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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-03-02

the clue to the unfortunate manner in
which it treated the subject.
We certainly would not knowingly
misstate the position of our esteemed
contemporary for the world 1t charac-
terises our remark as a "loose" state
ment and intimates that we need "over-
hauling" 1t observes: 1.-The Central
Presbyterian says: The N. Y. EVENING
POST Is out in favor of the doctrine of
universal salvation. 1t says this in a
way to show that it is itself not at all in
favor of SO sweeping result"
Now we beg to remark on this, that if
we employed loose and extravaganza Ian
guage In representing the Post as being
out in favor of universal salvation" the
language of the Post is certainly as
loose" when it represents US as opposed
to the salvation of all men. The Post
has done the very thing which it com
plains of in us, and with nothing to go on.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-03-02
For the Central Presbyterian.
Bishop versus Archbishop.

Archbishop Gibbons when writing his little
book The Faith of Our Fathers" uses the fol-
lowing language: There is no Free masonry
In the Catholic Church. She has no secrets to
keep back. She has not one set of doctrines for
Bishops and Priests and another for the laity.
She has not one creed for the initiated and an
other for outsiders. Everything In the Catholic
Church (the Archbishop means to be sure the
Roman Catholic church, is open and above
board. She has the same doctrines for all-for
the Pope and the peasant" Doubtless that
Right Reverend Father will read with no small
surprise and indignation the words of an inferior
which contradict him to his very teeth Bishop
heane In making some structures on Dr. With
erspoon's letter entitled Rome and Morals"
uses the following language: DIR. Witherspoon
Is mistaken IN representing the casuistic doc
trines of Liguori as showing what kind of doc
trines and precepts will be taught to our people
if the Roman Catholics should be able, etc. St.
Liquors. Moral Theology was written not for
the people Gtalcs ours) nor for preachers Ctalics
ours), but for confessors to enable them to decide
what guilt there may be on any Individual con-
science in regard to an individual case"
Now either the doctrines of Lguori are for
all-for the Pope and the peasant" as the Arch
bishop of Baltimore happily puts it, or they are
not If they are for all" then the Bishop of
Richmond must mend his hold on that Arch
Protestant DIR. Witherspoon. If they are not.
then the Archbishop of Baltimore ought to apol
ogise for denouncing thousands of the teachers
OF the dear separated brethren" as false wit
nesses' and slandere~s.
Archbishop Gibbons aims a deadly arrow at
false witnesses and slanderers, and 10 the Bisb
op OF Richmond is pierced through the vtals.
The Archbishop prepares with infinite pains "a
blind" for the beloved and much deceived "sep-
arated brethren, and Bishop Keane ruthlessy
or thoughtlessy removes it, and all see the ghast-
ly face of Saint Liguorl peering from behind the
curtains of the confessional.
Are any of the separated brethren" so EASY
prey to smooth words as to send their servants.
sons, daughters and wives to private inter
view with confessor who has has moral train.
ing from SAINT Liguori?
Alas that Bishops and Archbishops do not
share the infallibility of the, Pope. Then we
should have no such plumbers as a Bishop con-
tradicting his Archbishop Alas that the holy
Ia Ia mode LiguorD Roman Catholic Church
should have lost its hold upon the separated
brethren" through the contentious of two such
high dignitaries as an Archbishop and Bisbop.
MARC
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-03-02

WE have already announced that we
have secured as Regular Contributors to
the Central Presbyterian number of the
most eminent names in the Church. We
expect to publish in every issue of the
paper contributions from these writers.
Since the list of names given in our last
paper, we have added to the same, and
therefore publish below the following
complete list, as it stands at present
Rev. H. G. ALEXANDER, D. D., Union
Theological Seminary.
Rev. S. E. ARSON, Rome, Ga.
Rev. w. E. Boaas, D. D., Atlanta, Ga.
Rev. WILLIAM BROWN, D. D., Freder-
icksburg, Va.
Rev. R. L. DABNEy, D. D., Union The
illogical Seminary.
Rev. M. D. HoGE, D. D., Richmond
Va.
Rev. T. W. HOOPER, D. D., Selma, Ala.
Rev. I. A. HoYT, D. D., Nashville,
Tenn.
Rev. w. U. MURKLAND, D. D., Balti-
more, Md.
Rev. T. D. W1rHERsPooN, D. D., Pc
tersburg, Va.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-03-02

