The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-09-17
SUNBEANs.

-heNlNdlS Ill Guy CHuTCncS curing tina
summer are not common but the First Baptist Church
in New Haven has been enjoying Twenty conyer,.
have been baptized, and more awaiting baptism
The Rev. George +. Pentecost, ID. d.. hoa
been spending the closing days OF his vacation in Swift
zerand and hopes to be in the pulpit his church
in Tompkins avenue, Brooklyn lie has been combining
work with pleasure during his holiday, In holding "a
ries of evangelical meetings in Scotland.
The American Missionary Association
last year asked for 100000 and found such good favor
with liberal gvers that It now needs only $4,000 to
make up that amount and close the year without coming
short The fiscal comes to an end with September
The Secretary Of the association therefore asks oss
who have funds to give to bring them carly
The Examiner says that the prayer meet.
ing has its Oscar Wilde as well az the drawing room I,
pictures this genius Of the prayer meeting the crank
who goes from prayer meeting another and offer,
his not very practical or edifying remarks generally .d
vancing some theory more novel than important and
riding his peculiar hobby to the great annoyance OF
| those who have TO see him show on it's PAGES
Brother Barnes, the Mountain Evan.
gelis has not yet succeeded in finding any in this
city enthusiastic enough to offer him hall house or
tent in which to conduct the he had
intended to hold He will therefore, for the present Mt
least be compelled to orego the pleasure aud privilege
of fighting Satan this field, and OF amounting con.
vers with healing oil The latest accounts from Brother
Barnes to the effect that he had gone back TO tia
mountainous regions his old Kentucky home in or
der to cast out devils But devils yet reported
have been out through his agency. Those who
best know Barnes believe him to be sincere in his pur
poser but wild to his methods Hardly any body has
confidence in his Judgment
The Rev. DIR. Ellinwood Of the Foreign
Mission Board of the Church makes long
defence Of the management OF missionary affairs not
only such as he and his Board responsible fr but
those Of the Christian world generally lie resents the
charge which Is sometimes made OF ooseness and ex.
travagance in the management. He shows that only
four per cent OF the money contributed s spent
penses and that nnetysx per cent il given the real
work Of preaching the Gospel and caring for the physi
cal wants of the heather. He says that the who
manage the Missionary Boards are merchants and nan
ciers Of the highest standing in the community, and
that they attend to these things with scrupuous
as they bcstow on their own business.
Under the ministry OF the Rev. Mr.. Cess
Ter the Central Baptist Church of Brooky has propered
to such an extent that its complete renovation became
necessity. This has been attended to during the sum
mer vacation at expense Of about 1900. BY means
of frescoes stained glass and modernized upholstery
the church presents altogether different appearance
from that which its members accustomed to in the
days Of its dulness and depression. new baptisery
has been built which Ia uncovered, and tasefuy faced
with marble BY the introduction Of a heating sp-
paratns provision made for taking the chill from the
baptismal water, and anordng to those who i'm.
mersed, even in midwinter the same temperature as
OF the Of the Jordan which the Bap.
fist baptized his converts.
1t is a curious incident in the progress Of
for the notice Tho idea seems ~ hs 90
tho, ,hay or.at 4, ,y,th axn..ssin -, 49, ,. , 800,
W., an =, 90 nd ,ha ~, , ,,,,,. 800
of the Salvation Army who have for several days taken
their stand the City Hall steps when they pray
snds nm ,u, r =, ,mn, ~ a. s.s
po,iceman y.. tho ,rnr,es, ching IN .or,h rh. 4. 81
extent because most OF the people in the crowd
trained in the habits OF which are expected
| ~, ,or.h,nnn, ....nh,v .nd ,,rh.n.,, a.. a.,
cause some ~ tbos. who .rs nrssn, hays 1 tho az
ounin,ance Of the noce pndr circums,onces nfayor.
| able to growth In the Christian graces
| Strikes for higher wa ues arc NV no meano
| common amonu thu cI.rgv .,,ho,,h cons,,r,r, A.
| stary.,,or nr,css n,,o many ,n.,ann. 4, &; n, -,
resist the conviction that some pinster. wou, sr;ts
4, thew couId Zoo, s,,ong .non.h rhars &. oar.,nan
in North Carolina who has b.en nreacbno for q, wt
and thinks he ought 70 hive more as no has l,ho,ea AZ
this rate for term OF e,even years He does not ike "a
90 nm strike for he feels kindly tow ard hs
tion But he has "a courteous,v m possble no,ined
them that unless ev can r.se hia salary TO "A week
he will he under the Of asking them 10 let him
off in order that he NAV 90 into the bus
| ness The increase was granted although it heavily
taxed the nbtv NJ the church membera There are no
milonares or merchant prince s I'm TINT
While the Methodist Church of the North
its work into the Southern States the Southern
Methodist Church has worked its way nm into nearly
half the counties of illinois, The southern mart NJ HI
nois 10 largely settled by people from the South who
would naturally sympathize with the organization Of the
Southern branch OF the Church. The practice OF having
churches the same territory but
rival Ia not pleasant one
viewed either from religious standpoint or from that
| Of financial economy. The old slavery question ont Of
which arose the disputes which nearly forty years ago
split the Methodist Church. is so dead that it is almost
forgotten The idea OF keeping great church rent into
two competing sections OF such questions
not accordance with the spirit OF harmony and Chris
tian progress which supposed to be leading feature
Of the work of good Methodist brethren.
| The visitors who will attend This vear's
uroat Gathering ~ the American Roard n, ror.yu Mi.
sons at Portland Me- will not go in the capacity Of
religious tramps seeking he'd and board OF strangers
without paying for It, That practice hss happily gone
out of fashion. Portland will provide lodging and
boarding at reasonable rates for all who apply time,
and those who later will have 10 take their
chances. Boarding houses and hotels open their doors
at considerably reduced prices-from dollar day
upward This will give to those who attend the meet.
ings feeling OF Independence which could be theirs
IL they sponged strangers for their Accommodations
The meetings will begin the Sd OF October and last
three days As this is the greatest missionary agency
and has the largest constituency II draws together
MARI int in The