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or the Statute will have to be enforced.
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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-01-18

WE HAVE a profound sympathy with
Ireland. The poor land has undoubtedly
been fearfully misgoverned and fearfully
wronged. 1t has received no mercy at
the hands of its Saxon conquerors. But
there is one very striking feature about
the condition of Ireland The North of
Ireland has Protestant population; the
South and West have Roman Catholic
population. Now, the lands laws are
lust as oppressive in Protestant Ulster
as they are in the counties of Galway and
Kerry but those outrages which have
disgraced the country during the past
year are confined to the Roman Catholic
districts. Why is this2 Let an Irish
paper (the Belfast W1tnesS) give the ex-
PLANTATION. In recent issue that journal
says:
We can quite believe this. Instances of land
lord oppression have come under our own notice
which one could scarcely imagine possible in a
Christian country. And we believe it is a cues
ton which statesmen and others would do well
to ponder, how it comes to pass that the Ulster
peasantry have borne their wrongs for genera
tions so patiently, while those in the other pro
vlnces, In many cases suffering under less
grlevous bondage, have broken forth into tur-
bulence and blood2 The manning of cattle, the
maltreating of women, the cold blooded murder
OF men for no other crime than paying a lawful
debt In dlsobedlence to the tyranncal ukase of
an illegal conspiracy are enough to make one s
hair to stand on end. Why has no such wick
edness been perpetrated by the Protestants of
Ulster The answer is not far to seek. Once.
when foreign and barbarous prince asked our
gracious Sovereign the secret of England's
greatness, she is said to have presented him with
an open Bible. The open Bible is the secret of
listers comparative freedom from diabolical
and disgusting crimes. The lawlessness and
disregard of human life which prevail in the
South and West are a melancholy but true and
practical commentary on the utter neficiency
OF Romanism to promote either high toned NOR
atty. or genuine loyalty among It's votaries.-
We doubt not the Roman Catholic peasantrv
have suffered grievously in many ways, but if
they had been imbued with the principles of the
religion of Jesus Christ they would have suf
tered more rather than betake themselves to
midnight murders and ruthless butchery, not
only of their landlord oppressors, but of their
fellows who merely do what the law of the land
demands of them, and what some OF the highest
functionaries of their Church have declared to
be their duty. Ireland will be peaceful, aud
prosperous, and law abiding, when the light of
the glorious Gospel of the blessed God shines
into the cabins and warm hearts of her inhabi-
tants.
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LosT.-Yes, and who believes it? How
many Christians do in fact take in what
this means? If father really believed
that, as matters stand, his child is lost,
Go you suppose he would allow years to
pass without even mentioning to him the
subject of religion? He does not believe
one word of it.
People have vague notion that they
are sinners, with the idea that it is the
easiest thing in the world to put matters
right at any time; and they have vague
belief that God is very merciful-that he
is not going in fact to send any of their
children or friends to hell; and so they
so on, making use of just as little reli-
gion as possible, and stirring the subject
as little as possible.
But we had as well not make any mis-
calculations; there is nothing to be ac-
complished by practising deception on
ourselves. Are we IL, fact sinners? Are
we Oe'y great sinners? Do we indeed
deserve eternal punishment? These are
strong words-eternal punishment: do
we indeed deserve that ve7y thimg2 Do
people in fact encounter that dreadful
doom? Is it common thing for people
to go to hell? Do many people make
mistakes about the quality or the guam
tity of the religion it takes to save them q?
Well now, here is fact from the Cos
pels: Jesus told the Jews that if they
believed not on him, they should perish
In their sins" Did the bulk of the ma
ton believe on him? Have they not,
generation after generation, rejected him
for the last eighteen hundred years?
What has become of them? Or take any
country in Europe take Naples or Paris;
what has become OF the people who have
inhabited these cities for the past thou
sand years? Are they better than Jeru-
salem and Capernaum? Is New York
any better?
When the Bible describes man as
sinner, the word is to be interpreted in
the fullest sense; when it speaks of men
as " lost, the reference is not to any mild
form of ruin; the very strongest language
is used to paint the picture it is the fall
of Lucifer.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-01-18

The TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY The
following passage is quoted by the Lon
don Quarterly Review, with the remark
that, for the commentator of its wide
historic survey, and its vigorous and
glowing eloquence, it is one of the finest
in the whole range of literature.
I" 1t arose in an enlightened and sceptical
age but among despsed and narrow minded
people. 1t earned hatred and persecution at
home by its liberal genius and opposition to the
national prejudices it earned contempt abroad
by its connection with the country where it
was born but which sought to strangle it in It's
birth. Emerging from Judea, it made It's onward
march through the most polished regions of the
world-Asia Minor, Egypt, Greece, Rome-and
in all 1t attracted notice and provoked hostility
Successive massacres and attempts at extermina.
ton, prosecuted for ages by the whole force of
the Roman Empire, it bore without resistance
and seemed to draw fresh vigor from the axe
assaults In the way of argument, from whatever
quarter, it was never ashamed or unable to
repel and whether attacked or not it was re.
solutely aggressive. In four centuries it had
pervaded the civilized world; it. had mounted
the thrones of the Caesars it had spread beyond
the limits of their sway, and had made nroads
upon barbarian nations whom their eagles had
never visited it had gathered all genius and
all learning into itself, and made the literature
of the world its own it survived the inundation
of the barbarian tribes and conquered the
world once more by converting its conquerors
to the faith it survived an age of barbarism it
survived the restoration of letters it survived
an age of free inquiry and scepticism, and has
long stood its ground in the field of argument.
and commanded the intelligent assent of Che
greatest minds that ever were it has been the
parent of civilization, and the nurse of learning,
and if light, and humanity and freedom be the
boast of modern Europe, it is to Christianity
that she owes them Exhibiting in the life Of
Jesus picture, varied and minute, of the per
feet human united with tn divine, in which the
mind Of man has not been able to find def.
cheney or detect blemish-a picture copied
from no model and rivalled by no copy-it has
accommodated itself to every cline; it has re-
tanned through every change salient spring Of
life, which enables it to throw off corruption and
repay decay, and renew its youth amid outward
hostility and inward divisions"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-01-18

The MEXICAN SUNDAY School
UNIoN.-The announcements that Rev. DR.
John Hall, of New York, would deliver
an address in the Grace Street Presbyte-
rian church on the missionary work Of
this institution last Wednesday night
brought out very large congregation Of
people representing nearly all the church
es of the city. The object of the meeting
was to awaken a deeper interest in the
special work of the Sunday School Union
and to prepare the way for securing con-
tributions for this work
Rev. John McCullagh, of Kentucky
Superintendent of Sunday School Mission
Work, Southern Department, first present
ed brief statement of the plans and pur-
poses Of the Society, and gave some de-
tails to show the happy results in many
sections of the country.
DIR. John Hall made a very happy and
impressive address, and was heard with
the closest attention and deepest interest.
He answered the objections which are
sometimes urged against Sabbath Schools,
especially referring to the danger OF their
usurping the place of family religious in
struction and interfering with the attend
ance of children on the other services of
the church. He drew beautiful picture
of what he had often witnessed in the old
country and sometimes in America, a
father and mother, with all their children,
from the oldest to the youngest, seated
together in the house of God to hear re-
verently the precious Gospel. No pro-
vision for the young should ever take the
place of such attendance on the church
services. He insisted that the preaching
should always be adapted to the children
as we'll as to older people, and said it was
too often the case that the children were
Indifferent about hearing sermons because
they had just reason to conclude that the
preaching was not intended for them.
This was Dr. Halls first visit to Rich
mond. He made the impression here
which he has made wherever he has gone,
that he is model preacher, teaching the
most precious truths in the most modest,
simple, and impressive manner
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-01-18

CHINA has a population of some four
hundred Millions India some two hun
dred and fifty millions. Now, will it not
be grand thing when the great fabric
of paganism in these two countries OF
Eastern and Southern Asia, shall topple
and fall? 1t is only question of some
fifty years-our children will see it
some who read these lines will see it.
Just so certainly as the temples of Diana
and Apollo which filled the provinces OF
the Roman world from Ephesus to Mas
silia, fell before the salvation proclaimed
by Ignatius and Justin and Ireneus, lust
so certainly will the pagodas of India
and the ancestral shrines of China fall
before the missionaries that America and
England are sending to these hoary
strongholds of idolatry.
"And the seventh angel sounded and
there were great voices in heaven, say
ing, The kingdoms of this world are be-
come the kingdoms of our Lord, and of
his Christ; and he shall reign forever
and ever"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-01-18

Mr.. STURGEON loses none of his readi-
ness at repartee. Recently he met a
young gentleman who said Why, I do
more good in the world than you, sir.
You only promulgate your own opinions. -
Mr.. Spurgeon: Really? but what may
you do?" The Youth " I breed and run
race-horses." Mr. Sturgeon Perhaps
you can construe me a riddle. Why
doesn't the devil run express trains to
help The sporting gentleman, after
declaring that he believed in neither the
one nor the other, gave it up. Because, -
said Mr.. Sturgeon, young gentlemen can
get there faster nowadays by running
race horses"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-01-18