A WRITER in the Contemporary Re
O'eaO is alarmed at the superficial charac-
ter of the reading of the present day. He
says:
There are not wanting signs in the air that,
while the taste for literature of sort is daily
increasing, the taste for serious study of any
kind is diminishing, among the great mass of
the English people, We seem to have caught
the contagion of American rapid living and
rapid reading so that, if we go on devouring
new books as omnivorously as we have lately
been doing, true student will soon be as rare
as the dodo, and true htterateur be as old fash
Toned a spectacle true scholar is now"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-03-02

SLOWS BUsINEss?" said one man to
another, as we were walking down Main
Street. The query was propounded by a
man at peanut stand, where he had as
his stock of worldly possessions about
half a bushel Of that Southampton staple,
and few dozen very red apples piled
up in pyramids. 1t was addressed to
another peanut man, shambling, pow
erty- stricken, elderly man, with crum-
pied hat The latter replied, as he pushed
on up the street, ooh, there is nothing
doing nothing at ALL" The whole thing
passed with all the gravity of converse
ton at the Stock Exchange.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-03-02
"A Town Built ON D1AMn,

"A Town BUILT ON DIAMoNDs.-No
town In Africa can boast such rapid growth as
Kimberley, the seat of Government in Grioua
land West, and the headquarters of the South
African diamond diggings. Eleven years ago
not a hut stood where now some Is 600 peopfe
with trade of over two millions a year. form
one OF the most thriving communities on the
African continent. 1t is now discovered that
the town is built upon land which promises 10
be as productive OF diamonds as the neighboring
dlgglngs which have been the source of its
wealth and the very origin of it's eTi,tancs
Kimberley is identical with the New Rush"
Diamond Settlement of 1870 and the thousands
who fiocked to the locality to secure "claim"
In the valuable reefs, which have been worked
further and further to the east of the site of the
future town, were in such hurry to seek their
fortune in the diggings that they forgot to in
quire whether the soil on which thew pitched
their tents or erected their log. huts were not
equally diamond iferous.
AS the wooden shanties have given place 10
more substantial buildings, it has been found
that Kimberley itself has been built on a dia-
mond field, and that the West end or residential
part OF the town is as full Of gems as the actual
dlgglngs themselves at the eastern or working
end of the town New claims are being taken
up in all directions and land which was begin
ming to acquire considerable value as building
sites has suddenly assumed fresh Importance az
possibly containing some new " Star of South
Africa" How many houses will be pulled down
in the search for the diamonds upon which thew
are built it would be difficult to saw Rnt 4
will be interesting to watch the future progress
of town which owes it's existence and it's s1bse-
quent partial obstruction and removal to the same
cause.-The abundance of the diamonds in the
miost oil which 1t appears to have grown.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-03-02

On another point we implore the clemency OF
the Presbyterian Amongst the favorite topics
of conversation among women he mentions fur.
niture and pithily observes:
/" 1t is very certain that we brought no fur
niture into this world and that we can carry
none out, and life is too short to spend on such
frivolites."
Now, we earnestly hope the Presbyterian does
not mean to limit our conversation to those
things that we brought into the world with us
for it is very certain that we came here unpro-
vided with even an idea.-Cor Standard.
We brought mind and moral ma
t~re into the world-with the potential
ity of ideas and moral sentiments
these will follow US. 1t might just as
we'll be said that we brought no eyes.
We brought them, but they were not
available until we learned to use them.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-03-02
TRAINED Saba TIL SCHOOL
TEACHERS.

