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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-03-01

IT is OFTEN the case that men object
to Christianity on account of the very
features which are its crown and it's
glory. The Pharisees objected to Jesus
as teacher from God because, as they
said, He receiveth sinners and eateth
with them" CELSIUS, who wrote against
the Christian religion in the second CEN
fury makes the same objection. 1t seemed
to him absurd that sinners could be made
fit for the kingdom of God. cit is man
ifest to everybody" he says, that no
one by punishment, much less by show
ing mercy, could wholly change those
who are sinners both by nature and Gus
tom"
Now this is precisely what Christian
ity proposes to do, precisely what it shows
can be done. This is its triumph and its
glory. "The Son of Man is come to seek
and save that which is lost" "The grace
of God that bringeth salvation hath ap-
peared to all men, teaching in that deny
ing ungodliness and worldly lusts, we
should live soberly, righteously, and god
ly in this present world"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-03-01

The BUDDHIsTs in Japan seem to be
in state of wild alarm about the pro-
gress of Christianity Rev. ]. Murray
Mitchell writes to the Catholic PreS6y-
terrain, giving some interesting facts on
the subject. Some few months ago, the
Buddhist priests announced course Of
public lectures for the laity." The first
lecture came off, but was failure. The
lecturers foundered dreadfully, and the
people did not understand the drift of
their expositions. Buddhism is a reli-
gion like the Rev Mr.. Minis, without
God, and it is easy to comprehend that it
must prove little difficult to explain.
A striking contrast to this failure &C.
Cured on the 29th of June, in Asakusa
suburb of Toxic, when Christian as
sembly was held in great hall contain
ing some 1900 or 1,4O0 people. The
meeting commenced at II NJ, and con-
tinued till dark The speakers were all
Japanese, except the Rev. Mr.. Waddell,
of the United Presbyterian Mission, who
carried the sympathies of the assembly
with him quite as much as the natives.
In 1876 it was against the law in ia
pan to sell any book in which the name
of Jesus occurred. Now the government
itself prepares books on Buddhism, Hin
duism, Mohammedanism, Christianity,
History of the Bible, etc., etc. The
truths of Christianity are dealt with in a
spirit of fairness, and not incorrectly
stated. A work on New Testament the
ology, by Mr.. Amerman, an American
missionary, has been printed at Govern
ment expense. At the end of 1880 the
adult membership of the Japanese Church
numbered 1881, of whom 1855 were
Presbyterians.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-03-01
The Freedmen.
(From the n. c. PRESBYTERIAN.


Rev. r. II. Allen, D. D. Secretary of the
Presbyterian Committee of Missions for Freed
men of the Northern Presbyterian. church, has
been visiting friends here for several weeks, and
preached several times for us, greatly to the
edlhcation and comfort of our people He
preached also to the colored people in the
courthouse, and the subject of a colored Pres
byterlan organization is being discussed here.
DIR. Allen Is looking after churches and schools
for freedmen in North Carolina and will greatly
contribute to their moral and social improve
ment. He was pastor of the Pine Street Pres
byterian church, Philadelphia, for fourteen
years, when called to this important service two
years ago. The committee handled about $73,-
600 last year, and this year will dispense more
than 100000 in behalf of schools and churches
for the freedmen. In Virginia, North Carolira,
South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky,
and Florida they have 159 churches, and SO of
these are In North Carolina Biddle University,
Charlotte, and Scotia Seminary, Concord, and a
graded school at Greensboro. A large building
is about completed at Franklinton for the use Of
the State Normal School for Freedmen, to be
conducted by the committee.
The little flock at Shelby have purchased
bell for their church, very much needed. 1t
has pleasant tone. is large and suited for the
purpose to which it has been devoted, and on
the second Sunday of February did good service
in calling together large congregations and
very respectable Sunday school. The doors of
the church are opened every Sunday. This bell
will announce it and long may its voice be
heard Ri
LincolutOn, NJ c., Feb. Is, 1882.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-03-01
IN PRAYER.=Stl

