The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-07-26
GENERAL ITEMS.

The Imperial Library at st. Peters
burg contains over 100000 volumes.
The debt of New York CITY, which
the sum of S97, 592,0
Mr.. H. M. Stanley, who is now in
command Of the Belgian West African expedi-
ton, Is building station on Stanley Pool, above
the falls of the Congo.
The prohibition amendment which
Iowa put into her constitution recently. was
framed engineered and carried almost entirely
by the influence of women.
DIR. Levi Scott Senior Bishop of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, died at his home
near Odessa, Del, on Thursday, July 10. He
was born at Odessa, Oct. IL, 1902, and had been
bishop in 1852. For the past three years he
has been living In retirement
The Occider,t, of San Francisco, saws
The Chinese are making hay while the sun
shines. Thousands of them are now landing
upon our shores. Shipload after shipload i55
rapid succession Is being discharged The few
weeks that still remain before the bill of Con
gress takes effect, will add many thousands to our
population"
Rev. John Watts Mccormick, the
republican nominee in the eleventh COMPRESSION
al district of Ohio, is one OF the Mccormick
family, of Rockbridge country, Va, which,
transplanted to the West have in several places
maze themselves prominent, particularly Cyrus
ID. and Leander j. Mccormick the celebrated
reaper manufacturers of Chicago.
The Philadelphia BARRIERS have
formed an association to secure Sunday closing.
AS there is not the slightest necessity for their
giving mp their day of rest, the measure is
worthy of Communications The weekly rest
becomes more and more an imperative social
necessity with the constant acceleration of the
social movement. No class can enforce If more
effectively than the working classes and we are
glad TO see that the association means not only
to close their own shops, but to prosecute ali
who refuse to obey the law.-The American
In the way of testimony we accept
but without any surprise the following Judgment
OF the AdCGnce =" Among nearly all the re-
Vlsed local church creeds substituted for the
older ones which come to our notice nothino
Is apt to be so remarkable about them as their
apparent intellectual teebLeness Either there is
studious evaslveness, or else manifest inabili-
~ TO discern Just what are the essential elements
IN the gospel of redemption through Christ"
Prof. Max Mueller has announced a
curious discovery Of Sanskrit manuscript re-
Gently made In Japan by two of the Japanese
pupils at Oxford. The work is the text of the
celebrated :. Diamond Knife" forming part of
the Sacred Canon, or Bible, of the Buddhists but
n HIto known only through Thibetian and
monaghan TRANSACTIONS the original being sun
posed to be irrecoverably lost Owing to the
early practice among the Chinese Buddhists of
making plIgrmages to the holy places of their
worship In India. and taking back with them
Sansknt manuscripts. Prof Mueller has always
oeen OF opinion that number of such relics
must be existing in China Such a discovery in
Japan however was wholly unexpected
-PHILo LoGICAL-Three Virginia
scholars were appointed to distinguished posi-
lions at the meeting Of the American Philolo
g'cal society at Cambridge, Mass, which closed
lew days ago. Prof NJ. w Humphreys OF
Virginia, now of Vanderbilt University Ten.
nessee, was elected president of the association
1T Will be remembered that Prof Humnhrev's
name was spoken of and urged by some for the
position OF Professor of Greek in the University
which was bestowed on Mr. Wheeler who is also
gentleman OF great reputation as a Greek
Scho!ar Prof Thomas r. Price, and Prof Basil
L.; Glidersleeve our gllOndan1 professors OF Greek
VINO hlled the chair of Greek in our University
with such marked ability, were elected members
! OF the Executive Committee, which consists of
hve: These were well timed and well placed
MARKS OF respect bestowed on these honored sons
OF virginia, and shows that the scholars of the
Jay can appreciate Southern ability
| WA SOOVCottttC OtVtTSOVIUn.
The enemies of Christianity are verv
ready to recognize each other, and make common
cause against the gospel of Christ. The old foes
and the new ones clasp hands at once in bitter
| opposition to the faith of Chrstendom Thus
IN the Empire of Japan, opening itself to all the
influences OF modern civilization there have been
some notable alliances between the enemies of
Jesus; The Buddhists, or those who uphold
puGunsIn as Tn national religion, without any
profound faith In its truth have procured the
translation of Colonel Robert Inpersolls ectnras
and are circulating them as tracts to nentraIize
the teachings of Christian missionaries II san
offensive thing to see the infidelity of Christian
lands Propagated by the disciples of the old svs
TENS OF heathenism. and both arrayed against
the pure and gracious gospel of Christ. and
woe unto them by whom the offence cometb."
The Old Testament section of the
American Bible Revision Committee ordinarilv
holds Its monthly meetings in New York. save
In mid Summer when some more conpenial re-
treat IS sought out, as New Haven, Princeton or
Andoyer This year the Messrs. Smiley ex
tended an invitation to the gentlemen of the
| Committee to gather at the Lake Mobonk Nom
tam House for their July sessions, and occupy
one OF the reading rooms of that pleasant Surrn
mer hotel. Here it is expected The second 70
vision of the entire Old Testament will he CON.
pleted, after which the Committee will have the
important work of deciding how far thew will
feel obliged to adhere to such of their own ron
derings as vary from those Of the English Com.
mittee 1t is yet too early to fix upon the time
at which the revised Old Testament will he
ready for The Pubic.-EUangclist
The state of things in the Concord