NO feature OF Une OaDDatn School work
is more hopeful and promising than the
movement looking to the establishment
of normal classes. Pastors and superin-
tendents engaged in the work find one of
the greatest difficulties in the way of the
best success to be the lack of thoroughly
qualified teachers, teachers who shall
bring to the work not only an earnest
spirit and an ardent desire to win souls
to Christ, but also thorough familiarity
with the Word of God, its structure, and
its doctrines. No part of the work of
the Church surpasses in Importance the
training of the children and youth in the
knowledge of the truth And no other
work more imperatively demands the
best gifts and attachments on the part of
those engaged in it; it need, therefore,
scarcely be said that not only should
there be close scrutiny by the constituted
authorities of the Church of the qualifca-
tons of those who teach and their meth
DDS of teaching, but there should be pro-
vision to give to teachers the opportuni-
ty of qualifying themselves for their i'm
portant service.
OF late years great assemblies have
been gathered at different points in this
country, having this object in view. The
best known of these is the Chatauqua AS
sembly, where for weeks during the sum-
mer thousands of teachers are brought
together, and the best facilities afforded
them in courses of systematic instruction
and lectures upon all points connected
with their work 1t is Sabbath School
University, and has accomplished great
service to the cause, not only by its i'm
mediate work, but by the impulse given
to normal instruction through the land.
But very limited number of the teach
ers in the Sabbath School can avail them
selves of the magnificent opportunity
thus offered, and if our teachers are
trained as they should be, some other
means must be devised.
In what we have said we will not of
course be understood as endorsing with
out qualification everything connected
with the Chatauqua Assembly. We re-
fer only to its general conduct and inhu-
ence).
Another measure of great Importance
and value, is the holding of Sabbath
School Institutes. The purpose of these
gatherings of teachers is precisely the
same as that of the Assembly. The in
stitute is not convention having as the
main object the awakening of enthusiasm
in the work by addresses and conferences,
but a body of Sabbath School teachers,
under competent instructors, studying
their great Textbook, and the best meth
DDS of teaching. The value of such gath
erings can scarcely be overestimated, and
we believe all our Presbyteries should
make provision for holding such insti-
tutes from time to time, and thus give to
teachers under their charge all available
advantages in the preparation for their
work. But even if this were done, a
great portion Of our teachers would not
be reached.
There Is, however, another measure
looking to the same end, which is avail
able and practicable, and by means of
which the advantages we have referred
to may, in large measure, be brought
within reach OF all our teachers, and that
&c i IL
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-03-02

The SOUTHERN PULpIr.-The March No. of
this Magazine, published in Richmond, Va, by
Messrs. jackson & Lafferty, has among its con-
trlbutors Dr. Lipscomb, of the Vanderbilt Uni
versity; the late Bishop Atkinson, OF North
Carolina; DR.. Read, of Richmond, Va. DR..
Wilson, of Nashville; Rev. Mr. Barrett, of Ken
lucky; DR.. Winkler. of Alabama, and other
eminent divines. 1t has, also. large depart
ment of illustrations for sermons Price $3.50
year.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-03-02

LIBERALITY.-The 81. James Gazette
Is disposed to find in the diversity of SEN
timent tolerated in the Anglican estab-
lishment valuable trait 1t strikes us
that that establishment would be more
useful and more earnest body if there
was less federation of error. You may
broaden your creed until the canvass
covers the Lamb and the Bengal Tiger,
the Owl and the Parrot, the Ape and the
Elephant, and all the varieties that went
into the ark. This is the theology in the
volume of Scotch Sermons noticed by us
the other day in our book reviews. The
temper of the day is not to believe much
in anything-to apologize alike for Ro
manist, Pagan, Jew, and Atheist. The
feeling is, "Let US alone" we have not
time to be studying theological creeds !;
we have got our money to make, and our
farms to attend to, and our wives to
marry, and the theatre to go to-don't
bother us about fate, free-will, fore
knowledge absolute the atonement the
question of inspiration, and such matters
But we have got to be bothered about
these matters, certainly about such mat
tiers as the Character of Christ, the Nature
OF the Atonement, the Inherent Deprav-
ity of the Human Heart, the Offices and
Work of the Holy Spirit. We cannot
throw our Bibles away, and say, 1t makes
no difference; nor can Church permit
one OF its ministers to throw his Bible
away, or to proclaim that it is not infal-
libby inspired, or to strike at the Divinity
OF the Saviour or the efficacy of the
Atonement, without stultifying itself and
running into paganism.
But here is the view taken of this mat
ter by the st. James Gazette.
Nay, more than this, it may be truly said
that no religious communion so thoroughly and
essentially liberal as the Anglican Establish
ment has ever existed in the world, or is ever
likely to exist. Can the principle of private
Judgment be carried further than in Church
Church and Dean Stanley, Mr.. Mackonochie
and Bishop Ryle, Canon Farrar and Canon Lid.
don dwell together, if not in fraternal unity,
at all events in parliamentary uniformity As
Dr. Arnold admirably expressed it in his inau
gural lecture at Oxford, the bond of the Anpli
can clergy consists in a common object and in
q common practice rather than in common be.
lief; their end is good rather than truth. It il
here, and not in the dssidence of dissent that
the Professionalism of the Protestant religion is
really realized; for Nonconformity as ever issued
IN rigid and incorporating dogmatism. ST
James Gazette.
A common practice-but not com
mon belief" There is sense. for you, to
say nothing of character
We are not to suppose that this Glib
eral' theology is by any means confined
to the Anglican establishment. 1t pre-
walls there fearfully, there is too much
reason to believe. But, as already re-
marked, tits found also in the Scotch es-
Enlistment, and we have in fact seen
nothing that passes the volume of Scotch
Sermons referred to. Some of the adj
vanced thinkers Of the Established Church
OF Scotland seem to be afraid that the
English Church will Guido them. It
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-03-02

