The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-11-19
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Illness This Is mn unusual experience for him. for all
his experience as an evangelist In rarely that he has
| been laid aside by even days sickness.
An experienced Sunday school teacher,
in speaking Of thcelaon Of amusomcnts study SAYS
You ought not to give boy tickets TO peddle for
Punch and Judy show and then expect him to cit right
| down and study his Sunday school lesson"
| Tho Brooklyn Young Mems Christian
Association Ia looking up Five hundred and thirty
new members have Joined II In the last six weeks The
pennanshp aud bookkeeping classes full Of sudious
young Acourse Of lectures has been arranged for
| the winter months
Mr.. Danforth, the Secretary Of the New
York State Sunday School Association says that there
are in this State 77oOO children who entirely desti.
tue Of religious educa From this II would that
there is immense deal OF work yet by tho
sunday schools or the churches or somebody In carry
ing gospel education to these untaught young people,
The eminent Methodist orator, although
IN editor and Secretary drew II rather strong in the
metaphor line when he said In his Grafton on national
affairs Rather than undertake to establish throne
twould be better for man to 90 In q stone boat
with iron and ieaden sails with the wrath Of God
for breeze and hell for the nearest port" Of the
peculiartes Of the Of setting such
| rig would be its exceeding great shortness
Young Mr. Sturgeon will preach in this
city twice today--in the morning in Dr. Robinson'a
Memorial Church. In Madison avenue and in the evening
in Calvary Baptist Church In Twenty third street. lie
hos had very reception from ministers and 9th.
without regard to denomination. While he
knows the kindness shown him 10 largely account Of
his distinguished father yet he Ia none the less grateful
for It, and most graceful in his OF it.
There are now in the United States ITO
theological seminares, representing fifteen Protestant
denominations. or these, hftytwo connected with
the American IntcrSeminary Missionary Alliance This
alliance has for its object tho stirring Of the heolog
ca students TO Christian activity, but chiefly in the line
of leading them TO devote themselves to missionary
work In foreign lands At the recent annual meeting Of
tile Alliance, which held In Chicago II stated
that thirteen per cent OF the young studying
for the ministry have resolved to be foreign missionaries
Candidates for vacant Presbyterian pull.
pits ought to know that there four churches Of thii
persuasion in Philadelphia without pastors All very
respectable churches. Three down town. and one 10
in the western part Of the city. OF the three down.
town churches is somewhat dried up but the other
two are in reasonably healthy condition Tho in the
western section might be made very strong church by
an able man who would he willing to work for n few
small pay, hoping for better things after the
church should have attained its full growth. All these
churches bcset by candidates but yet have not
found among the army Of applicants exactly the article
of minister they are looking for.
In has been said that Gen. Booth OF the
Salvation Army is very much Of gentleman, and that
his wife is highly cultured lady. The effect Of asso-
chatting with such remarkable enthusiasts those who
compose the has shown itself in Mrs Boothsstys
OF writing. In tssay Righthearted People, she
tays: IL believe devils sitting in council
every day. The devil has never had such q stewing
since he cast out OF heaven This he forcble
and possibly true Yet nobody will call it elegant
However, IL is quite refined anything else in the
issue OF the lrar CRY in which 1t appears That paper
says "Iies mouth is wide open" The Hallclujah
asses hea: the tnmbourine. Anything to beat the devil"
The Protestant Episcopal clcrgymcn Of
Maryland much divided in opinion us to what shall
be done with the They have been discussing tho
question In convention Some Of them favor colored
bishop and colorcd clergy This would have alleged
namely of keepiug the COlprel