, 1881-06-19

There are eighteen different evangelical
! societies at work in Syfia. These en- mplo,
eighty foreign preachers and teachers AMI
200 native helpers. They seek to reach th'
2G, 600 souls.
DR.. Clifford, the Catholic Bishop of Clifton
England, has declared for a Darwinian in
terpretation of Genesis. lie thinks that it i;
poor science, and that the writer meant it Al
2 hymn Of creation rather than a textbook
in natural history.
The Hebrew Club in the Divinity School Of
Yale College have made and published {
revision OF the authorized version Of the
prophecy Of 11abaksuk.; 1t is distributed fol
criticism, and is in advance Of the revision o
the Old Testament by the British and Amer
ican Committees.
The Summer School of Christian Philoso.
| phy will meet at Warwick Woodlands
greenwood Lake, Orange County. July II ..
Lectures will be- delivered by DR.. deems.
Noah Porter, Prof. Bnwne, Prof. Young,
DR.. Lyman Abbott, DIR. AlcIlyaine, Prof.
Martin, and President BascOm.
! A committee has been appointed by the
revising the Wesh Kew restamsnt sceor q
ing to the Greek text adopted i'll the Eli gIish
revision. The present Welsh version was
not translated from the original, but from
the English version. and therefore is not re-
garded as sufficiently idi0natlc.
~ n, m. "yan ~ nt'o;y's ;a3't. u. .sat1i, Wrtlng
tr;ct sn,.s t.,;s ra.,t ~ y utL .lis
due to the energy and zeal of the native
Ia ae1sai - .tnnT T,,1,, Thr;et;" ;tt;a.1ss, saw
fnr ely r. -. EUUu ttn eoatn
hrathar ~ - e. ',,e. ,v;t ~. ~ + la oW
monv IT nc g to "a st,an,a p' !, "''A 'i4n 'lal puts
now yor,- horsa v;n coor ;s.,,o ~ =;
I ton of the revised version of the New Test
ament, with the readings and renderings
carnnrotan ~ ;'tn tha tont ~ hns ,ee III ~
narcI IN this torm hv nr. Rnswei VII J'eIi ~ It;tn- p1
cncl an, ,;,i ha ae35oa;ai,u ;n+eroIt;, - risci
satjsfactorv 70 tIose Win consiIer HIT I,a tha
smrg,st;ons If m te ar;csn m Saa Ea,n,n e ee
vajma ahia and - ;,,nnrtant eo4itll'1tee aie
'"uAo4e AIT. t4f.pol A"'l'.
| The Cardinal Archbishop Of Saragossa,
| who has recently died. is the sixteenth Car
| tsina1 who has died since the accession Of
Eeo ,n N1hi. Il Inc Mnmeer @ q Jafd1nas now
n4acon. ,nJ traa l'ISe or;,,e;s eatula1
nni 1n ~ ~ thoea ~ netto.
derives I lis nomination ] from Gresory !SV' WI
ferty:sevs3 were appointed by Fius *, and nd
Pnnt;T Fiun of the Wed ais Ia e present
o"'4i' Hi'e ~ et'o 1seu Ai"'s "te sacailt-
Twenty-four thousand lay members Of the
Church of England have signed a protest
gland, Of any doctrines Or practices which
favor the restoration Of the ROMish mass, or
uctinn of tba rontess,on,f ~ ay n ls.1ao-
t;a', ~ - u'e c9il.e,sao!.!, ot aHy assunp
th Un ~ scg,on,a +, t pLetensaqMs Oh tne part Of
e,'d aux ssnE;nts ~ s0 Th r,s y, ~ wora
nrnfast - c.iis r. . e ss Geps =, S sts
ro;so eate 10 tI;,, e 81 paHg a
pio'''ees ~ s1'e IL LIS sel1ous cohslueraelon.
After all it appears that the Revising Com
...Iove,'' for g charity have only returned to
the old rendering. III the edition printed by
Robert Barker, of London, in lG10, "loyc -
appears throughout the thirteenth chapter of
aea tne flrs. :;t o. CGrlhtnans, tha tans: though
pei h,, Mi, nat eo i, ~ % o. ',e aIu s.Sels
= tnrriinr cvnhl 'A 4: oa ~ liz soyt,, =,
vartn H,a ,,arsth ian an -, 'l9 @ tnatt tt
th;,rna,,ti = ~, ,,. ;5, in5, f n III siie
n, tliteemt, au nM ;to1hen inlal, hope. ula
thee. = S'Ln ia,,a uose 'lec oot Liz cl1elest u
'uese - 1--WE.
The Rev. l.. W. Bacon, in the last number
Of the Coa9rcgatlo,alixt, attributes the col
lapse of the Gallican Church in Paris to the
weakness Of l'ere Hyacnthe' position. which
IS negative one "l1e is now,' says Mr.
Bacon, .'slmp1y a .ritualist Eplscopalian,
closely identified with his sect Of sect iii
England and the United States, and frater-
mti nn @ Ge eise eiy sI9w!y very
- teiIe.ant.s; tha n 'tls afclaeuly nave GONE
to hnn from Tbe .s ru5 n pre is m,ae;u1
The % Salvation Of France IS Is apDroaciins SaS rom
4 good point in favor of Sunday-schools
was made i'll Pennsylvania country church
the other day. There were two parties i'll
the church, one in favor of and the other op-
posed to Sunday schools, and the aulerents
OF the latter. determining to enbody their
convictions in formal protest. had Il docu-
ment drawn tip and posted in the church.
But the impressiveness of this demonstra-
ton was quite lost when the friends of the |
gu uIseovereu @ i1as a. every man OF
~; -. i;ts, .fd tne VII
.,;sa e''ssl g - .GV " ,.s 1tas - Moau ~ to
"'oe Is enoush! h!-ouhod9-oc'too1 it'hes'
4 church in Philadelphia had a bare look |
inE patch Of ground in front of its church |
which gave the premises a dreary and for |
bidding appearance. AS an expedient for |
giving this the appearance Of Il garden |
musical entertainment was given, the price |
Of admission to which was one pot-plant for |
each person entering. The success was inl-
mense. AL the neighbors and their children
crowded into the church on the evening Of |
the entertainment, each bringing plant in |
flower The next morning the sexton and a
working committee Of the church people set !
TO work to place the plants III position. In 4
as the rose.
= E:cumenlcai e ConncllIthe ilrst general co4n-
4 u ult eiuicn-eiilDEacs AletHoulSln. LIS