Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-02-19
MINOR TOPICS.

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new partner, Mr.. McMellen.
MINOR TOPICS.
The Turkish government has secured
$4,000 acres of land in Palestine, between
Jerusalem and Jappa, for colony of Jews.
1t is proposed to open up settlement for
the prosecuted lsraelites in Europe, and
efforts are making in England and in this
country to raise funds for the project.
TIE minutes of the general Congrega-
tional association just published report
23S churches. besides 10 in Pennsylvania !;
members. 81, $50; ministers. 2l7, of whom
53 are pastors additions to the church
during the past year, 1,145, of whom $40
were on confession removals, 1.21s. Two
new churches have been formed.
THREE churches in Michigan City. Ind,
wanted a revival, but neither one of the
three was strong enough 20 secure by it
self the services of an evangelist or pro
moter of rcviyals. So these three church
cs, Congregational. Methodist and Presby-
terian united their forces and engaged
Evangelist Munholl, under whose persua
sive efforts about fifty sinners were :n-
duced to leave their wicked ways and
make pI ofcSsion Of religion.
DIR. ANGVs, one of the English rev;scrs
of the New Testament. gives some inter
eStin. details of that work, which Occu-
pied ten years. There were ten meetings
each year, each meeting extending to four
days, day meaning about seven hours
so that in all the company, in its collective
capacity, spent $500 hours in the revision.
Besides this, however, every member Of
both the English and American commit
tees exhausted his knowledge and critical
ability i'm his conscientious ]abors.
A FRIEND of the American Baptist pub
lication society proposes that the sum of
$4,000 shall be raised in 25 cent dona-
tions rs permanent Robert Raikes Cen
tennial nday-school fund, the interest
to be applied annuity in furnishing books
for new and needy Sunday schools in the
United States and in foreign lands This
would furnish books annually to the
amount Of $40 each to sixty new and needy
Sunday schools, or 5000 every ten years.
making Sc, 600 in 100 years.
LIKE Stephen Girar,l, Judge Charles +.
Forbes who was buried ut Springfield,
Mass, on Wednesday, had no liking for
clergymen. by his will he left about
$500, 0GG to establish Il free library in the
town Of Northampton. The will provides
that $iJO,O 600 shall be known as book
fund, whose income shall be used to OBJ
tim scientific and historical works princi-
plliy, although every phase of literature
is to he represented except scctarian re-
ligious works. The will specially provides
that no minister of any denomination
Shall have anything to do with the man
asement Of the library, which shall at all
times be in care of laymen.
present time is specially conspicuous for
the wide sundcring of the church from So
cicty. 1t is her own fault. She stands
aloof. She passes by on the other side.
She keeps herself out Of tho world It's
pursuits, its pleasures, arc nothing to her.
They arc things to which she must not be
conformed, and so she turns her back upon
them. Is this right 1t is her business
and the business Of her members not to
let society alone, but to permcatc it with
the influence Of religion. Christians are
the ieavcn, but OF what use is the lcavcn
if it is not mixed with the lump Chris
tiaDs are the salt, but of what use is the
salt if it is kept in It's silver ,lis;l? 1t is
idle for Christians to stand al,,of from the
business and joys of the world. Nothing
which affects the welfare of man is alien
to them. They are unwise, they are un-
faithful, both clergy and laity. if they hold
their Sunday services and keep themselves
within certain rules Of life toward them
that are without, and do not also have a
care to check the evil in society. 1t is a
waste of force for the clergy to preach to
the few over whom they are placed, by
whom they are chosen and supported, and
shut their eyes to and keep their hands
from the great causes of evils and corrup.
tion among the people,