The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-12-27

ceaseds friends AJAX cd their Free Church minis
ter to give out Wesley's hymn, .9Wby should
we mourn departed friendsg RI The vicar, after
desiring to seethe hymn said thatneither that
nor any other should be sung. The friends then
adjourned to the high road, sang the hymn, and
heard antmddresss 'FRONT.' their minister. This
amlable vicar evidently docs not believe In the
communion of, saints, and he certainly does not
believe in the forgiveness Of sins0Aofthe sin of
schism ataeast. YJhf 4Ud ,ro1fBm 5ht ef
1t fsngratifyingo to know 4thIaatoii I'M the
several Chfistfah Gh1reh hes WHEREVER The, news
OF the Archbishop's death was Tecelv ed on Sun
day, the event was referred to in the most sym
pathetic gapper.,, Many9an earnest, prayer was
offered up for the bereaved family; and not
few also for the Church of which Or! TAFT was
the chief pastor. YNonconforfnists forgot all &C.
clesiastical differences. and simply remembered
the man, and the, Christian minister whose
character and life had come TO be a national
possession, q We doubt not but that the Same
feeling will prevail i'm the; ssnotuaries, of the
Free Churches land for a, gracious interval men
who are Qften contending for a sectional van
tage grouhd, will simply cherish the memory of
aigood man " hom God has taken to- himself.
Christian World (Loadon).
The Sidon station, Syria, shows pro-
gress. Az Tyre, where, Paul paid "a gisit to his
Christian brethren on one of his return1our-
my W HOuS6 HAS D66u rented Tor
regular services by the mission Hasbeya, for
merly prosperous Christian community, has
for yearlor two suffered from fearful ravages
OF lntemperance, but a reform movement of
great power has occurred during the year, and
in some houses the. sdemijohns of spirits have
been summarily destroyed, and new life of
sobriety begun The school has been full to
OVERLOOKING The church, greatly encouraged,
asked the mission to supply a new tile roof to
their house3ot worship, on the condition that
they themselves would contribute $50. The
work has been revived at Cana, eight members
having been received to- theicommunion. The
little church of Bl Rhyam has, taken an adj
vanced step IN the. formation of branch of the
woman's foreign mission society, the first con-
tribution consisting of0wheat, barley figs, and
molasses, amounting to 1929, At ISido9 the
congregations are so large as, to require extra
seats at each service, and the need Of "a new
house of worshipiaeems urgent.e4ipte,ibzo
z -PERsoHAfi Courier. IA missionary
writes; !oThelonger u i've ahd the more I
know of fanissio RsrN lfe1ini this country, the
more l am convinced that the European; Mis-
slonary is not much brought into contact with
the people as he ought to be. Very few mis-.
slonaries are centres of thought and power in
the midst of the people" Upon this the Ms
StonGry ReUlelg -commeptsr -" 1t required but
short experience in India to impress our mind
deeply with this fact, and our conviction has
become very strong that this point is one of
immense lmportance-that close, contact and
constant intercourse with the people is the KEY
tolmlssionary success. Without SUCH contact
the distance at the outset, between the mission
tary and the people, becomes a broad and deem
gull, checking, If not cutting off entirely, the
cords of interest and sympathy most effective in
drawing the people under the power of truth
and winning them to Christ; while with such
contact this very distance becomes a vantage
ground for lifting them to higher moral and
spiritual plane, and bringing them into the full
light and liberty of the Gospel" All true as
| preaching Christian at Work.
| "A serious disaster has overtaken the
Friendly Society of Dissenting ministers in Scot
land, which consists largely of clergymen of the
United Presbyterian Church. It was Instituted
IN 1877 mainly through the exertions of the late
pr: Peddie, and accordingt to the last report, the
membership numbered $50, and the invested
funds amounted to about e29,000. There We're
seyenty-two annuitants, being widows and or
phans of the rnanse, who received sums VARYING
from f3Q to $40 per annum. II now appears
that Mr. Donald Smith, Peddie, an Edinburgh
accountant, who for many years past has acted
practically, though not nominally, as treasurer
OF the society, has appropriated for his own put-
poses about two-thirds Of the whole capital. He
has left the country to escape Justice and the
sad duty Of making known the extent of his
defaicatlons devolved upon his brother, the ven
cradle and widely-esteemed DR.. Peddie, of
Bristo Church. The deepest sympathy is felt
with the worthy Doctor and the other fteu bets
ofthe Peddie family, which has long borne an
honorable name, in Edinburgh, and it is said
that strong effort will be made to continue the
benefits at present accruing from the society.
| ET af.1 Christian World (Londonl =
| The New ARCHBISHOP OF CANTER-
BURY.-The Right Rev Edward White Benson
/ Bishop of Truro. is a, native of birmingham
! where he commenced his education going af-
1 forward to Trinity College, Cambridge, of which
he successfully became Scholar and Fellow. He
| graduated B. A. in 1862, NJ a. in 1855, B. D.
In 1852 and D. D. in 1857. He was for some
years an Assistant Master at Rugby, and was
4 Head Master of Wellington College from its
opening in 1858 down to 1872, when he was APP
pointed Canon Residentiary and Chancellor of
| Lincoln Cathedral, having been a Prebendary
| of that Cathedral for three years previously.
| He was for several years Examining Chaplain
| TO the Bishop OF Lincoln, and in December, 1875,
was appointed on Lord BeaconsfeIds recon-
mendation to the newly founded See of Truro,
1 TO which he was consecrated in st. Paul's Ca
thedral in the following April. DIR. Benson has
| published several volumes Of sermons and is one
of the Contributors to the Speakers Common
tary on the Bible" He married in 1859 the
daughter Of the Rev. William Sidgwick, of Skip
=. ton, Yorkshire.
Doubtless there are persons to be
found sufficiently disrespectfnl to suggest that
| the noble Earl Of Shaftesbury is getting old and
| foolish. But for all that he is no mean au.
thority on Church matters Speaking recently