STANDING IN Notwithstanding
was the usual posture for prayer in the East, :
the hands being outstretched and open, as in
Mussulman devotion at the present day, and as
is seen in the representations in the Catacombs.
This standing posture still prevails throughout
the Western Church, except-as Dean Stanley
Observed in the attitude of the officiating
minister at the Eucharist, and in the worship Of
the Presbyterian Churches always" What
renders the general abandonment of this posture
the more remarkable, is that, as he observes, it
was enjoined by the only Canon of the Council
Of Nice, which only related to public worship.
This Canon prescribed that on every Sunday,
and on every day between Easter and Pente-
cost, kneeling should be forbidden and standing
enjoined. Once more the Dean delights to
notice a curious instance of cross purposes in the
contest between the Church and the Puritans in
the seventeenth century, on the question
whether kneeling at the Sacrament should be
enforced 1t was the point, says the Dean, on
which the Church most passionately insisted,
and which the Purtans most passionately re.
sisted. "The Church party in this were resist
ing the usage of ancient Catholic Christendom
and disobeying the Canon Of the First Gcumen
zeal Council, to which they protested the mot
complete adhesion. The Puritans, who rejected
the authority of either, were in the most entire
conformity with h.-Quartery r eUie,O.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-03-01

The HEATHER were led astray by the
example of their gods. Terence in one
of his writings, represents an evil doer as
j ustifying his conduct by the example OF
Jupiter" If a god does it, why should
not I, a MANI" A Greek philosopher,
Antisthenes, exclaimed, eff I could only
catch Aphrodite I would pierce her
through with javelin, she has corrupted
so many of our modest and excellent wo-
men"
Let Christian men and women fortify
themselves in virtue and purity by the
example of Jesus Christ "What manner
of persons ought e to be in all holy con-
versation and goodness" Nothing that
borders on impurity should be named as
becoming the followers of Him who did
no sin.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-03-01

MoRMoNs-The Legislative assembly
of the Territory of Utah. on last Satur-
day adopted a memorial to Congress in
which they state that in consequence of
baseless rumors and monstrous exaggera.
tions, the people whom they represent
are in danger of being deprived of the
right of local self-government.
The memorial denies at great length
everything ever charged against the
Mormons, and accuses the representatives
of the federal government in Utah OF
every species of wrong-doing possible to
officers or men. Of course, they being
judges, the Mormons are very innocent
and a greatly injured people.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-03-01

Books OFFERED AS PREMIUMs.-If any
subscribers who have requested us to send
books should not receive them before the
10th inst, they will please inform us by
postal card. The books are ordered
from New York and will be sent by mail,
postage paid. 1t is probable that in the
multitude of orders there may be some
mistakes.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-03-01

A LARGE Disestablishment meeting has
Just been held at Aberdeen, at which re-
solutions were agreed to, declaring that
the Established Church was ian ecclesi-
sstical wrong and political injustice, -
that the time had come for pressing the
question on the Legislature for final set
Element, that the electors ought to be pre-
pared to give their vote on the subject
and petitioning Parliament in favor OIL
Mr.. Dick Peddies motion. Principal
Cairns, of the U. P. Church, and Princi.
pal Rainy, of the Free Church, were the
chief speakers.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-03-01

We merely note as one of the indica-
tons of the popular temper in France,
that, in the sitting of the Municipal
Council of Paris on December 81, plan
was approved by the Council, looking to
the replacing of the works of Bossuet by
those of Diderot, D'Alembert, and Con
dorcet, among the advanced pupils in
the public schools.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-03-01