HE COMMUNICATION published else
where on the article in the October nun
Der of the Quarterly ReUiea0 on the New
Version, will be found well worthy of
perusal. We received it week before
last, but, like many other communica-
tons, we had to lay it over. The ar
tiole in the Quarterly is simply ter
rife; it is far the most damaging blow
which the work of the Revisers has
yet received. 1t is another illustra-
ton of the treatment which our Southern
literature is too apt to meet with, that
the views expressed in this article were
taken in the Southern Presbyterian Re
0'e'0 ten years ago without attracting at
tention north of the Potomac.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-01-18

Smith, and overturns the whole struc-
ture. We clip the following from the
N. Y. Independent,
Professor j. Lawrence Smith, who is unques.
tionably the highest American authority as to
all neurological and chemical questions relat.
ing to aerolltes, expresses himself pretty posi-
lively in respect to the recent alleged discovery
of organic remains microscopic corals) in them
by certain Professor Hahn. His letter, en-
closing a quotation from Professor Halves, of
the Smithsonian Institute, is too long to be re-
produced here. The gist of it, however, is that
he considers Professor Hahn man whose imagi-
nation has run away with him. The forms
which Hahn figures and describes livery accu.
rately) are such as have been long known to
exist in meteors. They are mainly composed of
enstatite and bronzite, which frequently assume
sort of radiating structure, looking very much,
when broken, like sections of coraline matter,
stimulating animal forms in something the same
way as the dark flaments in moss agates re-
semble vegetable. Professor Smith says in clos
ing, that these cranky observations, viewed
with the spectacles of Professor Hahns imagi-
nation have obtained more publicity than they
merit"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-01-18

OUR CoRREsPoNDENoE.-We have more
than the usual amount of correspondence
this week. The letters from Ireland
one from Rev. DR.. Knox, of Belfast, and
the other from Rev. Mr. McMeekin, of
ballymena-give very concise, well-con-
sldered views of most important matters,
both In State and Church affairs. The
letter from New York sketches some of
the earnest missionary work done in that
city. We know that our readers will
teel indebted, as we do, to the writers for
all they have written.
Next week we shall have another of
the admirable letters of our correspon-
dent C L. M. O." and one from Texas.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-01-18

SCIENCE in our day is too fast. In the
November number Of the Popular Science
Monthly learned article was published
by Francis Brigham giving an account of
a recent startling discovery-certainly
very startling no less than the ascer-
tainment of the fact by DR.. Hahn, of
Germany, of fossil organisms in meteor
ties
Mr.. Brigham informed us in this article
that in the class of meteoric stones, called
chondaTtes, DIR. Hahn, the eminent Ger
man geologist, had discovered an entire
series Of organic remains. DR.. Hahn has
published book on the subject, contain
ing on thirty-two plates more than one
hundred representations of sections made
OF these meteorites, every one of which
contains different forms and figures which
he Identifies as geological formations be-
longing to the different classes of 8ponges,
coral8, and cri1aoidS. DR.. Weinland, the
eminent zoologist examined the speci-
mems, and confirmed DR.. Hahn's conclu-
sions.
We have thus positive proof, says the
writer in the Popular Science Monthly,
that other worlds are or have been in
habited by organic beings.
This, as we have said, is a most start
ling discovery, and the consequences
would be very serious, if there should be
no mistake about it.
If animal life does exist, or has existed,
in other worlds than ours, and animal
fe similar to that revealed in the strata
or earth, then we must believe that
lid blood are not peculiar to ou1
T. tbe More than this; there is deatI
The theolo%orlds. And if death, SIN
very grave. O''04 '0'00' "0UiU "
But now comes j
'assor J. Lawrence
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-01-18

HE Interior says the immigration
to this country from Europe during the
year Just closed foots up the enormous
number of 432,635 persons" What will
the Interior think of it when told that
the true number is 100000? There were
432,635 arrivals at the port of New York
alone.
And the Interior Zone of the most in
dustrious and interesting of our exchanges
In It's paragraph items of secular news) is
mistaken again about the population of
Italy Italy" it says "is waking up
to a realisation of the fact that she
has in her population of 100000 a
power, etc. Her population is nearly
100000.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-01-18

WESTMINSTER CHURCH, BALTIMORE
This church, of which Rev. w. J. Gill is
pastor, was nearly destroyed by fire on
Sabbath morning, January 9Th. The
roof and the fine organ were burned, and
the windows and pews seriously injured,
but the walls and tower are little injured.
The church was organised in 1852 with
sixty-one members. The first pastor of
the church, Rev. William J. Hoge, was
elected on the 28th day of August, 1852.
His pastoral relation was dissolved July,
1856, by the Presbytery of Baltimore, he
having been elected professor in the
Union Theological Seminary of Virginia.
DR., Hoge died on the 9Th of July, 1864,
in the 39th year of his age.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-01-18

The WOOD ENGRAVING Of America sur
passes now anything Of the same sort in
Europe. Examples Of it are seen in the
illustrations in Tile Century and Har-
Pe,'s Nagazine, and notably in Harper's
Basar. Many Of the pictures in these
publications are superior to many Of the
wretched, but costly, prints which are
seen in our shop-windows.
The delicacy to which the art has at
tanned in the United States is due partly
to the superior paper which is used and
to the delicate refnements in the art Of
press-work.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-01-18
ECCLESIASTICAL NOTICE.

