The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-07-30
sUNBEAMa.

Tho Universalists of Maino have done n
good deed In advising that money DO appropriated n
ony new books for the library OF tho State prison
-Miss Anna Oliver ought 20 be considered
authority on the question which she breaches this
morning IN her church, wilouglby avenue Brooklyn
Hhi " Common Sense About Women"
"A benciicent association in BOSTON notos
specially Of giving poor people tickets Tor ,o. -,
street cars ihvais have the preference the id.a he.
ing that ride to the suburbs and back ia quite as bene
fetal ne medicine '"'
AT chapel OF St Georges Church. on
'esaht square, Clergyman Ia in constant attend.
ahce awaiting calls TO visit the sick or bury the dead
Most OF the churches which close their doors IN s
make no such provision " cumming
Each catholic In the world Ia reoucsted
IN give five cents toward the erection az n p,or,, A.,
memory OF Pope Plus TX Tile request is such reason
aOls ono that Me project would seem practicable Ana
yet the failure Of the tenccnt subscription to the WASH
inBton Monument is fresh In public memory
London has more than q thousand char.
ho'e INSTITUTIONS ofevery grade and for variety
Oh commendabe purposes. The aggregate income OF
these 10 over $2ouoCon There are among them ~ hos
pitfalls and AZ dspcnsares whose united yearly recens
are 100000 And yet there is much unreheyed misery
in the British metropolis
The Je,oish Messe,,Der calls attention IN
the urgent need of free synagogues IN this ctv
Tor the oeheht or the poor who cannot attend the syna
Rosues already in existence. It advocates the imme.
dinte establishment Of ut least of these hoping that
more will follow; and places tho need side by side
with such excellent charities ss hospitals orpban asy
lnnIs and homes for the aged.
The Madison Avenue Methodist Episcopal
church 10 to be stately structure not NO
we poor ana needy as FOR those who their way
handsomely and to church In good style It has
planned by wealthy Hehodsts who TO carry II
To completion IN the liberal manner Il Ia 10 he ,s
'he corner OF sixtcth street and Madison avenue
neiglborhood richly adorned with costly dwellings
-One OF the most uncommon mixtures In
church affairs 10 the organization Of Union Church ut
Newheld Conn. Although the hip of this church
numbers only thirty, IL comprises Advensts Method.
lists Congrcgationasts and Baptists Yet this per.
maps Dctterthan setting up separate church for each
hahdtu OF brethren representing the various faiths
The pastor who will successfully minister to such con-
glomeraton OF persuasons must be man OF comprs-
hensive theology, elastic charity and extraordinary
sermonic ability.
Mission work among the Indians can
hardly be considered fruitess view OF what has been
accomplished by the Methodist Episcopal Church. South
The mission in the Indian Territory has grown until
there 10 now roll of 5000 members. made up from,
Cherokees Choctaws, Greeks, Chickasaws. and Semi
noles There are about thirty regularly ordained minis
tiers In connection with this mission whom arc
Indians Besides these there about a hundred and
twenty local preachers Some OF the converted Indians
said to make quite good church members as white
folks do.
Evangelist Barnes Is still ministering in
Dayton Ohio and in spite of the hot weather
to keep up fervent interest. His crowds so
large as they were and the number OF applicants for
amounting with oil for the healing of the body not
as numerous as ut first lie that he made mistake
in taking the large Rink where his were for
weeks held. The of this mistake was that
he had not asked the Lord about it, Now he has asked
the Lord, and the Lord has told him he ought hire
Gebhart Hall, which is smaller building and in
the centre Of the city He has obeyed the Lord and
taken Gebhart Hail. and says he will continue there alp
summer looking for revival which ia shake Dayton.
The heat does to wilt Brother Barnes or to
cause him to abate his enthusiasm.
"A revival of the efforts to abolish Sunday
bathing at the seaside anpecng has broken
out with now fervor. Original enactments against SUM-
day immersion in the surf very strict some
years were rgidy enforced. Latery the better judg
ment Of the managers has wnked at the offenders who
thought 1t more sin to wash in the on sunday
than to wash in their bathubs, which they would
do il they were at home But 1t Is decided that to
take surf bath Is to break the Sabbath At some OF
the camps by the patrol is organized to the
brethren Of the consequences of transgresng the law
At one of these places porty and newhat stern
official appeared the beach while pleasant party OF
half dozen good Christians enjoying their morn.
ing dip in the salt water lie ordered them out.
which they refused to do. Then he told them that IL
they would not out he would carry their clothes
They dared him to do this at his peril and
him to understand that he touched single garment Of
theirs they would pick him him in the
without giving him opportunity for change Of apparel
The old hcsitated little while and then made up
his mind thRtif he did not TO become involun.
tary Sunday bater, the best thing he could do
away. This he did, telling the bathing brethren as he
mournfuy turned his back on them that he believed
them to be OF sin But he molested them more.
A fish story comes from the vicinity of
Sea Grit n. j. IS stated that day the family OF
much respected clergyman living in u cottage that
fashionable resort were without meat or sh for dinner
and driven to the probability of having to dine
cabbage and other vegetables. About 10 o'clock in tho
morning large hsh hawk seen to swoop down to
the sea and rise with nsh in its beak It well known
that this 10 the manner IN which the nsh hawk does his
marketing and having thus secured his prey takes 1t
home to his wife and children in their top OF
high tree. II SO happened that this fsh hawk had
caught too large fish. 1t was q ten pound buehsh,
and struggled violently for liberty when captured bv
the hawk Presently Just as the hawk was flying
the poor cergymans back yard tho sh the better Of
him, and hit the hawk such powerful blow with his
tail that the hawk glad to let him drop, The nsh
suddenly descended among the clergyman's wife and
daughters who sitting in the shade OF tree out
sido the kitchen and preparing their frugal meal They
accepted the sh gift from heaven, whence indeed,
II seemed to have come so uneI pected and startling
was its descent from above Tho csrgynans family
called in two three OF their neighbors and enjoyed
with them substantial fish dinner The poor nsh
hawk had 10 make other provision for his family in the
tree top This Is only Ash story, yet lis said to DO
vouched for by several Nceent and trustworthy people
The bother in Iowa now on the temper
question is as to what the churches shall do for
communion wine. The same radical difference exists
there here oergymen and others in reference
to fermented and unterened fruit Of the vine for
munion purposes. In some churches the unfermented
grape juice has been introduced Some brethren souy
insist that this is not wine In the sense in which the
Lord instructed His followers to use that article There
fore they will use at the communion table other than
TINT which they buy under the OF ferme wns
Sotwhs standing the best efforts TO procure such pure
and wholesome wine as may properly be used for this
purpose 1t often happens that the churches imposed
upon with adulteraed and colored stun which is not
the fruit OF the vine at all Ono church In Iowa pro-
poses TO defy the law and procure at all hazards fer
| mented wine for communion use This position was
taken by Episcopal church in Kansas after tho
passage OF tho Prohibition law in that state The rector
OF that church said he would TO jail IL II were neces
sary but he bound to have the right Kind 81 wine
Somehow or other the matter was arranged without
direct violation of the law. and the good not
ncarcerated As the supply of grapes is now matter
OF commerce in most parts Of the country there to
difficulty in obtaining the juice of the fruit OF the