The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-03-30

=" What forms OF 'gayety' are allowable
in Lent" is question under discussion in some
circles. One OF the fashion nevpapers informs
US .hat these amusements are to be catalopued "a
roIier ,skaung, sewing circles readings intellec
tual clubs. and hunting" and we are serionslx
informed by the same authority that the voupo
ladies' who are tired of dancing or bereft of that
amusement, go walking with their doas moro
ana more as the season advances"
LIE venerable Bristol philanthropist.
Rev. George Muller concluded his labors in
this city on Friday night last with a sermon
on ,he second Coming of our Lord, at the
thirteenth street church. where a large audience
was gathered. As is generally known. he holds
that the Advent will be pre- mlllennial. and
me'nUiihe' until Its occurrence the world will
wax worse and worse. During the last air
years MIR. Muller has preached in nearly all of
our large cities, and IN Canada. After a stav
OF two or three weeks in Newark n. J.. lat the
Park HOTEL he sails in the Britannia of the
White Star Line, without expectation of again
returning to this country but with the view
after short respite, of renewing his eyangel
istic effort In Germany, Holland, and elsewhere
ne mas iaoored for longer period in this CITY
than In any other i'll America, and has made
many personal friends who will unite their
prayers for his continued usefulness. AS vet
MS seventy six years do not seem burdensome.
~. Y. Evangelist.
The Kansas Relief Association re-
ports that 10000 negroes have come into the
state IN the two years since the exodus began.
Tor whose relief SOS 900 has been received 'Tba
Association now wants funds with which 10
ouy !ands Tor the refugees but proposes that
a national Relief Association be established at
Cairo, ILL.,, which shall send the poverty strckans
into the older States and sift out those able 70
buy lands for Kansas
QUESTIONS FOR SCEPTICs.-The
E0angcttst puts the following questions What
Is that which makes the epithet Christian
mean neal, the best OF Its kind, whether applied to a
CIVILIZATION, to community, to individual CON
duct, or to an inward temper Not long ago a
snip was wrecked upon the reefs of an island in
ehe acme. The sailors escaping to land feared
lest they might fall into the hands of savages.
one climbed bluff to reconnotre Turning to
MS ,ompanlons ne shouted: Come on Here's
church A simple story but involving a
profound question Why was it safer for shin
wrecked men to go where church upreared its
cross than where there was none? These are
great, questions, and probe the scepticism of our
time to the heart"
"A Roman Catholic bishop makes the
statement that the confessional of his church
reveals the fact that of all Roman Catholic fallen
women nlneteen-twentieths trace the beginning
OF their sad state to the modern dance. 1t will
require great deal of prlori reasoning TO off
set that fact ~ va
The Rev DR.. Dewitt will BEGIN on
next Sunday afternoon, at the Tenth Presbyte
ran church, Philadelphia, a course of sermons
on on some OF the great men of the Patristic and
Meoleval Church-Athanasius, Augustine Ter
ome' etc. The first sermon will be on Atban
asius.
Mr.. Frederick Harrison, the High
PT RES of Positivism in England. cries Halt
Inc revolt against the old faiths has been
carried carr out b!indly-too violently. Let who
will ~ he continues, and who can love God
ana an Christ looking for a celestial crown, let
them serve them. But let no one pretend to
love or serve the Infinite or Evolution or the
lae9 OF Good. 1t is farce" a spasm of sense,
Yes sab" said the old colored man
: de hrs yeah. when l Civ fifty dollars to the
church, dey call me Mistah Richard Johnsons
Esquahi de secon' yeah times was bad an |
couldn't CIV no noah than twenty FIVE dollars,
an dey call me Bruddah Johnson de next yeah
couldn't 4h civ muffin dey call me old Mig