunction with Cowper, the beautiful
collection of the "Olney" hymns, and it
was during the same period that he was
engaged in correspondence with a
curate in the same county, who acknowl-
edges that his intercourse with Mr.. New
ton was the means of giving an entirely
new turn to his life. In the memoir
written by himself, this person admits
that when he received ordination, he was
totally ignorant Of the gospel, and desti-
tute OF the power of godliness. But his
correspondence with John Newton led to
a total change in his opinions and prac-
tice. This person was Thomas Scott,
the commentator on the Bible-and the
author of the best commentary, take it
all in all, perhaps, that has ever been
written He was also the author of the
little volume entitled "The Force of
Truth published in 1879, which has
gone through more than twenty editions.
So that the neglected Citrate OF. Olney
did not live in vain, and being dead yet
speaketh in his OWE admirable works,
and in those of his pupil, Thomas Scott
two names that are transcribed in lustre
by few in the whole history of the Chris
tian Church.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-06

1T is illustrative of the prevailing
temper of the day in France that the
splendid palace of Compeigne, where
Louis Napoleon used to spend his hunt
ing season, and where Louis XIV well
coined Marie Antoinette, and the first
Napoleon, Marie Louise of Austria, has
been asked for as normal school for
female teachers of the highest class. This
is an attempt to create class of teachers
which shall take the place of those now to
be found in France only in the Roman
Catholic converts.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-06
THE readers of the CENTRAL PREsBY

THE readers of the CENTRAL PREsBY-
TERRAIN will greet with pleasure, after a
long silence, the initials of ON J. P" in
our Literary Column. We trust that it
is an assurance of restored health to one,
whose protracted indisposition has been
seriously felt by those who are accustomed
to her delightful talk through our col
umns about the books of the day.
We beg leave in this connection to call
the attention of our American girls to the
rules of conduct given for Chinese girls
from the Girls Classic translated from
the Chinese), in an. J. P's." notice of
that work. These rules might be most
proftably observed by Christian, as well
as Chinese, girls.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-06


We have already announced that we
have secured as Regular Contributors to
the Central Presbyterian a number of the
most eminent names in the Church. We
expect to publish in every issue of the
paper contributions from these writer's
Since the list of names recently given in
our paper, we have addedto the same, and
therefore publish below the following
complete list, as it stands at present:
Rev. H. G. ALEXANDER D. D., Union
Theological Seminary.
REV. S. E. ARSON, Rome, Ga.
REV. w. E. BoGGs, D. D., Atlanta, Ca
REV. WILLIAM Brown, D. D., Freder-
icksburg Va.
Rev. R. l.. DABNEY. D. D., Union The
illogical Seminary.
REV NJ D. HoaE, D. D., Richmond,
Va.
Rev. T. w. HOOPER, D. D., Selma, Ala
REV. T. A. HoYT, D. D., Nashville,
Tenn.
REV w. U. MURKLAND, D. D., Balti-
more, Md.
REV. H. R. RAYMOND. D. D., Marion,
Ala.
Rev. T. D. W1THERspooN, D. D., Pc
tersburg, Va.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-06

erations of strange animal and vegetable
forms have succeeded each other-most
of them long ago extinct he will find
that the few hundred centuries since
mans appearance on the scene is but as
drop in the ocean of geological time
If he look again, he will find the heavens
studded with stars, multiplied hundred
fold under the lens Of the telescope, and
he will discover that these myriads of
points are great suns, like our own, with
their attendant worlds.
By such process we may imagine
some one to get an impression of the
MAGNITUDE OF THE POWER that is behind
these scenes; of the immensely of that
INFINITE ONE whose nature is to the
student of natural theology simply in
conceivable.
Now let US suppose that we are on
good terms with this being; nay more,
let us suppose that He is our Friend ;
nay more, that for some reason He re-
CARDS us with an unspeakable love; that
He has sacrificed His Son for us; and that
He describes our relation to Himself as
that of dear children
Now, what shall we say about TRoU-
BILE? There is our hacker. All the
POWER that we have described is pledged
for our preservation and prosperity.
Combine with this idea the fact, already
limited at, that the Son of God has lived
and died upon this earth in the human
form-a few centuries ago; assuming that
form, and submitting to that death, to
work out the salvation of his elect peo-
Pile: the great Power which we have de-
scribed, manifested in the flesh, and ex-
hibiting by many infallible signs his sym
pathy with humanity and his sensibility
to being touched by our infrmities; as
surfing us in every manner, by word and
deed, of his unlimited LOVE for those
whom he has redeemed; combine this
thought, we say, with what precedes, Sc
curing as the guarantee for our we'll
doing the union of POWER and LOVE,
and who shall lay anything to the charge
of Gods elect? Who is he that con-
demneth? Who shall separate US?
This is the sum of the whole matter:
If God be for u.s. who can be against us ?
He that spared not his own Son
how shall he not with him also freely
give us all things?
This is Logic: why, then, Doubt?
Who is altogether free from it? What
S the cause? UNBELIEF; we doubt be-
cause we do not believe Perfect love
md so perfect faith-casteth out fear.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-06

HERE is another declaration that the
Roman Catholic Church does not approve
of the circulation of the Scriptures. This
time it is the Catholic Review which says:
Frankly, very little good seems to have come
from the reading of the Scriptures by the peo-
pie at large: Even among Catholics it
fosters Calvinistic spirit, which in many cases
induces individuals to set up their judgment
against the will of the Church. The indiscrimi-
nate circulation of the Bible, even with notes APP
proved by the Church, has not always been
productive of good"
That's what we always said: the read
ing of the Scriptures fosters Calvinis-
tic spirit. Christian Advocate please
note.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-06