By request of two ministers and two ruling
elders of Montgomery Presbytery and in the
absence of the Moderator, hereby call spe-
cial meeting, to be held in the Presbyterian
church at Christiansburg, Va. on Wednesday.
January 25th, 1852, at 7 P. NJ, to receive
through commissioners from Abingdon Presby.
terry, call from the Presbyterian congregation
at Wytheville, Va, for the pastoral services of
Rev S. R. Preston-to hear the parties and if
the way be clear, to issue the matter at this
meeting. P. B. PRtcE & Clerk
Natural Bridge, Va, Jan. IA.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-01-18

TEH Rev. DIBDRIoH WILLERs, D. D.,
on January 1st, preached his last sermon
at Bearytown, N, Y, in the German Re-
formed church of that place. DR.. Willers
was born in 1889, and is, therefore, in his
93d year. He was born in Germany, and
at the age of Is enlisted in the army of
Hanover, and was an active participant
with the allied forces under the Duke
OF Wellington at Waterloo, for his con-
duct In which battle he received a medal.
he came to America in 1919. He has
preached $500 sermons; buried 625 per-
sons; baptized 1920 persons and has
travelled $4,000 miles
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-01-18

Rev. DR.. W. H. Ryder, the distinguished
Universalst minister, has resigned his charge in
this city, and will not again enter upon the
pastoral office. AS the Doctor is in the midst of
his intellectual prime, this was surprise We
learn, however, that he is worth quarter of a
million dollars and can therefore afford to
devote himself TO study, travel, and authorship.
Dr. Ryder stands in high repute among the
orthodox, similar to that enjoyed by DR.. Pea
body, in New York.-Interior
If everybody IS safe, and Doctor Ryder
has $250,0O0, we do not see why he
should not amuse himself, and ride about
to his hearts content.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-01-18

AN ELMIRA CLERGYMAN says that it is
common now for man who has tried in
vain to pass half dollar with hole in
1t, to drop it in the contribution box. We
do not believe this, but it is a good illus
tration of the strange effort which men
often make to deceive God-as if they
could do it Men do practise these tricks
on themselves in reigion-practise them
fatally.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-01-18

The average rent Of land per acre in
Ireland, it is stated, is three dollars per
annum. This would make the rental of
the island the round sum of $57, SIC, 800
while the whiskey bill of the nation
amounts to $69, 5,51O-the amount of
rum over rent is $11 ,538, $50.
The expenditure for intoxicating drinks
last year in Great Britain was $6l0,000,-
900.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-01-18

ONE of the most gifted men that we
have had in this country was George D.
Prentice, thirty-fve years ago the editor
of the Louisville Journal He was more
noted for his wit, and his brilliant n,ots,
than anything else, but he was also a
great editor, as well as poet. He makes
somewhere the following remarks about
Talfourd's Ion"
The most beautiful sentiment in any plav is
this from Sergeant Talfourds lion" The voun o
scion of the fated house of Argos. when about
to yield up his life sacrifice to fate at the altar
Is asked b. his Clemanthe. shall we meet
again p and responds-"I have asked that
dreadful question of the hills that look eternal
OF the clear streams that flow forever-of the
stars among whose fields of azure nv raised
spirits have walked in glory. All a-e dumb.
But as gaze upon thy living face, / feel that
there is something in the love that mantles
through its beauty that cannot wholly perish
We shall meet again, Clemanthe."
There is more than poetry in this; the
irresistible conviction which we feel that
sanctifed love is eternal, and that those
into whose faces we look on earth MAJ,
at least, be to US imperishable, is one of
the strongest arguments for the truth of
heaven. And yet, we may not "meet
again, Clemanthe -
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-01-18
To the Churches of East Hanover
PTesbVterV

Contributions for Sustentation should now be
sent to Edgar Crutchfeld Esq, fredericksburg.
Va, instead of to P. S. Seabury, Petersburg az
heretofore in consequence Of re organization
OF the Executive Committee Of Domestic Mis-
sioDs, constituting Rev. James ?. Smith chair
man, and Edgar Crutchfed Esq. treasurer.
w. A. CAMPBELL,
Stated Clerk, E. H. Presbyterv.