AUSTRIA is now the only country in
Europe where active and open gospel
work is forbidden. The police are very
watchful and every quiet effort is him
dered by their interference. In Vienna,
Mr.. Millard missionary to the Jews, sent
by the Church of Scotland), Mr.. Ruck
(Methodist), and Professor Palottie, pro-
secute their work amid many difficulties.
They have a sort of gathering of children
every Sunday afternoon. M. Ziemann
writes to the London Christian that the
Sunday previous he had the privilege of
speaking Ito 81 children, mostly Catho-
lies. Mr.. Willard a so conducts Young
Mems Christian Association.
The great enemies OF the truth are the
Roman priests-that anti Christ which
for so many centuries his prosecuted the
Church of God in Europe The people
are described as good-natured, and by no
means bigoted. Their only object in life
seems to be-plaisir, plaisir. After the
late terrible fire in the Ring Theatre, one
paper writes%' We have buried our dead
we have wept over them, we have hon.
ored them now let us return to the liv-
ing. Don't let your heads hang Car
nival is coming Let us keep up our
name as the best dancers and the jolliest
people -
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-03-01

The NEXT MEETING of the Synod of
Virginia will be held at Charleston, not
Charlestown, w. Va. We call attention
to this because in the printed Minutes,
recently distributed, whilst the name is
correctly given in the body of the Min
utes, in the resolution fixing the place
and time of meeting, it is printed at the
close enormously "Charlestown."
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-03-01

OUR SCIENTIFIC T-BooKs--those
that are used in many of our so-called
Christian colleges--sneer at the idea of
the procession of nature ever having been
disturbed by the interposition of God in
the way of what is called a miracle
They will not have anything, during all
the icons of time, but quiet, even flow
of natural occurrences, unmarked by any
apparently violent interferences from
without; they will not tolerate the,p pos
sibility that ordinary natural causes may
be overborne by the exertion of some SUI.
pernatural will at certain points in the
line of organic development Thus the
lower animal life is represented as mere
ly a growth from previous vegetable or
mineral forms, and the beasts Of the field
are regarded as growing out of fishes and
reptiles, and man himself is described as
the slow result of long-drawn-out pro-
cess of evolution from some remote beast
ly progenitor The idea that man was
created IN the sense of his sudden appari-
ton by the divine fiat on the earth, they
will hardly treat with civility. Thus,
when Mr.. Huxley was in this country,
he ridiculed all this under the epithet of
the Miltonic Theory" of Creation.
We do not propose to argue this, but
we think it well to keep it before the
people" as the political newspapers say
during heated canvass, that the Bible
teaches the intervention of miracles in
the march of natural events. For ex-
ample, the FLOOD cannot be tortured
Into an evolution. So of the calling of
the Israehtes out of Egypt, and God s
dealings with them in the wilderness.
Either these things We're stupendous mir
acles-stupendous jars in the ordinary
course of nature-or the Bible must be
rejected.
And so Of the apparition of Christ in
Jud@a eighteen hundred years ago, and
his Resurrection from the grave-these
things cannot be explained away by sci
ence; and, more than that, they cannot
be ignored by science.
And so when after having read our
Lords prophecy of the destruction of
Jerusalem and of the end of the world
what shall we do, on the modern fashion
able theories of evolution" with such
language as this Watch therefore for
ye know not when the lord of the house
cometh, whether at even, or at midnight,
or at cock growing, or in the morning
And what 1 say unto you, say
unto all, WATCH"
Or what shall we make of this: And
then shall they see the Son of man COM
ing in clouds with great power and glory
And then shall he send forth the angels
and shall gather together his elect from
the four winds, from the uttermost part
of the earth to the uttermost part oil
heaven"
And again "For the TRUMPET shall
sound, and the dead shall be raised in
corruptible, and we shall be changed. "
All this proves that there is something
besides science; one greater than the tenn
pie which science constructs.
There are more things in heaven and
earth than are dreamt of in your text
books.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-03-01

WE have received the January num-
Der of the Christian Philosophy Quar-
terlg, issued by the American Institute
of Christian Philosophy. We have al
ready called attention to this organise
ton, which is established on the plan Of
the Victoria Institute of London, whose
object is to investigate the relations Of
Religion and Science, and to contribute
through such investigations to their re-
Cancellation and illustration. The con-
tents of the present number of the Quar-
terly are: l. On the Origin and PRINT
tive State of Man, by Prof Stephen Alex
ander, of Princeton College; 2. Astro-
nomical Facts and Fancies for Philoso-
phical Thinkers, by Professor Young, Of
Princeton; 8. Conditions of SpiAtual
Light, by Rev. A. H. Bradford, Of New
Jersey; H. The Foundations of Christian
Belief, by Rev. Lyman Abbott, D. D.,
New York; 5. Freedom of the Will EN-
pirically Considered, by John Bascom,
IL. D., President University of Wiscon-
sin; 6. Historical 7. Notes.
Published by Arson D..F. Randolph
& Co., New York. Two dollars a year.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-03-01