REV. A. j. LoUGHRIDGE.-Th Terus
Presbyterian of the 1st inst, announces
the death of this minister, which occurred
on Friday, March 18th. He had been a
member of the Presbytery of Central
Texas since 1859, and since 1869 the pas
tor of the Hugh Wilson church in that
Presbytery, where he had happy and
prosperous pastorate.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-06

DO YOU WANT TO BE ARIsTocRAT1c?
Rich Americans, by going to Italy, can
purchase the title of prince by paying
$4,000; that of duke for 5000; that of
marquis for 81, 1000; and you can be made
count for $4,000. There are, also,
cheaper places. We say Americans can
do this; possibly there is some restric-
ton on foreigners; but native Italians
can secure these titles at the above figures.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-06
The Presbyterian Review for April

The Presbyterian ReUiew for April
has the following table of contents:
l. Inspiration, by Prof. A. A. Hodge
and Prof. B. B. Warfeld. 2. The Preva-
lent Confusion, and the Attitude of
Christian Faith, by Prof R. B. Welch.
3: The Book of Discipline in Revised
Form, as Proposed by the Assembly's
Committee, by the Rev. E. P. Humph-
reg and Prof. Alex. T. McGill. 4. Nor
monism, by Rev. R. G. McNiece. S.
Charles Hodge, by Prof T. L. Patton.
8. Notes and Notices. 7. Reviews of
Recent Theological Literature.
New York: A. D. F. Randolph g. Co.
Price SO per year.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-06

"WHAT FRUITS" says Bishop Ryle,
"can the advocates of non Christian
theories and ideas and principles point
to with all their cleverness? What holy,
loving, peaceful quietness of spirit have
they exhibited? What victories have
they won over darkness, immortality, su-
perstition, and sin? What successful
missions have they carried on? What
seas have they crossed What countries
have they civilised or moralised? What
neglected home populations have they
improved? What self-denying labors
have they gone through? What deliv-
erance have they wrought in the earth
You may well ask; you will get no an
swer. No wonder our Lord said of false
prophets, BY their fruits ye shall know
them. (Matt. vii Is, 49, 1t is only
those who can say with Peter, Thou
hast the words Of eternal life who make
a mark on mankind while they live, and
say, o death, where is thy sting?' when
thy die"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-06
The following is not clinned from .

The following is not clipped from
middle age writer. 1t is from letter written
in Rome, on the 9Th of March, 1881
AT Marsha, in Sicily, the Catholics have
entirely destroyed the Protestant Church. tear
ing up, the pews and organ and setting FIRE TO
everything after which the perpetrators of the
act went to the Cathedral, where they were duly
blessed by the clergy. The unfortunate Protes-
his life"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-06

" PLATE" said John Wiclif, might
have been damned although he had died
in Christs clothes"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-06

If the last trumpet were to sound,
there would be futtering.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-06

To THE N. Y. Eventng Post. Just as
we expected.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-06

WILL the person who sent the hand
some present of maple sugar to this office,
give his name?
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-19
THE DALLAS tr04lD sATUH NofNlNo,

now about the marriage in England of the
Baroness Burdett. Couts, who was an old maid
of 6l with twenty or thirty million dollars, to
a young American of 80, who worked for his
living, that it will not be unlntoresting to tell
who he was Mr.. w. Lehman-Ashmead.
Bartlett, who has become the husband of the
Baroness Burdett-Coutts, is descended from
one of the Oldest families in America, and
even in English eyes would be considered
beyond tha baroness in birth. On his
mothers side no comes directly fron DR.,
Benjamin Rush, one of the siGners of the
declaration Of Independence. One Of his
ancestors WIS Theodore Philip Lehman
secretary TO William Penn, who wrote the
celebrated letter to tho Indians Of Canada
june 20, 1892 tho original of which hang
in tho capitol, at Harrisburg, Pa. His grand
father, DR.. George Lehman, was an eminent
surgeon of tho revolutionary army, serving
with Washington ut Perth Amboy, VALLEY
Forge, etc. Mr.. Bartlett was not indebted t
the baroness in any pecuniary sense. Mr.
Ellis Bartlett, his father, spent his life il
literary pursuits.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-19

GENERAL GRANT has lust beoo made a
director of anew bank, the United States
National, organized few days ago in New
York. Let's sec, president of the Nicaragua
canal company, president of the worlds fair
association, director OF national bank, a
stakeholder with a prominent position in the
Mexicsn railroad undertaking, S25OOC0
given him by New York and 100000 by
philadelphia, shortly to be placed on the re.
tired army list with rank of captain general,
in all probability, and the candidate of the
machine for president of the United States
In 1884, This is big enough and good
enough for any nan, is it not? Still some
people can't bo happy, but like Oliver Twist
are always crying for more.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-19

A REPORT Is gong tho new spsper rounds
that the notorious Aba R)thschild is alb out
to start a iewelry housein Texas, perhaps in
Dallas, and that he ia nj this time in the stale
prospecting for location. That Mr.
Rothschild can, visit Texas with impunily
and open business in this state, if he so de-
sires, there is no question, but that he will DO
80 regardless of proprioty as to do such u
thing, we have serious doubts. We should
think that Mr.. RothSchild would never agqin
want to see Texas, and that entire forgetlul.
ness OF The state would be relief and do.
light 10 him.