WE LEARN that much religious inter
est is manifested in the congregation of
the Old Street church, Petersburg, (Rev.
Alfred Jones). The Rev. w. N. Scott,
of the Third church, Richmond, preached
over there all last week, and he will con-
tinue to do so during the present week.
1t is believed to be genuine work of
grace.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-03-02

The SERIOUS SICKNESS of Mrs. E. H.
Brown, wife of Rev. DIR. VIM. Brown,
has already been mentioned in one of
the city papers, and will occasion a feel
ing of profound anxiety throughout the
Church. She was rather better at last
accounts (she is in fredericksburg, but
was still very sick. Her disease is pneu-
monia.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-03-02

ought to be the effort of those who love
the truth, to strike at error whether it
be found in one Church or another. ONLY
those are united who hold the same fun
damental beliefs, no matter what they
call themselves.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-03-02

Rev. JOHN M. HARRIS died at his
home on Jersey Mountain, near Romney,
W. Va, on the 18th of February, in the
73d year of his age.
A sketch of his life, which we have re-
ceived, will be published next week.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-03-02

IT is NOT generally known that the
Egyptian mummies are an article of
commerce. They are used as fertilizers.
The cereal crops of England are partly
produced in this way. The bodies are
first ground into powder, and then ex-
ported.
What commentary on human pride I
Imagine some fine gentleman of to-
day who drives down town in his polished
carriage being used some centuries hence
to manure the fields of some Australian
farmer Knowing that it will come to
that, it does not turn him from his course.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-03-02

= You did wrong to shoot that man s
dog. You might have pushed him off with the
butt Of your gun, said Recorder Smyth to
man who was charged with shooting neigh
bor's dog. / would have done that, replied
the prisoner if the dog had come at me tail
hrst; but he came at me with his biting end
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-03-02

STRAws.-" Your bonnet is horrid, is
what one little girl says to another now
when she is provoked with her.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-03-02
THE CATHOLIC PREsBYrERIAN for February has
the following contants.

Theologians of the Day-Canon Motley, by
Rev. Professor Glib. M. A, English Presbyte
rian College, London; The United States and
their People. by ]. Marshall Lang D. D.. Glas-
gov; Christian Life in Scandinavia. Sweden.
by Rev A. M. Symington. B. A. Birkenhead
r,r,esbyterlanism in Letter and in Spirit, by the
Editor; Ecclesiastical Links between France
and Scotland. by Rev. D. K. Guthrie, Liberton.
Edinburgh; Belfast and the Third Presbyterian
Council; American Ideas on Congregational
Prayer Meetings; Notes of the Day American
Notes; general Survey Open Council; In Me-
moriam-Rev DR.. Plumer
New York: Arson D. F. Randolph & Co
publishers.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-03-02

NEXT SABBATH is the regular day APP
pointed by the General Assembly for the
annual collection for the cause of Pub
LEGATION.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-03-02

WELL, we hope IsoLA and the Central
Presbyterian are friends again. We sus-
pect that we agree substantially about
the whole matter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-15
arRASCTTFsI
TUT BEST ~ THF WORLD
RIP VAN WINNIE.

