Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-08-20
RELIGIOUS READING.
Remind Me OF the King"

"RcmInd Me OF the King"
La Fontaine, chaplain of the Prussian
army, once preached a very earnest and
eloquent sermon on the sin and folly of
yielding to hasty temper. The next
day he was accosted by major of the
regiment with the words:
"Well, sir think you made use of
the prerogatives of your office, to give
me some very sharp hits, yesterday"
"I certainly thought of you while I
was preparing the sermon" was the
answer, "but I had no intention of be-
ing either personal or sharp"
"Well, it is Of no ase," said the
major, 81 have hasty temper, and I
cannot help it, and 1 cannot control it.
II is impossible"
And still adhering to this opinion,
after some further conversation went his
way.
The next Sabbath La Fontaine
preached upon self-deception, and the
vain excuses which men are wont to
make.
"Why," said he, ga man will declare
that it is impossible for him to control
his temper, when he very well knows
that were the provocation to happen in
the presence of his sovereign, he not
only could but would control himself
entirely. And yet he dares to say that
the continual presence of the King of
kings and Lord of lords, imposes upon
him neither restraint or fearT'
The next day his friend, the major,
again accosted him.
"You were right, yesterday, chap
lain," he said, humbly. Hereafter,
whenever you see me in danger of fall
ing, remind me of the KingW
Religious News and Notes.
OF the $50 missionaries in India the
United States sends lit.
The total membership of the Moray
ian church in America at the close of
the last year was 16, ,491.
Last year 900 of the 526 Congrega-
tional churches in Massachusetts had
no accessions at all, and the net gain in
the state was only It's.
Spurgeon says that London is getting
to be the most heathenish city under
the sun, and the necessity for evangeli-
cal work there is greater than ever.
The 100000 members of the Evan
gelical churches in this country gave
last year toforeign missions 50, 121, 731,
or an average of twenty. one cents each.
In the revised New Testament the
changes are more numerous in the
Epistles than in the Gospels. In the
Epistle to the Ephesians, which has
only 155 verses, there are 384 changes,
most of them very slight.
AS an indication of the general atten-
tion the Christian religion is attracting
in Japan, it is stated that society has
been formed whose members solemnly
pledge themselves never to become
Christians.
In Rocklin, California, the Congrega-
tional church has for two years been
without pastor. There is no rush of
applicants for the vacant pulpit, as the
church has only five members. The
vacancy will probably continue for
some time to come.
The oldest missionary in India is the
Rev. George Pearce, of the English Bap-
tist society. He arrived in India in
1926, consequently he has spent fifty
five years in the service. The Rev. J.
P. Rottler, who died in 1886, spent
sixty years in India, longer term than
any missionary in that country.
The native Baptist church in Karen
village, India, took up collection for
sending missionaries to the Ka-Khyena.
The amount was so large that the mis-
sionary, Mr.. Carpenter, who knew their
poverty, declined to receive it. They
insisted, saying: "We can live upon
rats; but the Ky Khyenas cannot live
without the Gospel"
According to correspondent of the
National Baptist, there are more than
100000 colored members of Baptist
churches in the United States. In
South Carolina, Georgia and Eastern
Texas three of the Sunday school mis-
sionaries of the Baptist publication So
ciety report that 152 Sunday schools
were organized last year.