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and who stole copy Of Lives OF the Saints" had no
use for the volume. and have returned 1t by mail
That most eccentric specimen of minis<
teral iunerancy. the Rev. W. H. II. Murray is
farm near San Antonio, Texas, and writing letters to
Boston paper. The farm is reputed to bo his own.
"A country church In Delaware has two
parsonnGes, each Of which has been erected by a rival
clique These edinces distance apart and tho
bewildered pastor is studying how he shall divide
himself between them.
The Philadelphia Ledger contained thid
advertisement; WANTED, for the country, man wha
must know how TO milk, and be Prote esantn THIS
fesmdns Journal takes occasion to hit Father Gavazzi
rap the strength Of this It says he knows how to
milk, in the way of taking up collections to carry on his
Protestant work In Rome.
Tho date of tho Round Lake Sunday
School assembly is now fixed. nis to be continued from
the 9th OF July to the 18th, and embrace the latest
and most ingenious devices for the promotion Of
Biblical study and practice in teaching. The Palestine
PARK which is now in more complete order than evep
before, is to be one of the attractions
Work on the excavation OF cellar for
the Methodist church at Florence. N j., receiveda
pleasant start at the hands Of the ladies' Twenty-Five Of
the youngest and best looking attrod in graceful and
appropriate costume dug out the first cart load Of earth.
The occasion Of great interest large crowd
being present and appauding the helpful ladies'
The Huguenot Seminary at Wellington,
Cape Colony South Africa, wants $1,000 to pay of its
debt. Hismodellcd closely after the famous Holyoko
institution in Massachusetts, its aim being educate
girl, not only literature usefulness The daush.
crs Of the Dutch farmers of Cape Colony the prnc
pal recipients Of its advantages Miss Abby p Ferguson
the Principal, is now visiting in New Haven.
Tho people OF New Guinea have alwaya
been reckoned among the most troublesome to mis-.
honarcs and the most difficult to convert missionary
party OF thirteen recently fell into the hands mob Of
natives in the Maresty district The cruel nativea
slaughtered all except the Rev Mr.. Berwick No offence
had been given to these boodthirsy wrcches and tho
only explanation Mr. Berwick give is that they were
| actuated by desire to commit malicious mischief
The Examiner and Chronicle suggests ex-
act truthfuness in making reports OF missionary meet
ings and benevolent anniversaries To this end re-
marks that If the reports to be interesting tho
speeches must be brief and sensible the speak.
ers should be sure to have something TO and TO
short about it The bother is that many the men who
eminent enough to make the big speeches denomi.
national anniversary gatherings also exceedingly
long.winded persons
About twenty OF the Presbyterian cler-
gymen in this city have begun TO the Revised ver-
sion of the New Testament in their pulpit servcea An
impression exists In certain quarters that this is eccc-
sascally Illegal; but this Is mistake The Presbyte-
rian Assembly never officially designated the King
James Version the only be used the churches
Presbyterian churches at liberty any respect.
able version they can md, to make a one for
themselves il they so prefer.
Tho young gentlemen In the Divinity
School at Yale who make speciality of Hebrew have
made their before critical world RevserS
OF the Old Testament Their first effort is revision OF
tho Prophecy OF Habakkuk which is very suitable for
experimenting on, as 1t contains only three chapters
Their work is distributed that it may be criticised.
Should 1t meet with general favor they intend pro-
coed with more Of the Old Testament Books possibly
completing their ahead OF the regular Rcvisers
The Primitive Alethodists at Froding-
| ham, England have primitive way OF holding their
public breakfasts Recently they had what they call
May Morning Breakfast" The chapel was lavishly
decorated with flowers plants canary birds and par
rots The first table ready at half past o'clock al
which strangely early hour large company sat down.
After they had eaten sermon preached The next
table was ready at ha past when the late and
| lagGards came along. The festivities kept up
| pleasantly for the greater part of the morning.
| "A needy English curate who was drag
gng out weary existence meagre salary added ia
his income by repairing watches Somebody told the
Blshop and mourned the fact that the dignity Of
the clerical nroe .son degraded In this way Tho
Bishop sterny replied, at must be stopped" The way
he stopped it to give the poor position worth
$1,000 year which put him beyond the necessity Of
mendng watches. There many poor parsons thia
country who doing all out liv-
ing. and who would be delighted beyond II they
could have their loads thus ghtened and their la
| Dor brought to stop.
| The great National Temperance Convene
ton will meet at Saratoga Tuesday next Itis ss-
mated that six hundred delegates will be pres
| ent from all manner Of Temperance associations and
| ecclesiastical bodies One Of the admirably managed
features of this convention is that the opening
subjects to be discussed have been printed advance
thus avoiding the nhicton OF their reading
vent!on This will not only time, but will give to
both the debaers and the listeners better opportunity
OF seeing exactly what they discussing Nearly all
the prominent writer's and speakers who have acquired
celebrity in the work are expected to be present
| Exactly how much the heathcn have
suffered from the depravy Of the Sunday school chill
drcn at Greenville, " j, will probably be
tanned But 1t is stated good authority that the money
given to these INSCRIPTIONS young persons put
the missionary boxes has been spent tor candy popcorn
and other sinful refreshments Temptation has been
placed in the way Of these children by the unbuthlng
| manner in which the candy merchants OF Greenville
open their stores and display their merchandise sun.
days Measures are on foot to compel these dealers to
comply with the Sunday law, and thus allow the nicksls
OF the children to take the originally intended.
Researches among the pastors and treas
urers OF New England churches show tina, about
thirds OF the churches their ministers promptly and
in full while onethrd attend to the business the go
asyou'pease' y method. In many cases especially in
the country and the small towns the pay small and
the ministers IL promptly paid what agreed upon,
have TO study the virtues OF the economy.
The donation party nuisance prevails 10 limited ex-
tent. but by no means widely as in former II
has been found most unsatisfactory and way
OF supplcmenting the of people who try to
starve their pastor on halt salary and make to him
the rest out of alleged donations OF merchandise which
he does not want
"A crazy enthusiast in Philadelphia
thought his duty offer un somebody to
God. For this purpose he determined to say man and
his wife who lodged in the house with linn, Re.
Jecting Ahrahams intended OF the knife being
ancient Of proceeding he entered the Of his
appointed victims with pistol in his haui and All.
nounccd his determination Of shaving them Tie fellow
dodgers took different of human sacrifices and
objected to being ofercl up without having pre-.
lmnary rites II was suggested that the ad u the 20.
lice he invoked to attend 20 these prclminarcs The
thusiast saw the proprcty adopting tile SUGGESTION,
rather than proceeding IN what might seem To- be in.
decent haste. While he waited the police in and
the sacrldcia ceremonies were indefinite, postponed.
The enthusiast locked Up where viii tng lAo pres.
| ont No mnl OF Ms nnMnr 10 .LrLllcn AMxMulA.