The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-07-12

years ago absolutely an Indian country.
Arab Pasha seems to divide his
worship between Mars and Venus for few
weeks ago. IN the midst of his troubles with the
hhedlve, he added to his household third
wife, the daughter of one Mustapha Pasha. and
lady of rank and fortune.
"A Kansas subscriber writes: eve
are now In the midst of wheat harvest, which
proves to be one of the heaviest ever produced
IN this section. In every respect this country
Is Is, on the high road to osperity-fnancially
Churchwise, Sabbathwise and in the enforce
ment of prohibition"
The Brooklyn Eagle gives the fol-
lowing significant account of a self made man -
Thirty years ago was poor boy" be proud
~ observed to the reporter, a poor boy at So a
week. step by step rose from the mental posi-
ton until became. a member of the Legisla-
ture and here l am at last" The interview
was held at the gentleman's place of residence
the State Prison at Auburn
Mr.. Robert J. Burdette, who has been
lecturing for six years, gives hisex perence with
lecture halls. He says The best hall fol-
lyceum purposes in all America is the
Academy of Music in Philadelphia. You can
not make an echo in that building when it is
empty with bass drum. The worst and most
expensive hall ever spoke in is the court house
hldCOupln LII. IL you
hit bass drum once in that building you can
hear 1t for ten years"
Mr.. j. G. McCoan, in his Egypt as
1t is, states that the population of Egypt proper
which includes strip of country /, 600 miles
long and $50 miles wide between the Mediter.
ranean Sea and the first cataract of the Nile-is
100000, made up of settled Arabs or Fellaheen
100000, Bedouins, 100000 Turks, 10000,
Copts Cor descendants of ancient Egyptians)
100000, Abyssinians, 5000, Nubians and
Soudanis Slaves 10000, Jews, 10000, Raiah
Greeks, 20 600, Tyrians, z, 000 Armenians, 10000,
various foreigners, 10000. Other authorities
make the European population $4,000.
Oxford University is anti-Semitic'
in certain sense. A bequest of 81 900 from
Mr.. N. T. NJ Washington Tilson was lately
made to the University. He bequeathed the
money to pay for two ANIMAL sermons by an
evangelical NJ A., to be given in the Universe
ty, upon the past history and religion of the
Jewish nation, and upon the prophecies in Holy
Writ relating to the return of that nation to
Judea, and the restoration to it of its former
glory" Oxford declined
Mr.. Robert G. Adams, of Boston,
who is, we believe, son of DR.. Nehemiah
Adams but who has abiured the faith of his
fathers and become an infdel, has proposed a
new table of commandments, which will prob
wisest men and telegraphed, of course, to the
evening papers. Mr.. Adams is a little short of
commandments as yet but suggests the follow
ing as samples Thou shalt tax all property
alike, religious or secular :" " Thou shalt not
advance the price of merchandise by corners 4"
DIR. Cur y says in the Methodist that
there are two reasons for the popular prejudice
against doctrinal preaching -" First, the
time spoken Of by the apostles has fully come
when men will not endure sound doctrine
their itching ears require to be tickled with
preaching Of another sort and teachers are
found to do it. And next, doctrinal preaching
is too often little better than perfunctory ectur,
ing, not to the hearers, but before them
"A conference of women ministers
was held not long ago in Boston. 1t was called
by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe that the members
might give each other encouragement and help
When they met it was suggested that the con.
ference include in its membership only - Chris
tan ministers" This shut out one lady who is
the head of free religious society in Dorchester.
The Inder says that the excluded lady preacher
has exhaustless moral vitality" and that the
Unltarianized Women Ministers Association"
Is narrow" because it refuses her admission.
She seems equal to the emergency, however. for
she breaches on Sunday, and also plays the Or
gan and leads the singing. She supports her
self also by teaching, and leaves her congrega-
ton absolutely nothing to do but listen
ALL the papers coming to us from In
dia speak in enthusiastic terms of the good re-
suits Of the visit of Rev. Joseph Cook, and of
the great interest awakened by his lectures. In
Bombay, Benares Calcutta, Madras, Bangalore
Madura, and numerous :other places the rooms
IN which he spoke were crowded to OVERLOOKING
by people representing all classes in the several
communities At the close of the final lecture
In Calcutta, in which Mr.. Cook spoke upon
some phases of Indian life and thought. assuring
his audience that Christianity had come to stay
IN India the customary vote of thanks was
moved BY Babu Kessub Chunder Sen.
CENSUS BULLETIN ON FARMs.-We
have Just received special bulletin showing
the number and size Of the farms in the United
States IN 1880, and the kind of tenure by which
they were held. The number Of farms was 4.
OO0,9O7 OF these 2,984,306 were occupied by
the owners, 322,357 were rented at a fixed
money rental, and 702,244 were rented for
shares of the products. Of the total number of
farms, 1852 were less than three acres in ex
tent 1889, were above three acres and less
than TO- 254 749 were between 10 and 20 acpes
ISL Ala were between 20 and so acres. O32
go were been 80 and 100 acres. / ,695 983
were between 100 and 500 acres. is 972 were
between 500 and 900 acres, and 23578 were
900 acres in extent and upward
The most sorrowful fact in the pres
ent state Of the churches is the lack of young
men whose aim is the ministry Of the gospel
The CongTcgotionGList says that fewer students
were in Congregational Theological Seminaries
by fifty last year than there were Eve years ago
and this we fear, is the case with other church.