The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-08-10
FOREIGN CHURCH NEWS.

IT, ann sos 500. the residue of their estates to
the general trustees of the Free Church. to be
IN Vested by them a.permanent endowment
for the Sustention Fund.
The Rev. DIR. Moffat, who sixty.one
.,o.rs 400 went to Africa missionary, has
Iatelv been visiting at his native place in Sco.-
1and and was received with great enthusiasm.
Mrs Bruce the daughter OF David Livingstone,
tba African explorer. was present, and Africa
nos the theme of talk and prayer.
"A new English Presbyterian church.
Ar;,t in handsome style, has just been opened
at Canterbury, England under the shadow OF
the Archbishop's palace u.s
DIR. John Cummings church, in
Crown Court, London had been very much
,yeakened before his resignation Since the
Rev. Donald MacLeod's settlement an improve
nent has taken place in. the attendance. A
small organ has been introduced, which con-
siderably improves the Psalmody.
Lord Kimberley, cabinet minister
and the owner of 1000 acres OF land. with an
the abolition of all laws impending the free dis
tribution of landed property. the repeal of the
law of primogeniture and security for the CAPT
tai which tenants invest in their holdings
Simultaneously comes interesting disclosure
concerning parish in the city of London, which
consists mainly of twenty. six houses in Bishops
gate street.. For attending to the spiritual
needs of their inhabitants the rector receives
So 800 year. He has not been seen in his
parish for three years. and his duties are dis
charged by curate, who receives a stipend of
$500, out of which he has to pay the organist
the sexton, and the gas bill.
"A Catholic priest gives the details
of a very curious in Rome. Under the
Law of Suppression, the property of the Nuns
of the Good Shepherd was sold for the benefit
of the State. and each nun, in compensation
was granted pension of 800 lires The Royal
Commissary, which succeeded the Junsa, de-
clared that this suppression was illegal, and it
directed that the property be restored and the
pensions discontinued. To this the Nuns,
strangely enough. objected They appealed to
the courts, which have given decision in their
favor and they remain pensioners Indepen-
dent
The Pope has taken advantage of
the recent attempts on the lives of rulers to
write an encyclical which is not unlike hun
dreds OF its predecessors in attributing the evils
of society to disregard of the authority and
teaching of the Church of Rome and in declar
ing that the Church is the true and effectual
remedy of all existing disorders. He speaks of
Socialism and Nihilism as the outcome of the
Reformation and says he has several times
offered rulers the aid of religion in warding off
impending dangers.-Ib.
The forthcoming report of the Church
Missionary Society will have the following para
graph on the condition and prospects of its West
African missions
In Sierra Leone, and even in the interior
countries approached from it. the committee do
not look forward to an extension of the Society $
own operations rather, to the increasing readi
ness and ability of the African Church to under,
take missionary as well as pastoral work For
the first time since the earlist conversions. under
William johnson, the native Christians con
nected with the Society in the Colony are this
year returned as None all being now trans
ferred to the Native Church. Unlike Sierra
Leone, the Yoruba Mission will need re enforce
ment from England; and it is not only there
that an inviting field calls for the energies of the
English missionary. The committee feel that
the time has come when on the Niger also the
white man should take his place by the side of
the black man in proclamng the name of their
common Lord and Saviour. The remarkable
exploratory voyage of the Henry Venn' mis-
sion steamer up the Bnue, in 1879. not only
revealed the existence of tribe after tribe ready
to receive teachers, but reminded us that by the
two great branches of the Niger we have a
facility of access into Central Africa to which
no route from the Coast affords parallel The
committee are persuaded that one of the Society s
earliest advances should be in this direction and
nobler field for the Krapfs and Livingstones
OF the future cannot be imagined The remark
able character of the movement toward Chris
tlanity in the delta of the Niger is fully confirmed
Both at Brass and at Bonny the people by
hundreds are throwing away their idols and
attending the Church services. The two church
es are thronged every Sunday. small chapel
mas lately been built in neighboring hamlet
by King George People. who is taking verv
nearly interest In the mission and setting a good
example to his subjects, while the lannon's min
temple studded with human skulls is going to
ruins" "
-THE ScoToH CHURcH.-The Pres
6ytertan Journal gives the following summary
of the Scotch Churches:
According to the latest figures we have seen
the communicates of the Scotch Free Church
are about 100000. of the United about ls2 600
and OF the Established about 100000. These
with the other divisions, would make nearly
100000 Presbyterian communicates in Scot.
land, and show that more than three-fourtbs
OF the population are in Presbyterian families
The Free Church has Is Synods, 70 Presbv.
terles, and 1,043 congregations, with 40 other
preaching stations It's money columns for tbe
year Just closed, grouped as we proup ours
amounted to G491, 1O2 ($2,455. 81 ~ for conora.
gational, and EOS, 230 for benevolent causes
The Foreign Mission collections embraced in
this, were 979,111 which, The MonthI,, Re.
cord, says is the largest revenue for onr mis-
sions outside Of Scotland yet raised in the his.
tory OF the Scottish Church." and an increase Of
nearly 5000 over the preceding year.
The Established Church has i. 26S marshes