The sun., 1881-12-04
SUNBEAMA
The statcmont is made by those who are


churches in the lar w"s,ani Northwest. sight hundred
are unmarried. Here is large rci ,es wno have
ambition for making Themselves usal musters wives
In the Strong Place Baptist Church,
Brooklyn. evening deacons voted tor snd The
teers reired TO count the votes while the devotional
exercises proceeded. After they had been out about
thirty minutes the pastor Dr. wsyland Hoyt announced
the hymn. 1--WE are waiting. we are watching" lie was
surprised at the manifestations OF mrth
There Is movement on foot for raising
fund 10 increase tic pay Of SOME Of the ...,.
Of the Church OF Scotland To this und Queen victoris
has subscribed fo II others III portion their
incomes as the Queen has given In proportion to
Is merely qucsuob ci time as tn how ouc II viii take
these hali.siasvcd cergytnen to starve 10 death.
The old Methodist church building In
York street. BROOKLYN having ouivcd its uso;unss 10
to be sold by public auction II erected about sixty
years ago when York street the fashionable part Of
the city. For that day the church considered a.
stylish capscious The Fashionable have long
ago moved away and scattered III every direction
"A Hindoo enthusiast In Pahanpur has
been keeping alleged fast for ninety DAYS during
which time he has thin as to bc almost nothing
but skin and bone and swollen veins As Official
watch has been kept on him. there is lack positive
proof his entire abstinence from food lie seems to
have been actuaed by religious enthusiasm not by
desire for gain. for he positively refused ali donations
either OF money merchandise. When this devoes 10
lasting he Is In the business VI begsary In
India IL religious 10 Destow
beggars Of this class.
A well-known charitable society reports
the bestowa OF nearly half million meals At cost Of
fraction under three cents meal It Is thought thas
the necessitous persons who partook Of these meals"
were not made TO suffer from that overfed and stuffed
condition In which many young persons and others md
themselves after indulsnG In Thank sgivng and Christ
dinners And 10 also thought that there was ne
pampered gluttony the devourns Of the
meals" by the benenciaries for whose alleged advan
taRe the exceedingly economical festive board Of this
charitable society was spread.
Only nine months ago the Rev. Mr..
Adams took upon himself the Of Prssbyt tsriau
minister and ordained by the Presbyery Of Troy 40
pastor Of the oakwood Avenue Church. Aiready this
gentleman has transferred his relations to the Protest
ant Episcopal Church. making the change with such
prng haste TO be ordained Episcopal minister bs.
securing the Prcsbytc-y his release from the
obligations incurred In becoming pastor Of the church
which he had been ordained In dissolvins the
pastoral relation the Presbytcry passed resolution 10
which condemns the unseemiy haste OF Mr. Adams 10
thus taking his ecclesiastical departure.
Mrs. Lever, who is Mexican by birth
and fluent speaker OF the Spanish Language has
for Mexico 10 enter evangelist the service OF
Mexican League She will 20 the city of Mexico aud
be ander the direction o. Bishop Riley Prior to her de-
parturc farewell service held In the chapel the
Church Of the Holy Communion in this city The Next
cans difficult ieople to evansehze even by thOs
who Spanish Evangelsts no undertake to labor
them without being able to address them In their
generally make failure u. the work, The
League" Is In urgent need OF money, and asks hslp
from those who have IL to give.
Grace Methodist Church was, as far as
II went gooi enough for the Methodsts who
In It until stable erected too Close to It Then the
Methodiss sold to the Church Of the Disciples eond
erins that II was good enough for the Disciples The
building some years ago erected for the chapel AMI
sunday school hall OF what have been large amt
stately church. Financial troubles overwhelmed the
terprise and frustrated the purpose OF erecting the In.
tended main building The old concern wiped out
and 3 organized under the name Of Grace
Church." which was considered intensely appropriate.
As "Grsce" In the New Testament Is spoken Of a.
directly opposed TO Debt" The plan Is now 81 build
stylish "Grace Church" To this end fund Of
$4,000 has been subscribed.
"A Connecticut man resistS payment Of
his house il,sbury the ground thatnha
place of religious worship. the nature Of the worship
being that he reads his Bible and sngs psalms for
his spiritual advantage and that of his family THIS
man overlooked the fact that In order to secure exsm
ton from taxation by ma. ing his home place Of wor
ship he should have thrown it to the public.
should least have invited Of his neighbors 10
drop In from time to time and enjoy the religious services
which he persstently maintained The tax collectors
and the authorities backing them took radically
different OF the matter from that which the Sails
bury devouonais, held They insisted the payment
his taxes and In default sold his house II the
view could be maintained every hou@ and
factory would be enough OF Bethel to oG from
the State all hopes Of revenue from taxation
The African Methodist Episcopal Church
has organization Of its own entirely dsunct from thAs
Of the Methodist Episcopa Church tor white iokA THIS
Is owing the fact that In relations Of LIE whs
and colored do not work hRrnonoualy
In this coored brethren that they Joined
In with the white brethren they would
be continually compelled to occupy back seats and to at
unter faats nf Uh tFeth
rs this natural enough II strange that
with all the millions invested by the Methodist Church
hite people the colored brethren should have
to provide separate ite rature Of uer The Sun
day School DE OF the African Methodist Episeo
pal Church. now announces set OF lesson helps Of u
own well parer published for coiorsd children"
II Is difficult to what is gained by issuing for coorsd
folks different exposion OF scripture from hss
which Is found helpful TO white children The coorsd
folks Sunday School Department offers to furnish every
requisite for Sunday schools including money luss"
1t is claimed that the supporting of the publishing hOS''
OF this will he important step IL the ss
vauon OF the colored race,
The story OF Balaam Is the Sunday
school lesson Tor To-day. found in Suuibsrs XIV
Io-i9 Baaans character Is Of the most rsml rkabe
any pictured In sacred history. The Israess we're
now. after long and winding journey. aimos on the
borders Of the Promised Land OF Dead SsA and
By the land OF Moab Balsk, the King oil hs AoaeiEa
alarmed by the presence Of so mighty q host near
his frontier He wanted TO destroy the lsraehtes or
least to cripple badly they could do him no
harm Ills first try The efficacy Of an o.
fcIai from tile lips OF man recognized -
prophet TO the East for BalAam who appears
have been strange compodnt OF coed and bad ihs
lesson to-day does not follow la aam through all ne
journey but dads him at the point where
Balaa ansry rsproaehins him or having pronounesa
bic instesd In his conduct the proph
claimed be dviney inspired. lis hrst object appears
to have been get Inoley from BaIak. tut when ne
stood before Israeltes his courage tailed
hIin, and his completely changed he haa
gone as tar as he dared in meetns BAAk's dsarea lie
anted to serve God Baak at the time. but he
was afraid to- Therefore he delivered comprehensive
prophecy oreteing the victry Gf the lsraetes In com
ing years and the downfall VI the MoabteA The lesson
teaches the folly OF being 'doubie-mnded man. also
the power OF God the wicked whom lie makes
TO do His bidding The prophecy OF Basam In rsferenes
TO the OF Jacob" 10 considered 10 apply d.
recty TO the coming OF the Messiah
When the Rev. Albert b. Simpson lett
the pistorate OF the ThireeEth Street PresbytsrAn
Church declared his sympathy with the Bapusts aud
the I'm Pc sbIty his continuing aceept the 'e"'@
his PresbyIeran brethren On infant baptism. buIhn
evident brief study oi the statistics oi m'