New-York tribune., 1882-08-13

turned 10 the pit, but joseph Wac not III lhe
IIt,' was the incident on which he discoursed
OF good intentions as cOntrasted with good
actually accomplished. Reuben was OeneVO-
lent, but not courageous, the type OF Huch
character now manifest in private ana puDllc
NE. IT you want TO do good, do II now ior
when the future comes you will find that the op-
portunity has passed away. Joseph Is not In
the pit. Thus lesson was enforced IN respect 10
various personal duties, such as young men IN
London not negiectng their parents IN tbe
country, and rich men not postpOning the
needed assistance to worthy men struggling
for support, and with so much force and humor
that no one could fail 20 be both convinced
and entertained. HIS closing periods IN regard
to God working with man even In the eyll,
Oyerrullng Reubens weakness that II
brought greater blessing to Joseph than II he
had fulfilled his good intention, were given
with much elect
A German newspaper prints the following
explanation of holy Mahometan war gwen
by an eminen Orientalist: I" All the MahOm-
etan jurists, from the Sheikh-ul- Islam 10 the
lowest hOdja, gree that holy war or jehad
can only legally be proclaimed if there Is n
reasona bic prospect Of its being successful If
there is no sucn prospect a Jehad Is unlawful,
as it uselessly sacrifices life and property \
further condition Of the laW1ulness OF molly
war is that the lawful spiritual head Of the race
which goes 70 waT shall Join the camp OF those
who have proclaimed il and all the subjects
Of the beiigerent State, whether MahOmet-
ans or Christians, are boRnd to take part m 1t.
According to the Mauometan code, holy war
cancels all debts, both OF the state ana OF mdl-
viduals. such was the cise IN 1876, When
Sultan ManmOud ii. ordered the massacre OF
the Janissar les, and also after the late Russo
Turkish war (Which an trade OF The sultan
proclaimed to be holy war on tire 2lth OF
May, 1870, though the obligations OF the
Porte to its foreign creditors were reGStao-
lished by the Berlin Conference. In Egypt
the rights Of the foreign bondhOlders VIII
doubtless also be secured by an international
arrangements but it will be difficult 20 DO the
same tor the numerous Europeans who nave
claims against individuals
The Rev. r. W. Kenmore, rector Of Acle, in
England, has been greatly annoyed the past
three years by the advocacy of total abstinence
hv his curate the Rev. j. F. Hardmau. Re
Gently the latter mad the audacity to join the
order of Good Templare. This act the Rev;
Mr. Kenmore could not stand. He commanded
M Hartman to give up MS membership III the
Good Tempiars. The curate appealed to tue
Bishop against the order; bnt the Bishop re-
buked him for dis0bedienre 70 the rector. And
now Mr. Hartman has resigned ms curacy.
II is stated by I he London Echo that at q
meeting Of the kenslngton Auxiliary OF the
London City Mission recently the remarkaoie
assertion was made Ivy Mr. +. \. Beyan thar
ONLY = per cent of the wotklngmen or Lonuoh
are III the habit If attending any place OF Wor-
shin, ana tll3t Intic dIe Onil ttft NA'J uilS0'"H
aries engaged IN mouse VISITATION anu III Out-
door operations all over London.
A little schoolgirl who was called as a wit
ness at An iDauest held in Birmingham, Eng
land recently, knew the Bible by sight, but
said she knew nothing OF the. New Testament
and Lad never heard it read. The Jury ap-
proved Of the cOrOneTs motion not 10 20
through the aoominabie ceremony OF swear
ing the girl, and took her evidence without the
oath
Observance of Sunday is not so severe in its
nature in England as in former years. Upon
a recent Sunday I large number OF persons, Oy
uermission OF the Duke of Wellington, visited
ApsIey House and were shown the historical
paintings in the Waterloo Gallery; Upon last
sunday an organ recital was to be gwen III
Royal Albert Hall.
The Rev. George o. Barnes, the Kentucky
n1onntsin evangelist is TO hold series of
RELIGIOUS meetings in Indianapolis during the
latter part cf this L onth