The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-04-06
GENERAL ITEMS.

-" Papa, how do editors get in free
at all the shows ?" We'll, sonny, as a general
rule they give five dollars worth of advertising
for twenty FIVE cent ticket"
1t may serve to show how far the
feeling of reverence for sacred things has died
out among the masses of the Parisians when we
say that The Funny Bible" with comic
Illustrations" is announced among tle pub
locations there. Nothing can be more repulsive
than the thought of the Word of God travestied
and so made a theme OF mockery by the giddy
and profane.
The Nashville Presbytery of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church has overturned
the next Assembly of that body to change the
title of the denomination by dropping the word
"Cumberland'' and adopting the title 1.-The
American Presbyterian Church" 1t would I'M
doubtedly more fully represent widely extend
ed church, but the historical flavor would be
entirely lost.
Wherever the Church of Rome
controls education the largest proportion of
llliteracy is found. This is proved by statistics
everywhere. In Connaught, Ireland, the pro-
portion of illiterate Romanists is 81 per cent,
OF the EPscoPalians ii per cent and of the
Presbyterians 81 per cent.
The first organ ever used in the
Irish Presbyterian church has been ordered for
church near Belfast but has not been put up.
as an injunction in Chancery is threatened.
Major Whittle and Mr.. and Mrs.
McGranahan, American evangellsts, have been
holding evangelistic services in Edinburgh.
The great Assembly Hall has been used and
has been crowded. After meetings have been
held, at which many inquirers have been pre-.
sent. DIR. Blaikie and DIR. Horatius Bonar have
made addresses at the meetings, and much in
terest has been awakened.
up to 1870 there was no provision
for common school education in England. but
now both in England and Scotland, parents are
required by law to provide elementary education
for their children between the years of five and
thirteen. In 1879 there were 1O,lll prosecu-
lions IN London for not sending children to
school according to law, 5,648 in Liverpool
and 1856 in Birmingham, and the law is felt
to be valuable assistance
FREE episcopal CHURCHEs.-T
annual meeting of the Free Church Guild of the
Diocese OF New York was held last week in All
SAINTS church, this city. In the annual report
1T was shown that large number of churches of
the Protestant Episcopal communion in the
United States are free, and that the collections
In them for parish and general purposes have
been about equal, proportionately, to the col
lectlons In the pew churches. There are go
self supporting free churches, with 10000 com.
last year, with several dioceses yet to report
there was collected 81 ,2S5,O0O, an average of
PIT Tor each communicate. Collections in other
churches gave an average of $l8, so for each com
munlcant, and it was expected that the Free
Guild would reach that figure when every do
cese had reported.
"A new department is to be instituted
at the University of Pennsylvania. under the
title OF the School of Finance and Economy
1t is to be endowed with $4,000 by Mr..
Joseph Wharton and will bear his name. The
curriculum is to embrace not only practical
bookkeeping and accounts, but the principles
and proper subjects of taxation the income and
expenditures of governments of all kinds, keen
ing the outgo within the income the nature
and purposes of banking and currency; the
nature OF real money and its functions the
relations OF trade, foreign and domestic the
functions of tariffs, whether for revenue or
protection; official duties and morals in respect
OF duty in the handling of public moneys the
damaging effects of Republication" of public
obligations the bad effects of running improyi
IDENTIFY into debt; elementary and mercantile
laws and customs industry commerce. and
transportation, and in these matters the relations
and duties OF common carriers to the public. and
other kindred branches.
CHURCH MEMBERs.-The badepeu-
dent publishes the following:
In conclusion, we compile the following
table from the various books here under notice
which will indicate the net gains of the year in
communicates
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