AT meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland,
recently, it was stated by DIR. Thompson
that female drunkenness is increasing in
three times the ratio when compared with
the increase in the population of Great
Britain"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-03-01

THE CathOhc Presbyterian, speaking
of Mr.. Moody's work in Edinburgh, says
that, perhaps, less curiosity was mani
tested by the upper classes than on the
occasion of his former visit, but that the
mission has been very successful among
the lowest class. "A great impulse" it
says, has been given to home-mission
work, and Christian people have been
taught to believe that the very worst
drunkards and harlots are not beyond
the reach Of the mercy Of Cod"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-03-01
The New Synods in the North
ern Church

On the I'd of JanuarySthe Synodical re or
Synods of New York, Pennsylvania Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa, came into existence
on that day, though their first meetings will
not be held until October. The Synodical ar
rangement, with the number of Presbyteries
ministers churches, and communicates in each :,
according to the statistical reports made to the
last Assembly, will then be:
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-03-01
Union Theological seminarv. Va.

SECRBTARY's OFFICE, Feb. %, 1857
Misapprehensions existing as to the time Of
the annual meeting Of the Trustees, adopt this
method Of giving notice that the Trustees will
meet on the I'd Of May, 1882. Further and
more particular notice will hereafter be sent to
each trustee and to the press.
F. N. WATKINS, Secretary.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-03-01

The Rev David Mossom is said to
have been the first native American who was or
dained il the Church Of England He was the
clergyman who married Gen. Washington, near
ST. Peters Church, New Kent county, at the
White House. Virginia. The church was built
in 1903, at a cost Of 10000 pounds Of tobacco.
Daniel Parke Gusts whose widow became the
wife Of Washington, was Vestryman in st.
Peters
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-03-01

DIR. SoMERvILLE has been preaching
in Carlsruhe. The first meeting was in
a hall holding about 400 persons, but it
soon proved insufficient, and they had to
secure a larger hall A correspondent
of the Christian, writes
We are told that the difficulty in touching the
consciences Of the people lies in their general
belief that they are all Christians. AS case in
point, man told us he had not been to church
since his boyhood neither was he in the habit
Of reading the Bible. but" be added, I'm a
good Christian for all that. Still the simple
gospel ATTRACTS the people, who come and come
again. A poor man said to a minister in the
town" have not been in a church for many
a year but if these meetings were to be con
tinued / would 60 every time"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-03-01

The greater number of the titles of the Synods
will henceforth indicate clearly their territorial
extent The exceptions are, that Baltimore
Synod includes Delaware Maryland and the
District of Columbia; Colorado embraces
Colorado, Utah, Montana, and New Mexico ;
Columbia covers Oregon and Washington and
Idaho Territories Minnesota has not only the
State of that name, but Dakota; Atlantic in .
cludes North Carolina South Carolina, and
Florida; the Synod of the Pacific covers the
State of California. AS the denomination
grows, the Synods which are larger than State
will, of course, be divided, ard eventually the
titles will in all cases clearly express the ter
ritorial limits. For the present, New York re-
talns the two foreign missionary Presbyteries of
Siam and Oroomiah and the New England
Presbytery of Boston and Pennsylvania has
West Virginia and the foreign missionary Pres
bytery of Western Africa
1t will be observed that as the old Synod of
Philadelphia is the largest of the existing or
ganisations, so the Synod of Pennsylvania will
still lead in the new arrangement AS to the
exact figures of the two States themselves, New
York's mission Presbyteries have II ministers
"a churches 278 communicates. Loston has Sc
ministers, 90 churches, and 4, 1876 communicates
and New York Presbytery has Montreal
(Canada) church with 303 communicants-leav-
ing In the State $50 ministers, 742 churches and
$50 communicates and Pennsylvanias for
eiign missionary Presbytery has ministers, 6
churches, 264 communicates, and West Virginia
has 10 ministers, 81 churches, $50 communi-
cants-leaving in the State of Pennsylvania
856 ministers, S79 churches, and 12S,9lO com
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Journal.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-03-01

