, 1881-06-05

\ conference on subjects sugrested hy rhs cn
= xenaon. Evenin9-Address, "Whcreunto th
e Northwest desiring further Information mn
I, I, 4ddress Il. s Vail. l50 Madison street, ChicaR
RI GENERAL NOTES.
The United Brethren in Christ have men
berstilp in Iowa OF about $4,000. Last yea
r they paid preachers salaries to the amour
: Of $685., Goo.
Inc Original Secession Synod OF Scotlan
recently adopted memorial asking Parll;
ment to shut out atheists from its body
y meaning Bradlaush.
Fourteen Baptist churches have retired
from the California Baptist Associatio o.
account OF tile commanding influence Of the
kal!ocils III the denomination.
3fhe Kew. ). McFarlane, missionary fr
NeW Gu1nea, says tllat portions OF the BibIt
nave been printed in four languages Of tn
co9ntry, ali OF which have been reduced Il
: writing. -
Baptist Seminary. 1T louisville, Ky.. are
endowment to be raised by -. June nee'nInft'! the
Treasurer already has IN cash SITS. GOO. 4
liberal contribution {S42,000} was made nj
the North i,response to the efforts Of Drs' s
BrOadus and BOyce.
The JclDish Idpance says: sIn tha ravisad
eu!tlon OF the Christian appendage to the
| Bible, the word 'hell' is substituted by
shndes' This is right, because the newly
selected word carries the reader back to the
origin OF the idea it expresses, the Greek
mythology. In our Bible, the word as we'll
us the idea of hell is unknown"
The number OF Salvation Army stations
now reported i'll Great Britain is 1856; Of OIL
Ger, eers, employed M and paid, 395; and Of trained
tatlon Is provided for l41, 900 persons, and The
total number of people reacfled in the streets
anu highways weekly is computed at 5000, :
0o0. The annual amount Of expenditure
reaches nearly $4,000.
| The Altiance says: The Gospel has be-
sent out hundred thousand copies of the
| New Testament us i little supplement- With
ne uie feat ot TIE TRIBUNE Of Sunday before
!ast, n publishing . paper of thirtysix pages,
the extreme linitof readable area III journal
| lslll may be said to have been reached.
The american Hcl,rcy, commenting on
| the issue of the Revised New Testament,
says tile Jews are not especially interested
therel1i further than it leads them to hope
publish an honest translation of the Old. It
is almost too much, it thinks. to hope that
Christianity. will cut from under its feet tho
only ground Oh which it stands, and yet the
truth ultimately will prevail.
The Old Catholic movement is progressing
Vienna have elected the Rev. Miloo Czech. Il
Clergyman from Bohemia, tlleir curate. Tie
entered upon his duties April i. The great
est Inducements !latl been held out to him in
On the very day when Mr, Czech declared
his ACCESSION to the Old Catholic Church, he
tecttVga re- .;! a aecreG appointing hlm Secretary
- lhe i>rlnce ArchDlsfoDo OF Prague, and in
tlll1atlis t1at ne was soon TO be 1nauc Canon.
The Bishop of Exeter recently remarked
Chucl would be a terrible evil, both to the
Church and the nation. The Churcl, would
lose u great position, preserved to her hitfer-
to by the providence of God; and the nation,
sobriety, and steadincss of religious tone.
Still, there were worse evils than discstab-
lisllment; and he could scarcely imagine 4
worse evil than the loss Of that breadth of
spirit that ma estic charity which had hitilcr-
t1hea III tne e!ibraGe Gt one great body the
1eiluenc,es OF me sons OF the Church OF
hhsla'ld'
It remains in doubt whether the America1r~
Bible Society will be brave ellougl, to Dublish
mime to that ante.liiuvi:.,, % societY2a Worii % to
exercise with: It prnbabiy-~ not be dis
loyal to that dead King. The Bible Union
will not handle Il Testament that does not
call John the BAPTIST the lflmHrStr. these
kind-hearted people who swear by SAWYER
will not take Kindly to the new version. but
in spite Of all opposition it will make its way.
1t is not too radical but just radical enough
1or tfie spltit or the age. 1t might be better
t' ~ -, p"e ~ !; l'.l gettcr, " tne Wnolc,
tt't1t tne old, anu IL Will nave Tree COURSE
-atttd'ace. ,
A National anniversary of the American
Home Missionary Society will be held in
Central Mnsic-1Ial!, corner of State and
Randolph streets, Chicago, the 7th StI,, and
9th Of June The opening session will be
held June :, at 10 o'clock .. IN. The Chris
tian people Of Chicago, through the Commit |
tee of Arrangements, will most cordially en-
tertain the life directors and life members of
the Society, missionaries OF the Society and |
their wives, pastors of other CONGREGATIONAL i
churches and their wives, women who desire |
70 orgalllzc Il missionary society, eonten-
p.tnS IellIe WoIk III Wtlole OF III part slhti
a.uuents 81. a otnets HieleT commission anu
I'll foute ior thelf helas OIL iapor.
The Rev. ". S. Buck says he never pre-
pares sermon upon New Testament text
without first rcatling the whole chapter in
which the text occurs in the original Greek,