The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-07-20
GENERAL ITEMS.

GGN GHAL ITEMS.
Still ANOTHER CoMET-Professo
Swift Director of the Warner Observatory
Rochester, N. Y, has just verified the discovery
OF another comet, in the Constellation of Auriga.
made July 14th, by Prof. ]. M. Schaeberle, of
Ann Arbor, Mich. This new comet is ap-
parently coming directly toward the earth, and,
Tor telescope comet, Is very bright indeed,
it can readily be seen with good opera glass.
II Is quite remarkable that it should be in Just
the spot where the present large comet was first
seen by the naked eye in this latitude, and it
shows that the two bodies must have crossed
each others paths. This makes the fourth
comet discovered within ten weeks, a crcum-
stance heretofore unknown in history Prof.
Schaeberle has duly filed his application for the
Warner prize of 5000, and as yet he is the only
claimant
The minister's vacation" we be-
lieve, is good thing for him, and not all an
evil thing to the congregation to which he re-
turns with freshened vigor. 1t may also be
fruitful in direct results. DIR. Plumer once told
us that he preached one summer from Richmond
to the mouth of the Kanawha river, taking six
weeks for the work, and heard afterwards of
more than sixty persons who dated their con-
version from the work of that vacation. An.
other,story of the same kind is thus told IA
minister took board for the summer in neigh
6orhood lacking in religious privileges. His
heart was touched by the condition of things.
around him. and he let it be known that he
would preach if the people would furnish a con.
gregatlon This was very soon gathered, and
now there are three churches whose origin can
be directly traced to his work of that summer"
The Intense individualism of the
churches" is complained of as an evil" in the
Baptist, Congregational, and Unitarian bodies.
More fellowship" is needed, says one; strong
sense of the interdependehcy" of the churches
says another; deeper feeling of the RESPONSE
blllty OF the whole for a part, says third; all
OF which means, being interpreted, little more
Presbyterianism, to make the body stronger
and more compact organism.
Professor Swing does not want so
much Bible He says =" There should be in
and whole books, on the ground that they make
the sacred volume too large to be printed in
good type and still be portable. A small Bible
always means that the type is almost microscopic
A popular Bible should be at once portable and
OF far, clear type; and to make this possible
a large part Of the old Testament should be
omitted from the editions of the future"
In certain village, during service
one Sunday. morning, the pastors little girl,
nearly three years old, became somewhat wea-
RED at the extreme length of the sermon, and
ly, said, to the great amusement of those who
sat near her: Come, papa, that's enough; let's
go home"
"A Scotch boy had delivered mes
sage to lady. but did not seem in hurry to
go. Being asked if there was any thing else
that his mother babe him say, Jock whmpered
out, She said L wasn't to seek any thing for
CONN., but, ifye gied met. was to tax it,
--Andover Seminary is to have an
Advanced Class"-that is, a course of study
for fourth year, into which those who have
passed through the usual theological course will
be admitted A series of lectures on important
questions OF present interest will be arranged.
or the twenty eight graduates this year seven
will 60 into the Advanced Class"
The Rev. DIR. Henry Highland Gar
net, member of the Presbytery Of New York
and pastor Of the Shiloh Presbyterian church
New York city, has been appointed Minister of
the United States to the Republic of Liberia.
Mr.. Garnet's daughter is now missionary in
Liberia, and he goes back as the nations re
preventative to the land in which his fathers
dwet, and from which they were torn to be
enslaved.
ENTRANTS TO PRINCETON COLLEGE,
note from DR.. McCosh says -" The present
number is one hundred and thirty-three There
VIII be another examination at the opening OF
the College year in September. If the usual
number nifty or sixty come up at that time II
Will make the number Of entrants largeS by thir
ty than 1t has ever been before in the history OF
the College,"
The white elephant of Siam is great
or in the ideal than in the actual His color is
rather light brown than white. But he is
treated as if he were prince, and we shall al
ways endeavor to esteem it great honor that We
were permitted to give it some bananas to eat
out of our own hands
The American Bible Society mana
gers met July 18th, s. Wells Williams, LID.
in the chair, and DIR. Mclean conducting the
usual exercises. Six thousand dollars were an
proPriated to foreign fields The items included
$4,000 to the Russian Bible Society. largely for
work in Siberia and the Amoor district $500
to the Valparaiso Bible Society for work in
Chill and 1000 TO the Waldensian Church for
the promotion of colportage in Italv. Grants
OF books were made to the value of about S13
4OO-distributed to twenty. eight States and Ter
ritories Of the Union. The receipts for June
were $33 ,39l 5S. Copies Of the Scriptures is
sued, 107,2 85.
"A lawyer some time since asked a
Judge to charge the jury " that it was better for
ninety nine guilty men to escape than for one
innocent man to be punished" Eyes" said the
Judge, will give that charge but it is the
opinion of the court that the ninetv.pine guilty
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