Mr.. Edwin Bronson, Jr., is authorized to
act as agent for the Central Presbyterian in Bal
timore Md, to receive subscriptions and to Sc
cure advertisements. His address is No. 3 Union
Bank Building.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-03-01

The DEMAND for copies of the Scrip
lures in Bulgaria, Eastern Rumelia, and
to large extent in Macedonia, is said to
be unprecedented. The circulation Of
the Io1nitza. or Morning STAR is also
steadily on the increase.
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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-03-01

The SUNDAY SCHOOL work Of the Bel
gian Christian Missionary Church is pros
pering. Last year there were 80 schools
and LIZA scholars; this year there are
80 schools and $50 scholars.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-03-01
DIR. Halls Church

A writer in the Belfast Qreland) W.T.
ness gives the following description of DR..
Halls church in New York.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-03-01

THREE CONVERTED GYPs1Es are hold
ing revival meetings with great power
and success at Swindon, England.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-03-01
SPEAKING Of the services in Edinburgh

on the 18th ult., Mr.. Moody says:
81 do think that the meetings for men and
women exceeded anything Of the kind that
have seen for years" At the final protracted
meeting, in order to get to the place where the
anxious were invited to kneel, a young man
who was unable to quit his seat, owing to the
pressure Of people, showed his determination TO
confess Christ by climbing over the backs of the
pews. Under the circumstances. this required
more than ordinary courage Two brothers
like the sons Of Zebedee arose, and, side by side
expressed their intention Of following the Lord
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-03-01

GEORGE MULLER has been visiting Je-
rusalem.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-22
AtLtG7ltlc MOlIfhLU.

he Atlantic Monthly for 1888 will contain in
addition tot usual variety of Serial and Short
Stories, Essays Sketches, Poetry and Criticism.
the following specially attractive features;
Oliver Wendell Holmes author of The Auto-
crat of the Breakfast Table" ETC. whose inimita-
BILE series of "Breakfast-Table" papers poems
and essays has been so conspicuous and delight
full feature of the magazine will write frequent
ly and exclusively for The Atlantic.
Henry WadswOrth Long fellow left COMPLETED
dramatic poem entitled Michael Angelo. (which
he was more than ten years in writing. The first
installment of the poem, which is in three parts,
will appear in the January number.
Nathaniel Hawthorne left among his manu-
scripts the plan and sketches of novel which
will appear in the Atlantic under the title 'sTbe
Ancestral FootBtep: Outlines Of an English Ro-
nance" The first portion appears in the Decem-
Der number, with an introduction by Mr.. George
Lathrop. 1t will be continued in the earlier
numbers of 1885,
Mr.. Henry James, Jr., author of "The Portrait
Of Lady" will contribute to the first volume of
the year "Daisy Miller: A Comedy"-a dramat-
izatien by Mr.. James ot his story ''Daisy Miller"
which has had 70 great popularity in England
and America, New characters and situations
and incidents are introduced; the entire story is
re-caStand re written, 80 as to render it more
dramatic; and yet the features which made the
story as originally told so attractive are all re-
tic some critical and literary papers, such as the
readers of the magazine have heretofore found
so admirable.
Mr. D. w. Howells, author of ''Their Wedding
often delighted the readers of The Atlantic, will
from time to time send to the magazine from Eu-
rope sketches of travel, character and literature
Mr.. Charles Dudley Warner, author of "My
Winter on the Nile," my Summer in Garden, !"
Backlog Studies" ETC., promises several pa pePs
for the coming year.
HOUGHTON, AIFFLIN & CO., Boston.