The sun., 1882-08-27
SUNBEAAfS.

| The youth who was known as Salvation
Bill" not much Of OF glory to tho Salvation
Army OF Jersey City i'll connection with which lie mn
forth his somewhat Improbable labors Ills little trick
Of sliding under pier and concealing himself TO mat.
his friends believe he had committed suicide failed TO
| draw out tho sympathy he had expected. when after
drying his soaked raiment. he presented himself
to the relations who supposed to lie sorrowng oy.-
his deccasc lie found that for all the difference woud
have made to surviving humanity he might have pcrishd
In the river and let the fishes perform lis obseoul,s
salvation Bill' is no longer exertng himself TO evan
| gelize the sinners OF Jersey City.
| The Rev. z. L. Jones, an Episcopal mis.
| sionary in Hayti, has fallen among msfortuues II,
writes from Jereme that small pox aud scarlet feyss
have visited the place and that he has been reduced to
the extremity of poverty lie has sometimes had TO 70
three days without meal and his wife sn' four chill
dren are eating potatoes, which he fortunately planted
last February 1t sad that the missionary organ
zation which sends Mr. Jones to work among the Hay
items does provide better his personal and house
hold wants II missionary work is worth doing 1t 10
worth paying for II there s enough money in the
treasury to support Mr. Jones decenty 1t would be nm
act OF Kindness to bring him home and set him at
in field where he labor with better hope OF
cess No missionary can hope to accomplish much II he
has to fight starvation as well as irrelgion.
Every two years there Is a conference Of
representative delegates from the German Evangelical
churches That conference for this year recently
held at Esenach 1t took step preparation for the
Luhers birthday, passing resolutions recommending
tp celebration by all the Protestant churches in
many. The date OF this celebration will be Nov TO-
1888 The conference also took action tho revision
OF Luthers translation of the Bible providing for tho
furtherance OF the work to its conclusion 1t is already
nearly completed and will probably be ready for issue
In fsw months. A new evangelical hymn book is In
course of preparation for the army aud for this
mission was appointed to make collection OF suitable
tunes Tho desire in this respect to provide the soL
diers with inspriting and attractive music great i'm
provement on the old tunes In common is possible
Complaint is made that so many city
pastors away that there often difficulty in finding
clergyman TO visit the sick and to bury the dead Tho
theory Of the ministers and church officers who close
the churches for the 10 that all the people
out of town. and that consequently there is nobody to
preach to. While 1t Is true that many are away. 1t is
also that there enough to preach to- and that
there are hundreds OF sick people who cannot loaye
home It is also true that people die in summer,
much at other times In almost every neghborhood
where cordial fellowship exists between churches
temporary consolidation of congregations and Of effort
10 possible The minister who makes arrangements for
his personal presence with the sick and the be-
reaved during at least part Of the summer providing
good to take his place during such holiday
may be necessary for him. 10 the who will win the
confidence and esteem of the community, and who will
ill his pews with listeners and worshppors.
Evangelist Barnes preached in Indian
apolis two three times day without complaining
Oh oeins ureu ne says queer anu qush' 'nnss' "hch
cause some people 10 eri'ieise MN anu uhuy more 10
l. ero"u his "eeuhks W see "ha' ouu ''i"s h' wiz say
lie his vial OF oil in the breast pocket Of
his black cloth frock coat nnd takes it anoiut
muse "ho eo'e iof amounting ior '''e meaning Vi 'n'
| body" Whether they have lumbago, toothache. or
paralysis he asks them 1t is all the to him.
for he that he only obeys the of Scripture
in amounting and leaves the rsst to God The very or
thodox clergymen in ianapolis Dayton object
to the doctrines which he preaclles not in accord
npce with the Westminster of Faith Bsrn..
says he cares for the than he does for
the Bible He to Scripture proof for
every docrinal statement he makes hut he does not AL
ways handle Scripture as the old brethren do
After having worked in INDIANAPOLIS and Chicago for
few weeks Brother Barnes hopes to come this way and
spend the winter
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requested to keen IT out Of the hands Of newsp,ncr
| NEIL But by some accident IL has come to the light
and probability that partly from its own charsc
and partly from the sly way in which il was sent FOR
signatures, it will defeat itself There is decided
conviction in the minds of the best both
North South that sections of their Church
have sundered longer than was necessary and
that the sons and of the men who twenty
ago duarreled and separated should now forgst
the differences the fathers and come together In the
| spirit of unity and the bond of peace
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riance with the rigid proprietes observed in the service
| of the Church England. But neither he nor they
ever pursued such plans those which have been the
conspicuous features of the salvation movement.
Wesley was aschoarly man and Christian gentleman.
The salvationsts seem to be happy working by them