The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-06-18
SUNBE1lfS.

-Aiuer long ana weary struggle, tho
Metropolitan Methodist Church tof Washington d 4.
reported as out of debt.
The Rev. Joseph +. Mooney, pastor NJ
ST. Patrcks Church, Newburgh, has received gtt Of
$1,000 from his Pensioners, with which he viii 90
abroad for the summer.
"A religious paper In Boston tells its
readers that, for astronomical reasons IL ia an I'M.
usual occurrence for Easter to Sunday Tn.
brethren who edit this paper should refer their al
manac, consult their ecclesiastical history and furnish
up their astronomy.
The conversion Of st, Peter will be tho
subject Of sermons in two OF the churches OF s city To-
day. In one the question will be- was Peter Converted
Before Pentecost In the other it will be THE Recon-
version Of Peter" New light from different sandpons
will thus be shed the and experience Of the
great APOSTLE
The Rev. Wayland Hoyt will vacate the
pulpit OF the Strong Place Baptist Church Brooklyn
July1 He he takes the step solely because in
the Memorial Baptist Church OF Philadelphia to which
he has been called he opening toward bringing
Chrsts Gospel into contact with a larger number Of
hearts. His resignation has been accepted.
Sag Harbor was one OF the slowest
places in this State and its Baptist church dragged on
so slowly that some years had TO be closed for
want Of patronage and Of means to keep 1t going Now
1t has been reopened for worship, under snch circum
stances as promise prosperity The renewal Of hfeis
owing to the industry set foot by the factories
which have recently begun operations in Sag Harbor
greatly prevail in the town Of Southbridge Mass that
the authorities of the place have limited the number Of
shows they consent to license to week They think
this is quite much Of the show business will DO
good for the people; and they hold that the fire.
quent coming Of peripatetc entertainments would lead
to waste Of time squandering Of money, and possible
| falling into evil habits.
est. Johns by the Sea" Is the name Of
the new Episcopal chapel at Old Orchard Beach in
Maine The building nearly completed that services
| toh o in In yaltho tha 90
the inner walls is not to be finished until later Visitors
to Old Orchard Beach have remembered this chapel with
frequent contributions The clergyman in charge
that gifts will this summer be particularly acceptable
whether in cash or In articles of church furniture
| The orthodoxy OF the Rev. Newman
smyth d. D., has now been fully vouched for by the
Presbytery of Schuyler ILL.,, OF which he q member
while pastor of the Presbyterian church at Quincy.
This Presbytery has given him clean letter Of dsms
sal in order that he may become pastor Of the Congre
gational church at New Haven to which Or. Leonard
Bacon formerly ministered. This double endorsemenof
Dr. smyth's fathfulness to the old creed with
peculiar force those who insisted that he UNIT
for the Andover professorshp because he had departed
from the ancient faith The embarrassment Andovef
to how to fill the three vacant proessorshps is so
great that there is possibility that the theological
| seminary may be closed.
Brother Kimball, the church-debt raiser,
was recently asked at a convention in California what
he would advise supposng church can be built only
by allowing part Of its cost debt the property
He said he would not build under such circumstances,
and added that no people in America too poor to
provide and for decent place in which to worship
God" He says that on most churchdebt subscription
lists there shrnksge Of ten per cent In reply to
question to the duty Of ministers to give Of
their income to the Lords work. he said that minister
ought in this respect much in other 10 be
example to the flock" and that they should give just like
other persons. When asked, Does not debt tend
unite church and draw ont love for it ~ Brother
Kmball replied ~ Sould desire that my wife
have to draw out my icve for her or that the
scarlet fever the smallpox might come into my fam
| lily to unite it."
For many years the colored brethren
who worship in the Zion Methodist Church of Bridge
port Conn., have had to content themselves with
humble frame edihce which much small for
them, especially on summer sunday evenings, when
they packed it to its utmost capacity These earnest
brethren have been greatly prospered in their worldly
affairs that they have pulled down the old building and
are erecting one, the stone of which was
laid few days ago with religious reoicngs. The
chnrch is to be twice large the old was and
will probably be finished by October. The Rev, Nj.
Haynes, the pastor not only preacher OF more than
usual rcpute. but of extraO rdnary energy in
curing funds for the work. The colored brethren a.
through prosperous rieh in this goods
Therefore they ask their favored white brethren
to help them along with cash donations, as they want
to dedicate the new church without dollar Of debt
The effort to raise million dollar fund
for church building in the Protestant Episcopal Com
munion has resulted in failure Its advocates conesso
a feeling of modification and disappointment that .
Church with 1873, 900 members should show spirit
enough TO contribute toward such at thu Of
dollar year for three years per member 1t stated.
the other hand that the 333 600 Epscop aans con.
tribute with reasonable berality to the various causes
presented for their benencence, and that they doing
quite much as they think they AFFORD The million
dollar fund idea launched suddenly on the church
by resolution passed in General Convention with no
great enthusiasm The Church has never been aroused
to the Importance Of 1t by any concerted movemrno on
the part Of the Bishops or other clergy Nokuhucny
definite plan for disposng Of this fund to the greatest
advantage in the building Of new churches has leen
laid before the people who expected to contribute
In consideration of these facts the lack II success
which thus far marks the undertaking Is not sur1HrE
The movement begun in teaching Sunday
school children to read music at sight ant ling IT,
asin the great concert given last THURSDAY Nhl'on
Square Garden, is good Of coming reform idis
for choir and sunday school 1t has shown that tho
children Gan furnish quite as acceptable devotional
music as the choir can and great deal more eronomS
cay. Heretofore the chief musical exercise Of sunday
school children has been in with the sound
ing forth OF music ami hymns comprising every grade %
merit and demert but largely made ~ Of 'tryin'
teror class BY far too large proportion Of tie wof"
have been commonplace iogserel, aud Tie lest tNhs
that be said of the tunes is that they age wen
matched to the words It has been too generally The
that the leader OF SUNDAY school music 10 more
noise maker urging the children to rcioule Their eho"
in raising prOdsious volume OF sacred gong II ~"
day school music fall into the hands Of leaders VIM
have real musical ability, and who can tufn N' '
direction OF true praise to the Amighly 1t ""'Sa
happy thin, both for churches aui sunday ssho"t
--To-day's International Bible lesson scs
the sunday schools at work studying the character"
1.-THE chldhke believer This Is recorded 10 N'IAN'
1880 The followers of Jesus stood IN great need ol 'er
sons on humility, They were iull ~ the llSH mat u"
kingdom to be OF earthly power AMI 'I''udoh
SO completely did this idea POSSESS them TIA, Wf"'t