Where and when would yon think the following
appeared
have been 10 that notorious slaughter honso OF
time Ballstnn Springs e.. charming. huihdIuh'
careless place of resort where every one was ~ 7
case and might follow unmolest"d the bent al ms
i,,r-nroyi,ied hi. wife was not there; when lo !
all ON "A sudden. Style made IT'S hahriu appcafaho'f
in the scmhiancc oi glg ana Lthn'l', - P''' "a
leather hrccchcs q livcTlcd lootman, AMI COCK
nrvI Since that fatal eve pleasure has taken an
entire new Specification. and at present means hoth-
ing hut style.
We might suppose this WIS written yesterday hy
some ordinary reporter at Saratoga OF Newport
No il was written in lo0~. when Mr. Madison was
President. by Washington Irving
lie proceeds to tell about the ladies from different
sections dressing and dashng and sparkling WITH
ort mercy. At her competitors from other parts of
tho Union sober citizens wife Will break
half a dozen mi,lincrs shops and sometimes starvc
her family whole season 10 enable her to mako
tho Spring, campaign in style. She repairs TO the
scat of war with mighty force ~ trunks and band
boxes. like so many ammunition chests, filled With
cans. hats. gowns. ribbons. shawlS aud all the
various artillery If fashionable warfare
Further remarks on the rapid evaporation Of
the Ballstou waters give some ground for what
Grcvillc said in his memoir, Of Irving: lcis lively
and unaSsuming rather vulgar very good
bumorcd" And again: "Na~hnrton Irving
wants sprirhtncs. aud moro refined manncr-.'
Irving first saw the Cat->i- ia the year 800.
from the deck Of q sloop. and he wrote long after
ward
Never shall forget the effect upon me ~ the tir~j
view of them prc.ioiuuAtiug over . wide cNt'ht "i
country part Wild. Woudy and rugged. part ~"li'hr"
away into all tdr ruac'- OF cultivation. As We
slowly ioatcd along. l1t on thc deck ami watched
them through % iuug summer day, uud' .t"iIt "
thousand cN,itatiou- under tr uagt al rir L. oi Al
mo-uhrrr: -umrtlurs seeming &" approach. dl "ii'i
times IL rcccle now almost melting into nay dts
taucc now Furnished hy the setting suu. until in
Tho evening thcy painted themselves isalu-t ih'
glowing shy Ia the deep purple Of an Italian land
scalc.
Tn 1858. forty years after be- published Rip Van
Wrinkle" Irving went go Kingston and spent day
looking az tho old Dutch towns near hs. scenes
In his story Of Rir." SAYS bis nephew Pierre "no"
explored for the ri uuc.'
Rip Van Wrinkle. after coming ont in London. s." %
published in New York IN 1919. and the edition
Was 1000 copies. That little tale. written Dos one
never in the mountains has made million dollar
for tavern keeper has made thc greatest persona
reputation of our country on The dramatic stage au'
it, now carrying railroads into thc Clt-hll-.
JoHNNY BoUQrEr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-15
ETHIOPIAN FINANCIAL MARKETS.

roxnoy MAY l4-l23n p m-Consols, 100 Tor money and
lO2a fnr the acc0unt; bnuds four per cenis l2 four
ana half per 1905 nyes, lO5il Erie. 52ls 20.
sccond corsOls O7: Newlork Central 1881 Atlantic and
Great second mortgage trustees certificates 81 m
nois Central 1896 Pennsylvania Central CO " heS-York,
'I@Snos NAV IA D. m.-Consols ls2ls for money and
lO2as fer the account Atlantic and Great Western brss
mortago trustees Osat DO second 81 4 Enc SEC
ond consos 1O7L NewYork, ontario and Western, 80
adycos quote three per cent renes az 80 ahes ~
confines for tho account. ., ~. 80,
IoSDoS May 1880 mParis advices quote three per
sc francs "a y centmesr 10 she account
IoyDoN IA The Eron0mr of this week says " Iho
rate ol bank bis sixty days 10 three months -
cent and Tor trade Bills sl1ty days 70 three months
cent The Stock Exchange opened with
IN The inward All sorts Of securities tuesday
brought pause .ho foreign department. but even the be-
ginning settlement Wednesday yas inefe tual 10
Tho home and foreign nRvayH THURSDAY
brought partial change. The Exchange had counted upon
reduction Bank Oi England rate Of discount but NAS
dappouted Wh0 the gloomy tone OF the Pans hose Nss
reflected here Friday the gloom deepened until mldhs
when that the Boy Of unis bad accepted ne Frne
terms rapid advance and quotations generally closed
AZ Tie beat point 6f the week The companies offering this
week fewer and less important consisting mainly 81 NM
ventures subscriptions for tho conversion 0 tae run
gaan per gold rents into cent gold rfnr VIII 20
and the Continent on the lsth ins INC
issue price about ~ This loan emounte 20 loOo
nominal American railroads show general rise 'siro and
81 his Bridge preferred Central Pacific and California,
York Pennsy yania and ONO nrst moftgaee, and
Ohio Mississippi , Anglo American Tet graph shsfes
have recovered 10 . -
PAas May l4.-EXchange on London. - HAhns "a ocn
times Tor checks